Why are pre-law advisers universally terrible? Forum

[TheSpanishMain]

I went to Michigan State for undergrad, and our Pre-Law advisors were shills for MSU's crappy law school. They used to bring them in to address any political science class that was vaguely law related.

Anyway, my theory as to why the suck is so many of them are boomers who think that getting into law school, any law school, is a major accomplishment and a virtual guarantee of a successful career. They're not really hip to the idea that there are a ton of law schools who will take any mouthbreather with a FAFSA. Also, look up your undergrad's LSAT average. Even the Ivies are low. I think Princeton might be like 162. Most Big State U schools are right around 150. If you tell a pre-law advisor you're going to retake a 165, he/she is going to think you're insane because you already have an impossibly high score.

[Tanicius]

I went to Michigan State for undergrad, and our Pre-Law advisors were shills for MSU's crappy law school. They used to bring them in to address any political science class that was vaguely law related.

Anyway, my theory as to why the suck is so many of them are boomers who think that getting into law school, any law school, is a major accomplishment and a virtual guarantee of a successful career. They're not really hip to the idea that there are a ton of law schools who will take any mouthbreather with a FAFSA. Also, look up your undergrad's LSAT average. Even the Ivies are low. I think Princeton might be like 162. Most Big State U schools are right around 150. If you tell a pre-law advisor you're going to retake a 165, he/she is going to think you're insane because you already have an impossibly high score.

Part of that is because a 165 is really high percentile and, if it were just about any other grad school, that kind of score would seriously set you up. My SO got an 80th percentile GRE score after studying for a week and she doesn't even care about it because it's at the higher range of the window for her grad school applications and is probably one of the least important parts of her application package. If she were applying for law school with that percentile score she'd be SOL.

[MtnGinger]

Is there somewhere to see your schools average LSAT ? I would love to know mine.

[ScottRiqui]

Is there somewhere to see your schools average LSAT ? I would love to know mine.

It's in one of the reports in your LSAC account; I think it's available after you've submitted your transcripts, even if you haven't taken the LSAT yet. I'll look and see which one.

Edit - Log into your LSAC account, then go to the "Transcripts" link under Credential Assembly Service. Once you're there, click on "Academic Summary Report" on the right-hand side of the page. It's in there, under the "Transcript Analysis" section. It's called "LSAT College Mean".