UC -- law school

[dmission]

<p>Do you need a specific major or classes for a UC law school? What about GPA/avg LSAT scores? When do you take the LSAT?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

[Def890]

<p>Hate to come across negatively here, but are you incapable of doing research, either through a google search or through other threads on this board? These questions have been answered plenty of times in the past.</p>

[dmission]

<p>Sorry, but couldn’t find any for the UCs</p>

[Columbia_Student]

<p>No specific major or classes but take ones that can give you a good GPA. I remember UCB law school average LSAT was 168.</p>

<p>This link is to give you a rough idea only.</p>

<p>[Advice</a> for Getting Into Law School - UC Berkeley - A must read.](<a href=“http://www.applyingtoschool.com/forms/lawsch-uc-berkeley.aspx]Advice”>http://www.applyingtoschool.com/forms/lawsch-uc-berkeley.aspx)</p>

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LSAT Score Percent Admitted
168-180 100%
164-167 99%
160-163 71%
156-159 15%
148-155 12%
120-147 4% </p>

<p>These statistics clearly reveal how important the LSAT is to law-school admissions

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Keep in mind that a significant number of public college and university graduates do in fact go on to law school. The point is that those students who want to go to law school need to be careful, especially with regard to the LSAT. Earning a high GPA isn’t enough. As the UC Berkeley Law School statistics indicate, even those with a 3.5 GPA or better who don’t do well on the LSAT have only about a four-percent chance of admission.

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<p>More info below</p>

<p>[Berkeley</a> Law - FAQs](<a href=“FAQs - Berkeley Law”>FAQs - Berkeley Law)</p>

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What are the median LSAT score and GPA of admitted applicants?
For the past several years the median GPA and LSAT score of admitted applicants have ranged from 3.7-3.8 and 167-170, respectively. The ranges are broad. There are no numerical “cut-offs,” nor are there any guarantees. We read applications very carefully and in their entirety.

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<p>Take the LSAT when you have time to prep, because some law schools do average the score.</p>

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How important is the LSAT?
The LSAT score is a very important admission factor. When combined with the undergraduate GPA, it provides the best indication of academic achievement and potential. You should retake the test only if you feel confident that your first score was atypical and that you can improve your score sufficiently to make a net gain. Most candidates take the test only once. If you take the test more than once, we will use your average score in most cases. We recognize that there is no statistical significance to a score gain or loss of a few points within the standard deviation for the test. We do not make admissions decisions based solely on LSAT score. We take all factors into consideration.

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[dmission]

<p>Thanks. What sorts of questions are on the LSAT?</p>

[Top10LawSchool1L]

<p>The average at Berkeley is a 167, 3.79.</p>

<p><a href=“Entering Class Profile - Berkeley Law”>Entering Class Profile - Berkeley Law;

<p>Berkeley has a very low GPA interquartile for the T-14 (lowest out of all of them) because it emphasizes GPA more.</p>

<p>[Top</a> 2008 Law School Rankings](<a href=“http://top-law-schools.com/rankings.html]Top”>Law School Rankings)</p>

<p>Interquartiles:</p>

<p>3.64-3.79-3.90 and 163-167-170 (LSAT).</p>

<p>It digs really low for the LSAT because it values GPA and ECs. I believe Berkeley says its policy for admissions is 1/3 LSAT, 1/3 GPA, 1/3 ECs/WE.</p>

[Greybeard]

<p>I wouldn’t trust the first site linked above in Post Number 4 (“A Must Read”). According to the second link (the proverbial “horse’s mouth”),Berkeley has 270 to 280 entering students, not 500, as claimed by the first link.</p>

[Top10LawSchool1L]

<p>I agree with Greybeard. Also this chart about “LSAT percent admitted” is totally wrong. Berkeley rejects 176, 3.7s for 3.9, 163 because of WE/GPA, etc. Berkeley has a “blackbox” admissions process that makes it hard to predict the admissions outcome on numbers alone. It is not as numbers-based as most of the other T-14. Honestly, that site is complete bogus. If they admitted 100% of 168-180, I doubt so many of their accepted students would choose another school that their median LSAT would only be 167.</p>

<p>That site is complete crock.</p>

[dmission]

<p>Ok, thanks. What year do people usually take the LSAT?</p>

[Columbia_Student]

<p>Post #6, first site does not work.</p>

[Top10LawSchool1L]

<p>[Berkeley</a> Law - Entering Class Profile](<a href=“Entering Class Profile - Berkeley Law”>Entering Class Profile - Berkeley Law)
Class of 2011
167, 3.82 medians.</p>

<p>Apparently GPA has increased from 3.79 since class of 2010, but median LSAT is still 167 (goddamn Berkeley…)</p>

[Top10LawSchool1L]

<p>Basically if you want to go to Berkeley OP, become a GPA whore and do mediocrely on the LSAT while writing your personal statement on public interest…ha.</p>

[cherokeejew]

<p>Yeah, the maker of that site has some problems with reading comprehension. Those statistics were posted by UC Berkeley, but they represent admission to all law schools - i.e. 100% of people (probably Berkeley UGs) with 168, 3.5+ got into at least ONE law school (possibly Cooley).</p>