177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:28 pm
Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
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Out at Berkeley. They're notorious for requiring a high GPA.cvnrssm wrote:Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
Kohinoor wrote:Out at Berkeley. They're notorious for requiring a high GPA.cvnrssm wrote:Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
see proposition 209boilercat wrote:Kohinoor wrote:Out at Berkeley. They're notorious for requiring a high GPA.cvnrssm wrote:Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
OP is URM.
Won't matter. If the OP's personal statement is connected in a meaningful way to his or her URM status, then Berkeley will accept in a heartbeat.talibkweli wrote:see proposition 209boilercat wrote:Kohinoor wrote:Out at Berkeley. They're notorious for requiring a high GPA.cvnrssm wrote:Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
OP is URM.
yes they did, now they have something called "holistic review." berkeley has that too...and ucla.....so your probably in everywhere, excluding yale and stanford.Trifles wrote:Michigan banned affirmative action, but you wouldn't know it from looking at their LSN graph.
titcr. He might have a decent shot at Stanford too.FuturehoyaLawya wrote:yes they did, now they have something called "holistic review." berkeley has that too...and ucla.....so your probably in everywhere, excluding yale and stanford.Trifles wrote:Michigan banned affirmative action, but you wouldn't know it from looking at their LSN graph.
Fie on you sir. Berkeley and it's quasi-peer school Michigan haven't practiced affirmative action in years. It's time for people to wake up and realize that essay writing matters and is a valid metric in the law school admissions process.BenJ wrote:Nowhere. You're not guaranteed at Yale, but you're definitely favored. Berkeley is an interesting case, but they really do practice affirmative action though it's technically banned. Your numbers are good enough for Michigan even without the URM, and of course they also practice affirmative action despite it being banned. (In both cases, they just call it "holistic judgement", which just a euphemism.)
For the record, Law School Predictor, which has a reputation for understating URMs, puts you at "Consider" for Yale and "Admit" everywhere else.
Is it just me or is a burning book a bad symbol for a school?jayzon wrote:--ImageRemoved--
tomhobbes wrote:Is it just me or is a burning book a bad symbol for a school?jayzon wrote:--ImageRemoved--
EzraStiles wrote:Affirmative action was considered unconstitutional in Michigan's undergraduate admissions process, but it's still allowed in law school admissions. That's why you see such things in its LSN graph.
EzraStiles wrote:http://umich.edu/news/index.html?Releas ... remecourt2
notably the phrase "In two lawsuits challenging University of Michigan admissions policies, the court ruled 5-4 in favor of the Law School"
Maybe not affirmative action in all it encompasses, but the law school was not forced to change its previous method of evaluation.
No, the point system was thrown out but they can still weigh race in the admissions process.EzraStiles wrote:Affirmative action was considered unconstitutional in Michigan's undergraduate admissions process, but it's still allowed in law school admissions. That's why you see such things in its LSN graph.
Pretty sure the ballot initiative came after and negated gratz/grutter.talibkweli wrote:EzraStiles wrote:http://umich.edu/news/index.html?Releas ... remecourt2
notably the phrase "In two lawsuits challenging University of Michigan admissions policies, the court ruled 5-4 in favor of the Law School"
Maybe not affirmative action in all it encompasses, but the law school was not forced to change its previous method of evaluation.
is justice rehnquist still the chief justice?
which came first: the gratz/grutter cases, or michigan's ballot initiative?