3.0 173 LSAT, chances at any IVY? Forum

[emkay625]

Also, I'm a 3.23/173 and here is how my cycle has gone:

In: Northwestern, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, GW, Tulane, Alabama, William and Mary, SMU, UH
Waitlisted: Texas, UVA, Notre Dame
Held: Cornell
Pending: Columbia, NYU, Penn, Duke, Michigan, Emory, Indiana

[emkay625]

If staying in for a few semesters to raise that GPA is possible, do it. There is a large difference between a 3.0 and 3.2. (And from 3.2 to 3.4; 3.4 to 3.6 as well).

Do an extra year, take 18 hours each semester of easy classes, and get A+ in every class.

[moneybagsphd]

Dude, asking what your chances are at any Ivy makes you sound really naive.

[brian71]

Sorry I've just always felt that being associated with IVY gives that individual automatic prestige in the employment world.

[emkay625]

In terms of law school admissions, it's based upon rank of the school/tiers.

Edit: all of the ivy league law schools are ranked very high, though. But Cornell, for instance is ranked under Stanford and U. Chicago and Berkeley.

[snehpets]

Sorry I've just always felt that being associated with IVY gives that individual automatic prestige in the employment world.

is that why Ivy is in all-caps?

As emkay said, going to U of Chicago would be more prestigious than going to Cornell. Unfortunately, it's how the employers feel about prestige, not how you feel about it, haha.