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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BTW if you haven’t had first hand experience with the law school admissions process since Covid, you have zero idea what you’re talking about and comments like “I got into Harvard Law with a 3.8 GPA and 175 LSAT so that’s all you need” are as relevant as your parents talking about how they got into Princeton undergrad with a 1400 SAT score and don’t understand why your kid can’t get in too

Law School admissions is getting crazy like undergrad admissions. A 3.9 and 175 are like a 4.0 unweighted GPA and 1500+ SAT are for undergrad - the table stakes that get you in the game, which now need to be augmented with a compelling story, or coherent narrative, plus additional signifiers of excellence

More and more, work experience plays a key role in providing that additional factor

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This was 100% my kid’s (and their classmate’s) recent experience. A 3.9/174 gets rejected or waitlisted in the T13 unless you are unique in some way or have been in a real job for a few years.  The “extra” that helped two of them was coming from a one red light town from an underrepresented state, and another who had both a humanities and a science degree from an under represented state. [/quote]

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