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Graduated from Yale 3 years ago. Got fed up with entertainment industry. Not much on the soft side that distinguishes me besides work experience. Have good recs (one academic and one work-related), wrote what I think is a really good personal statement (the law school advisor at Yale really seemed to like it). White male, both parents went to Cornell law, but aside from that nothing else that would give me an advantage besides being a CA resident for UCLA and Berkeley. Also, I'm applying relatively late in the cycle (apps went out 1/6) so that probably doesn't help.

I did take the LSAT 3 years ago and received a 168, and that was aberrant for me based on practice tests and other standardized test experiences, but don't really have a solid reason as to why I got that score. Chances at the following schools? Also, altho I doubt it with my lowish GPA, any chance for scholarships anywhere? I'm only asking because I feel like the numbers/late applications make the various predictors/data available online slightly less accurate.

Stanford
CCN
Penn
Berkeley
UCLA
Cornell
USC

Any takers?

My guess would be...

Stanford - Out (mostly because they LOOOVE high GPAs)
Columbia - WL/In
Chicago - WL/In
NYU - In
Berkeley - In $
Penn - In
UCLA - In $$
Cornell - In $$
USC - In $$$

I'll take a shot

Stanford- Out
Columbia - In
Chicago - WL/In
NYU - In
Berkeley - Out
Penn - WL/In
Cornell - In
UCLA - WL
USC - In