chances at top 15? 3.98 overall Forum
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budda10000

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chances at top 15? 3.98 overall
3.98 overall
4.0 major(economics & chemistry)
science GPA 3.97(took it for medical school but not so sure i want to go anymore)
No LSat but im strongly considering taking it.
4.0 major(economics & chemistry)
science GPA 3.97(took it for medical school but not so sure i want to go anymore)
No LSat but im strongly considering taking it.
- akili

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Re: chances at top 15? 3.98 overall
No one can help without an LSAT score. Your GPA won't keep you OUT of any schools though...so there is that.
- Teoeo

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LSAT is about three times as important as your GPA.
edit: with a good LSAT you can go anywhere.
edit: with a good LSAT you can go anywhere.
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- Grizz

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Re: chances at top 15? 3.98 overall
Are you fucking serious?
- MrKappus

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Eh, your major and overall GPA's are pretty good, but your app is definitely going to take a hit from that "science" GPA.budda10000 wrote:3.98 overall
4.0 major(economics & chemistry)
science GPA 3.97(took it for medical school but not so sure i want to go anymore)
No LSat but im strongly considering taking it.
- Teoeo

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+1, you might want to consider CooleyMrKappus wrote:Eh, your major and overall GPA's are pretty good, but your app is definitely going to take a hit from that "science" GPA.budda10000 wrote:3.98 overall
4.0 major(economics & chemistry)
science GPA 3.97(took it for medical school but not so sure i want to go anymore)
No LSat but im strongly considering taking it.
- Adjudicator

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Re: chances at top 15? 3.98 overall
T14 has a hard floor on science GPA at 3.98. 
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budda10000

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If i might inquire... What is the problem with being a science double major? The material is far more difficult and lawyers that are versed in science seem like they would come at a premium in chemical industries ect.... + your guaranteed someone with religious study habits.
- akili

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They're messing with you, bud.budda10000 wrote:If i might inquire... What is the problem with being a science double major? The material is far more difficult and lawyers that are versed in science seem like they would come at a premium in chemical industries ect.... + your guaranteed someone with religious study habits.
- Grizz

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Because the skills needed to do science and the skills needed to do law don't really mesh. A science BS prizes memorization, experimentation, and precision. Law encourages creative, outside of the box thinking and a difficult type of researching. And the writing style is completely different.budda10000 wrote:If i might inquire... What is the problem with being a science double major? The material is far more difficult and lawyers that are versed in science seem like they would come at a premium in chemical industries ect.... + your guaranteed someone with religious study habits.
I recommend you don't go to law school, all in all.
- Grizz

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-1akili wrote:They're messing with you, bud.budda10000 wrote:If i might inquire... What is the problem with being a science double major? The material is far more difficult and lawyers that are versed in science seem like they would come at a premium in chemical industries ect.... + your guaranteed someone with religious study habits.That's an impressive GPA. Come back when you have an LSAT or even how you are doing on practice tests. If you get a 170+ you have a good shot at most. 175+ would be golden pretty much anywhere. It's hard to predict YHS.
See above
- akili

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Oh I didn't catch the "material is far more difficult." I retract my previous post.rad law wrote:-1akili wrote:They're messing with you, bud.budda10000 wrote:If i might inquire... What is the problem with being a science double major? The material is far more difficult and lawyers that are versed in science seem like they would come at a premium in chemical industries ect.... + your guaranteed someone with religious study habits.That's an impressive GPA. Come back when you have an LSAT or even how you are doing on practice tests. If you get a 170+ you have a good shot at most. 175+ would be golden pretty much anywhere. It's hard to predict YHS.
See above
- beachbum

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Re: chances at top 15? 3.98 overall
If you want to attend a top school, you should strongly consider nailing the LSAT.
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budda10000

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Do you list trolling law school forums as one of your EC's?
- MrKappus

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This from the author of one of the most annoying OP's in TLS history? Mmmkay.budda10000 wrote:Do you list trolling law school forums as one of your EC's?
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bigkahuna2020

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Threads like this make me want to stay in cities where I already know people so I don't have to hang out with law students.
OP---if you get a 167+ you have a good shot at a top school (Cornell, UT, USC, UCLA, Berkeley)
168+ for schools like UPenn, UVA, Duke, Michigan
170+ and you are probably getting shots at NYU, Chicago, Columbia---Harvard Stanford and Yale are harder to tell
OP---if you get a 167+ you have a good shot at a top school (Cornell, UT, USC, UCLA, Berkeley)
168+ for schools like UPenn, UVA, Duke, Michigan
170+ and you are probably getting shots at NYU, Chicago, Columbia---Harvard Stanford and Yale are harder to tell
- Veyron

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Such a short post and yet it manages to showcase your ignorance in two ways.
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budda10000

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And they are??Veyron wrote:Such a short post and yet it manages to showcase your ignorance in two ways.
- funkytown

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I think he means you need an LSAT to get chanced, and it's hard to do better than your GPA.
- Veyron

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Actually, an LSAT to get chanced and the traditional demarcation is top 14.funkytown wrote:I think he means you need an LSAT to get chanced, and it's hard to do better than your GPA.
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HeavenWood

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No love for UCLA?Veyron wrote:Actually, an LSAT to get chanced and the traditional demarcation is top 14.funkytown wrote:I think he means you need an LSAT to get chanced, and it's hard to do better than your GPA.
- Veyron

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Oh, I love UCLA but I the stories that drift out about their OCI are similar in tenor to the stories that escape from a city struck by a zombie apocalypse. In any event, UT is the "traditional" #15 (one reason why its T-14, a closed group is less confusing).HeavenWood wrote:No love for UCLA?Veyron wrote:Actually, an LSAT to get chanced and the traditional demarcation is top 14.funkytown wrote:I think he means you need an LSAT to get chanced, and it's hard to do better than your GPA.
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no love for UT?HeavenWood wrote:No love for UCLA?Veyron wrote:Actually, an LSAT to get chanced and the traditional demarcation is top 14.funkytown wrote:I think he means you need an LSAT to get chanced, and it's hard to do better than your GPA.