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I got a 175 on my lsat and my GPA is a 3.4. I am an economics major, political science minor at GWU. What are my chances at a top 5? I am willing to apply ED if that will help my chances.

probably not.

but "top 5" is a meaningless distinction.

dcohen515 wrote:I got a 175 on my lsat and my GPA is a 3.4. I am an economics major, political science minor at GWU. What are my chances at a top 5? I am willing to apply ED if that will help my chances.

fyi

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/

http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/wp-co ... ograms.htm

iamgeorgebush wrote:probably not.

but "top 5" is a meaningless distinction.

So much NYU hate this year. It's like the GULC of the T6 or something.

dcohen515 wrote:I got a 175 on my lsat and my GPA is a 3.4. I am an economics major, political science minor at GWU. What are my chances at a top 5? I am willing to apply ED if that will help my chances.

I think you can. I'm not just saying that, I think the odds are in your favor if you get everything in early.

Yes, you can.

Source: I got into CLS with a 3.41 (though 3.75 my last two years of undergrad) and 173 LSAT

ymmv wrote:

iamgeorgebush wrote:probably not.

but "top 5" is a meaningless distinction.

So much NYU hate this year. It's like the GULC of the T6 or something.

Though for "biglawl or bust" people T5 is real.

I think you can. With that said I think you are better off applying broadly and then taking a scholarship to a lower T14. Schools like Northwestern have been known to give out about half scholarships to applicants like you to help their LSAT medians.

rahulg91 wrote:

ymmv wrote:

iamgeorgebush wrote:probably not.

but "top 5" is a meaningless distinction.

So much NYU hate this year. It's like the GULC of the T6 or something.

Though for "biglawl or bust" people T5 is real.

A "biglawl or bust" T5 would more realistically be HYSCP, in that case. I mean does OP even placement data.

ymmv wrote:

rahulg91 wrote:

ymmv wrote:

iamgeorgebush wrote:probably not.

but "top 5" is a meaningless distinction.

So much NYU hate this year. It's like the GULC of the T6 or something.

Though for "biglawl or bust" people T5 is real.

A "biglawl or bust" T5 would more realistically be HYSCP, in that case. I mean does OP even placement data.

(egregious anti-Chicago trolling)

dcohen515 wrote:I got a 175 on my lsat and my GPA is a 3.4. I am an economics major, political science minor at GWU. What are my chances at a top 5? I am willing to apply ED if that will help my chances.

ED Northwestern! It's a great school with great placement, and the ED option comes with a substantial scholly, and I'm pretty sure you're LSAT makes you a good candidate.

starrydreamz3 wrote:

dcohen515 wrote:I got a 175 on my lsat and my GPA is a 3.4. I am an economics major, political science minor at GWU. What are my chances at a top 5? I am willing to apply ED if that will help my chances.

fyi

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/

http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/wp-co ... ograms.htm

LSP is garbage. Use myLSN.info instead.

rahulg91 wrote:

ymmv wrote:

rahulg91 wrote:

ymmv wrote:
So much NYU hate this year. It's like the GULC of the T6 or something.

Though for "biglawl or bust" people T5 is real.

A "biglawl or bust" T5 would more realistically be HYSCP, in that case. I mean does OP even placement data.

(egregious anti-Chicago trolling)

Yes, but DATA-driven egregious anti-Chicago trolling.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&t=230636

rahulg91 wrote:

dcohen515 wrote:I got a 175 on my lsat and my GPA is a 3.4. I am an economics major, political science minor at GWU. What are my chances at a top 5? I am willing to apply ED if that will help my chances.

ED Northwestern! It's a great school with great placement, and the ED option comes with a substantial scholly, and I'm pretty sure you're LSAT makes you a good candidate.

NU is generally not giving out full scholarships to chase people with below-median GPAs. The primary purpose of the ED full ride is to poach T6 admits who didn't/wouldn't get offered much money.

NU would probably offer OP $90K, which would make it a smarter choice than prestige-whoring for a school in a nonexistent category ("T5").

ymmv wrote:

rahulg91 wrote:

ymmv wrote:

iamgeorgebush wrote:probably not.

but "top 5" is a meaningless distinction.

So much NYU hate this year. It's like the GULC of the T6 or something.

Though for "biglawl or bust" people T5 is real.

A "biglawl or bust" T5 would more realistically be HYSCP, in that case. I mean does OP even placement data.

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog ... chool.html

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Quit hurting my Chicago feels

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