166 LSAT, 3.53 GPA - Should I ED for NU or UT? Forum

[sze]

I'm wondering if I should ED to either NU or UT, or if I should wait to improve my score in Dec by one or two points and forego the ED. I'm a Texas resident for UT ED, went to UC Berkeley in poli sci, and am currently doing a year of AmeriCorps. With these numbers I might be able to sneak into Cornell or Georgetown, but I'm more interested in my ED chances at NU or UT.

[literarylawyer]

Just got a 166 today, too. Had a 3.68 from Vanderbilt, majored in English, am a Texas resident, and worked in publishing for a year in NY.

I'm also thinking of retaking in December. 166 is just slightly below UT's median. Still, it's pretty plausible that given our GPAs & schools we'll pretty good candidates for admission, even without ED.

ED to UT (though binding) is a good idea because there's a pretty significant stipend that they grant you if you're accepted....$10K every year as long as you remain in good academic standing. With the TX residency, too, that's going to be a relatively inexpensive law education from a great school with promising job stats.

Also, if you want to work in TX, it would probs be easier to get a job out of UT than Georgetown or Cornell.

[baal hadad]

Great info ab your chances here

[BigZuck]

Just got a 166 today, too. Had a 3.68 from Vanderbilt, majored in English, am a Texas resident, and worked in publishing for a year in NY.

I'm also thinking of retaking in December. 166 is just slightly below UT's median. Still, it's pretty plausible that given our GPAs & schools we'll pretty good candidates for admission, even without ED.

ED to UT (though binding) is a good idea because there's a pretty significant stipend that they grant you if you're accepted....$10K every year as long as you remain in good academic standing. With the TX residency, too, that's going to be a relatively inexpensive law education from a great school with promising job stats.

Also, if you want to work in TX, it would probs be easier to get a job out of UT than Georgetown or Cornell.

Are you in NY right now? You might not be a TX resident any more

Below both medians= unlikely to be accepted anywhere, even with ED. If Ut's medians drop that might be a different story.

Depends on what kind of job you're hoping to get. If you're aiming for big law, it's probably easier to get TX big law from Georgetown or Cornell than from UT.

Not sure 10K discount is enough to make UT worth attending. Would still pay 25ishK a year in tuition, roughly 20K in cost of living, you're looking at 130K+ in debt. That's too much IMO, I wouldn't spend more than about 100K to attend a school like UT and that might be pushing it.

If you have a 166 and want to attend UT I recommend retaking. I know people with your guys' GPA (or worse) and 170+ who got like 15 or 18K or more at UT.