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I'm a non-URM and have average softs with 2-3 years of work experience.
If I don't mind paying a sticker, which T-14 schools should I apply? Do I even have a shot (especially at Michigan, UVA, Northwestern) with such low LSAT?
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anything i possible. my friend got accepted to UVA with a 159LSAT and a 4.0GPA. you wont find out till you apply, the worst they can say is "no" :)
Yes, maybe? I know a few people with your numbers or similar numbers paying sticker at UVA. *But* I don't know when they applied in their respective cycles. So if money isn't an object, apply anyway! That being said, if you delay a cycle and retake in feb or June I'm sure you could increase your score a few points and not have to pay sticker at a t-14.
I'm a non-URM and have average softs with 2-3 years of work experience.
If I don't mind paying a sticker, which T-14 schools should I apply? Do I even have a shot (especially at Michigan, UVA, Northwestern) with such low LSAT?
Nope. I believe you will have a shot at Georgetown, Cornell, and possibly another lower T14.
you might like this tool on law school numbers, if you haven't seen it yet - http://yale.lawschoolnumbers.com/stats/1617
I used yale as an example, but you can see the stats of some of the accepted/denied/waitlisted students. Obviously, it's a self-selecting sample, but it could be useful!
okay, in retrospect, using yale wasn't a great example because they haven't sent out a lot of acceptances yet so there isn't much data. Here's NYU, which has more data
http://nyu.lawschoolnumbers.com/stats/1617
It's worthwhile to apply, especially if you have fee waivers. Definitely work hard on your PS, write the supplemental essays (if there are any), and submit ASAP. I know some T14 deadlines are coming up in a few weeks. Applying this late in the cycle for a Michigan/UVA might put you at a disadvantage, but if you are willing to pay sticker, who knows. If you get waitlisted, you might even get off of it soon - a lot of HYS/CCN people apply to Michigan and UVA but use it as a backup or for scholarship negotiation at CCN (although lately michigan and uva have been rejecting folks with really high LSAT scores for yield protection purposes).
I know that the Michigan admissions process is really holistic and that they're really interested in diversity - not just ethnic diversity, but economic diversity, experiential diversity, etc. I'm less familiar with Northwestern and UVA, but I know that UVA has a really high median GPA so that could make things more difficult. Also, I'm pretty sure that the median northwestern lsat is like 168 or something, but the middle 50% is within like 163-170, and you are definitely in there.
I think you should try for Cornell and Duke as well. Also, non-T14 but close, Texas and UCLA. You seem to be in the range for those schools, and they are also awesome!