I made it into my "REACH" Forum

[Barbie]

Congrats! and love the 'tar...

Thanks!

[krad]

So glad to see that TT is back on track Congrats guys!

[jacob_c84]

I got into my Reach!

Ohio State
3.6
159
non-urm

What I think helped me: ED app, 5 yr w/e, OSU specific LOR

[applepiecrust]

GPA: 3.6 , LSAT 168
URM: Nope

NAME OF REACH SCHOOL:
UMich

Optional Essay:
"Why Mich" (which emerged from what looked like a DS AND "Why Law")

What you think got you into that school:
ED, Softs, diversity elements

[Ragged]

180/4.0
URM: Yes, AA
School: Harvard
What got me in: The fact that I was a treasurer in a pre-law society, a president of a chess club and my mom says I'm special.

[sophia.olive]

180/4.0
URM: Yes, AA
School: Harvard
What got me in: The fact that I was a treasurer in a pre-law society, a president of a chess club and my mom says I'm special.

Donate to Harvard much?.....

[Pleasye]

180/4.0
URM: Yes, AA
School: Harvard
What got me in: The fact that I was a treasurer in a pre-law society, a president of a chess club and my mom says I'm special.

Go be a dick in a different thread, this one is for happy people.

[iwanta170]

GPA: mid 3.8
LSAT: 165 in October 2010, December 2010 score is pending
URM: No

Vanderbilt, George Washington

Optional Essay: No

What I think got me in: GPA, above average softs/LORs/PS, did vandy interview

Applied: First week of November

[Ratchet Jackson]

180/4.0
URM: Yes, AA
School: Harvard
What got me in: The fact that I was a treasurer in a pre-law society, a president of a chess club and my mom says I'm special.

Comedy fail.

[nadiab420]

LSAT- 154, 167
GPA- 2.4, extreme downward trend, took 6 years to finish undergrad for no legit reason.
Non-URM.
Average softs, if that.
In at IU-Bloomington w/ more money than any of my other lower acceptances.

[lawyerwannabe]

Harvard

169/4.03, non-urm

What got me in-- solid gpa from ivy, work experience with doj in one of my legal interests, tons of focused ecs with leadership, diversity statement

Best reach on the board! Already accepted into HARVARD!? Wow!

[r6_philly]

Harvard

169/4.03, non-urm

What got me in-- solid gpa from ivy, work experience with doj in one of my legal interests, tons of focused ecs with leadership, diversity statement

Best reach on the board! Already accepted into HARVARD!? Wow!

I don't know if 123kl goes to H, or Y/P, I hope not so I can restore some hope lol

[SupraVln180]

I love this thread. Figured I'd bump it to see if anymore people got into their reach.

[r6_philly]

I love this thread. Figured I'd bump it to see if anymore people got into their reach.

Apparently haven't had one for a while. I can still dream though...

[subtle]

Here's hoping!

[chasgoose]

Harvard

169/4.03, non-urm

What got me in-- solid gpa from ivy, work experience with doj in one of my legal interests, tons of focused ecs with leadership, diversity statement

Best reach on the board! Already accepted into HARVARD!? Wow!

I don't know if 123kl goes to H, or Y/P, I hope not so I can restore some hope lol

Does it really make a difference if you go/went to HYP?

[r6_philly]

Does it really make a difference if you go/went to HYP?

Most likely not, but then I will be more sad if that is true. Don't mind me

[Gotti]

I love this thread. Figured I'd bump it to see if anymore people got into their reach.

I love this thread too. Here's to hoping for some reverse-splitter love

[krad]

I love this thread. Figured I'd bump it to see if anymore people got into their reach.

I love this thread too. Here's to hoping for some reverse-splitter love

<3 this thread three! I'm still dreaming of my reaches! Come onnnn cycle...

[duckmoney]

I can't decide if Chicago was a reach or a target. LSP gave me a "strong consider" but realistically it's not easy task when your LSAT is a few below median.

