How much can high LSAT make up for low-ish GPA? Forum
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How much can high LSAT make up for low-ish GPA?
I'm a non-URM with a 178 LSAT. I'm still in school but I'll probably finished with a GPA around 3.7, 3.8 if everything goes perfectly. How much can LSAT balance out a mediocre GPA? I have funds to pay full, if that matters, and decent softs.
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Re: How much can high LSAT make up for low-ish GPA?
I had similar situation this cycle. You'll get in NYU and Columbia most likely. HYS are long shots unless there's something else real special on your resume. Then there's a few schools that keep high GPA medians where you're basically a 50/50 splitter like Penn and Chicago. Bottom of t14 you should get big money.
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WTF?! Why in heaven's name is a 3.7 GPA low-ish? That's like being the NCAA 100m champ and thinking you're slow just because you can't beat Usain Bolt. Get a grip dude.numbersloth wrote:I'm a non-URM with a 178 LSAT. I'm still in school but I'll probably finished with a GPA around 3.7, 3.8 if everything goes perfectly. How much can LSAT balance out a mediocre GPA? I have funds to pay full, if that matters, and decent softs.
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And sloth, you have a 178 LSAT with a great GPA. You will get in CCN down I'd say you have about even odds at H and a puncher's chance at Y and S. Provided you don't do something stupid, you're going to win the law school admissions game.
But before you do any of that, I suggest you get a grip and some perspective. Why in the world would you consider a 3.7 GPA mediocre?
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Re: How much can high LSAT make up for low-ish GPA?
Seconding this. A 3.7 is an A- average. Granted, that's not an A, but that's still a consistent 90% in all your classes. That's not low.fliptrip wrote:WTF?! Why in heaven's name is a 3.7 GPA low-ish? That's like being the NCAA 100m champ and thinking you're slow just because you can't beat Usain Bolt. Get a grip dude.numbersloth wrote:I'm a non-URM with a 178 LSAT. I'm still in school but I'll probably finished with a GPA around 3.7, 3.8 if everything goes perfectly. How much can LSAT balance out a mediocre GPA? I have funds to pay full, if that matters, and decent softs.
Thank!
And sloth, you have a 178 LSAT with a great GPA. You will get in CCN down I'd say you have about even odds at H and a puncher's chance at Y and S. Provided you don't do something stupid, you're going to win the law school admissions game.
But before you do any of that, I suggest you get a grip and some perspective. Why in the world would you consider a 3.7 GPA mediocre?
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- TheKisSquared
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Re: How much can high LSAT make up for low-ish GPA?
nah you'll never go to law school with only a .37. Abandon all hope ye who post here. Didn't even know they gave grades so low....
Oh what's that? a 3.7/3.8? This is a post to brag about how you're going to Harvard? Cool. Pls leave and use that brain to look at resources (like LSN linked above) before wasting everyone's time.
Oh what's that? a 3.7/3.8? This is a post to brag about how you're going to Harvard? Cool. Pls leave and use that brain to look at resources (like LSN linked above) before wasting everyone's time.
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I think I hate you.numbersloth wrote:I'm a non-URM with a 178 LSAT. I'm still in school but I'll probably finished with a GPA around 3.7, 3.8 if everything goes perfectly. How much can LSAT balance out a mediocre GPA? I have funds to pay full, if that matters, and decent softs.
Thank!
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Re: How much can high LSAT make up for low-ish GPA?
I enjoyed this. Thank you K. Anyway, I think we've been had, friends. OP has been a ghost since he started this thread.TheKisSquared wrote:nah you'll never go to law school with only a .37. Abandon all hope ye who post here. Didn't even know they gave grades so low....
Oh what's that? a 3.7/3.8? This is a post to brag about how you're going to Harvard? Cool. Pls leave and use that brain to look at resources (like LSN linked above) before wasting everyone's time.