There are levels to this, but you can boil most of it down to if you are at or above the 50 percentile GPA and LSAT you will likely get in. If you are not, you will likely not get admitted directly (waitlist, deny, wait longer to hear back etc.)
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@AllSmiles4 I have reached out to schools I'm waitlisted at, but it's pretty late in the waitlist process so I'm not optimistic. Many schools also don't have merit aid available anymore.