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For reference, their 25% for GPA seems to hover between 3.42 and 3.5, depending who you ask, and their 25-75 range for the LSAT is around 161-67.

I have great softs and I'm a William and Mary undergrad. Mainly I'm commissioning as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Army in May and have an educational delay to go to law school for the Judge Advocate General Corps.

What would you say my odds are?

You'll get in.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... zcnc#gid=5

above median LSAT
between 25/50% gpa

good chance

I assume you're a VA resident? You're in. Retake and you have a shot at Virginia--you'd be in with 171 or better.

My residency is finnicky. I've been living in a house in Williamsburg, VA for two years. I have a car registered here, insurance and everything, I'm registered to vote, pay utilities, and pay property taxes. However, I came here for the purpose of education inititially; I may be able to argue that I came to live in Virginia for my army unit, which would be somewhat dubious.

Essentially, I'm not sure I'd W&M would consider me a resident. Either way, when I graduate I'll be practicing military law, which means I'm somewhat unique in terms of where I would practice.

Thanks to all of you for the vote of confidence. 165 is my highest after a retake, and I don't have the time or money to retake right now.

pcjudge wrote:My residency is finnicky. I've been living in a house in Williamsburg, VA for two years. I have a car registered here, insurance and everything, I'm registered to vote, pay utilities, and pay property taxes. However, I came here for the purpose of education inititially; I may be able to argue that I came to live in Virginia for my army unit, which would be somewhat dubious.

Essentially, I'm not sure I'd W&M would consider me a resident. Either way, when I graduate I'll be practicing military law, which means I'm somewhat unique in terms of where I would practice.

Thanks to all of you for the vote of confidence. 165 is my highest after a retake, and I don't have the time or money to retake right now.

They'll always put a bunch of mumbo jumbo on their website about what they're looking for for residency in military applicants--but what they're really going to look at is your LES to see if you are paying VA state income tax. I'm active duty stationed in Virginia but I'm a FL resident currently. I will change my residency before I move to my next duty station because I need that admissions boost for residents and it's worth paying a little extra in taxes...I have a very similar GPA (3.49) and am taking the LSAT on Saturday, hoping for 171 or better--that seems to be the magic number that will get me UVA. Even with your 165 I'd throw an ED app their way if you can swing Virginia residency...3.5/165 in-state ED with military would have a shot there...but if not in state I wouldn't bother.

pcjudge wrote:What would you say my odds are?

A helluva lot better than Law School Predictor would tell you (i.e. 45%). My hard stats are in that same ballpark and I was admitted with a decent scholly offer.

Very likely to be admitted.