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bluedevilmike
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:52:55 +0000

160-165 is a gigantic range. Too, racial considerations are very important, and you haven’t mentioned these. Even with a 165, your chances at Penn, UVa, and Georgetown are very low. Don’t know about the other three; US News publishes their 25th and 75th percentiles; you want to be above the 75ths to have a very solid shot.

LSAT can be studied for, to a certain extent; buying books (PowerScore has a good reputation) or taking a course can be helpful. At some point, however, you are going to hit a wall.

ED does not make a huge difference in admissions but can probably matter in a few borderline situations. I’ll let somebody else deal with the financial side of things.