Haha he needs to be a better alumnus. I donate to my ug alumni association and I am involved in it too, just because I want to give something back. I will probably be involved with Penn, but I would rather donate to my state ug.HeavenWood wrote: Over the years, my father donated a grand total of $0.00 to Penn.
Thats awesome!! URM?dddhhh wrote:Northwestern!
153/3.85
Did all optional essays and interviewed!
CONGRATS!!dddhhh wrote:Northwestern!
153/3.85
Did all optional essays and interviewed!
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I don't even think this is close to being a reach for you haha. but congrats anyhow!xtine wrote:This string is amazing and should give everybody hope.
GPA: 3.22 LSAT: 170
URM: Hispanic
NAME OF REACH SCHOOL: UVA
OPTIONAL ESSAY: No, but had some Why UVA stuff in the personal statement
WHAT GOT ME IN: Who knows? In-state, URM, speak Chinese and Spanish, cool softs (work/study in China) and 3 years WE
So far UVA is the only school I've heard back from. I also applied to Columbia (yeah right), Northwestern, Georgetown and then Boston U and U of Washington for safeties (don't need those anymore!)
aw, thanks BarbieBarbie wrote:I don't even think this is close to being a reach for you haha. but congrats anyhow!xtine wrote:This string is amazing and should give everybody hope.
GPA: 3.22 LSAT: 170
URM: Hispanic
NAME OF REACH SCHOOL: UVA
OPTIONAL ESSAY: No, but had some Why UVA stuff in the personal statement
WHAT GOT ME IN: Who knows? In-state, URM, speak Chinese and Spanish, cool softs (work/study in China) and 3 years WE
So far UVA is the only school I've heard back from. I also applied to Columbia (yeah right), Northwestern, Georgetown and then Boston U and U of Washington for safeties (don't need those anymore!)
I posted my stats on another string and everybody was like WHAT??? HOW DID YOU GET IN?? and they decided it must have been the URM bump, so it certainly felt like a reach after that haha. I'm loving the positivity and support on this string, though. What are UVA's medians? I figure you gotta be real close or at their LSAT one.xtine wrote:aw, thanks BarbieBarbie wrote:I don't even think this is close to being a reach for you haha. but congrats anyhow!
Well you're right, their median LSAT is a 170, but their median GPA is a 3.85, so I was, um, quite a bit under that! hahaBarbie wrote:What are UVA's medians? I figure you gotta be real close or at their LSAT one.xtine wrote:aw, thanks BarbieBarbie wrote:I don't even think this is close to being a reach for you haha. but congrats anyhow!
URM boost trumps that GPA difference SO quick! :)I wouldn't be surprised if you continued to surprise yourself.xtine wrote: Well you're right, their median LSAT is a 170, but their median GPA is a 3.85, so I was, um, quite a bit under that! haha
Congratulations, and thank you for your service!!!mhernton wrote:GPA: 2.2 LSAT : 155
URM: Yes
Reach The College of William & Mary School of Law
Optional Essay: Yes on 'Pride'
I got in because I'm a Combat Veteran, that was recalled to active duty as I was preparing for the LSAT while preparing for deployment, and then took the test once again while in the Middle East during operations. I have an MBA from UCSD, I'm over 30 with over 10 years of work experience both military, financial planning, and tech consulting, applied early (Oct). Before the cries of you only go in because you're a URM start, let me say that there are plenty of URMs that don't have my UGPA and my LSAT, both of which are well below the median. I'm truly a case where the Adcom looked beyond the numbers
+1SRQmarie wrote:Congratulations, and thank you for your service!!!mhernton wrote:GPA: 2.2 LSAT : 155
URM: Yes
Reach The College of William & Mary School of Law
Optional Essay: Yes on 'Pride'
I got in because I'm a Combat Veteran, that was recalled to active duty as I was preparing for the LSAT while preparing for deployment, and then took the test once again while in the Middle East during operations. I have an MBA from UCSD, I'm over 30 with over 10 years of work experience both military, financial planning, and tech consulting, applied early (Oct). Before the cries of you only go in because you're a URM start, let me say that there are plenty of URMs that don't have my UGPA and my LSAT, both of which are well below the median. I'm truly a case where the Adcom looked beyond the numbers
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this is why you didn't do well on the lsat. circular reasoning.Aggiegrad2011 wrote:It's sad that law is such a numbers-driven field that a single bad day on the LSAT can really, truly wipe out 4 years of hard work and determination whereas you can jack up 2 entire years of undergrad, wake up, get decent grades and still get into a top 14 school with a solid LSAT day. This is imbalanced in a system already full of imbalances. But like I said before, I "own" my LSAT performance and am not trying to make excuses for it or anything of the sort.
