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Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:23 pm
by Gracelover
3.94 GPA good professor recs great softs lsat score 96th percentile
I was rejected at Berkeley, the lowest ranking school I applied to. Should I necessarily be worried? Does this automatically mean I will be rejected at all the higher ranking law schools I applied to?
Appreciate your answers!
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:26 pm
by 4LTsPointingNorth
Apply to the rest of the T14 tonight if for nothing else than more options/scholarship negotiations and keep in mind that Berkeley is not suitable as an admissions barometer for other schools due to its idiosyncratic admissions processes/focus
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:31 pm
by Gracelover
4LTsPointingNorth wrote:Apply to the rest of the T14 tonight if for nothing else than more options/scholarship negotiations and keep in mind that Berkeley is not suitable as an admissions barometer for other schools due to its idiosyncratic admissions processes/focus
Thank you so much! Really appreciate your answer!
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:34 pm
by BigZuck
Also, retake. Don't waste that awesome GPA on a 168 or whatever it is that you have
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:04 am
by kingpin101
A 96th percentile LSAT score is below 170, which makes me curious as to why you thought making Berkeley your lowest ranked school was a good idea. Cuz it's not.
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:07 am
by OhBoyOhBortles
BigZuck wrote:Also, retake. Don't waste that awesome GPA on a 168 or whatever it is that you have
+ 1.
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:06 pm
by Moneytrees
kingpin101 wrote:A 96th percentile LSAT score is below 170, which makes me curious as to why you thought making Berkeley your lowest ranked school was a good idea. Cuz it's not.
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:54 pm
by RareExports
Berk is weird, so don't get too down.
I agree with the other posters that you could have some great options with $$$$ at T20s.
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:59 pm
by kartelite
Gracelover wrote:3.94 GPA good professor recs great softs lsat score 96th percentile
I was rejected at Berkeley, the lowest ranking school I applied to. Should I necessarily be worried? Does this automatically mean I will be rejected at all the higher ranking law schools I applied to?
Appreciate your answers!
Of course not. Berkeley is weird, I was rejected straight-up there but got into every other higher-ranked school except Yale (WL) and Stanford.
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:53 am
by lc0626
3.8 GPA 172 LSAT solid extracurricular activities good personal statement & professor recs not bad.
I got into NYU and got an interview invitation from UChicago but I was waitlisted at Berkeley.
I'm not sure if it was YP or they just put more emphasis on other factors, but surely Berkeley alone can't be the right measure to predict results from other schools.
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:24 am
by Mack.Hambleton
Moneytrees wrote:kingpin101 wrote:A 96th percentile LSAT score is below 170, which makes me curious as to why you thought making Berkeley your lowest ranked school was a good idea. Cuz it's not.
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:52 am
by BigZuck
I wouldn't waste any time trying to figure out what those knuckleheads at Berkeley are thinking. I mean, the Dean of Admissions has two first names but no last name. What's that about? I don't trust any of those goofballs and you shouldn't either.
Re: Rejected at Berkeley...should I be worried?
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 4:13 am
by ilikebaseball
kingpin101 wrote:A 96th percentile LSAT score is below 170, which makes me curious as to why you thought making Berkeley your lowest ranked school was a good idea. Cuz it's not.
This is a serious issue