<p>Currently, I’m a junior at LSU. I’m double majoring in Philosophy and Political Science, also, my GPA is a 3.7 and I’m enrolled in the honors college and have stellar teacher recommendations. My personal statement is about how I was involved in an accident where I was struck by an automobile going 50mph, while crossing the street and I was on foot, and it covers my retroactive resignation from the university for that semester and my inability to attend the next semester. My LSAT score was a 155 and I’d like to guage my chances into Columbia Law School by obtaining your input. I have two stellar teacher recommendations from my professor I took for Public Speaking and the faculty advisor of my fraternity. A lot of my classes come from the independent study program, though. This is because I was trying to catch up two, lost semesters of classes due to my accident. I’m the president of the Native American Student Association and I’ve been Risk Management Chair of Phi Delta Theta International Social Fraternity for two years and I also maintain a seat as an IFC Representative because of my fraternity. I will also, as a senior, probably be elected for president of my fraternity because we only let seniors take that position and I’m, most likely, going to obtain it. I’m involved in Student Government, and have been since I was a freshman, on the Student Senate. At the moment, I’m on the Student Rights and Welfare committee of the Student Senate, but I was a member of the Judicial Board of Student Government for two semesters. Also, I have loads of community service involvement that I’ve obtained during my active membership in my fraternity. I’d just like to know my chances of getting into the Columbia, NYU, University of Minnesota, UT-Austin, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Michigan law schools. I will be taking the LSAT again to try to raise my score. But, from what I’ve told you now, what are my chances at these schools with the criteria that these institutions usually look for in an accepted student. But I am mainly interested in Columbia, so please tell me where I stand.</p>
<p>My LSAT score was a 155</p>
<p>didn’t even read the rest</p>
<p>it just goes to show u, u have a 3.7, great gpa, but ur LSAT is significantly lower than wat those top law schools want</p>
<p>a 155 for Columbia, Penn, Michigan is below the 25th percentile by A LOT, if ur truly a native american, they may feel compelled to take u, good luck</p>
<p>I’d write the essay on a different topic, and retake the LSAT.</p>
<p>Native Americans are under-represented in higher education. If you can score a few more points on the LSAT, you’ll be in good shape as long as the rest of your application is strong.</p>
<p>The main things law schools look for is GPA and LSAT; not really ECs. Just raise your LSAT score and you should be fine. As of now though, Columbia seems like a reach, because the average LSAT for Columbia admits is in the upper 160s/170 region. I’d say the same for the others except for Minnesota and Austin.</p>
<p>Once again…raise your LSAT a couple points and you should be in the running.</p>
<p>I would say you are easily in the running. Native Americans are easily one of the largest underrepresented minority groups and can get away with bad scores. Might want to get 5-10 more points, but I bet you could apply to all the top 5’s and get into at least one school.</p>
<p>Columbia Law School has a median LSAT of about 170, but Native Americans can get in with a score in the low 160s.</p>