ok, I’ll play. A 26 on the ACT is about the 80th percentile, so riskily assume a 160 on the LSAT (similar percentile).
Law school admissions is nearly all about undergrad GPA + LSAT scores, and admissions chances are much higher when both of those two data points are above the LS medians. Merit money generally goes to those with high LSAT scores and/or those with numbers in the top quartile. Since merit money depends a lot on LSAT, time to get better with standardized test taking.
tOSU has a mean 163 LSAT
Case is 160.
Cincy is 158
“And I feel there is no point in looking up COA of various instate colleges and law schools unless admission and attendance are somewhat realistic propositions…”
Disagree. Look up tOSU and 4 others (ranked lower) and you’ll get a good idea of the COA. (Just add inflation.) But note, if one has teh stats for tOSU, that same student might get a merit discount at a lower-ranked school. It’s all about GPA+LSAT (and URM). Someone at median, has a great chance of acceptance, but no merit money without a hook. Someone above both 75th percentiles has a great chance at merit money. But full rides are extremely rare. Law schools are cash cows for Universities, so they don’t like to award big discounts.