ITT: Knock, Eskimo, & Friends Predict Your Chances Forum

[Knock]

LSDAS GPA: 3.2
LSAT Score: 172
URM Status:
UG Institution: University of California - Berkeley
Work Experience: Other than PT while in college, none
Soft: Basically none lol. Some Leadership Experience in fraternity, but I know that amounts to nothing for softs
Regional Preferences: Northeast and West Coast
Targets/Reaches: T6-T14, along with UCLA, UTA, USC, and GWU. Those are the only schools I really care about

Thanks for doing this!

As a splitter, your cycle is difficult to predict. I recommend applying broadly, and taking my predictions with a massive grain of salt.

In:
GWU

Out:
T12, UT, UCLA

Waitlist -> In:
Georgetown

Waitlist:
Cornell, USC

Advice: ED UVA

[Fresh]

LSDAS GPA: 3.79
LSAT Score(s): 170
URM Status: Black, Male
UG Institution: Michigan
Work Experience: avg./good (for undergrad)
Softs: avg.
Regional Preference: sans
Targets/Reaches: T14
Anything Else (optional):

[whymeohgodno]

LSDAS GPA: 3.78 maybe 3.8
LSAT Score(s): 168
URM Status: None
UG Institution: Top50
Work Experience:None
Softs: Very Weak
Regional Preference:East Coast
Targets/Reaches:Cornell?
Anything Else (optional):

[Knock]

LSDAS GPA: 3.79
LSAT Score(s): 170
URM Status: Black, Male
UG Institution: Michigan
Work Experience: avg./good (for undergrad)
Softs: avg.
Regional Preference: sans
Targets/Reaches: T14
Anything Else (optional):

URM makes predictions difficult, but as an AA male with a strong GPA, you will have an excellent cycle.

Prediction:

In:
HYS and down

Out:
Nowhere

Congrats and best of luck to you .

[Knock]

LSDAS GPA: 3.78 maybe 3.8
LSAT Score(s): 168
URM Status: None
UG Institution: Top50
Work Experience:None
Softs: Very Weak
Regional Preference:East Coast
Targets/Reaches:Cornell?
Anything Else (optional):

In:
Cornell

Out:
MVP and above

Waitlist: Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern, Berkeley

[edgarfigaro]

LSDAS GPA: 2.85
LSAT Score(s): 172
URM Status: none
UG Institution: top 10
Work Experience: 4 years, during break in college career
Softs: 4.0 after returning to college
Regional Preference: NC
Targets/Reaches: NC schools, Northwestern, Georgetown

[risktaker]

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[hokie]

LSDAS GPA: 3.33
LSAT Score(s): 165
URM Status: None
UG Institution: Large Public State University
Work Experience: 1+years (2 years by matriculation)
Softs: Decent
Regional Preference: None
Targets/Reaches: WUSTL, Illinois, Minnesota, IU-Bloomington, BC, W&M, Wisconsin, Washington
Anything Else: I am currently weighing the option of applying after a retake in December. Granting that I get 170+, would it behoove me to wait?

Thanks for doing this!

[Knock]

Hey guys, I can't do any more prediction tonight most likely. But keep posting and I will try and get to them all tomorrow. Congrats to everyone who got their LSAT score today.

[treeborn]

LSDAS GPA: 3.9
LSAT Score: 1 cancel, 163 (Oct 2010--waiting on hand scoring)
URM Status: Not URM
UG Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Work Experience: none post-college
Soft: Summer Judicial Extern for an LA County Superior Court Judge during undergraduate, Resident Assistant for 2 years in undergrad, interned at large pro-bono firm in LA
Regional Preferences: none
Targets/Reaches. Berkeley, UVA, Cornell, Duke, Michigan-- UCLA, USC, Vanderbilt

During September, my PT average was a 173, across about 15 tests. Should I seriously consider retaking in December? I felt pretty great about the October test, but it seems I overestimated my performance significantly. I'd be pretty saddened to have it happen again that way.

Thanks for your help.

[lyman03]

LSDAS GPA: 3.81
LSAT Score(s): 175
URM Status: None
UG Institution: Liberal Arts College
Work Experience: 7 years community organizing, including leadership positions in my organization
Softs: 7 years community organizing
Regional Preference: East Coast/Midwest
Reaches: HYS
Targets: Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, Penn, Northwestern, Georgetown, BU

[cillaortiz]

LSDAS GPA: 3.78
LSAT Score(s): 155 (Second time taking it, canceled first time)
URM Status: Mexican American
UG Institution: UC Berkeley
Work Experience: 2 yrs post grad legal assistant
Softs: Full time employment in UG
Regional Preference: Southern CA
Targets/Reaches:
Reaches: UCLA, USC (major reaches)
Targets: Loyola, Pepperdine
Anything Else (optional): Stay at home mom

[gatorgirl4life]

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[Casey2889]

