Harvard, C/O 2017, Applicants Thread (2013-2014) Forum

[LexLeon]

Anybody know about Harvard's ranges for LSAT and GPA? With my 3.58 and 174, my chances of getting in are, I believe, 1 in 6 (enough for me to apply, though... better chances than the lottery), BUT thinking about that stresses me out. I would rather know the minimum LSAT and GPA the school's let in so I don't feel like I'm trying to outrun an F1.

At least Yale lets me know they've admitted a 3.13 and a 152 just this past year, so I feel like I have a chance

I would guess that there is at least one sub-3.0 GPA person somewhere at HLS.

[The-Specs]

Anybody know about Harvard's ranges for LSAT and GPA? With my 3.58 and 174, my chances of getting in are, I believe, 1 in 6 (enough for me to apply, though... better chances than the lottery), BUT thinking about that stresses me out. I would rather know the minimum LSAT and GPA the school's let in so I don't feel like I'm trying to outrun an F1.

At least Yale lets me know they've admitted a 3.13 and a 152 just this past year, so I feel like I have a chance

I have your exact same GPA and I got into Harvard. I have a slightly better LSAT but in the end I am pretty sure (per my interview) that overcoming my terrible GPA was more about my Diversity and Personal Statements than my LSAT.

So I would say you have a good chance if there is more to you than your numbers. HTH.

P.S. Non-URM

[Theopliske8711]

Joining in. 3.78/174. I'm not confident though: 174 is a third retake, and my GPA is hovering just above the 25%.

[The-Specs]

Joining in. 3.78/174. I'm not confident though: 174 is a third retake.

I took it three times and got in. There is always hope.

[amc987]

Joining in. 3.78/174. I'm not confident though: 174 is a third retake, and my GPA is hovering just above the 25%.

Pretty sure wtrc took the test 3 or 4 times. His highest was 174 and he got into HLS this cycle. I believe his GPA was around 3.8.

I bet you'll do better than you think.

[desichhori]

Anybody know about Harvard's ranges for LSAT and GPA? With my 3.58 and 174, my chances of getting in are, I believe, 1 in 6 (enough for me to apply, though... better chances than the lottery), BUT thinking about that stresses me out. I would rather know the minimum LSAT and GPA the school's let in so I don't feel like I'm trying to outrun an F1.

At least Yale lets me know they've admitted a 3.13 and a 152 just this past year, so I feel like I have a chance

I would guess that there is at least one sub-3.0 GPA person somewhere at HLS.

This makes me feel good cuz I'm a total splitter!

[patfeeney]

Anybody know about Harvard's ranges for LSAT and GPA? With my 3.58 and 174, my chances of getting in are, I believe, 1 in 6 (enough for me to apply, though... better chances than the lottery), BUT thinking about that stresses me out. I would rather know the minimum LSAT and GPA the school's let in so I don't feel like I'm trying to outrun an F1.

At least Yale lets me know they've admitted a 3.13 and a 152 just this past year, so I feel like I have a chance

I have your exact same GPA and I got into Harvard. I have a slightly better LSAT but in the end I am pretty sure (per my interview) that overcoming my terrible GPA was more about my Diversity and Personal Statements than my LSAT.

So I would say you have a good chance if there is more to you than your numbers. HTH.

P.S. Non-URM

I am non-URM, but other than two pretty sweet internships, some extracurriculars, and a nervous condition I mentioned in my PS, I'm not too special.

How much better was your LSAT? A 174 is just above their median, while a 175 or 176 is at/above 75th percentile.

[Nonconsecutive]

Joining in. 3.78/174. I'm not confident though: 174 is a third retake, and my GPA is hovering just above the 25%.

I got in with numbers less than that, FWIW. (Non-urm with average softs). I retook the LSAT a third time and raised it, but I had gained admittance prior to that.

[The-Specs]

Anybody know about Harvard's ranges for LSAT and GPA? With my 3.58 and 174, my chances of getting in are, I believe, 1 in 6 (enough for me to apply, though... better chances than the lottery), BUT thinking about that stresses me out. I would rather know the minimum LSAT and GPA the school's let in so I don't feel like I'm trying to outrun an F1.

