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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:44 pm
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Sorry about the highjack, but I've always wondered...joebloe wrote:I don't think it would make a huge difference either way, though it depends somewhat on what schools you're applying to. The general idea is that schools care about GPA and LSAT because that's what the rankings take into account.
And before anyone else says it, a retake would be strongly advised given that's a decent GPA. You have almost no chance at any T1 or T2 schools. Even if you're URM, you have almost no chance at T1 and very poor chances at T2. I don't know what went wrong on your LSATs or your SAT, but if you can find the problem and fix it, you can get into a damn good school down the line. Law school will still be there.
In this case, I pluralized because OP indicated that he/she took the LSAT more than once. Note that I did not pluralize SAT as there was no such indication.Beast15 wrote:Sorry about the highjack, but I've always wondered...joebloe wrote:I don't think it would make a huge difference either way, though it depends somewhat on what schools you're applying to. The general idea is that schools care about GPA and LSAT because that's what the rankings take into account.
And before anyone else says it, a retake would be strongly advised given that's a decent GPA. You have almost no chance at any T1 or T2 schools. Even if you're URM, you have almost no chance at T1 and very poor chances at T2. I don't know what went wrong on your LSATs or your SAT, but if you can find the problem and fix it, you can get into a damn good school down the line. Law school will still be there.
why do people pluralize LSAT, MCAT, and the others?
Yes, you should write an addendum, and include a .pdf copy of your old SAT scores if you have it.btowncane wrote:Hi everyone,
I'm about to submit my law school applications and am wondering if I should attach an addendum explaining my low LSAT scores. I recently graduated from the University of Miami with a 3.77 GPA; however my LSAT scores are 147 and 135. I have heard that it could be beneficial or detrimental to my chances of admission if I submit an addendum explaining my low LSAT scores as a poor predictor of my ability to academically succeed in light of the fact that I have historically done poor on standardized tests (SAT score of 1000).
So my question is, given the above information, should I submit such an addendum with my application? Thank you for your help.
Ahhhhh I hate doing this, but...btowncane wrote:Hi everyone,
I'm about to submit my law school applications and am wondering if I should attach an addendum explaining my low LSAT scores. I recently graduated from the University of Miami with a 3.77 GPA; however my LSAT scores are 147 and 135. I have heard that it could be beneficial or detrimental to my chances of admission if I submit an addendum explaining my low LSAT scores as a poor predictor of my ability to academically succeed in light of the fact that I have historically done poor on standardized tests (SAT score of 1000).
So my question is, given the above information, should I submit such an addendum with my application? Thank you for your help.
I appreciate everyone's advice and will take it into consideration, so thank you for that.TLSanders wrote: However, additional information would be very helpful in better advising you. For example, what schools are you targeting? Which LSAT score came first? What did you do in between them? Why the discrepancy?
You have somewhere between a 0% and a 0.5% chance at all of them. I've heard of students getting into schools that they're not qualified numerically if they have a fascinating story - e.g., a well-respected physician going to law school, a best-selling author, etc. This kind of outlier is not specifically relegated to Yale, but a lot of schools take these things into consideration. Seriously, you would be wasting your admission fees.btowncane wrote:I appreciate everyone's advice and will take it into consideration, so thank you for that.TLSanders wrote: However, additional information would be very helpful in better advising you. For example, what schools are you targeting? Which LSAT score came first? What did you do in between them? Why the discrepancy?
In response to your post, TLSanders, I am currently targeting the University of Miami, Michigan State, Louisiana State, Richmond, Suffolk and Boston College (my reason being the school says explicitly "We may place less consideration on your LSAT score if you have achieved exceptional academic success as an undergraduate despite a history of low standardized test scores.") Another oddity about my situation is that I scored the 147 first and then subsequently dropped down to a 135. One factor contributing to the discrepancy between my scores would be that I became employed full-time while also enrolled full-time in school after the first test which lead to having less time to restudy.
With the above said, do you think I have a decent shot at admittance to the schools I'm targeting? Thanks again.