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2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:20 am
by splittertothemax
GPA:2.78
LSAT:173
Work experience- One year at Wells Fargo
North Carolina resident
What's my chances at: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, or South Carolina
I live in charlotte, should I consider Charlotte law school since it's close
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:23 am
by North
splittertothemax wrote:GPA:2.78
LSAT:173
Work experience- One year at Wells Fargo
North Carolina resident
What's my chances at: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, or South Carolina
I live in charlotte, should I consider Charlotte law school since it's close
No. Never do that.
ED NU then, if rejected, ED UVA. Great job on the LSAT, make it count.
ETA: In at Vandy.
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:23 am
by abc12345675
Do not, I repeat, do not even glance at Charlotte Law School as you drive past it.
Ignore USC, too.
Best bet is UVA.
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:24 am
by CanadianWolf
Likely for WFU & USC. Possible at UNC. Unlikely at Duke.
Check the graphs at
http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:37 am
by TMC116
tfleming09 wrote:splittertothemax wrote:GPA:2.78
LSAT:173
Work experience- One year at Wells Fargo
North Carolina resident
What's my chances at: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, or South Carolina
I live in charlotte, should I consider Charlotte law school since it's close
1) In @ WF
2) Out @ Duke (hard 3.5 GPA floor)
3) In @ UNC
4) In @ S Car
5) If unemployment is what you seek Charlotte is an excellent choice.
Aim higher, you stand a decent shot at UVA via ED as well as NU
Doesn't UVA have a GPA floor ~3.0?
EDIT: nvm LSN has 2 acceptances @ 2.8
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:39 am
by Wily
I got into Wake with $20k a year with a 168/2.7, so you should do fine there.
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:40 am
by CanadianWolf
OP: According to
http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com, a poster with a 173/2.8 had these results:
Illinois--accepted
WashUStL--accepted
George Mason--accepted
Wash & Lee--accepted
Notre Dame--waitlist
Northwestern--waitlist
Georgetown--waitlist
UNC--waitlist
Virginia--waitlist, then accepted
GWU--waitlist, then accepted
WFU--waitlist, then accepted
Next cycle should produce better results as apps to law schools are expected to decline even further.
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:42 am
by Nova
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:43 am
by TMC116
CanadianWolf wrote:OP: According to
http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com, a poster with a 173/2.8 had these results:
Illinois--accepted
WashUStL--accepted
George Mason--accepted
Wash & Lee--accepted
Notre Dame--waitlist
Northwestern--waitlist
Georgetown--waitlist
UNC--waitlist
Virginia--waitlist, then accepted -> VA resident
GWU--waitlist, then accepted
WFU--waitlist, then accepted
Next cycle should produce better results as apps to law schools are expected to decline even further.
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:44 am
by CanadianWolf
As a splitter, you should send out a lot of applications since results are not easy to predict.
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:54 am
by splittertothemax
Any shot at Cornell or any california school? I know california universities love GPAs
I'm hoping applications drop me for the 2013-2014
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:56 am
by CanadianWolf
The graphs at
http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com will help. No need to register or open an account.
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:07 pm
by splittertothemax
So no Pepperdine or Loyola I'm guessingm or San Francisco
I'll check out lawschoolnumbers. I want to go to a good school with the least amount of debt possible
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:13 pm
by splittertothemax
thanks for the advice. So California is out.
Re: 2.78 173: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, U South Carolina?
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:31 pm
by westinghouse60
tfleming09 wrote:splittertothemax wrote:GPA:2.78
LSAT:173
Work experience- One year at Wells Fargo
North Carolina resident
What's my chances at: Wake Forest, Duke, UNC, or South Carolina
I live in charlotte, should I consider Charlotte law school since it's close
1) In @ WF
2) Out @ Duke (hard 3.5 GPA floor)
3) In @ UNC
4) In @ S Car
5) If unemployment is what you seek Charlotte is an excellent choice.
Aim higher, you stand a decent shot at UVA via ED as well as NU
It's irrelevant since OP is below 3.0, but a few people got in to Duke with a sub 3.5 this cycle. Anyway OP you should shoot for Northwestern/UVA like everyone else said, although I think your chances at Northwestern are better. And either of those at sticker is better than whatever money you'll get as a splitter from T25s, at least in my opinion. You could probably get good money at Wake/UNC, but I'd only take those over a T14 if you could graduate near debt free and were dead set on staying in NC.