Schools to consider? T14 possible?

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<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>I’m pretty young and trying to graduate in three years. Because of health insurance issues in which I can’t be covered by my father’s policy, I’m trying to apply to law school this fall. Quite evidently, the lack of experience, as well as having only fully completed 4 full semesters so far, will be my biggest handicap. I’m wondering which schools it would be prudent to apply to, especially because I’m paying all the application fees myself.</p>

<p>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
GPA: 3.95
Major: Political Science
Involved in: Student coordinator at South Quad dining hall.
Kappa Omega Alpha pre-law fraternity member.
Spectrum Center student advisory board.
This fall I will be a senior editor of Southeast Asia for the Michigan Journal of Asian Studies, which is a new publication starting this year.
Possibly related experience: Unpaid internship in Canadian Parliament from May 2011-June 2011 for course credit. I will be getting a letter of recommendation from the office I was in.</p>

<p>I haven’t taken the LSAT yet, but I took some practice tests and, in order, they were 168, 171, and 175. </p>

<p>I’m pretty sure schools like Notre Dame and William and Mary would be pretty happy to accept me, but I’m wondering what T14 schools I should take a shot at. University of Michigan is one of them, for sure.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone!!</p>

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<p>If you do get a 175+ on the LSAT, take a shot at Harvard, NYU, and Yale. Honestly, you have an excellent chance at those schools…</p>

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<p>Have you heard of the Wolverine Scholars program? You’re definitely qualified for it, plus I think they waive the application fee for you to apply.</p>

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<p>Otherwise, I agree with Samonuh that if you do get 175+ you’d be competitive at HYS.</p>

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<p>If you score below 168 on the LSAT, ED’ing at UVA is your best bet. Until you have a real LSAT score in your hands, it’s all a guessing game. I have no idea what practice tests you took, if they are recent ones, that’s probably a better indicator. There are some of the 20ish practice LSATs that were significantly easier than recent ones.</p>