<p>Following are my stats</p>
<p>BA UCLA GPA 3.0 Major International Development
MA San Francisco State GPA 3.8 Major Ethnic Studies
LSAT 163</p>
<p>Work experience: Americorp and various non-profit agencies working with minorities and underpriveleged children.</p>
<p>Any guidance would be very helpful</p>
<p>Thanks
tara786</p>
<p>P.S. Are Berkeley and Columbia out of the question??</p>
<p>hey tara786, sorry im not replying to your post, but i was just wondering what kinda job opportunities were available to you with the ucla IDS major, cuz thats one of the majors that im considering. thanks</p>
<p>The low end of the range of GPA’s and LSAT’s accepted by these law schools are:<br>
Berkeley 3.68 and 161; Columbia: 3.5 and 166</p>
<p>Hi
Most of the job opportunities with the IDS major are with non-profit agencies. A number of my colleagues went to Bihar, India through a dept/or semi official program to work with women and children there. I joined Americorp and worked with literacy programs…Hope this helps
tara786</p>
<p>Given that there are about 200 law schools - could you give us a rough idea of where you would like to work (geographically)?</p>
<p>I am thinking about law schools in California, New York or Boston. Hope that narrows down the field. I guess mostly what I am asking is if my post graduate grades or work experience and LSAT scores will help me overcome my 3.0 GPA to get into a prestigious law school. </p>
<p>Thanks
tara786</p>
<p>New York: Fordham would be a reach/match - but is a really good school and would help you get a job in NYC. Brooklyn and Cardozo would be good matches. Maybe Hofstra for a match/safety. Also - Pace, New York Law School (not NYU L.S.) would be good safeties.</p>
<p>Boston: BC and BU are reaches for you. Of the half-dozen Boston law schools (Harvard, BC, BU, Suffolk, New England School of Law, Western New England, and one other), Suffolk would be the best for a safety. While it is ranked this year as a fourth-tier school, it’s usually ranked as third-tier and has a good reputation in Boston (better than NE and WNE). Realize that Boston has a relatively small legal market and that Harvard churns out 550 law school grads every year - Harvard gets first crack at the jobs, and the leftovers go to BC and then BU. In some bad years, even BC grads will have a tough time finding employment. </p>
<p>Columbia might be possible - but, given that neither your LSAT nor your GPA is within their median 50%, it’s probably not going to happen. If your LSAT were in the 170s, you might have a really good chance.</p>