Will I get in George Mason Law? Forum

[heraper1003]

I scored a 149 on the lsat in December 2010 and applied as a part time student to George Mason Law School. I have not heard back at this point and I also took the February 2011 lsat and improved to a 158. I attend a private college in North Carolina where I am the student body president. I also have a 3.89 lsac gpa and I am a resident of Virginia. What are my chances of getting in to George Mason at this point?

[Anastasia Dee Dualla]

Are you a URM?

[bport hopeful]

Should you retake?

[zonto]

After being accepted and visiting I ask you: why would you want to?

[heraper1003]

In response to the previous comments, I am not a URM and am in fact, a white male. Additionally, I do not wish to retake the LSAT as I have already endured that test twice. I wish to attend George Mason because of the in-state tuition I could gain as well as my interest in economics and the jd/mpp option available to me in the Washington, D.C. area. Please let me know what you think my chances are of getting into the program this year. I applied for BOTH the full-time and part-time program with the stats of 158 lsat and 3.89 gpa. I also previously took the LSAT and scored a 149 but George Mason says they take the higher of the two scores. What are my odds of admission? PS - Law School Predictor indicates I am exactly at 50%.

[Anastasia Dee Dualla]

I honestly think you will likely be out unless you get your application in hella early.

Best of luck with your application.

[gwuorbust]

No OP, you are out. no doubt about it in my mind. but

After being accepted and visiting I ask you: why would you want to?

[JamMasterJ]

According to LSN, only 3 applicants with a 3.8 or higher got dinged and they were weird b/c one got into Northwestern with $$$ another got Penn and the third got Chicago. So I'm guessing Yield Protect. You're definitely a reverse splitter, making you difficult to predict, but I wouldn't be as pessimistic as many on here suggest.

[ndirish2010]

I think you have a decent chance.

[heraper1003]

I just received a notice earlier today that I have been put on the waitlist at George Mason. Furthermore, I was waitlisted for both the full time and part time programs. What do you think my chances are of getting accepted off the waitlist?

[gradesmatter]

The problem is that your lsat sucks. Mason's median lsat is 164 (6 points is a pretty big differential to overcome if not a urm). But, in your favor, it looks like Mason is pretty reverse splitter friendly (their median gpa is 3.72--with a median gpa that high, their median lsat should be close to 170s--so they probably took a lot of reverse splitters). I'd say 50/50 shot, but I just wouldn't count on it.

http://www.law.gmu.edu/news/2010/profile_2010

[traffic.lawyer]

best of luck and i think u'll get George mason..................

[legaleagle9]

I think you will definitely make it...Your LSAT meets there 25th percentile and your GPA is higher then there 75th percentile. Stay positive.