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fmac
Class of 2026
First choice school:
3.66/4.3
GPA
International Politics
172/180
LSAT
User stats
Softs
T3
Paralegal; Property Investment
URM
Work
1-4 years
Goal
Big Law -> International Law
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0
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Rank
2022-2023
Result App type FW Resident Schol... Sent Sent raw Received Received raw Complete Complete raw UR UR raw UR2 UR2 raw II II raw Decision Decision raw
17 Boston University Waitlisted RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 08 2022-12-08 Apr 21 2023-04-21
4 Columbia University Waitlisted RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 07 2022-12-07 Jan 14 2023-01-14 Feb 14 2023-02-14
12 Cornell University Withdrawn RDregular decision Dec 12 2022-12-12 Dec 13 2022-12-13 Feb 24 2023-02-24 Feb 22 2023-02-22 Feb 27 2023-02-27
37 Fordham University Accepted RDregular decision $120,000 Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 08 2022-12-08 Feb 17 2023-02-17 Feb 23 2023-02-23 Mar 13 2023-03-13
25 George Washington Un... WL, Withdrawn RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 08 2022-12-08 Dec 09 2022-12-09 Dec 16 2022-12-16 Dec 08 2022-12-08
14 Georgetown University Waitlisted RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Jan 18 2023-01-18 Mar 17 2023-03-17
4 Harvard University Rejected RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 09 2022-12-09 Feb 15 2023-02-15
7 New York University Hold, Rejected RDregular decision Dec 12 2022-12-12 Apr 20 2023-04-20
13 Northwestern University Rejected RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Jan 10 2023-01-10 Dec 20 2022-12-20 Apr 26 2023-04-26
52 Pepperdine University Accepted RDregular decision $90,000 Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 08 2022-12-08 Dec 13 2022-12-13 Dec 14 2022-12-14 Jan 13 2023-01-13
9 UCBerkeley Accepted RDregular decision Dec 14 2022-12-14 Jan 02 2023-01-02 Mar 15 2023-03-15
15 UCLos Angeles Waitlisted RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 13 2022-12-13 Mar 23 2023-03-23
3 UChicago Rejected RDregular decision Dec 12 2022-12-12 Dec 13 2022-12-13 Dec 21 2022-12-21 Mar 06 2023-03-06 Mar 08 2023-03-08
10 UMichigan Rejected RDregular decision Dec 20 2022-12-20 Jan 06 2023-01-06 Feb 10 2023-02-10
6 UPennsylvania WL, Rejected RDregular decision Dec 12 2022-12-12 Jan 25 2023-01-25 Feb 01 2023-02-01 Feb 24 2023-02-24 Mar 01 2023-03-01
20 USouthern California Rejected RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 10 2022-12-10 Apr 21 2023-04-21
17 UTexas at Austin Accepted RDregular decision $54,000 Dec 19 2022-12-19 Dec 22 2022-12-22 Jan 13 2023-01-13 Feb 20 2023-02-20 Feb 24 2023-02-24
8 UVirginia Accepted RDregular decision $120,000 Dec 07 2022-12-07 Dec 08 2022-12-08 Dec 09 2022-12-09 Jan 06 2023-01-06 Jan 09 2023-01-09
16 Washington Universit... Waitlisted RDregular decision Dec 07 2022-12-07 Feb 07 2023-02-07 Mar 09 2023-03-09
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Understood, thanks! Having said that, I’m still going to be trying for it. I think I would have plenty of career options if academia didn’t work out, but I would love to be able to transfer to the “top of the top” and keeping the academia option open. Question is which would be better for that: BU or ND?
has anyone who applied in april heard back?
GargantuanWhalicMammal
12:49
probably equal but id feel better at ND
BU and ND are peer schools, so I'm not sure it matters that much. My gut says BU, just because it is in the same geographic region as many of the schools that prepare you for academia.
2E2EDDBBTT
12:53
guys
Thanks so much, everybody! I have a friend who is a professor at ND Law, so will get his perspective later today as well. I think the two schools are pretty equal as well, and I have good connections with both geographies/schools, so this is a tough decision. But thanks for your two cents!
13:00
^ @waytoooldforschool
13:01
about 50% come from HYS
13:01
80% from the top 14
2E2EDDBBTT
14:50
toad
2E2EDDBBTT
14:50
sls?
2E2EDDBBTT
14:50
uchi?
I found going into academia from Columbia to be pretty easy.
But I had practice experience first, too.
16:52
Should I schedule a meeting with admissions for a school I'm WL at to update them on my GPA/Completion of degree, or just send an email?
17:20
Just send an email
17:48
Thanks!
@WayTooOldForSchool: retake the lsat if you can
Considering you got waitlisted with a 163 you would likely get full rides with 170+
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Can a splitter (3.4/177) get into Stanford or Harvard? Or full ride at other t14?
Harvard and Stanford are unlikely, but two over the past several years have gotten into Harvard off the waitlist, so you might as well try. Even getting into a T14 is not guaranteed. But, historically, folks with your stats have had a decent shot (like 50/50) at places like Penn, UVA, Michigan, Northwestern, and Georgetown. And, many of those folks who were accepted received a decent scholarship. but, only a very small number got a full ride. I think it really depends on your softs for that. And, in any case, I would apply to places like UCLA, WashU, BU, GW, Fordham, and Emory if you want to be sure that you'll have an acceptance, especially if you are shooting for a full ride. The more you apply to, the better your chance that one will send a full ride your way.
What if the 3.4 is because of severe adversity and paired with rare softs
Or 3.5 in my case
Well, I'm just looking at past data: https://www.lsd.law/search/2Dsxe
Presumably, some of those people wrote GPA addenda discussing adversity, or had rare softs (you can look at individual users to see how they rated their own softs), but the data will never be able to tell us the likelihood of any individual case. But, yes, having rare softs or having overcome adversity matters, as does work experience. I received a full ride from a T14 with a 176/3.6, and I'm guessing my softs/background mattered.
2E2EDDBBTT
16:34
Why LDS has not updated ranking?!
Because the rankings this year were even sillier than usual?
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