late submission Forum

[sayamk]

Hi everyone.
So my top choice of Law School let me turn in my application late. I have GPA and LSAT that's lower than their 25 percentile... But good softs. I'm not a URM. I see that this school accepted URM around my numbers. I'm wondering do law schools take students with low numbers but got great reasons to go to law schools? I believe my personal statement explained very well. and I've been a healthcare professional all my life. I believe my profession itself is already doing good for the community. Please let me know what you think!

[cavalier1138]

Numbers are 95% of the equation. The other factors you mention are only important on the margins.

That said, I'm a little confused by this:

I believe my personal statement explained very well. and I've been a healthcare professional all my life. I believe my profession itself is already doing good for the community.

How does that show that you have a great reason for going to law school? It sounds like you have a great reason to stay right where you are and continue to help your community.

[sayamk]

Hi everyone. I see that many URM with a lower GPA and LSAT were able to get into t14. I'm sure they had great diversities and softs. I'm curious. So, I'm not URM myself but I also have great softs (trilingual, grown-up internationally, and worked to save lives).. Will I also be given a similar chance as URM?

[sayamk]

Hi all, so I turned in my applications, waiting for results from law schools. I'm thinking about retaking LSAT in May or June to increase my chance of getting into a dream school. Do you think this is too late? I can't register for April LSAT anymore. The earliest is probably May. What do you think?

[antelope]

Sadly, schools try to take as many applications as possible to improve their selectivity, so they might say what you as an applicant want to hear, only to reject/waitlist your application. Now, some schools do take people who are below medians, but it depends on what school we're talking about, it's not the same to talk about a state school than, say, a predatory unranked school.

Have you taken the LSAT more than once?

[cavalier1138]

[Mod Note: Merging your other posts into this thread. No need to create several threads to ask the same basic questions.]

The answer to all your questions is that you are not going to game the system. If you don't have the numbers, you don't have the numbers. You can reapply next year if your retake goes well, but as mentioned earlier, it's not at all clear why you want to go to law school.

[nixy]

Your chances aren't good, especially because both your numbers are under the 25th percentile - often schools accept applicants with one low number but one high number, so they help the school's stats in one category if not in both. It's always possible, I suppose. But people assessing your odds on the internet isn't going to do anything at this point, since you've already applied and all you can do is wait to see what happens.

[sayamk]

Sadly, schools try to take as many applications as possible to improve their selectivity, so they might say what you as an applicant want to hear, only to reject/waitlist your application. Now, some schools do take people who are below medians, but it depends on what school we're talking about, it's not the same to talk about a state school than, say, a predatory unranked school.

Have you taken the LSAT more than once?

yes twice so far. Increased 10 points. I would like to take 1 more time and see if I can break 170s

[antelope]

A third take won't hurt you if you're able to increase your score. Just prepare before signing up again and make sure you're hitting your target score in practice consistently
Hoping that it goes well for you