~3.3 GPA; 179 LSAT. What would you do? Forum

[poiu]

"Medium level" softs, nothing bad nothing spectacular. I am an excellent writer and have plenty of people I trust to review personal statements, etc. OK recommendations from professors - nothing damning, but nothing "best student I ever had!" level. Non-URM. Basically nothing going for me except the high LSAT score.

Applying next cycle (will graduate this May). How would you play this hand? What would you do in my shoes?

[andy261]

"Medium level" softs, nothing bad nothing spectacular. I am an excellent writer and have plenty of people I trust to review personal statements, etc. OK recommendations from professors - nothing damning, but nothing "best student I ever had!" level.

Applying next cycle (will graduate this May). How would you play this hand? What would you do in my shoes?

Try to delay graduation (add another major/minor if allowed) and raise your GPA. If you're not willing to do that, blanket the T-14 and make sure to polish the rest of your application. You'll probably get into quite a few outside of HYS.

[poiu]

http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/wp-co ... ograms.htm

Is this at all accurate, because the results it's giving me seem a little ridiculous. Admit at Columbia if I ED? Is it just bad at judging heavy splitters?

[cinephile]

I wouldn't ED. Apply everywhere and see what you get in terms of $$$.

[John_rizzy_rawls]

This is where you're at now: http://myLSN.info/wfxuju

(Use myLSN not LSP)

If I were you I would delay a year, boost my GPA to 3.4/3.5, get chummy with a couple professors and get bang up letters of recommendation. Then you're looking at a sweet cycle.

[poiu]

This is where you're at now: http://myLSN.info/wfxuju

(Use myLSN not LSP)

If I were you I would delay a year, boost my GPA to 3.4/3.5, get chummy with a couple professors and get bang up letters of recommendation. Then you're looking at a sweet cycle.

Ah yes, that seems a lot more realistic haha. Re: delaying a year, there's just no way, thanks to the rules at my university.

[John_rizzy_rawls]

This is where you're at now: http://myLSN.info/wfxuju

(Use myLSN not LSP)

If I were you I would delay a year, boost my GPA to 3.4/3.5, get chummy with a couple professors and get bang up letters of recommendation. Then you're looking at a sweet cycle.

Ah yes, that seems a lot more realistic haha. Re: delaying a year, there's just no way, thanks to the rules at my university.

Pick up a minor, they can't stop you from doing that.

[JamMasterJ]

ED CLS

[Tiago Splitter]

http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/wp-co ... ograms.htm

Is this at all accurate, because the results it's giving me seem a little ridiculous. Admit at Columbia if I ED? Is it just bad at judging heavy splitters?

Yes, LSP doesn't do a good job with splitters.

[poiu]

ED Columbia, if rejected immediately ED UVa & blanket the rest of the lower T14? UVa would be my first choice (for personal reasons) besides Columbia and besides getting a substantial scholarship to an equivalent school.

[patrickd139]

ED Columbia, if rejected immediately ED UVa & blanket the rest of the lower T14? UVa would be my first choice (for personal reasons) besides Columbia and besides getting a substantial scholarship to an equivalent school.

If your college is at all reasonably priced: Don't ED anywhere. Take a victory lap in clear to boost GPA and get better LORs. Volunteer somewhere. Enjoy college for another year.

[nickb285]

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[poiu]

If your college is at all reasonably priced: Don't ED anywhere. Take a victory lap in clear to boost GPA and get better LORs. Volunteer somewhere. Enjoy college for another year.

Can you explain why EDing at all would be a bad idea?

I could try to pick up a minor and stretch my stay out that way but even then I would be limited to taking no more than 12 more credits in total. As you can imagine, the impact on my GPA would be very minimal. I guess theoretically I could also take a crap-ton of credits at a community college at the same time, but would it really be worth the loans I would have to take out just to get a boost to MAYBE a 3.5?

I consider being told "retake" in jest a badge of pride. Now if only I could retake college

[Tim0thy222]

I'd say ED your choice of CCN if you're feeling bold, or MVP to be safe. I was 177/3.2, rejected ED to NYU, then rejected ED to UVA because it was late in the cycle by then. Sat out a year, improved PS, applied ED to UVA again on day one of cycle and was accepted.

Edited to add: look around LSN, but your GPA probably makes $ in the t14 unlikely, and if that's the case you might as well ED.

[nickb285]

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[poiu]

Also, what the hell is up with the LSAC ugpa/lsat regression tool?

http://i.imgur.com/xVbe3KZ.png

Better chances at Harvard than UVA? Nearly guaranteed admission to NYU?

[JWalker]

ED UVA or NYU.

[star fox]

I think people need to realize that delaying graduation isn't always very realistic. I mean, most people have their parents at least partially pay for their UG and most parents would definitely not be cool with delaying graduation when you have the necessary credits.

[cahwc12]

"Medium level" softs, nothing bad nothing spectacular. I am an excellent writer and have plenty of people I trust to review personal statements, etc. OK recommendations from professors - nothing damning, but nothing "best student I ever had!" level.

Applying next cycle (will graduate this May). How would you play this hand? What would you do in my shoes?

Try to delay graduation (add another major/minor if allowed) and raise your GPA. If you're not willing to do that, blanket the T-14 and make sure to polish the rest of your application. You'll probably get into quite a few outside of HYS.

I heavily encourage you to consider doing this. There isn't a better investment you can make over the next year for law school than spending a year boosting your GPA.

It may sound absurd, but ~45 credits of straight A's (over two summers and a fall/spring) will get you to a 3.5. You could take these courses as online CC credits, or whatever bogus GPA-inflating courses you want. Do an independent study or write a thesis and spread it over three semesters if you want for 12-15 of those credit hours.

You might feel like you're wasting your time, but a 3.5/179 probably gets you close to a full ride everywhere outside CCN, gets you in at CCN probably with money, and gives you a shot at HYS. That's easily worth $50-60k or more.

[90convoy]

Retake.

u still have room to improve your LSATTT

[Tiago Splitter]

a 3.5/179 probably gets you close to a full ride everywhere outside CCN, gets you in at CCN probably with money,

I agree it's worth doing, but this isn't really true.

[John_rizzy_rawls]

Retake.

u still have room to improve your LSATTT

Gtfo. Shit is getting old.

[90convoy]

Retake.

u still have room to improve your LSATTT

Gtfo. Shit is getting old.

ITT or in general, because I don't think it is.

[laxbrah420]

Really easy jokes don't get "old," they're just never funny, unless said in a way to communicate, "a dope might make a joke like this," which is hard, but not impossible to convey via the Internet; I'm positive you were not going for that vibe though.

[John_rizzy_rawls]

Retake.

u still have room to improve your LSATTT

Gtfo. Shit is getting old.

ITT or in general, because I don't think it is.

ITT. Retaking a 179 is irresponsible and horrid advice, and calling that score "TTT" is just stupid.