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What should my goal LSAT be?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:11 pm
by lawschoolboundfuture
I am going into my junior year with a 3.75. I am hoping to bring it up to a 3.8. I am also taking the LSATS this October. What score is a good goal to get into a t14 school. NYU and Georgetown are my two top choices right now. Thanks so much!

Re: What should my goal LSAT be?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:13 pm
by glitched
180

Re: What should my goal LSAT be?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:18 pm
by Jack Smirks
Since you can't even do some elementary research on your own (like clicking "search") I would say shoot for 152.

Re: What should my goal LSAT be?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:47 pm
by Emma.
glitched wrote:180
This should always be your goal.

Re: What should my goal LSAT be?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:17 pm
by admisionquestion
172 should give you a good shot if you can put together an interesting application.
174 should give you a very solid shot either way.
176 and your in unless you do something stupid.

For more information go to google and search "law school predictor" or "law school numbers"

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Dear other responders.
A. Not everyone is a long time law school admission geek...dont hate on this person for asking. Yeah they could look it up but its not very wrong of them to ask this question in a forum titled, "what are my chances."

B. 180 is NOT NOT NOT always a good goal.
B1. I improved my score considerably when I stopped trying to finish all four sets of games. Just steadily hitting 1-3 and then moving to 4 as I had time made everything much easier. Then eventually I started having enough time to finish all four pretty often.
B2. 180 is a fine end goal but knowing what is needed to get into your target school gives people a sense of how much to invest in studying... People have lives and need to balance their time. So knowing that I could live with a 170 and still hit at least some schools in the T14 was valuable info.

Im getting annoyed of how annoyed TLS is with the world.

Re: What should my goal LSAT be?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:31 pm
by glitched
admisionquestion wrote:172 should give you a good shot if you can put together an interesting application.
174 should give you a very solid shot either way.
176 and your in unless you do something stupid.

For more information go to google and search "law school predictor" or "law school numbers"

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Dear other responders.
A. Not everyone is a long time law school admission geek...dont hate on this person for asking. Yeah they could look it up but its not very wrong of them to ask this question in a forum titled, "what are my chances."

B. 180 is NOT NOT NOT always a good goal.
B1. I improved my score considerably when I stopped trying to finish all four sets of games. Just steadily hitting 1-3 and then moving to 4 as I had time made everything much easier. Then eventually I started having enough time to finish all four pretty often.
B2. 180 is a fine end goal but knowing what is needed to get into your target school gives people a sense of how much to invest in studying... People have lives and need to balance their time. So knowing that I could live with a 170 and still hit at least some schools in the T14 was valuable info.

Im getting annoyed of how annoyed TLS is with the world.
160

(lol jk. i agree with this guy. but i always believe in shooting for the moon... because even if you miss youll land in the stars. wow i just made that up. pretty good huh?)

Re: What should my goal LSAT be?

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:24 pm
by JoeFish
I always thought that if you shot for the moon and missed you'd either end up flying off into a strange orbit around the sun or falling back into the pacific ocean

Re: What should my goal LSAT be?

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:27 pm
by Kronk
Probably need a 170 to be safe in the T14. Could probably swing it with a 168, but who knows.

These questions are always weird. You should always aim to do 180 slash the best you possibly can. I think what you're asking is what you need for T14, which is what I answered above. If you only want T14, I wouldn't take the LSAT until you are scoring consistently above 169-170 on timed PTs.