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Go to one of the schools in the area from 30-50. Finished right around 15-17% range. Got a CALI or two and a paying summer gig at a firm. Looking to bust T17, maybe higher if I can.

As for current school, I like it but just want to upgrade to a school with more than just a regional reach and expand future opportunities, especially regarding OCI representation (and I am not that keen anymore on staying in this particular region for various reasons). I might be asked to law review based on note, who knows. Lastly, the school feeds a decent secondary market and top students (>25%) usually fare ok for work in that particular market in normal times, but been a bit rough ITE for some even within that range.

I do have a very very significant scholarship at my current school. Thanks

stillupintheair wrote:Go to one of the schools in the area from 30-50. Finished right around 15-17% range. Got a CALI or two and a paying summer gig at a firm. Looking to bust T17, maybe higher if I can.

As for current school, I like it but just want to upgrade to a school with more than just a regional reach and expand future opportunities, especially regarding OCI representation (and I am not that keen anymore on staying in this particular region for various reasons). I might be asked to law review based on note, who knows. Lastly, the school feeds a decent secondary market and top students (>25%) usually fare ok for work in that particular market in normal times, but been a bit rough ITE for some even within that range.

I do have a very very significant scholarship at my current school. Thanks

Given your stats, the chances are fair, especially if you can get two strong letters of recommendation. As to advice, a few points: when you transfer you should consider law review (which does not usually transfer), credits (same), and scholarships. In short, transferring can be a very good move, but comes with numerous practical considerations. You might read Art of the Law School Transfer for more on each.

Thane.

Check out the yahoo database, transferapps. Students outside the T10% don't seem to fare too well when trying to transfer to a T14 (unless of course their current school is a T25). That said, the transfer game is less numbers-oriented than regular admission. i think a great ps, good reasons to transfer, and great recs can make up for a less than stellar rank.

thanks guys. I have ties out west, so that should help UCLA, but I think my numbers are competitive there anyway. I also have quite a few years of WE and some great letters I think from two CALI'd class professors forthcoming. I am targetting Tex/UCLA/Vandy, more UCLA then T/V. But I was hoping Boalt or Duke might be actual possibilities, but remain very doubtful.

I am posting from an alt, but I have been part of the board for a while and done a lot of reading into the matter, generally, and have spent some time on transferapps

Any thoughts on chances for UCLA/Duke/Boalt and maybe NU as my spread of apps?

I am in a very similar position, attending a lower t-1 school, etc. I just don't know what advantage there would be in transferring to a school like UCLA, unless you just far prefer the region. It would be one thing to transfer to a t-10, t-14, whatever, but would a transfer student at UCLA really fare much better than a top 17 percent student (perhaps even with law review) at a lower T-1? UCLA is a great school without a doubt, but I just don't know if it would confer that many benefits in this situation.

stillupintheair wrote:thanks guys. I have ties out west, so that should help UCLA, but I think my numbers are competitive there anyway. I also have quite a few years of WE and some great letters I think from two CALI'd class professors forthcoming. I am targetting Tex/UCLA/Vandy, more UCLA then T/V. But I was hoping Boalt or Duke might be actual possibilities, but remain very doubtful.

I am posting from an alt, but I have been part of the board for a while and done a lot of reading into the matter, generally, and have spent some time on transferapps

Any thoughts on chances for UCLA/Duke/Boalt and maybe NU as my spread of apps?

IMO, given your situation, if you really want to attend a school, then apply. In the long-run that $100 application fee is negligible. Transferapps is far too small of a sample to really glean anything ground-breaking about who has a chance where. Your softs could make someone on an admissions committee push hard for you, even though you aren't T10%. So, I say, apply to all those schools you mentioned, if you really want to attend them.

pocket herc wrote:I am in a very similar position, attending a lower t-1 school, etc. I just don't know what advantage there would be in transferring to a school like UCLA, unless you just far prefer the region. It would be one thing to transfer to a t-10, t-14, whatever, but would a transfer student at UCLA really fare much better than a top 17 percent student (perhaps even with law review) at a lower T-1? UCLA is a great school without a doubt, but I just don't know if it would confer that many benefits in this situation.

OP really doesn't want to stay in his region, so transferring to a school in the region in which he wants to practice makes sense. on the other hand, if you are T17% at Loyola, it doesn't make too much sense to transfer to UCLA, especially if you have a large scholly at Loyola.