Where should I apply?

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• Tom_Tango Alum Member

  March 2018 902 karma

  LSAC GPA/LSAT calculator will give you a good starting point
• Leah M B Alum Member ⭐

  March 2018 8392 karma

  Do you have any specific goals? Do you want to stay in California? Are you hoping for biglaw, PI, etc? Are you willing to take on much debt?

  Especially being local, USC and UCLA would make a lot of sense for you. And UCI is climbing the rankings very quickly as well.

  http://mylsn.info/ is a great place to start, using their calculator to look at odds for you at the top 100.
• rfisher95-1 Alum Member

  March 2018 12 karma

  Thanks for the help! I'm interested in California or the Northeast (DC area specifically), my family is paying so money isn't a huge problem for me, mainly just interested in the best school I can get into.
• TabbyG123 Member

  March 2018 711 karma

  If ranking is most important to you and you're able to pay sticker price (#bless), I'd check out this "what are my chances" calculator from LSAC and shoot for a mix of ones that you've got a good shot at getting into with a heavy dose of those that you have less of a shot at getting into: https://officialguide.lsac.org/release/ugpalsat/ugpalsat.aspx

  And just blanket a bunch of schools with like a 15% to 75% likelihood of getting in, with one or two "0-5% chance of getting in school, just for shiggles.

  With your numbers, it would kind of look like this (California and Northeast schools bolded):
  9 University of California—Berkeley
  9 University of Virginia
  11 Duke University
  11 Northwestern University
  13 Cornell University
  14 Georgetown University
  15 University of Texas—Austin
  16 University of California—Los Angeles
  17 Vanderbilt University
  18 Washington University in St. Louis
  19 University of Southern California
  20 University of Minnesota
  21 University of California—Irvine
  22 Boston University
  22 Emory University
  24 George Washington University
  24 University of Notre Dame
  26 Washington and Lee University
  27 Arizona State University
  27 Boston College
  27 University of Alabama

  Or just blanket the T14 schools and hope for the best. Ultimately, you'll have to pick at most like 15 schools to apply to, at risk of sacrificing the quality of each schools application from the sheer annoying load--unless you don't work and can just crank out applications.

  Also, if you haven't already, I'd take some of that family money and invest it in a law school admissions consultant to help you make these decisions. I have one and she's really great. I'd be happy to refer her if you want! DM me if you'r interested.