Either way, IN!

[yepyep]

Seriously, enough with the GPA/LSAT arguments. Schools have their own approaches to this, and it seems to be working out pretty well for them so just leave it at that. Plenty of reverse splitters get into great schools with solid applications (see the 4.0/169 into H that just posted, or take a look at the ED trends for Penn this cycle), and there is a reason why slacker splitters with nothing else to offer get shut out of everything.

Congrats to all the acceptances so far in this thread - it must feel awesome being the exception to the rule

I'm not sure slacker splitter is a fair assessment. I had a 2.7 in college, and while I didn't score exceptionally high on my lsat, i only took it once. I had an undiagnosed learning disability from a traumatic head injury that was treated after my sophomore year at the University of Michigan. After taking a year off, I had a 3.5 my last two years. While this is obviously a rare story, there are no doubt many others who did not get mediocre grades because they were "slacking". Rather ignorant to categorize a high number of people, most of whom you don't even fucking know.

[krad]

I can't decide if Chicago was a reach or a target. LSP gave me a "strong consider" but realistically it's not easy task when your LSAT is a few below median.

Either way, IN!

Congrats!

[applepiecrust]

Seriously, enough with the GPA/LSAT arguments. Schools have their own approaches to this, and it seems to be working out pretty well for them so just leave it at that. Plenty of reverse splitters get into great schools with solid applications (see the 4.0/169 into H that just posted, or take a look at the ED trends for Penn this cycle), and there is a reason why slacker splitters with nothing else to offer get shut out of everything.

Congrats to all the acceptances so far in this thread - it must feel awesome being the exception to the rule

I'm not sure slacker splitter is a fair assessment. I had a 2.7 in college, and while I didn't score exceptionally high on my lsat, i only took it once. I had an undiagnosed learning disability from a traumatic head injury that was treated after my sophomore year at the University of Michigan. After taking a year off, I had a 3.5 my last two years. While this is obviously a rare story, there are no doubt many others who did not get mediocre grades because they were "slacking". Rather ignorant to categorize a high number of people, most of whom you don't even fucking know.

I really don't think czelede was characterizing all splitters as slackers, only those that get shut out of places where they could have had a shot with their high LSATs and unspectacular GPAs because they had precious little else to offer (other than the ability to score well on the LSAT).

[czelede]

Seriously, enough with the GPA/LSAT arguments. Schools have their own approaches to this, and it seems to be working out pretty well for them so just leave it at that. Plenty of reverse splitters get into great schools with solid applications (see the 4.0/169 into H that just posted, or take a look at the ED trends for Penn this cycle), and there is a reason why slacker splitters with nothing else to offer get shut out of everything.

Congrats to all the acceptances so far in this thread - it must feel awesome being the exception to the rule

I'm not sure slacker splitter is a fair assessment. I had a 2.7 in college, and while I didn't score exceptionally high on my lsat, i only took it once. I had an undiagnosed learning disability from a traumatic head injury that was treated after my sophomore year at the University of Michigan. After taking a year off, I had a 3.5 my last two years. While this is obviously a rare story, there are no doubt many others who did not get mediocre grades because they were "slacking". Rather ignorant to categorize a high number of people, most of whom you don't even fucking know.

I really don't think czelede was characterizing all splitters as slackers, only those that get shut out of places where they could have had a shot with their high LSATs and unspectacular GPAs because they had precious little else to offer (other than the ability to score well on the LSAT).

Yes, thank you. As a splitter myself I definitely don't think all splitters are slackers lol.

Edit: yepyep, I think you can also infer that if I say "slacker splitters get shut out of everything" and we both know that plenty of splitters get into great schools, obviously not all splitters are slackers.

[rbarcelo9]

In at Berkeley!

3.76 (FSU; social science major)
162, 167
Cuban male
Pretty solid public interest PS with experience and LOR to back it up. Also wrote a DS. Don't know what gave me the in, all I know is that I'm in and VERY excited about it!