LSDAS GPA: 3.98
LSAT Score(s): 165 (just got this, expecting 170, really disappointed, retaking)
URM Status: none
UG Institution: HYP
Work Experience: In undergrad, but held prestigious relevant undergraduate fellowships and internships over summers.
Softs: Current finalist for well-known overseas scholarships in UK; vast leadership activities; published academic and policy papers; very strong letters (1 school specific to SLS); personal statement apparently very strong (used effectively for scholarships).
Regional Preference: Stanford = 1st choice
School list: Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Berkeley

[merc280]

LSDAS GPA: 2.67 LSAT Score(s): 149 took it twice, got the same score both times. once June 2010 and this oct 2010- might retake.
URM Status: none-Asian-pakistani
UG Institution: University of Houston
Work Experience: In undergrad worked at family restaurant and had two internships and a two summer jobs.
Softs: Red Cross Disaster Action Team member; very strong letter of recommendation; Volunteer FigherFighter; hospital volunteer
Regional Preference: Anything in Texas, preferably South Texas College of Law
School list: All Texas Schools and a few north east T1 schools

[The Gentleman]

LSDAS GPA: 4.0
LSAT Score(s): 171
URM Status: 7th generation Irish count? No? then I'm white.
UG Institution: Tier 3-4 public
Work Experience: out of UG for a few years, had a few jobs thus far, nothing that would boost my app
Softs: average to below average, 1 great rec, 1 standard rec, good PS
Regional Preference: Midwest, Philly/NYC, South (in that order)
Targets/Reaches: Targets-Mich, UVA, Penn, NYU, Georgetown, Duke (and of course non-T14 regional schools); Reaches-Chi, Col, Stanford, H&Y will laugh at me.
Anything Else (optional): Give it to me straight broseph

[Chris4943]

LSDAS GPA - 3.1
LSAT - 154
URM - No
UG - UC (not LA or Berkeley)
Work Exp - Military enlistment
Softs - President Honors society, very strong LORs
School List - University of Houston

[Eugenie Danglars]

SF <3 Knock


LSDAS GPA - 3.3
LSAT - 172/164/157
URM - No
UG - Harvard
Work Exp - Peace Corps, Full-time summers and 35 hrs/week during school
Softs - 6 years of community work in one field.
School List - Fordham, BC, BU, Cornell. Want to work in Boston.

[darjeelingdarling]

LSDAS GPA: 3.86
LSAT Score(s): 169, 173
URM Status: NO
UG Institution: Nowhere's ville college of nowhere
Work Experience: AP econ Teacher, community organizer
Softs: lots of international travel and volunteer experience
Regional Preference: West coast
Targets/Reaches: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, U. Chi, NYU, Anywhere else would make me do this:
Anything Else (optional): Re-Applicant

[xqhp82]

LSDAS GPA: 'above average', 3.6?
LSAT Score(s): 163
URM Status: NO (Asian)
UG Institution: UK top 10
Work Experience: secondary school mentor, psych. research assistant intern, nothing law-related
Softs: voluntary project in Africa, positions held in 3 societies, numerous travelling experience, trilingual, international students award
Regional Preference: None
Targets/Reaches: Cornell, BU, USC, UCLA, WUSTL, GWU, Fordham, Notre Dame
Anything Else (optional): Anything suggestions of where else I should apply/ED?

[WonkyPanda]

LSDAS GPA: 3.68 (UCLA gpa = 3.45 / CC gpa= 3.82)
LSAT Score(s): 167
URM Status: Parents are from South America
UG Institution: UCLA
Work Experience: Did retail jobs all through college (20hrs a week)
Softs: Volunteering at a non-profit legal service for domestic violence victims
Regional Preference: West Coast
Targets/Reaches: UCLA, USC, UCB, UCHastings, UDub, Stanford (super reach), Georgetown
Anything Else (optional): Single-parent household (if that matters)

[Lasers]

LSDAS GPA: 3.73
LSAT Score: 163 (considering retake)
URM Status: Nope
UG Institution: UC Irvine
Work Experience: Not much; internship at law firm
Softs: Nothing of note
Regional Preference: Norcal/Socal
Targets/Reaches: UCLA, USC, UC Hastings, UC Davis, UC Irvine

[jtemp320]

LSDAS GPA: 3.86 (degree gpa 3.67)
LSAT Score(s): 167/174
URM Status: Nope
UG Institution: Georgetown
Work Experience: 3 years - good but probably not remarkable
Softs: some - decent
Regional Preference: California, NY...DC?
Targets/Reaches: HYS, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, Penn, Gtown
Anything Else (optional): Am planning to apply to most of T17

Thanks!

[kruiz88]

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[knotoftoads]

LDAS GPA: 3.92
LSAT: 161, 165
Non-URM
UG Institution: Top 100
Work experience: out of college 2 years, one part time, one full time job
Softs: average I'd say
Regional: Boston
Targets/reaches: BC, BU, Cornell

Thanks!!