What's the possibility?

kjwyang17

Hello everyone,
I wanted to ask everyone what are my chances for my targeted law school.
Here is my brief resume
I took Feb LSAT and received 161.
I also graduated from UCLA with GPA 3.65 as Political Science Major.
After graduating from UCLA, I worked at a Law Office for a year.
Then, I am currently enlisted in South Korea Air Force to complete my duty.

Since I am international student and my family is currently having financial difficulty,
I HAVE to receive scholarship from law schools.
I am planning to apply to schools like Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, and UCSD.
I want to go to schools like UCLA and USC but I know my LSAT score is not good enough.

Here is loyola admission rate.
For the fall 2013 entering class our LSAT range is:

25th% = 156
50th% = 159
75th% = 161

The GPA range is:

25th% = 3.30
50th% = 3.47
75th% = 3.62

In your opinion, what are my chances to get scholarship from schools like Loyola and Pepperdine?
and how much would it be?

Jason Camp_

Obviously, with an LSAT at the 75% percentile and a GPA above the 75% median i'd say your a lock for admission. I don't think anyone can truly say what $ you'd likely get. It would be decent but certainly not half or a full ride in my opinion. Good Luck

kjwyang17

One more question. my weakest section is RC
Im trying to improve it by reading magazines like TImes or Economists.
Do any of you guys have different method to improve RC?

ENTJ

@kjwyang17: Conditioning yourself to read voluminous literary works that are challenging is only one step of the challenge. The LSAT requires very specific knowledge and training when it pertains to any aspect of the exam. Reading comp is no exception. Remember to read for the following:

1. Specific references
2. Opposing viewpoints
3. Overall trend of the passage
4. Anticipate questions
For example: Alot of the passages ask for the main conclusion.
5. ENUMERATE every paragraph. This will help keep the passage straight in your mind and to speed through questions after the passage is complete.

If the vernacular is difficult, don't fret. The LSAT is a logics exam, not a memorization exam. You can usually determine what a specific word may or may not mean by the context in which it was used.

As for reading material--read more LSAT reading comp.

Hopefully this was helpful.

(FYI: I copied and pasted my reply from another thread)