Possible URM, non-traditional/international
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:43 am
Hi everyone,
I'm kind of an uncommon case and could not find an exact reply to my questions. So here we go:
I've got a 162 in the LSAT (159 previously, even though I was scoring around 168's in the mock ones) and a 3.4 undergrad GPA.
I moved to the US, because of my dad's work, when I was 15 and due to previous foreign education, skipped a few years and graduated with 16. I had a basic level of English and where I come from nobody moves cities for University, nor is there any application process. Therefore I went to an ok public school near to where I was.
I didn't know what to major in and chose a hard STEM major. I kind of struggled and once I changed to something I liked my GPA improved a lot.
Since I did now know when I had to leave the US i took summer school and lots of classes and finished my undergrad in less than 3 years.
After that, due to work restrictions, I did an MBA where I got a somewhat better GPA.
I have 5 nationalities, one of them Mexican and I use to have a green card. I've lived in 3 different continents and have travelled to 70+ countries so I'm quite international. Therefore I want to do international law (i'm open to either private or public.)
My questions are:
1) Will I get an URM boost?
2) Should I ED somewhere?
I'm applying to pretty much all the top 14 schools and if I don't get in I'll retake or rethink my career path.
I currently live in a very expensive country and cannot afford to take a few months to study for the LSAT.
I've been working for the past 6 years in private and investment banking for 16+ hours a day so I could not focus as much as I wanted.
However for personal reasons I do not want to delay my applications anymore.
BTW I got fee waiver for pretty much all of the schools that I want to apply so the cost should not be too bad.
Also I think that i have pretty good LOR's.
Thank y'all very much for your time!
I'm kind of an uncommon case and could not find an exact reply to my questions. So here we go:
I've got a 162 in the LSAT (159 previously, even though I was scoring around 168's in the mock ones) and a 3.4 undergrad GPA.
I moved to the US, because of my dad's work, when I was 15 and due to previous foreign education, skipped a few years and graduated with 16. I had a basic level of English and where I come from nobody moves cities for University, nor is there any application process. Therefore I went to an ok public school near to where I was.
I didn't know what to major in and chose a hard STEM major. I kind of struggled and once I changed to something I liked my GPA improved a lot.
Since I did now know when I had to leave the US i took summer school and lots of classes and finished my undergrad in less than 3 years.
After that, due to work restrictions, I did an MBA where I got a somewhat better GPA.
I have 5 nationalities, one of them Mexican and I use to have a green card. I've lived in 3 different continents and have travelled to 70+ countries so I'm quite international. Therefore I want to do international law (i'm open to either private or public.)
My questions are:
1) Will I get an URM boost?
2) Should I ED somewhere?
I'm applying to pretty much all the top 14 schools and if I don't get in I'll retake or rethink my career path.
I currently live in a very expensive country and cannot afford to take a few months to study for the LSAT.
I've been working for the past 6 years in private and investment banking for 16+ hours a day so I could not focus as much as I wanted.
However for personal reasons I do not want to delay my applications anymore.
BTW I got fee waiver for pretty much all of the schools that I want to apply so the cost should not be too bad.
Also I think that i have pretty good LOR's.
Thank y'all very much for your time!