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3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:30 am
by 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)
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:07 am
by romothesavior
I would say your chances are pretty good. I got in two cycles ago with a 168/3.79.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:15 am
by 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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:35 am
by BuckinghamB
PinkCow wrote: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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:01 am
by ebw1080
i got in last year w/ 3.56 169...it was off the waitlist though.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:13 am
by PinkCow
lol those were my exact stats. No wl for this brah though.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:18 am
by 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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:00 pm
by 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
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:54 pm
by Klz112
PinkCow wrote: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!
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:55 pm
by gaud
You should aim higher
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:37 pm
by 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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:09 am
by wiscohopeful
Aim higher...and what is this minor in logic you speak of? Elaborate
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:54 am
by 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
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:56 am
by rad lulz
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Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:57 am
by johansantana21
Good if not great.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:58 am
by bernaldiaz
Klz112 wrote: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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:58 am
by johansantana21
bernaldiaz wrote:Klz112 wrote: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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:09 am
by bernaldiaz
johansantana21 wrote:bernaldiaz wrote:Klz112 wrote: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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:21 am
by Klz112
My parents are Austrian, too bad I'm white
I figured those were pretty high, but what about Michigan? UPenn? Duke?
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:25 am
by 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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:26 am
by johansantana21
Klz112 wrote: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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:50 am
by 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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:04 pm
by 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.
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:33 pm
by Klz112
piscola wrote: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
Re: 3.71 169 LSAT Cornell?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:01 pm
by HeavenWood
CanadianWolf wrote: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).