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post #121 of 128
8/3/09 at 3:26am
hahaha cal state long beach, professor snoop dogg in charge edit - in charge, son
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post #122 of 128
8/3/09 at 9:59am
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If I could do it all over again, I probably wouldn't go to law school.

why?
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post #123 of 128
8/3/09 at 10:43pm
Here's a solution
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post #124 of 128
8/3/09 at 10:59pm
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I know of a student who graduated from Cal State Long Beach and got into Yale law. No clue what this student's LSAT was, and I assume it was in the 170s. I'm sure the grades were above 3.9. But Cal State Long Beach? Not knocking the school, but come on.

But who knows. Mabye the student had a compelling personal statement, with circumstances necessitating that the student attend a more local undergrad for whatever reason (family illness, perhaps or whatever).

Most Cal State schools are also approximately 50% URMs.
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post #125 of 128
8/3/09 at 11:24pm
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The absolute formula for law school admission to a top school = GPA (regardless of major and school) + LSAT score + luck. No matter what anyone else says, admissions generally do not give a shit that you were a Berkeley Chemical Engineering major if you have a 3.12 gpa. A state school kid with a 3.97 in a liberal arts major graduating summa cum laude will be regarded more highly. The only way your Berkeley Chem-e degree will be relevant is under the "luck" addend where the main person reviewing your app thinks you deserve to be at the law school. Without that person gunning for you, you're just a chump with a 3.12 gpa.
I was going for IP law, and thus have a BSME, 3.4 GPA, 169 LSAT, and got in everywhere but the flyer at Columbia, 600k+ total in scholarships across nine schools (and I applied in April), highest school I applied to was GW. Everyone I talked to told me that yes, GPA was considered as a function (to some degree) of major. There are comparatively so few engineers and hard sciences candidates (<10% of LSAT takers) that the challenge of the curriculum to GPA is considered, as well as the value that those students can bring in terms of quantitative skills. So I dunno. I did have a killer PS though. ~ H
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post #126 of 128
8/4/09 at 12:17am
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I was going for IP law, and thus have a BSME, 3.4 GPA, 169 LSAT, and got in everywhere but the flyer at Columbia, 600k+ total in scholarships across nine schools (and I applied in April), highest school I applied to was GW. Everyone I talked to told me that yes, GPA was considered as a function (to some degree) of major. There are comparatively so few engineers and hard sciences candidates (<10% of LSAT takers) that the challenge of the curriculum to GPA is considered, as well as the value that those students can bring in terms of quantitative skills. So I dunno. I did have a killer PS though.

~ H

how did the scholarship process work for you? like how do i get more info on scholarships from law schools? do they offer that to you after you apply and get accepted or what?
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post #127 of 128
8/4/09 at 1:44am
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how did the scholarship process work for you? like how do i get more info on scholarships from law schools? do they offer that to you after you apply and get accepted or what?

after you take the lsat, if you allow your info to be released, lower ranked schools will often pre-offer you scholarships/semi-guaranteed admission. the official scholarship offer usually comes after you apply and are admitted, i think. well, i don't remember about the really low ranked schools since i never paid much attention to brochures from schools like Hamline that were both 4th tier and really far away, but that's how it was with the schools that i actually ended up applying to.
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post #128 of 128
8/4/09 at 2:09am
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how did the scholarship process work for you? like how do i get more info on scholarships from law schools? do they offer that to you after you apply and get accepted or what?
I was very time-limited, so I didn't seek independent scholarships. Like Yerf said, I did allow my information to be released, and many schools hinted at offers I could expect (4th tiers). Several schools I really was interested in (T50) also made interesting overtures, some of which I took up. I merely applied to schools in the range appropriate for me and the offers came with the acceptances. 9 of my 10 apps were to schools in the T100 (few lower than the '50s). For schools I was really interested in, I reviewed their finaid website to see what the awards were like. In one notable case, I received an award higher than the schools max award, which was cool ($28k).
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