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jonnodotsg wrote:Hi, I'm an international student majoring in communication at the University at Buffalo (SUNY UB). Admittedly, it's not exactly a spectacular school nor an impressive major, so those might come back to haunt me. I took the LSAT for the first time in 12/09, and came back with a 166. I know my GPA is pretty good, but my LSAT score bugs me the Hell out 'cos it's such a toss-up at the better schools. I was hoping to get some opinions on how I'd fare for the following schools that I'm applying to. Thanks in advance.

Yale - out
Harvard - out
Stanford - out
Columbia - out
NYU - out
Berkeley - possible in (are your softs good? URM?)
Chicago - out
Pennylvania - out
Michigan - out/possible WL?
Duke - out
Northwestern - out
Virginia - if you had applied ED maybe
Cornell - ?
Georgetown - out
UCLA - WL
Southern California - WL/in
Boston U - in
Williams & Mary - in

scribelaw wrote:If you want the T-14, you're going to have to ED to Virginia or hope for Cornell -- those are by far your two best shots. Maybe Michigan. Out everywhere else.

You'll get in, with $$, at a lot of T20, T30 type schools.

Desert Fox wrote:

scribelaw wrote:If you want the T-14, you're going to have to ED to Virginia or hope for Cornell -- those are by far your two best shots. Maybe Michigan. Out everywhere else.

You'll get in, with $$, at a lot of T20, T30 type schools.

Northwestern with work experience is a reach, but not unheard of.

scribelaw wrote:

Desert Fox wrote:

scribelaw wrote:If you want the T-14, you're going to have to ED to Virginia or hope for Cornell -- those are by far your two best shots. Maybe Michigan. Out everywhere else.

You'll get in, with $$, at a lot of T20, T30 type schools.

Northwestern with work experience is a reach, but not unheard of.

Yeah, but OP indicated that he's currently in UG, which makes him a ding at Northwestern.

Desert Fox wrote:I'd ED to UVa today.