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jdoghoop88
Friday, Feb 02 2018

You should be extremely proud of your LSAT score as well as the fact that you've been accepted to a T-30 school (UCI), with scholarship money nonetheless!

I am also very adamant about attending 1 of these 4 California schools (along with Pepperdine), but we are in quite different positions. I have a 3.7 GPA, but I will be lucky to even break a 155 on the LSAT that I will be taking next weekend. I would be absolutely ecstatic if I were to even be waitlisted by UCLA or USC, you should be too!

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jdoghoop88
Friday, Feb 02 2018

You are definitely not alone. I am applying to six T-20 schools, and although my GPA is between their median/75th percentile, my LSAT will inevitably be far below their 25th percentile. Application fees aside, my mindset is that the more "reach" schools you apply to, the greater your chances are at being accepted to one of these schools. There is no point in cutting yourself short. Every school has those few spots saved for applicants with scores below their average, and there is no way of knowing which school may be willing to give that spot to you. As long as you have applied to a quantity of target/safety schools, why not shoot for the stars too?

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