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3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:48 pm
by 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?

Re: 3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:39 pm
by 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.

Re: 3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:11 pm
by dissonance1848
UVA - out
Cornell - in
NU- out without WE, with WE in
Gtown - in
Vandy - WL??
Fordham - in with $$
UCLA - WL? (they like GPAs)
USC - in with $$

Re: 3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:09 pm
by FuManChusco
dissonance1848 wrote: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.

Re: 3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:39 pm
by mst
FuManChusco wrote:
dissonance1848 wrote: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?

Re: 3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:44 pm
by 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.

Re: 3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:15 pm
by FuManChusco
Kabuo wrote: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.

Re: 3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:37 pm
by trudat15
willreiter wrote: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.

Re: 3.4/172 -- Chances at Top 20?

Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:21 am
by mst
trudat15 wrote:
willreiter wrote: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.