Reverse Splitter Results 2012-2013 Forum

[simplycatalina]

163 with a 3.98. Just got accepted to UT.

congrats!!!

[az21833]

lol iv gotten yelled at for both considering and not considering myself a reverse splitter. i wish i had a home

[simplycatalina]

lol iv gotten yelled at for both considering and not considering myself a reverse splitter. i wish i had a home

and i've gotten yelled at for saying what a reverse splitter should be defined as. which is why i just said good luck to all, arguing over terminology is useless

[TripTrip]

Here, I defined it visually:


Now, I'd like to hear of some dings/WL/acceptances!

[racmyers23]

Checkin in

[AggieF&F]

LSAT: 166
GPA: 3.93
UG in two years. Master's Degree

Accepted:
UT
Vanderbilt
Alabama (Full ride)
BU
GW (60k)

WL:
UCLA
Notre Dame

Waiting:
UVa
Duke
Michigan
Chicago
Northwestern

[mehh]

Have you thought about taking a prep course and retaking the LSAT? Your UGPA is brilliant - perhaps you should use it with a higher score. If you can crack 165, you will be seriously competitive for T14.

p.s. you might STILL crack T14 but 165/+ will almost make it yours to lose. If you can somehow raise it to 170, you should be able to get into HYS (maybe not with money) and CCN with money

I did take a prep course (blueprint) and got tutoring and managed to get my practice tests up to 170+. I took the test twice and somehow was not able to perform up to my potential. I probably will retake in June (even if just for scholarship money/to get off some waitlists) but I'm applying this cycle anyway just to see what happens.

AH same with me! Took a prep course, and was scoring 168+ on practice tests. Ended up with a 162 on the December test, (my third attempt). I am not even mad about my score considering I raised it five points in less than a month.

Cumulative GPA: 3.7; degree GPA: 3.81 (4.0 in my major). I know the latter doesn't really matter but it also doesn't hurt.

[mehh]

Here, I defined it visually:


Now, I'd like to hear of some dings/WL/acceptances!

HAHAHAH "Hail Mary Applicants." That is great.

[kingsfield69]

164/3.89
Non-URM, Non-traditional
Masters x2
Veteran

In:
Harvard (attending)
Michigan
UVA
Georgetown
Cornell
GWU
Washington
Ohio St
Wm & Mary

Withdrew from Duke, Penn, and Colorado prior to decision. I believe Duke was going to ding me, but we'll never know.

Some of this is my particular softs/WE. Some of it, I believe, is the weirdness of this cycle with the shifting dynamics of the market and reduced #s of applicants. I saw evidence of a thorough review across the board.

[20141023]

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[kingsfield69]

164/3.89
Non-URM, Non-traditional
Masters x2
Veteran

In:
Harvard (attending)
Michigan
UVA
Georgetown
Cornell
GWU
Washington
Ohio St
Wm & Mary

Withdrew from Duke, Penn, and Colorado prior to decision. I believe Duke was going to ding me, but we'll never know.

Some of this is my particular softs/WE. Some of it, I believe, is the weirdness of this cycle with the shifting dynamics of the market and reduced #s of applicants. I saw evidence of a thorough review across the board.

Yeah, I think that you are pretty much every reverse splitter's dream come true, kingsfield.

I post here to give data, but also to show what is possible. Let's go, Reverse Splitters. Take the hill.

[danitt]

Here, I defined it visually:


Now, I'd like to hear of some dings/WL/acceptances!

HAHAHAH "Hail Mary Applicants." That is great.

Even better, Hail Marry.

Ok my stats:

157/3.7 (not calculated by LSAC because I'm an international)
URM, Non-traditional, Masters degree. 7 years work experience, 6 in a very specific field.

In:
UVA
Vanderbilt
GWU
W&L
Cardozo
Fordham (withdrawn)
Wake Forest (withdrawn)
UMaryland (withdrawn)
American(withdrawn)
UMiami (withdrawn)

Out:
Harvard
Berkeley
Chicago
UPenn
GULC
Columbia *
NYU*

*not yet but let's be real they're pretty long shots

Waiting:
Cornell
NU
Emory
WUSTL
BC
BU
W&M

[bluegoldbearz]

164/3.89
Non-URM, Non-traditional
Masters x2
Veteran

In:
Harvard (attending)
Michigan
UVA
Georgetown
Cornell
GWU
Washington
Ohio St
Wm & Mary

Withdrew from Duke, Penn, and Colorado prior to decision. I believe Duke was going to ding me, but we'll never know.

Some of this is my particular softs/WE. Some of it, I believe, is the weirdness of this cycle with the shifting dynamics of the market and reduced #s of applicants. I saw evidence of a thorough review across the board.

Yeah, I think that you are pretty much every reverse splitter's dream come true, kingsfield.

I post here to give data, but also to show what is possible. Let's go, Reverse Splitters. Take the hill.

