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[mcase841]

WP

[dpk711]

Come back with a real score.

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[kaiser]

It would make for an interesting sidenote in your personal statement, but it won't override a poor LSAT score. Just focus on the test.

[dpk711]

Birth certificate or GTFO

I can easily prove it.

Then do it, TLS-virgin.

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[CanadianWolf]

It might get you an application fee waiver. Beyond that, anything would just be a guess. Can you threaten to take your name back ?

[orm518]

Thought this thread seemed similar to me for some reason....

So TLS has the descendants of both the founders of UPenn (but not the Law school itself as was hashed out) and Cornell?

Weird.

[CanadianWolf]

So where is Leland Stanford IV ?

[kaiser]

When you write your PS, make sure to call him grand-daddy Ezzy

[geoduck]

On that note, imagine having to be the Cornell adcomm writing a reject letter to Mr. Cornell.

"Dear Mr. Cornell:

...Unfortunately, we are unable to accept you to Cornell..."

Or more awkwardly, a wait list announcement asking Mr. Cornell to confirm that he is still interested in attending Cornell.

[rinkrat19]

It would make for an interesting sidenote in your personal statement, but it won't override a poor LSAT score. Just focus on the test.

You must be new to college admissions

(Lineage/Wealth > Hard Factors > Soft Factors)

Lineage on its own isn't gonna get him much. Lineage as an indicator of wealth, power or influence is what counts, and it doesn't sound like OP has any of the three.

Being a poor Cornell without influence or power might be a bit of a boost, but it's not like being a Bush, Kennedy, Rockefeller or Pritzker.

[geoduck]

It would make for an interesting sidenote in your personal statement, but it won't override a poor LSAT score. Just focus on the test.

You must be new to college admissions

(Lineage/Wealth > Hard Factors > Soft Factors)

Lineage on its own isn't gonna get him much. Lineage as an indicator of wealth, power or influence is what counts, and it doesn't sound like OP has any of the three.

Being a poor Cornell without influence or power might be a bit of a boost, but it's not like being a Bush, Kennedy, Rockefeller or Pritzker.

On the other hand, were he born a Cooley he would be pretty much guaranteed a full scholarship with top 10% stipulation from his namesake.

[Patriot1208]

It would make for an interesting sidenote in your personal statement, but it won't override a poor LSAT score. Just focus on the test.

You must be new to college admissions

(Lineage/Wealth > Hard Factors > Soft Factors)

Lineage on its own isn't gonna get him much. Lineage as an indicator of wealth, power or influence is what counts, and it doesn't sound like OP has any of the three.

Being a poor Cornell without influence or power might be a bit of a boost, but it's not like being a Bush, Kennedy, Rockefeller or Pritzker.

TBF, there was a poster who got into Yale with like a 3.7, 158 non-URM because of his lineage.

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[Case2L]

New admin advice: legally change your name to that of your target law school. "Mr. George Town, thank you for submitting your application..."

[Fred_McGriff]

Cornelius Vanderbilt VI walked right into Vandy... mostly because he did Teach For America and was a pre-law major.

[orm518]

Cornelius Vanderbilt VI walked right into Vandy... mostly because he did Teach For America and was a pre-law major.

I'd heard he was a Criminal Justice major, no?

[geoduck]

Cornelius Vanderbilt VI walked right into Vandy... mostly because he did Teach For America and was a pre-law major.

I'd heard he was a Criminal Justice major, no?

It was probably a double major. That makes all the difference to adcomms, you know.

[Fred_McGriff]

He studied abroad. They were pretty blown away by someone having experience studying in another country, not something they had really seen before.

[minnbills]

I'm looking at inferior schools because of my low GPA, but should I purse this? Any feedback would be great.

Well, at least you inherited some arrogance from "that kind of society."

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[nphsbuckeye]

It would make for an interesting sidenote in your personal statement, but it won't override a poor LSAT score. Just focus on the test.

You must be new to college admissions

(Lineage/Wealth > Hard Factors > Soft Factors)

Lineage on its own isn't gonna get him much. Lineage as an indicator of wealth, power or influence is what counts, and it doesn't sound like OP has any of the three.

Being a poor Cornell without influence or power might be a bit of a boost, but it's not like being a Bush, Kennedy, Rockefeller or Pritzker.

Are the Carnegies still hot shit? Half of Pittsburgh is named after 'em; that has to account for something.

[DocHawkeye]

So what you're saying is I should have told the adcoms that my 26th great grandfather on my mother's side was King of Scotland (900 or so years ago). Damn it. I knew I forgot something.