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Older Applicaant w/3.43 GPA-Worth Applying?

Post by Collegiate » Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:33 pm

I am a 28 going on the 29-year-old possible applicant, and I have yet to take the LSAT. However, on most standardized tests I tend to get very high verbal scores.

I have a background as a political researcher, and I have just finished a masters degree in International History at the London School of Economics.

I was wondering if my age and undergrad GPA would have a negative impact on any possible chances at admission to a JD program?

Also, I was wondering what would be my chance at a T14 program?

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Re: Older Applicaant w/3.43 GPA-Worth Applying?

Post by nixy » Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:34 pm

That's not old.

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Re: Older Applicaant w/3.43 GPA-Worth Applying?

Post by dddzzz » Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:31 pm

Age wise not too old. GPA may be a problem for some of the top t14s (Stanford/Yale), but if you kill the LSAT then you will be in a better spot. Going on to get higher education is definitely an advantage for law school, since they can see that you are responsible and can work on your own.

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Re: Older Applicaant w/3.43 GPA-Worth Applying?

Post by LSATWiz.com » Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:59 pm

On t-14

If you break a 168 -> 100%
If you break a 167 -> 75%
If you break a 166 -> 50%
If you don't break a 165 -> 0% assuming non-URM
If URM and break a 160 -> >90%
If URM and don't break a 160 -> <50%

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Re: Older Applicaant w/3.43 GPA-Worth Applying?

Post by QContinuum » Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:23 pm

UBETutoring wrote:On t-14

If you break a 168 -> 100%
IMO that's overly optimistic. Per MyLSN:
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OP really needs at least a 169 to have a colorable shot, and even then it's nowhere near a safe bet:
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A Master's from LSE is a nice soft, but Master's degrees from prestigious institutions aren't that uncommon among T13 applicants (and political research experience even less uncommon). I'd expect OP to perform roughly in line with their LSAC GPA & LSAT.

I definitely agree with the consensus though that OP's age won't be a factor. A 29-year-old applicant won't raise any eyebrows.

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