Chances getting into Cornell with 168/3.87? Forum

[Fatcatyang]

Hello everyone. I just finished my interview last weekend but haven't heard anything back. What are my chances getting into Cornell with my stats?

Sorry if I posted two identical threads. I posted one earlier but did not see it in the forum.

[The Lsat Airbender]

Chances are good. If you've already interviewed you should just do your best to chill out - final decision might be months away.

[ZVBXRPL]

Got in with worse stats....166/3.8X...with a decent scholly. Ur fine!

[Fatcatyang]

Got in with worse stats....166/3.8X...with a decent scholly. Ur fine!

I applied with ED......probably wont get any scholly lol

[Wubbles]

Got in with worse stats....166/3.8X...with a decent scholly. Ur fine!

I applied with ED......probably wont get any scholly lol

You should immediately withdraw the ED contract! You will almost certainly get in with your numbers without it and are missing out on around 90-120k. You would be an idiot to pay full price for Cornell with your numbers.

[AdieuCali]

You should immediately withdraw the ED contract! You will almost certainly get in with your numbers without it and are missing out on around 90-120k. You would be an idiot to pay full price for Cornell with your numbers.

+1

Even if withdrawing the ED contract hurts your initial scholarship offer at Cornell, your numbers will probably get you substantial $ at a few other T13s! If you're deadset on Ithaca for some reason, you can use those other offers to negotiate up.

[Vianco]

You should immediately withdraw the ED contract! You will almost certainly get in with your numbers without it and are missing out on around 90-120k. You would be an idiot to pay full price for Cornell with your numbers.

+1

Even if withdrawing the ED contract hurts your initial scholarship offer at Cornell, your numbers will probably get you substantial $ at a few other T13s! If you're deadset on Ithaca for some reason, you can use those other offers to negotiate up.

Why do people keep posting mylsn grids with the parameters set to include data from 2015? This drives me insane. It's 2019. Overall, T-14 law school admissions have gotten more competitive the last few years. A few years ago, Cornell's median LSAT was 167 and median GPA was 3.67. Cornell's Fall 2020 entering class median LSAT was 168 and median GPA was 3.81. Their numbers have pretty much increased every year. What is this, Back to the Future Part 4: Law School Admissions? T13 wasn't even really a thing back in 2015.

It's misleading to link data like this. For someone with a 168, it's going to make a difference. Other T-14 schools have seen increases as well. Northwestern's median LSAT was a 168 a couple years ago, but this past cycle it was a 169. Changes like these are going to affect whether someone with a 168 gets "substantial $".

[cavalier1138]

Why do people keep posting mylsn grids with the parameters set to include data from 2015? This drives me insane. It's 2019. Overall, T-14 law school admissions have gotten more competitive the last few years. A few years ago, Cornell's median LSAT was 167 and median GPA was 3.67. Cornell's Fall 2020 entering class median LSAT was 168 and median GPA was 3.81. Their numbers have pretty much increased every year. What is this, Back to the Future Part 4: Law School Admissions? T13 wasn't even really a thing back in 2015.

It's misleading to link data like this. For someone with a 168, it's going to make a difference. Other T-14 schools have seen increases as well. Northwestern's median LSAT was a 168 a couple years ago, but this past cycle it was a 169. Changes like these are going to affect whether someone with a 168 gets "substantial $".

Keeping the data set limited to the last 3 admissions cycles would likely limit the sample set on MyLSN enough that the results would be even less reliable. And although a 1-point/0.1-point jump in medians can affect the accuracy of the MyLSN results, it's not a significant enough effect that we should be completely ignoring data from a few cycles ago.

MyLSN is an educated guess. That's it. No one is selling it as more than that.

[AdieuCali]

You should immediately withdraw the ED contract! You will almost certainly get in with your numbers without it and are missing out on around 90-120k. You would be an idiot to pay full price for Cornell with your numbers.

+1

Even if withdrawing the ED contract hurts your initial scholarship offer at Cornell, your numbers will probably get you substantial $ at a few other T13s! If you're deadset on Ithaca for some reason, you can use those other offers to negotiate up.

Why do people keep posting mylsn grids with the parameters set to include data from 2015? This drives me insane. It's 2019. Overall, T-14 law school admissions have gotten more competitive the last few years. A few years ago, Cornell's median LSAT was 167 and median GPA was 3.67. Cornell's Fall 2020 entering class median LSAT was 168 and median GPA was 3.81. Their numbers have pretty much increased every year. What is this, Back to the Future Part 4: Law School Admissions? T13 wasn't even really a thing back in 2015.

It's misleading to link data like this. For someone with a 168, it's going to make a difference. Other T-14 schools have seen increases as well. Northwestern's median LSAT was a 168 a couple years ago, but this past cycle it was a 169. Changes like these are going to affect whether someone with a 168 gets "substantial $".

If you just look at the past two admissions cycles, the admissions rate for OP's stats at Cornell actually goes up from 97% - 100%.