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Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:-Graduate of Ohio State Univ. B.S.B.A. in Finance
-Economics/Japanese minor
-3.51/171
-raised by a single mother who was disabled.
-2-3 pretty good letters of rec from undergraduate faculty
-Will take a year off between graduation and first year of law school to work for a year, preferably in the finance field.
-In undergrad, Charged and sanctioned for academic misconduct (use of unauthorized materials on exam)
-Additionally, Charged but not sanctioned for bribery related to the charge above.

The above are hypothetical circumstances (well, many are true, mainly the numbers are hypo). Ignoring all considerations of whether the hypo's are likely to be true, (assume they are true) what do you think my chances are of getting into Boalt (use the poll). In addition, I'd love a brief statement explaining that choice, and any other T14's you think I'd have a good shot at getting into.

Angrygeopolitically wrote:Retake

Flips88 wrote:

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:-Graduate of Ohio State Univ. B.S.B.A. in Finance
-Economics/Japanese minor
-3.51/171
-raised by a single mother who was disabled.
-2-3 pretty good letters of rec from undergraduate faculty
-Will take a year off between graduation and first year of law school to work for a year, preferably in the finance field.
-In undergrad, Charged and sanctioned for academic misconduct (use of unauthorized materials on exam)
-Additionally, Charged but not sanctioned for bribery related to the charge above.

The above are hypothetical circumstances (well, many are true, mainly the numbers are hypo). Ignoring all considerations of whether the hypo's are likely to be true, (assume they are true) what do you think my chances are of getting into Boalt (use the poll). In addition, I'd love a brief statement explaining that choice, and any other T14's you think I'd have a good shot at getting into.

http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/

Come back when you have non-hypothetical numbers.

Angrygeopolitically wrote:Retake

Flips88 wrote:Assuming you stay at a 3.33, you're probably not getting into Berkeley. All the Cali schools are GPA whores. Also, cheating on a test and then responding to it with bribery will not look good no matter how you frame it.

RamblinBoyofPleasure wrote:These are my exact numbers, and I think Boalt is a reach. At most schools it would be OK on paper (above LSAT median, below GPA median) but Boalt appears to value the GPA far and above the LSAT.

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:

RamblinBoyofPleasure wrote:These are my exact numbers, and I think Boalt is a reach. At most schools it would be OK on paper (above LSAT median, below GPA median) but Boalt appears to value the GPA far and above the LSAT.

I've heard the Boalt weighting more towards GPA thing is kind of a myth, the article with the Dean on TLS had him saying it was like 1/3 GPA, 1/3 LSAT, 1/3 everything else.

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:

Flips88 wrote:Assuming you stay at a 3.33, you're probably not getting into Berkeley. All the Cali schools are GPA whores. Also, cheating on a test and then responding to it with bribery will not look good no matter how you frame it.

You were supposed to assume that the hypo's were true . but +1, what ppl don't seem to get is that LSN and LSP's can only take you so far, and because of the holistic nature of the Boalt app, there is a lot of value in getting outside perspectives. In this case, the way you phrased my misconduct is a way of looking at it that my own bias wouldn't let me, so thanks.

BTW, the way I was hoping to frame it was focusing mainly on the academic misconduct, and hoping that since the bribery thing didn't stick they wouldn't give it much clout. and of course, there will be the obligatory "I honestly look back on it as a blessing, because I find myself to be much more proactive in recognizing my sources and avoiding plagiarism than many of the students around me." But you're right, they will most likely look past all that and think of it how you said it.

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:@Grizz You're not clever. Since I already stated that I do in fact have an LSAT score and GPA, and I assume you can read, I can only imagine you're referring to the fact that I "don't have super softs." I don't really give a fuck, whoever made that picture didn't make the rules of the internet, so you should just stop trying to be a cheeky bastard and not waste any more of my time. Literally don't care if I get banned at this point, its like pulling teeth trying to get actual insight here because people like you would rather just agitate people instead of helping them.

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:@Grizz You're not clever. Since I already stated that I do in fact have an LSAT score and GPA, and I assume you can read, I can only imagine you're referring to the fact that I "don't have super softs." I don't really give a fuck, whoever made that picture didn't make the rules of the internet, so you should just stop trying to be a cheeky bastard and not waste any more of my time. Literally don't care if I get banned at this point, its like pulling teeth trying to get actual insight here because people like you would rather just agitate people instead of helping them.

c3pO4 wrote:

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:@Grizz You're not clever. Since I already stated that I do in fact have an LSAT score and GPA, and I assume you can read, I can only imagine you're referring to the fact that I "don't have super softs." I don't really give a fuck, whoever made that picture didn't make the rules of the internet, so you should just stop trying to be a cheeky bastard and not waste any more of my time. Literally don't care if I get banned at this point, its like pulling teeth trying to get actual insight here because people like you would rather just agitate people instead of helping them.

Why u mad tho? Enjoy that 3.33. LOL at strait A's from here on out. Probably thinks will be top 30% after 1L too.

Angrygeopolitically wrote:[Have you thought about swinging by the admissions office of Berkeley and offering some incentive.

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Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:

c3pO4 wrote:

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:@Grizz You're not clever. Since I already stated that I do in fact have an LSAT score and GPA, and I assume you can read, I can only imagine you're referring to the fact that I "don't have super softs." I don't really give a fuck, whoever made that picture didn't make the rules of the internet, so you should just stop trying to be a cheeky bastard and not waste any more of my time. Literally don't care if I get banned at this point, its like pulling teeth trying to get actual insight here because people like you would rather just agitate people instead of helping them.

Why u mad tho? Enjoy that 3.33. LOL at strait A's from here on out. Probably thinks will be top 30% after 1L too.

Shouldn't have a problem with competition like you

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:

c3pO4 wrote:

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:@Grizz You're not clever. Since I already stated that I do in fact have an LSAT score and GPA, and I assume you can read, I can only imagine you're referring to the fact that I "don't have super softs." I don't really give a fuck, whoever made that picture didn't make the rules of the internet, so you should just stop trying to be a cheeky bastard and not waste any more of my time. Literally don't care if I get banned at this point, its like pulling teeth trying to get actual insight here because people like you would rather just agitate people instead of helping them.

Why u mad tho? Enjoy that 3.33. LOL at strait A's from here on out. Probably thinks will be top 30% after 1L too.

Shouldn't have a problem with competition like you

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote: The above are hypothetical circumstances (well, many are true, mainly the numbers are hypo).

Da1andOnlyPharo wrote:@Grizz You're not clever. Since I already stated that I do in fact have an LSAT score and GPA, and I assume you can read, I can only imagine you're referring to the fact that I "don't have super softs." I don't really give a fuck, whoever made that picture didn't make the rules of the internet, so you should just stop trying to be a cheeky bastard and not waste any more of my time. Literally don't care if I get banned at this point, its like pulling teeth trying to get actual insight here because people like you would rather just agitate people instead of helping them.