3.71 169 LSAT Cornell? Forum

[Klz112]

I've interned for 3 different firms, been part of my school's Pre-law club (one of the presidents this last year), majored in Finance w/ a minor in logic. I recently got back from a 2 year service mission to Taiwan for my church (LDS, all work-no "fun and games")and speak fluent Mandarin. I'm about to finish up my last year of school. What would you say my chances of Cornell are?

*Edit: I was 19 when I took the LSAT (2 years ago)

[romothesavior]

I would say your chances are pretty good. I got in two cycles ago with a 168/3.79.

[PinkCow]

I assume you have already applied or are talking about next year, because you missed the deadline.

That said, I'd say you have a very strong chance, especially with your significant ECs. If you apply early, I'd be very surprised if you didn't get in.

I would also apply to Michigan and would be surprised if you didn't get in there.

[BuckinghamB]

I assume you have already applied or are talking about next year, because you missed the deadline.

That said, I'd say you have a very strong chance, especially with your significant ECs. If you apply early, I'd be very surprised if you didn't get in.

I would also apply to Michigan and would be surprised if you didn't get in there.

[ebw1080]

i got in last year w/ 3.56 169...it was off the waitlist though.

[PinkCow]

lol those were my exact stats. No wl for this brah though.

[Asleep]

I got in off the waitlist with a 3.69/168 after applying on the very last day possible. I'd say you have more than a good shot.

[piscola]

I got in with 3.72 168 2 weeks ago and my softs weren't as good as yours. I would say you've got a good shot

[Klz112]

I assume you have already applied or are talking about next year, because you missed the deadline.

That said, I'd say you have a very strong chance, especially with your significant ECs. If you apply early, I'd be very surprised if you didn't get in.

I would also apply to Michigan and would be surprised if you didn't get in there.

Yeah, I'm looking at applying for this next year round. And thanks for the reassurance everybody, I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best!

[gaud]

You should aim higher

[Chucky21]

I got in 168, 3.9. I would be surprised if you didn't. Apply early so that you fall under the Early Action non-binding category and you should be good. Wait longer and you will be bunched up with a lot of other people and will thus have more of a chance of being waitlisted.

[wiscohopeful]

Aim higher...and what is this minor in logic you speak of? Elaborate

[Klz112]

Chucky, when I apply I'm gonna make sure I fall into the EA category, so hopefully that will play to my advantage.


As for aiming higher, I'm applying to Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, U of Chicago, and NYU. I would love to attend Harvard or Stanford, but I'm afraid it will be mainly chance if I get in. Also, I don't have any ties to either program (I'm actually the first person in my family on both sides to go to any schooling after highschool..). I've looked into all of the aforementioned schools, and I'm open to all of them.

As for the logic minor, it requires several classes on deductive logic, predicate logic, and metalogic. We dwelt a lot on the history and use of predicate logic, evaluation of arguments with counterexamples and proofs, informal mathematical proofs, and the incompleteness of arithmetic and set theory.

My apologies for getting back to this thread so late, I've been swamped

[rad lulz]

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[johansantana21]

Good if not great.

[bernaldiaz]

Chucky, when I apply I'm gonna make sure I fall into the EA category, so hopefully that will play to my advantage.


As for aiming higher, I'm applying to Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, U of Chicago, and NYU. I would love to attend Harvard or Stanford, but I'm afraid it will be mainly chance if I get in. Also, I don't have any ties to either program (I'm actually the first person in my family on both sides to go to any schooling after highschool..). I've looked into all of the aforementioned schools, and I'm open to all of them.

As for the logic minor, it requires several classes on deductive logic, predicate logic, and metalogic. We dwelt a lot on the history and use of predicate logic, evaluation of arguments with counterexamples and proofs, informal mathematical proofs, and the incompleteness of arithmetic and set theory.

My apologies for getting back to this thread so late, I've been swamped

Unless you are a URM you have almost no chance at any of those schools you just named. When people told you to aim higher, they didn't mean quite that high.

