167/3.92 Forum

[traydeuce]

Note: this person isn't actually me, but a sibling. I'm a rising 3L at Georgetown. (And, FWIW, I'm in the top 1% and will probably clerk someplace rather good by the time this sibling applies, if you think that having a brother who's an alum and is doing well has any effect on admissions whatsoever.) The sibling's 3.92 was attained at a certain top-13 college, and an unusually demanding one relative to other schools of that ilk; the 167 was actually his/her third try, following a 165 and 166. Sibling is obsessed with making money (which begs the question, why law, but oh well) and therefore may well not even attend law school if he/she doesn't make the t14. Sibling also doesn't seem to be enamored with Ithaca, judging by sibling's reactions when I ask Sibling if he/she would be willing to attend Cornell. Which is unfortunate, given that that's the one school that would almost certainly take him/her. Sibling is profoundly white (Jewish, in fact) and has somewhat dismal softs and a rare gift for writing soporific application essays. Sibling will get stellar recommendations, however, and sibling is going to be a paralegal for a couple years in some very nice second-tier market firm. I have no idea why Sibling's doing that, but Sibling makes his/her own crazy choices. Sibling would never even dream of spending 2 minutes on a site like lawschoolnumbers.com and wouldn't be caught dead in a forum like this, which is why I'm asking this question for him/her. So basically, what I/we want to know is whether he/she can get into Georgetown and Penn.

[bk1]

I didn't read your absurd wall of text other than to know it isn't you but obvious answer is obvious:

http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com

If he or she won't do the LSN research for his or herself then why don't you fucking do it yourself rather than asking random internet strangers? Okay I lied, I did skim it.

[thelawschoolproject]

Probably.


But if "sibling" is too lazy to do research on getting into law school, what would lead one to believe that "sibling" would do research when in law school . . .?

[soj]

Note: this person isn't actually me, but a sibling. I'm a rising 3L at Georgetown. (And, FWIW, I'm in the top 1% and will probably clerk someplace rather good by the time this sibling applies, if you think that having a brother who's an alum and is doing well has any effect on admissions whatsoever.) The sibling's 3.92 was attained at a certain top-13 college, and an unusually demanding one relative to other schools of that ilk; the 167 was actually his/her third try, following a 165 and 166. Sibling is obsessed with making money (which begs the question, why law, but oh well) and therefore may well not even attend law school if he/she doesn't make the t14. Sibling also doesn't seem to be enamored with Ithaca, judging by sibling's reactions when I ask Sibling if he/she would be willing to attend Cornell. Which is unfortunate, given that that's the one school that would almost certainly take him/her. Sibling is profoundly white (Jewish, in fact) and has somewhat dismal softs and a rare gift for writing soporific application essays. Sibling will get stellar recommendations, however, and sibling is going to be a paralegal for a couple years in some very nice second-tier market firm. I have no idea why Sibling's doing that, but Sibling makes his/her own crazy choices. Sibling would never even dream of spending 2 minutes on a site like lawschoolnumbers.com and wouldn't be caught dead in a forum like this, which is why I'm asking this question for him/her. So basically, what I/we want to know is whether he/she can get into Georgetown and Penn.

bk187 is right. law school numbers is good for predicting profoundly white (and, in fact, even Jewish) applicants' cycles.

Also, I believe it's the T13 now.

[HeavenWood]

As it stands, shot at MVPD ED, in at CG RD. And you don't have to worry about Jewish quotas (this isn't 1941).

[flexityflex86]

Fordham does have a quota on BTL's I believe.

[HeavenWood]

Fordham does have a quota on BTL's I believe.

Because most Jews get their degrees in Talmudic law.

[firemed]

Georgetown yes, Penn maybe, and tell your sibling to do their own work.

[$1.99]

what is a top 13 college? i didnt know they used that distinction for undergrad lol

[RTFM]

FWIW, with a 167 (retake) and a 3.7ish GPA I got into Georgetown, Cornell and Mich and was waitlisted at Northwestern, NYU and Chicago. I'm pretty profoundly white. Tell your sibling to apply early.