Top Law Schools

Thought it might be helpful to start a thread for next year's students:

My numbers:

Current Law School: #60 (Tier 2)
Undergraduate GPA: 2.9
Undergraduate School rank: top 25
LSAT: 161

1L GPA: 3.89
1L Class Rank: 1/219
Honors: CALI Award (1)

Admitted: Georgetown Early Action, William and Mary, Duke, Virginia
Denied: Yale, Harvard, Penn
Choice: Virginia

Very happy with choice. Would apply to NYU and Columbia if I could do over again!

Best of luck and hope this helps next year!

I am surprised you did not get into Penn. Congrats on UVA though!

My numbers:

Current Law School: Tier 4 (Whittier)
Undergraduate GPA: 3.5
LSAT: 152

1L GPA: 3.3
1L Class Rank: 25/270 (top 9%)
Other: 5 years work experience, Law Review, PT student for 2 years

Admitted: Emory, Loyola Chicago, DePaul
Denied: Northwestern, UGA, Georgia State
Choice: Emory

BUbobby24 wrote:My numbers:

Current Law School: Tier 4 (Whittier)
Undergraduate GPA: 3.5
LSAT: 152

1L GPA: 3.3
1L Class Rank: 25/270 (top 9%)
Other: 5 years work experience, Law Review, PT student for 2 years

Admitted: Emory, Loyola Chicago, DePaul
Denied: Northwestern, UGA, Georgia State
Choice: Emory

WTF does Whittier curve to? 2.0?

Edited.

Whittier's curve is pretty rough, I believe they curve to a 2.6. Anything above a 3.0 in any class puts you in the top of the class. They definitely do everything they can to discourage people from transferring, such as waiting to release class ranks a month after grades are turned in.

Solid idea to make this thread.

Current Law School: school in the 60s (Tier 2)
1L GPA: 3.97
WE: no work experience
I don't think the undergrad stuff matters at all for transfers

Early Action/Decision
Georgetown: accepted EA
Chicago: deferred ED

Regular Decision
Cornell: accepted
Duke: effectively withdrew (didn't complete application after I received other acceptances)
Berkeley: denied
Michigan: denied
Penn: accepted
NYU: accepted
Columbia: accepted (ATTENDING)

Pretty happy with my cycle. I probably would have had no chance at Harvard, but I'd apply anyway if I had to do it again.

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Current Law School: school in the 50s
1L GPA: 3.67 (7/132)
WE: none

Early Action/Decision
Georgetown: deferred EA

Regular Decision
George Washington University: Accepted
Fordham: Denied
Georgetown: Waitlisted
Penn: Denied
NYU: Accepted
Columbia: No word.

Moral of the story: Anything can happen.

Getting some good stuff here. Keep it up.

Interesting. Those of us at the very top of our classes at Tier 2 schools seem to have no shot at top 3 schools, and Berkeley seems to be very tough.

And yes, Penn was interesting. They accepted #6 in class from my school but not #1. Not upset, as I would still have stuck with UVa.

CCN seem actually more generous than Berkeley toward tier 2 students.

t2, top 5%, lr, moot court, awards, etc.

bc - accepted
ucla - denied
uchi - denied
penn - accepted (attending)
columbia - withdrawing
nyu - withdrawing
fordham - withdrawing

@rising2L: Approximately where in tier two is your current law school ranked ? 50s ? 60s ? 70s ? 80s? 90s ? Thanks !

80s.

Thanks & congratulations ! You definitely made the right move, in my opinion.

thanks so much. penn was my first choice, and although i'd be curious to hear from nyu and columbia (though i guarantee i'd be rejected), i got exactly what i wanted.

FL T4 8%
Emory: Out
UF: Out
FSU: In
UM: Out
Wake: In
W&L: In
UNC: ?
W&M: ?

Likely attending W&L. Very interesting cycle. Wouldn't everyone agree?

My numbers:

Current Law School: #90s (Tier 2)
Undergraduate GPA: 2.7
Undergraduate School rank: top 5
LSAT: 165

1L GPA: 3.6x
1L Class Rank: 5/2xx
Honors: CALI Award (4), Invited to Law Review
Top 2-3%

Admitted: UCLA
Denied: Berkeley, Penn, GULC, Harvard(Lol)
Choice: UCLA

Top 10% at a school in the 70's

In at U of M (attending)
Withdrew from Northwestern
Rejected at U of Chicago

Current Law School: #77 (T2)
WE: 3 years full-time
1L GPA: 3.8X
1L Rank: 6/4XX (yeah, that's a 4)
Honors: 4 Book Awards, LR

Harvard: Ding
Columbia: Withdrew before response
NYU: Withdrew before response
Michigan: In, withdrew
UVa: Ding
Penn: In, attending

Good luck to everyone still waiting and to next year's transfer class. My advice? DO THE APPLICATIONS FIRST AND EARLY. Way easier to go complete early if they already have your app and are just waiting on grades. I did it the wrong way.

Current Law School: in the 40's
GPA: 3.86
Rank: 8/248
3 CALIs

Berkeley: Rejected
Chicago: Rejected
Columbia: Accepted
NYU: Accepted

Current Law School: 80s (T2)
WE: lolno
1L GPA: 3.8X
1L Rank: Top 5%
Honors: lolno

Columbia: Withdrew before response
NYU: Withdrew before response
Michigan: In, attending
GULC: In (EA)

Tier 4
Top 25%ish

SMU - Admitted

Stryka wrote:Tier 4
Top 25%ish

SMU - Admitted

Congrats. That kinda gives me hope if I do well enough to be 25% as a 1L.

Current Law School: Top 25
LSAT: 167

1L GPA: 3.85
1L Class Rank: Top 2-3%
Honors: Law Review

Harvard: Admitted

merc280 wrote:

Stryka wrote:Tier 4
Top 25%ish

SMU - Admitted

Congrats. That kinda gives me hope if I do well enough to be 25% as a 1L.

Thanks!!! Forgot to mention I have a lot of work experience which possibly helped.

Tier 3
GPA: 3.927
Rank: 1/1xx

Northwestern: rejected
Penn: rejected
WUSL: accepted
GUTL: Accepted
Berkeley: rejected.
Columbia: still pending
Duke:waitlisted
SMU: accepted; attending