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3.05, 166

2 yrs WE in law at federal agency.

JakeL wrote:3.05, 166

2 yrs WE in law at federal agency.

hard to predict seeing as they've only accepted 2 classes. If they aren't giving as much $$ this cycle your chances will likely be better. I'm gonna guess WL. That gpa is pretty low.

Not good with that GPA. Their first class had medians of 3.65 / 167.

im_blue wrote:Not good with that GPA. Their first class had medians of 3.65 / 167.

The first year was also a lot more competitive due to the lure of full rides for the whole class. I'm not saying that you'll get in with those numbers, but this year might not be as competitive.

swilson215 wrote:

im_blue wrote:Not good with that GPA. Their first class had medians of 3.65 / 167.

The first year was also a lot more competitive due to the lure of full rides for the whole class. I'm not saying that you'll get in with those numbers, but this year might not be as competitive.

There are currently two classes at UCI.

The second class, which had a 50% scholarship, had equally competitive numbers (3.38-3.79, 163-169), and the school says it will admit as few/many students necessary to maintain or increase those stats.

ViP wrote:The second class, which had a 50% scholarship, had equally competitive numbers (3.38-3.79, 163-169), and the school says it will admit as few/many students necessary to maintain or increase those stats.

I'm curious why UCI hasn't released the medians for their 2nd class, in addition to the 25/75 numbers. The 25/75 LSAT range was -1 and +1, respectively, compared to the first class, which leads me to suspect that they took a few more splitters.

im_blue wrote:

ViP wrote:The second class, which had a 50% scholarship, had equally competitive numbers (3.38-3.79, 163-169), and the school says it will admit as few/many students necessary to maintain or increase those stats.

I'm curious why UCI hasn't released the medians for their 2nd class, in addition to the 25/75 numbers. The 25/75 LSAT range was -1 and +1, respectively, compared to the first class, which leads me to suspect that they took a few more splitters.

Very possible.

But when UCI released only median numbers for the first class, many people were suspicious and assumed the high end of LSAT scores was probably the same as the median. Perhaps UCI released 25th/75th numbers the second time around to make a point?

What's the deal with UC Irvine? Is it good, recommended, accredited???

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