I envy you . Nevertheless, congrats buddy!

[jmorrisumn]

The lone green Hail Mary makes the plot.

[Micdiddy]

164/3.89
Non-URM, Non-traditional
Masters x2
Veteran

In:
Harvard (attending)
Michigan
UVA
Georgetown
Cornell
GWU
Washington
Ohio St
Wm & Mary

Withdrew from Duke, Penn, and Colorado prior to decision. I believe Duke was going to ding me, but we'll never know.

Some of this is my particular softs/WE. Some of it, I believe, is the weirdness of this cycle with the shifting dynamics of the market and reduced #s of applicants. I saw evidence of a thorough review across the board.

Yeah, I think that you are pretty much every reverse splitter's dream come true, kingsfield.

I post here to give data, but also to show what is possible. Let's go, Reverse Splitters. Take the hill.

I think you got into Harvard based on screen name alone.

[SteelPenguin]

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[az21833]

164/3.89
Non-URM, Non-traditional
Masters x2
Veteran

In:
Harvard (attending)
Michigan
UVA
Georgetown
Cornell
GWU
Washington
Ohio St
Wm & Mary

Withdrew from Duke, Penn, and Colorado prior to decision. I believe Duke was going to ding me, but we'll never know.

Some of this is my particular softs/WE. Some of it, I believe, is the weirdness of this cycle with the shifting dynamics of the market and reduced #s of applicants. I saw evidence of a thorough review across the board.

Yeah, I think that you are pretty much every reverse splitter's dream come true, kingsfield.

I post here to give data, but also to show what is possible. Let's go, Reverse Splitters. Take the hill.

I think you got into Harvard based on screen name alone.

def wasnt the two master degrees and time spent serving our nation. all screen name

[texas1990]

heard back from enough to post here... 3.83/166, non-URM, t20 undergrad

In:
Vanderbilt
UCLA
UT
USC ($90K)
Berkeley
Georgetown
Michigan

Waiting:
Columbia
NYU
UVA
American

[zz888]

164/3.73 (3.83 last 3 years, had a bad freshman year with a 3.47)

Accepted:
Santa Clara (21k/year)
Loyola LA (90k)

Waitlist:
Georgetown

Rejected:
Berkeley

Waiting on:
UCLA
USC
UPenn
Cornell
Duke
Columbia
Stanford
UC Hastings
UC Davis
Vanderbilt

[kingsfield69]

I think you got into Harvard based on screen name alone.

def wasnt the two master degrees and time spent serving our nation. all screen name

I was theorizing "rugged good looks." Dammit.

[rwt422]

I enjoy reading these sort of things; hope others will contribute also.

3.95/162, non-URM. Also a veteran.

In:
Illinois + sch.
Notre Dame
William & Mary + sch.
Washington & Lee
Chicago-Kent + sch.
DePaul + sch.
Penn State + sch.
Wisconsin + sch.
JMLS + full sch.

Waitlist:
Fordham

Pending:
Chicago
Northwestern

I wrote extra essays for IL, ND, W&L, & Northwestern, and I've interviewed at Northwestern and Chicago. I retook LSAT, never scored much higher in training. My experience resembles kingsfield69 to some extent in that I felt each school has taken a good amount of time to dive in to my application; I've been waiting at Chicago, for example, since October.

[uconjak]

Non- URM, 168/3.9, UG at public midwest, good softs, great LOR's (from YLS grad, and SLS grad).

In
Gtown, colorado, iowa, GW, WUSTL, USC, UCLA, fordham
Pending
NYU, CLS, SLS, UVA, NU, Cornell, BC, BU, Berkley, Chicago

WL,....none

Dings,....none yet, expecting some at any time!

Good money fom iowa, usc, ucla, fordham, GW

Columbia top choice, Stanford a close second.

[nolatlien]

Posting this in the right place to give future reverse splitters some hope!

164, 3.8

UChicago - IN
Boalt - Ding
Penn - WL
UVA - WL
Michigan - WL
Duke - WL
Northwestern - IN
Vanderbilt - IN $
Emory - IN $
UGA - IN

[SteelPenguin]

Posting this in the right place to give future reverse splitters some hope!

164, 3.8

UChicago - IN
Boalt - Ding
Penn - WL
UVA - WL
Michigan - WL
Duke - WL
Northwestern - IN
Vanderbilt - IN $
Emory - IN $
UGA - IN

Would you be willing to share what you believe got you into Chicago? You don't have to be specific if you don't want, but if you could at least give a vague reply (great story in PS) I'd appreciate it. My numbers are similar, so I'm interested.

[postard]

168, 3.98:

In:
U Chicago
U Washington
Boston U
George Washington ($$$)

WL:
Duke
UCLA
UVA
U Mich
Cornell (Held)

Reject:
Stanford

Waiting:
NYU
Berkeley