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Law School Reaches, Safeties and Targets for URM

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:37 am
by blackwater88
URM, GPA: 3.5+ Multiple LSATs, highest being above 165 below 170

How's this list?

Reaches:

Harvard
Columbia
NYU
Boalt
Virginia
Cornell
GULC


Targets:

UCLA
Boston University
Fordham

Safeties:

Notre Dame
USD


Really, really want Columbia though...

Re: Law School Reaches, Safeties and Targets for URM

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:48 am
by 005618502
What URM are you? if NA your chances at columbia go up significantly. Ed to Columbia and go from there, HYS is a ding.

Re: Law School Reaches, Safeties and Targets for URM

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:52 am
by blackwater88
jt1341 wrote:What URM are you? if NA your chances at columbia go up significantly. Ed to Columbia and go from there, HYS is a ding.
Mexican-American, should I still ED to Columbia?

Re: Law School Reaches, Safeties and Targets for URM

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:56 am
by 005618502
blackwater88 wrote:
jt1341 wrote:What URM are you? if NA your chances at columbia go up significantly. Ed to Columbia and go from there, HYS is a ding.
Mexican-American, should I still ED to Columbia?
If its your dream school you can so you are not wondering what if. You are very likely going to get dinged.

But thats your decision, apply to all schools you put and ED to columbia, hope for the best. You, by numbers, wont get accepted, but it definitely cant hurt you.