Defining "safety", "target", "reach"... Forum

[turkishangora]

sf

[traehekat]

Personally, I consider any school where you are under the LSAT median as a reach, even if your GPA is at the median or slightly higher. Now, if your GPA is over the 75th percentile, you have a better shot.

[D. H2Oman]

Just want to hear ppl's opinions about how people define the three categories (based on numbers alone right now).

GPA < 25%, LSAT < 25% = "reach"
GPA > 75% LSAT > 75% = "safety"

but what about

25% </= GPA+LSAT </= 50%?

thoughts?

Reach

[Flanker1067]

I think the terms really apply to you depending on your split between GPA and LSAT. For instance, I have a relatively low but not disqualifying GPA and a good LSAT, so 11 of the 14 schools I applied to are considered "targets". Just depends on who thinks its good enough and who doesn't.

Edit: To clarify, I agree with earlier poster about "anywhere you are under LSAT median" as a reach. Safety would be hard to define, but in my case it was any schools where my GPA ~ median.