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emalf wrote:Why are law schools so unfair?

I have already been dinged at 4 schools (Stanford, G'Town, BU and GW). That wouldn't be too big of deal other than the fact that I have a 3.9/168 (non-URM) and was Vice President of my UG student government body. I also have no criminal offenses and partake in community service.

This law school process sucks because you see people with lower grades, lesser credentials, and URMS admitted almost at face value. while people like me get dinged because all of our spots are taken by special interest applicants (URMs w/ lower #s), etc.

It's like schools, in general, are trying to make up for the fact that blacks, latinos, etc. were discriminated against by taking it out on people so far removed from the situation (ie, me with my numbers).

Isn't it a given that URM's also, in general, do the worst in law school and tend to be at the bottom of the class, anyways?

Why are whites so disadvantaged in LS admissions??!

kentee15 wrote:bullshit u got rejected from GW with those numbers unless whoever wrote your apps wrote horrible things about you

kittenmittons wrote:IBTL

booboo wrote:

emalf wrote:Why are law schools so unfair?

I have already been dinged at 4 schools (Stanford, G'Town, BU and GW). That wouldn't be too big of deal other than the fact that I have a 3.9/168 (non-URM) and was Vice President of my UG student government body. I also have no criminal offenses and partake in community service.

This law school process sucks because you see people with lower grades, lesser credentials, and URMS admitted almost at face value. while people like me get dinged because all of our spots are taken by special interest applicants (URMs w/ lower #s), etc.

It's like schools, in general, are trying to make up for the fact that blacks, latinos, etc. were discriminated against by taking it out on people so far removed from the situation (ie, me with my numbers).

Isn't it a given that URM's also, in general, do the worst in law school and tend to be at the bottom of the class, anyways?

Why are whites so disadvantaged in LS admissions??!

Seriously?

kentee15 wrote:bullshit u got rejected from GW with those numbers unless whoever wrote your apps wrote horrible things about you

emalf wrote:Why are law schools so unfair?

I have already been dinged at 4 schools (Stanford, G'Town, BU and GW). That wouldn't be too big of deal other than the fact that I have a 3.9/168 (non-URM) and was Vice President of my UG student government body. I also have no criminal offenses and partake in community service.

This law school process sucks because you see people with lower grades, lesser credentials, and URMS admitted almost at face value. while people like me get dinged because all of our spots are taken by special interest applicants (URMs w/ lower #s), etc.

It's like schools, in general, are trying to make up for the fact that blacks, latinos, etc. were discriminated against by taking it out on people so far removed from the situation (ie, me with my numbers).

Isn't it a given that URM's also, in general, do the worst in law school and tend to be at the bottom of the class, anyways?

Why are whites so disadvantaged in LS admissions??!

emalf wrote:
Isn't it a given that URM's also, in general, do the worst in law school and tend to be at the bottom of the class, anyways?

emalf wrote:Why are law schools so unfair?

I have already been dinged at 4 schools (Stanford, G'Town, BU and GW). That wouldn't be too big of deal other than the fact that I have a 3.9/168 (non-URM) and was Vice President of my UG student government body. I also have no criminal offenses and partake in community service.

scribelaw wrote:You got dinged at GW and BU with a 169/3.8?

I call bullshit. Either that or the entitled douchebaggery evident in your OP came through in your application.

talibkweli wrote:i think it doesnt help anyone to have a silent majority of pissed off people thinking they are being screwed by affirmative action and stuff.

op, i sympathize with your frustration, but remember a couple things:

1. no one is entitled to a spot because of their numbers. ultimately its for the admissions people to select kids on teh basis of a whole host of considerations. you are betraying an insane degree of conceit in acting like you know more than they do.

2. the "special" admits you refer to are few in number. you would have likely been pwned by another white guy had AA never existed.

hth

emalf wrote: how many more people are there with #s higher than 3.9/168? you probably got in somewhere better with lower numbers because of affirmative action.