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176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:15 am
by 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!
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:30 am
by 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
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:34 am
by Real Madrid
ccacmm wrote: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.
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:08 pm
by 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?
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:10 pm
by dpk711
HYS is almost certainly not going to happen but you will get CCN.
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:48 pm
by 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.
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:14 pm
by smaug_
suitup wrote: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.
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:15 pm
by Detrox
dpk711 wrote:HYS is almost certainly not going to happen but you will get CCN.
This. Numbers twin two years ago minus the retake.
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:17 pm
by IsTheFatLadySinging
Grazzhoppa wrote: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
Re: 176/166/3.64/study abroad
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:18 pm
by 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.