At least Yale lets me know they've admitted a 3.13 and a 152 just this past year, so I feel like I have a chance

I have your exact same GPA and I got into Harvard. I have a slightly better LSAT but in the end I am pretty sure (per my interview) that overcoming my terrible GPA was more about my Diversity and Personal Statements than my LSAT.

So I would say you have a good chance if there is more to you than your numbers. HTH.

P.S. Non-URM

I am non-URM, but other than two pretty sweet internships, some extracurriculars, and a nervous condition I mentioned in my PS, I'm not too special.

How much better was your LSAT? A 174 is just above their median, while a 175 or 176 is at/above 75th percentile.

I have a 176 but my softs are definitely below average, i.e. no internships to speak of etc.

[OVOXO]

Joining you guys. 4.03/171, but the 171 is my fourth take. I doubt I’m getting in, but it’s worth an app.

[wealtheow]

Hopping on board after my second LSAT attempt. 3.75/174, 5+ years out of UG. it's a reach, but being from MA, my relatives won't forgive me if I don't give it a shot!

[patfeeney]

How much better was your LSAT? A 174 is just above their median, while a 175 or 176 is at/above 75th percentile.

I have a 176 but my softs are definitely below average, i.e. no internships to speak of etc.

I hope the internships are enough to hold over. I hear so much mixed opinion about them that I just assume they mean nothing.

Considering my academic past in high school/freshman year, I'd be absolutely honored to even get waitlisted at HLS.

[lawschool22]

Hopping on board after my second LSAT attempt. 3.75/174, 5+ years out of UG. it's a reach, but being from MA, my relatives won't forgive me if I don't give it a shot!

Definitely more than a reach:

[wealtheow]

Hopping on board after my second LSAT attempt. 3.75/174, 5+ years out of UG. it's a reach, but being from MA, my relatives won't forgive me if I don't give it a shot!

Definitely more than a reach:

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oh, um, wow. those odds don't look so terrible!

[Nonconsecutive]

Hopping on board after my second LSAT attempt. 3.75/174, 5+ years out of UG. it's a reach, but being from MA, my relatives won't forgive me if I don't give it a shot!

Definitely more than a reach:

iguessretakingwasagoodidea.jpg

oh, um, wow. those odds don't look so terrible!

Yeah you're not in a bad place at all.

[Mort_the_Tort]

¿ tomorrow ?

[barrelofmonkeys]

¿ tomorrow ?

lol <3

So I checked last year's thread (I'm sure this had been done already, but, well):

There was a big batch of held/rejection e-mails on Friday, January 11th.

Then there was a big batch of JS2s on Monday, January 14th. These JS2s included even really recent JS1s (like January 10th).

[lawapp2014]

What's JS1/JS2?

[barrelofmonkeys]

What's JS1/JS2?

JS1 = invitation to interview with an admissions officer (JS = Jessica Soban)
JS2 = acceptance phone call

[lawapp2014]

Oh!

[Mort_the_Tort]

so for that big batch of held/rejected -- do you know what % of those folks got JS1's ?

that would suck if you got a JS1 and then get held/rejected in January

[lawschool22]

¿ tomorrow ?

lol <3

So I checked last year's thread (I'm sure this had been done already, but, well):

There was a big batch of held/rejection e-mails on Friday, January 11th.

Then there was a big batch of JS2s on Monday, January 14th. These JS2s included even really recent JS1s (like January 10th).

So a batch of rejection emails this Friday and a batch of JS2s Monday? That's plausible. Although I wonder if the fact that there have been fewer JS2s at this point (as compared to previous cycles) will cause this to be shifted a few days. I could see some JS2s this week.

[esse est percipi]

Harvard seems to be moving slightly more towards caring a bit about certain softs, as evidenced by the interview questions they are asking this year.

Based on the kinds questions I had in my interview, I would definitely agree with this.

For example... (?)

I'm interested in this as well: what questions are you guys referring to?

[cee cee]

Woops, I just locked myself out of the status checker for attempting incorrectly too many times. Uhh...

[barrelofmonkeys]

Woops, I just locked myself out of the status checker for attempting incorrectly too many times. Uhh...

Are you saying that you haven't officially received the status checker yet, but are trying to log in anyway?