International student - good enough softs?
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:33 pm
Hi,
I will be very grateful for any help. I am an international student and while I understand the quantitative aspect of US admissions, the "soft" factors make no sense to me.
I haven't studied for the LSAT yet but I have taken three properly timed PTs scoring 168s and 169.
I know you can't really chance me without a real result but I am unsure if the rest of my application is sufficiently good to even justify any studying or furter effort investment
I am only interested in going to HYSCCN.
My softs(?) are:
I am European, non-native english speaker, from a developing country
Graduated this year with a low first in Anthropology from a top Scottish Uni, transcript is evaluated as superior but I don't have any awards like deans list (very informatively, this is meant to be equivalent to 3.7-4.0 USGPA)
I believe quite superlative LORs
Distinction in senior thesis in a legal anthropology topic
Very economically disadvantaged background
First in my family to go to college
I am working for the local government in my country as a community organizer. I am also running a prisoner reintegration project
summer internships with the parliament, ministries, etc
some work experience in Asia and Africa
I am also doing research with a law professor related to my senior thesis
I want to do comparative research in a quite obscure legal area related to my thesis and work and I have some original ideas about the implication of this research for policy
I would be potentially taking the next June lsat.
Any hope whatsoever? How would you say this compares to the average applicant? I don't have a gpa and lsn is not helping me in any way to evaluate myself. What minimim lsat would you say will give me a fighting chance (if at all) at HYSCCN?
Thank you for reading and your help. It is greatly appreciated.
I will be very grateful for any help. I am an international student and while I understand the quantitative aspect of US admissions, the "soft" factors make no sense to me.
I haven't studied for the LSAT yet but I have taken three properly timed PTs scoring 168s and 169.
I know you can't really chance me without a real result but I am unsure if the rest of my application is sufficiently good to even justify any studying or furter effort investment
I am only interested in going to HYSCCN.
My softs(?) are:
I am European, non-native english speaker, from a developing country
Graduated this year with a low first in Anthropology from a top Scottish Uni, transcript is evaluated as superior but I don't have any awards like deans list (very informatively, this is meant to be equivalent to 3.7-4.0 USGPA)
I believe quite superlative LORs
Distinction in senior thesis in a legal anthropology topic
Very economically disadvantaged background
First in my family to go to college
I am working for the local government in my country as a community organizer. I am also running a prisoner reintegration project
summer internships with the parliament, ministries, etc
some work experience in Asia and Africa
I am also doing research with a law professor related to my senior thesis
I want to do comparative research in a quite obscure legal area related to my thesis and work and I have some original ideas about the implication of this research for policy
I would be potentially taking the next June lsat.
Any hope whatsoever? How would you say this compares to the average applicant? I don't have a gpa and lsn is not helping me in any way to evaluate myself. What minimim lsat would you say will give me a fighting chance (if at all) at HYSCCN?
Thank you for reading and your help. It is greatly appreciated.