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177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
- Kohinoor
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Out at Berkeley. They're notorious for requiring a high GPA.cvnrssm wrote:Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
- IHaveDietMoxie
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
enjoy going anywhere you please
- guyincognito
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Yes. Cooley.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
If I were you, I would not bother even applying anywhere. Also, I hear if you had happened to graduate in December but am planning to basically sit around your undergraduate town hanging out with your squirrel/girlfriend that schools look very negatiely at that. Take it for what it's worth...
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
you won't get into yale.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Kohinoor wrote:Out at Berkeley. They're notorious for requiring a high GPA.cvnrssm wrote:Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
OP is URM.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
see proposition 209boilercat wrote:Kohinoor wrote:Out at Berkeley. They're notorious for requiring a high GPA.cvnrssm wrote:Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
OP is URM.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Won't matter. If the OP's personal statement is connected in a meaningful way to his or her URM status, then Berkeley will accept in a heartbeat.talibkweli wrote:see proposition 209boilercat wrote:Kohinoor wrote:Out at Berkeley. They're notorious for requiring a high GPA.cvnrssm wrote:Are there any law schools that I shouldn't bother applying to?
OP is URM.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Michigan banned affirmative action, but you wouldn't know it from looking at their LSN graph.
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yes they did, now they have something called "holistic review." berkeley has that too...and ucla.....so your probably in everywhere, excluding yale and stanford.Trifles wrote:Michigan banned affirmative action, but you wouldn't know it from looking at their LSN graph.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Nowhere. You're not guaranteed at Yale, but you're definitely favored. Berkeley is an interesting case, but they really do practice affirmative action though it's technically banned. Your numbers are good enough for Michigan even without the URM, and of course they also practice affirmative action despite it being banned. (In both cases, they just call it "holistic judgement", which just a euphemism.)
For the record, Law School Predictor, which has a reputation for understating URMs, puts you at "Consider" for Yale and "Admit" everywhere else.
For the record, Law School Predictor, which has a reputation for understating URMs, puts you at "Consider" for Yale and "Admit" everywhere else.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
titcr. He might have a decent shot at Stanford too.FuturehoyaLawya wrote:yes they did, now they have something called "holistic review." berkeley has that too...and ucla.....so your probably in everywhere, excluding yale and stanford.Trifles wrote:Michigan banned affirmative action, but you wouldn't know it from looking at their LSN graph.
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- Kohinoor
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Fie on you sir. Berkeley and it's quasi-peer school Michigan haven't practiced affirmative action in years. It's time for people to wake up and realize that essay writing matters and is a valid metric in the law school admissions process.BenJ wrote:Nowhere. You're not guaranteed at Yale, but you're definitely favored. Berkeley is an interesting case, but they really do practice affirmative action though it's technically banned. Your numbers are good enough for Michigan even without the URM, and of course they also practice affirmative action despite it being banned. (In both cases, they just call it "holistic judgement", which just a euphemism.)
For the record, Law School Predictor, which has a reputation for understating URMs, puts you at "Consider" for Yale and "Admit" everywhere else.
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Is it just me or is a burning book a bad symbol for a school?jayzon wrote:--ImageRemoved--
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Depends what kind of URM you are.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Affirmative action was considered unconstitutional in Michigan's undergraduate admissions process, but it's still allowed in law school admissions. That's why you see such things in its LSN graph.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
tomhobbes wrote:Is it just me or is a burning book a bad symbol for a school?jayzon wrote:--ImageRemoved--
that it is liberty's of all places makes this just hilarious
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
EzraStiles wrote:Affirmative action was considered unconstitutional in Michigan's undergraduate admissions process, but it's still allowed in law school admissions. That's why you see such things in its LSN graph.
you are wrong
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
Yale supposed has a firm 3.5 cutoff, URM or not. Save YLS, you'll be in everywhere.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
http://umich.edu/news/index.html?Releas ... remecourt2
notably the phrase "In two lawsuits challenging University of Michigan admissions policies, the court ruled 5-4 in favor of the Law School"
Maybe not affirmative action in all it encompasses, but the law school was not forced to change its previous method of evaluation.
notably the phrase "In two lawsuits challenging University of Michigan admissions policies, the court ruled 5-4 in favor of the Law School"
Maybe not affirmative action in all it encompasses, but the law school was not forced to change its previous method of evaluation.
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
im confused, i thought SC ruling was all about AA being okay again (note, not yet in law school lol)
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EzraStiles wrote:http://umich.edu/news/index.html?Releas ... remecourt2
notably the phrase "In two lawsuits challenging University of Michigan admissions policies, the court ruled 5-4 in favor of the Law School"
Maybe not affirmative action in all it encompasses, but the law school was not forced to change its previous method of evaluation.
is justice rehnquist still the chief justice?
which came first: the gratz/grutter cases, or michigan's ballot initiative?
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Re: 177/3.49/URM Where won't I get in
No, the point system was thrown out but they can still weigh race in the admissions process.EzraStiles wrote:Affirmative action was considered unconstitutional in Michigan's undergraduate admissions process, but it's still allowed in law school admissions. That's why you see such things in its LSN graph.
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Pretty sure the ballot initiative came after and negated gratz/grutter.talibkweli wrote:EzraStiles wrote:http://umich.edu/news/index.html?Releas ... remecourt2
notably the phrase "In two lawsuits challenging University of Michigan admissions policies, the court ruled 5-4 in favor of the Law School"
Maybe not affirmative action in all it encompasses, but the law school was not forced to change its previous method of evaluation.
is justice rehnquist still the chief justice?
which came first: the gratz/grutter cases, or michigan's ballot initiative?
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