URM AA Female (help!!!)
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:25 am
With a 3.1 gpa what is the lowest score in the 160s I could get to gain acceptance to most of the lower tier t-14's.
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Hahha I promise that's not my mindset. I actually scored way higher than that. I'm just so nervous to apply I literally don't sleep at night i lurk these forums reading like a maniac. this is my dream my life and soul are tied to this it is very exhausting. If I don't get into a t-14 I know law school pretty much is not worth going. my gpa is trash so my Lsat and my personal statement has to take me to the promise landmynameismyname wrote:Although using the lowest score possible study strategy is a terrible mindset to have, I know a black girl and guy who got into cornell and georgetown with that gpa with a 161 and 162 lsat score respectively. Also, here are some links to check out.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... p?t=245831
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... p?t=224199
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&start=75
They all have people with backgrounds similar to yours as an AA female and they are what I am using (as an AA male) to base my own application process around.
why do you say that??mynameismyname wrote:You'll be fine. You'll likely get alot of money from a few of the t-14.
166PeanutsNJam wrote:If by "way higher" you mean 170+, as an AA female, you're probably getting CCN with money on down, likely close to a full ride at Michigan/Cornell/Northwestern. I'd apply to Harvard too, there's a chance.
PeanutsNJam wrote:Columbia/Chicago/NYU still a possibility, but you're more likely looking at Penn/UVA with $$ at the lower T14 schools. I'd take out a loan with a drug lord to bet on you getting into at least 1 T14 though so don't worry about that.
awesome this was the answer I've need all along and i read the links you sent me thoroughly last night. That thread is AMAZING. OH to be young, gifted and BLACK! ahah too much. But keep in touch. I am retaking too. Need as much money as possible. See you at the topmynameismyname wrote:Check the links that I sent you earlier, but AA females with 165+ lsat are highly valued. Although I dont personally know black females with your stats, the black males I know with gpa/ lsat scores in your range got near full or full tuition at Michigan and Texas and got into schools ranked as highly as Columbia (albiet not with a ton of money). We will likely be applying to the exact same schools. I'm a black male 3.2-3.3 gpa 168 lsat. Of course I would attend Harvard, Yale, or Stanford if accepted, but my preference is to get an elite education for as little as possible. I would take a full tuition plus stipend scholarship to northwestern, texas, or michigan, over pretty much any top 14 school that doesn't award me a full ride that's not HYS. I'm retaking to get a higher score but you are in a good position to get money from a quality school. I can't guarantee either you (or me for that matter) will get a full ride or into the upper t-14 but you are definitely competitive.