3.2/176 and three years in government Forum

[9949ers]

For the next admissions cycle. 3.2/176 and three years as a legislative staffer in a governor's office. I probably dont have a shot at HYS, but what about Chicago or Columbia? If not, what about UVA, Penn or Duke? Thanks! First ever posting

[Mack.Hambleton]

[LSA2014]

I wouldn't put much stock in that site. Told me I have a 40% chance to get into UNC with and LSAT and GPA above their interquartile range.

Also gave a 100% chance to get into Michigan at a lower LSAT level, and the 0% or >50% for all higher levels. Seem like it suffers from too few data points.

Also, what did you do in government? If you were on state or fed level advisory councils crafting policy, or policy memos, doing white papers on policy/law, or doing legal research that's very relevant. If you were in HR, not so much.

[Ramius]

I wouldn't put much stock in that site. Told me I have a 40% chance to get into UNC with and LSAT and GPA above their interquartile range.

Also gave a 100% chance to get into Michigan at a lower LSAT level, and the 0% or >50% for all higher levels. Seem like it suffers from too few data points.

Also, what did you do in government? If you were on state or fed level advisory councils crafting policy, or policy memos, doing white papers on policy/law, or doing legal research that's very relevant. If you were in HR, not so much.

Do you misunderstand how mylsn works? It doesn't say you "have a 40% chance" at any given school. It tabulates all available data from LSN (the best source for admissions information we have) and gives an approximate view of what people with your numbers were offered. Mylsn isn't saying you have a 0% chance at Yale with a 2.0/145, it simply tells you whether anyone else with those numbers applied to Yale and what outcomes they received.

LSN and Mylsn aren't completely predictive, but they are pretty darn accurate when it comes to getting a quality screenshot of how your numbers will perform in an almost entirely numbers-driven game.

What you can't account for in this equation is the diminishing number of apps currently to law schools, so while in 2007 your numbers may have been heading straight for the waitlist at a school, now you're an auto-admit because you're hitting their new medians.

No one should use mylsn as dispositive proof of an expected outcome, but it's the best thing we have.

[JDeezy]

Had pretty much exact same numbers as OP. Got into Chicago ED. Accepted at Mich and NU RD. Held at GULC. That's all I had heard from when the Chi acceptance came in.

[Pneumonia]

Also, the lower you go in the rankings the worse the LSN data gets which might explain your UNC outcome