This is unnecessary...stop being an asshole and going back to old posts to find something to comment negatively aboutlogistikon wrote:this is why you didn't do well on the lsat. circular reasoning.Aggiegrad2011 wrote:It's sad that law is such a numbers-driven field that a single bad day on the LSAT can really, truly wipe out 4 years of hard work and determination whereas you can jack up 2 entire years of undergrad, wake up, get decent grades and still get into a top 14 school with a solid LSAT day. This is imbalanced in a system already full of imbalances. But like I said before, I "own" my LSAT performance and am not trying to make excuses for it or anything of the sort.
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I'm an advocate of Boalt's 50/50 formula (being holistic with respect to their medians).Gotti wrote:This is unnecessary...stop being an asshole and going back to old posts to find something to comment negatively aboutlogistikon wrote:this is why you didn't do well on the lsat. circular reasoning.Aggiegrad2011 wrote:It's sad that law is such a numbers-driven field that a single bad day on the LSAT can really, truly wipe out 4 years of hard work and determination whereas you can jack up 2 entire years of undergrad, wake up, get decent grades and still get into a top 14 school with a solid LSAT day. This is imbalanced in a system already full of imbalances. But like I said before, I "own" my LSAT performance and am not trying to make excuses for it or anything of the sort.
& She's right. A high GPA earned over 4 years of hard work should have more weight than a test you study for for 3 months.
And I'm really lucky that it doesn't. I wasn't on TLS in undergrad, so I didn't know my 3.6 was a weak GPA (for t14, at least).Gotti wrote:& She's right. A high GPA earned over 4 years of hard work should have more weight than a test you study for for 3 months.
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for what reason is this true other than the terrible one given by aggiegrad? and of course, ignoring the fact that lsat score is a consistently better indicator of success in law school than gpa?Gotti wrote:This is unnecessary...stop being an asshole and going back to old posts to find something to comment negatively aboutlogistikon wrote:this is why you didn't do well on the lsat. circular reasoning.Aggiegrad2011 wrote:It's sad that law is such a numbers-driven field that a single bad day on the LSAT can really, truly wipe out 4 years of hard work and determination whereas you can jack up 2 entire years of undergrad, wake up, get decent grades and still get into a top 14 school with a solid LSAT day. This is imbalanced in a system already full of imbalances. But like I said before, I "own" my LSAT performance and am not trying to make excuses for it or anything of the sort.
& She's right. A high GPA earned over 4 years of hard work should have more weight than a test you study for for 3 months.
I'm certainly inclined to agree. Although it makes sense that the LSAT is instituted to be the great equalizer since a 4.0 at HYP isn't the same as a 4.0 from SouthNorthEastern University, the test in itself is a bit unfair for those high acheiving applicants (GPA wise) that just cannot get it done on exam day. Really sucks for high anxiety test takers. I would have thought that reverse splitters would get more love than traditional splitters, something that was refuted when I joined the boards.Gotti wrote:This is unnecessary...stop being an asshole and going back to old posts to find something to comment negatively aboutlogistikon wrote:this is why you didn't do well on the lsat. circular reasoning.Aggiegrad2011 wrote:It's sad that law is such a numbers-driven field that a single bad day on the LSAT can really, truly wipe out 4 years of hard work and determination whereas you can jack up 2 entire years of undergrad, wake up, get decent grades and still get into a top 14 school with a solid LSAT day. This is imbalanced in a system already full of imbalances. But like I said before, I "own" my LSAT performance and am not trying to make excuses for it or anything of the sort.
& She's right. A high GPA earned over 4 years of hard work should have more weight than a test you study for for 3 months.
+1krad wrote:(the GPA/LSAT debate is unending, come on, don't bring it ITT)
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