LSAT 176/ GPA 3.73/ international applicant Forum

[ww.lulu1]

LSAT 176. I finished my undergraduate LL.B. degree in my home country with a 3.73 GPA out of 4 (LSAC ranked it as AA, but I have heard international students' GPA does not matter to U.S. law schools) and finished LL.M. at UCLA. Got one recommendation letter from a UCLA law professor, one from a law professor from the University of Florida and one from my public interest internship place. Is it possible for me to get in T5? (I am Non-URM)

[crazywafflez]

LSAT 176. I finished my undergraduate LL.B. degree in my home country with a 3.73 GPA out of 4 (LSAC ranked it as AA, but I have heard international students' GPA does not matter to U.S. law schools) and finished LL.M. at UCLA. Got one recommendation letter from a UCLA law professor, one from a law professor from the University of Florida and one from my public interest internship place. Is it possible for me to get in T5? (I am Non-URM)

Yeah, your UG rating from LSAC won't matter really, I've heard Y can sometimes put a lot on it but no proof. You've got a great shot at CC. HYS is always a crapshoot, with H being the most predictable (at least, that is what I've heard). I think you are competitive though for every school, best of luck.

[FrenchMomo]

I was wondering why H is the most predictable?

[nixy]

Just that historically, its decisions are more predictable, I think in large part because of its size. Stanford and Yale have much smaller classes, so they can afford to pick and choose even among people with stellar qualifications. Yale also involves faculty more in the admissions process than most other schools, which brings in a different, more idiosyncratic perspective. Harvard has a much bigger class and so to keep its LSAT/GPA medians up, it needs to admit a lot of people with good stats. So the idea is that top stats are sufficient for Harvard, while they're necessary but not sufficient for YS. (Don't get me wrong, it's not *easy* to get into Harvard, and people with top stats but nothing else can get rejected from Harvard, too, but the class size makes a difference.)