3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

[willreiter]

Great work experience, recs and personal statement, GPA is a little low but high upward trend (know this prob won't matter too much)

Already submitted apps to UVA, Cornell, Vandy, Fordham, Northwestern, Georgetown, UCLA and USC

What do you guys think?

[FlightoftheEarls]

Decent to strong chances at all of them, although UCLA likes GPAs and UVA will be tough without ED. I'd also throw apps at Penn and Michigan if I were you.

[dissonance1848]

UVA - out
Cornell - in
NU- out without WE, with WE in
Gtown - in
Vandy - WL??
Fordham - in with $$
UCLA - WL? (they like GPAs)
USC - in with $$

[FuManChusco]

UVA - out
Cornell - in
NU- out without WE, with WE in
Gtown - in
Vandy - WL??
Fordham - in with $$
UCLA - WL? (they like GPAs)
USC - in with $$

+1. Not sure about money at USC with that GPA though. Cali schools are whores for GPA. OP should ED to V or M. CCN seem unlikely anyways.

[mst]

UVA - out
Cornell - in
NU- out without WE, with WE in
Gtown - in
Vandy - WL??
Fordham - in with $$
UCLA - WL? (they like GPAs)
USC - in with $$

+1. Not sure about money at USC with that GPA though. Cali schools are whores for GPA. OP should ED to V or M. CCN seem unlikely anyways.

Agreed. Although I think the M ED deadline passed? Didn't it?

[Kabuo]

M deadline is long passed. Had to go complete by 11/15. I'm in a similar boat, OP. 3.2/172, upward trend, etc. Applied to M on down with no decisions back yet.

[FuManChusco]

M deadline is long passed. Had to go complete by 11/15. I'm in a similar boat, OP. 3.2/172, upward trend, etc. Applied to M on down with no decisions back yet.

didn't know that. OP should definitely apply to more t14s then. I would even think about going to fordham with those numbers. waste of an app.

[trudat15]

Great work experience, recs and personal statement, GPA is a little low but high upward trend (know this prob won't matter too much)

Already submitted apps to UVA, Cornell, Vandy, Fordham, Northwestern, Georgetown, UCLA and USC

What do you guys think?

UVa out unless y ou are in state or switch to ED.
Cornell in, vandy in, fordham in, NW in with WE, gtown in, ucla/usc in. People say Cali schools are GPA whores, though I have a 3.4, only a slightly higher LSAT, and am already in at UCLA.

[mst]

Great work experience, recs and personal statement, GPA is a little low but high upward trend (know this prob won't matter too much)

Already submitted apps to UVA, Cornell, Vandy, Fordham, Northwestern, Georgetown, UCLA and USC

What do you guys think?

UVa out unless y ou are in state or switch to ED.
Cornell in, vandy in, fordham in, NW in with WE, gtown in, ucla/usc in. People say Cali schools are GPA whores, though I have a 3.4, only a slightly higher LSAT, and am already in at UCLA.

I think you were a lucky one with UCLA. I think Op is wl at ucla.