176/166/3.64/study abroad Forum

[ccacmm]

Hi all

My GPA situation is quite convoluted, so would appreciate some insight into what my chances would be at the T14.

I have an overall GPA of 3.64 from a top Ivy school. Excluding my freshman year grades, my GPA rises to a 3.76. However, I took a junior year abroad at a top UK school and, though I received marks of A/A-, my study abroad marks were not factored into my university GPA and were thus unable to help make up for my first year.

I took the LSAT twice and got a 166 in 2009 and a 176 this year. I'm two years out of university and currently work at a multinational law firm in Europe. I'm fairly certain I can get strong recs from my partners.

What should I be shooting for? Are HYS totally out of the picture?

Thanks!

[Grazzhoppa]

I am jealous of your educational experience. I´m studying abroad in Chile and will probably get mediocre grades but then again I don't really do the whole Español thing as well as my classmates.

Anyways brehhh... IN at CCN with dinero I would think. Maybe one of HYS

0L speaking with no idea what I'm talking about.

Also, lawschoolnumbers.com

[Real Madrid]

Hi all

My GPA situation is quite convoluted, so would appreciate some insight into what my chances would be at the T14.

I have an overall GPA of 3.64 from a top Ivy school. Excluding my freshman year grades, my GPA rises to a 3.76. However, I took a junior year abroad at a top UK school and, though I received marks of A/A-, my study abroad marks were not factored into my university GPA and were thus unable to help make up for my first year.

I took the LSAT twice and got a 166 in 2009 and a 176 this year. I'm two years out of university and currently work at a multinational law firm in Europe. I'm fairly certain I can get strong recs from my partners.

What should I be shooting for? Are HYS totally out of the picture?


Thanks!

You might as well shoot an application to them, but yeah, your GPA is too low for each one.

[ccacmm]

Do I need to submit an addendum explaining the discrepancy in LSAT scores when I took them 3 years apart? Should I submit an addendum explaining my GPA situation or would that draw unnecessary attention?

[dpk711]

HYS is almost certainly not going to happen but you will get CCN.

[suitup]

Were your study abroad grades not factored into your LSAC gpa? My study abroad grades didn't count for my university's gpa either but got factored in by LSAC when I sent in all my transcripts. It actually helped a lot.

[smaug_]

Were your study abroad grades not factored into your LSAC gpa? My study abroad grades didn't count for my university's gpa either but got factored in by LSAC when I sent in all my transcripts. It actually helped a lot.

That's lucky for you. My LSAC profile looked as though I just graduated in three years with a gap year. That said, the .08 GPA bump it would have given me wouldn't have changed my cycle at all.

[Detrox]

HYS is almost certainly not going to happen but you will get CCN.

This. Numbers twin two years ago minus the retake.

[IsTheFatLadySinging]

I am jealous of your educational experience. I´m studying abroad in Chile and will probably get mediocre grades but then again I don't really do the whole Español thing as well as my classmates.

Anyways brehhh... IN at CCN with dinero I would think. Maybe one of HYS

0L speaking with no idea what I'm talking about.

Also, lawschoolnumbers.com

[2014]

Harvard off the WL, especially with the drop in test takers, is not out of the question. Hardly worth apping below CCN though unless you are a big fan of one of the rest.

Eta: Sorry I misread OP as 3.76 not 3.64. HYS is probably no shot (but I would still app to Harvard at least), and I would throw in a couple of T14 safeties.