[johansantana21]

Chucky, when I apply I'm gonna make sure I fall into the EA category, so hopefully that will play to my advantage.


As for aiming higher, I'm applying to Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, U of Chicago, and NYU. I would love to attend Harvard or Stanford, but I'm afraid it will be mainly chance if I get in. Also, I don't have any ties to either program (I'm actually the first person in my family on both sides to go to any schooling after highschool..). I've looked into all of the aforementioned schools, and I'm open to all of them.

As for the logic minor, it requires several classes on deductive logic, predicate logic, and metalogic. We dwelt a lot on the history and use of predicate logic, evaluation of arguments with counterexamples and proofs, informal mathematical proofs, and the incompleteness of arithmetic and set theory.

My apologies for getting back to this thread so late, I've been swamped

Unless you are a URM you have almost no chance at any of those schools you just named. When people told you to aim higher, they didn't mean quite that high.

Don't apply to any of the T6. Waste of money.

[bernaldiaz]

Chucky, when I apply I'm gonna make sure I fall into the EA category, so hopefully that will play to my advantage.


As for aiming higher, I'm applying to Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, U of Chicago, and NYU. I would love to attend Harvard or Stanford, but I'm afraid it will be mainly chance if I get in. Also, I don't have any ties to either program (I'm actually the first person in my family on both sides to go to any schooling after highschool..). I've looked into all of the aforementioned schools, and I'm open to all of them.

As for the logic minor, it requires several classes on deductive logic, predicate logic, and metalogic. We dwelt a lot on the history and use of predicate logic, evaluation of arguments with counterexamples and proofs, informal mathematical proofs, and the incompleteness of arithmetic and set theory.

My apologies for getting back to this thread so late, I've been swamped

Unless you are a URM you have almost no chance at any of those schools you just named. When people told you to aim higher, they didn't mean quite that high.

Don't apply to any of the T6. Waste of money.

Although it does sound like OP may be a URM (first generation student?) so they might be able to snag NYU, if you check out LSN. But even that's a long shot. Obviously, if not a URM those apps are entirely a waste of time and money.

[Klz112]

My parents are Austrian, too bad I'm white

I figured those were pretty high, but what about Michigan? UPenn? Duke?

[bernaldiaz]

Play around with Lawschoolnumbers.com

You seem to have pretty good extra curriculars so if there is a data point where one of the candidates got accepted and one rejected you might be more likely to be accepted, but honestly you shouldn't expect anything out of the ordinary from what your numbers will dictate.

[johansantana21]

My parents are Austrian, too bad I'm white

I figured those were pretty high, but what about Michigan? UPenn? Duke?

Michigan is actually viable.

Duke and Upenn worth an app but highly doubt you get in.

[CanadianWolf]

If you don't get admitted to Cornell, it won't be due to your numbers. Certainly apply to any T-7 to T-17 that are of interest to you. ED to Virginia if you want a milder climate.

[piscola]

If you're applying next year, I would retake. 169 is a great score, but 170+ is magical. An extra 3 points and you'd have a decent shot at Columbia.

I'm not one to say automatically "wait another year until you're scores are better and reapply"- time is a valuable thing- but if you're already waiting, it would be silly not to. Every point is thousands of dollars in scholarship money, not to mention better schools.

[Klz112]

If you're applying next year, I would retake. 169 is a great score, but 170+ is magical. An extra 3 points and you'd have a decent shot at Columbia.

I'm not one to say automatically "wait another year until you're scores are better and reapply"- time is a valuable thing- but if you're already waiting, it would be silly not to. Every point is thousands of dollars in scholarship money, not to mention better schools.

I've been considering doing this, I'll make sure to keep this in mind. Thanks

[HeavenWood]

If you don't get admitted to Cornell, it won't be due to your numbers. Certainly apply to any T-7 to T-17 that are of interest to you. ED to Virginia if you want a milder climate.

UVA will probably be a no-go (below both medians).