Pick 6 -with my new/improvedLSAT score of (gasp) 166 {They promised a
5% increase, but I won't sue}(former was 160)/3.74cum form a large
Land Grant State U in the Mid-Atlantic with a decent rep.. along with
12 years Fed Govt. Experience-but advanced age of - by then (47).
Highest  have "hit" on USNews ranking was UNC-Chapel Hill- was
rejected by UT-Austin.

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 03 May 2005 23:31 PDT

So we still have the geographical limitations?

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Clarification of Question by swifty12-ga on 04 May 2005 06:12 PDT

No and good to see you back!! :-)
Why are you guys so slow?? :-)

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Clarification of Question by swifty12-ga on 04 May 2005 07:41 PDT

Is there any data on schools which "might" weight GPA more than LSAT?
I saw this alluded to in Peterson's, but...they just presented an "admissions grid".

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 04 May 2005 08:18 PDT

OK, first of all sorry - it is good to see you back. I sometimes fail
to see a question and the past week hasn't been my best in any field
of life.

Your LSAT is not low at all, many schools theoretically accept
candidates with your LSAT). I was in fact more concerned with your
GPA; there's a problem of GPA inflation that might have not existed
back when you went to college. But I'll check it and get back to you.

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Clarification of Question by swifty12-ga on 04 May 2005 08:49 PDT

Go! Fight! Win!

Dear Swifty, 

Here is a new list, with the new (congratulations...) LSAT.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
www.law.ucla.edu 
Percent admitted: 13.5% 
GPA: 3.47 - 3.84 (3.64 for the 50th percentile) 
LSAT: 163 ? 168 (166 for the 50th percentile)
1/7th of the students admitted are over 30. 
15th on US News ranking
[Your chances here are not very good, but this is the highest ranked
university that offers *some* chance].

Vanderbilt University 
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/
Median LSAT: 165
Median GPA: 3.63	
Ranked 17th on US News

University of Minnesota
http://www.law.umn.edu/
LSAT: 75% - 166; 50% - 163; 25% - 160
UGPA: 75% - 3.81; 50% - 3.66; 25% - 3.48
Ranked 19th on US News

George Washington University 
http://www.law.gwu.edu 
442 of 567 candidates with your profile have been admitted in 2004
(See: http://www.law.gwu.edu/apply/jdprofile.asp),
Ranked 20th on US News

University of Iowa
http://www.law.uiowa.edu
Median LSAT is 160
Median GPA - 3.59 
Ranked 22nd on US News

Washington and Lee University 
http://law.wlu.edu
Median LSAT score - 166.
Median undergraduate GPA - 3.5 
Ranked 22nd on US News

Notre Dame
http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw
LSAT: 25th Percentile 162/ 75h Percentile 167
GPA: 25th Percentile 3.26/ 75h Percentile 3.77
Ranked 24th on US News

Washington University (St. Louis)
http://law.wustl.edu/ 
LSAT exam  - 165 
Undergraduate GPA: 3.6 
Ranked 24th on US News
Boston College
http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/ 
Median LSAT 166 
Median GPA 3.68 
Students admitted aged between 21-49  
Ranked 27th on US News

Fordham University 
http://law.fordham.edu
LSAT: 163/167 (25th/75th)
GPA: 3.38/3.78 (25th/75th) 
Ranked 27th on US News

University of Washington
http://www.law.washington.edu
Median LSAT: 163
Median GPA: 3.65
37 out of 46 applicants with your profile have been admitted (see:
http://www.law.washington.edu/Admissions/Statistics.html).
Ranked 27th on US News

All of the universities up to this point have ranked better, or
equally to UNC Chapel Hill. The following have ranked lower, but might
still be of interest:

University of Arizona
http://www.law.arizona.edu 
LSAT (median)	162 
GPA (median)	3.47 
Age 30 or over	16% 
Ranked 41st on the US News 

I am adding Cardozo, (Yeshiva University, NY), because of its friendly
attitude towards older students:
Ranked 58th on US News 
http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/index.asp 

And another interesting reading : 
Alice Beard ? One Hell 
<http://members.aol.com/alicebeard/thoughts/> 
An unconventional journey into law ? Alice Beard went to law school,
being a ?non traditional? student. She began at the Catholic
University of America (82nd on US News), but switched later to George
Mason (38th on US News ranking). Her site includes many advices, as
well as letters featuring experiences of other non-traditional JDs/JD
candidates.

I hope this answers your question. As usual, feel free to contact me
if you need any clarification on this answer.

politicalguru-outstanding

UNC-Chapel Hill also has a great environment, both socially and
weather-wise.  That might just be one extra piece of information to
aid in your decision process.

Wish to open to any researcher - not restrict to political guru

Thank you for the rating and the tip!

Swifty -

I believe that LSDAS distributes a free cd where you can enter your
gpa and lsat score, and they give you the percentage chance at
acceptance into each accredited school.  I used it and it ended up
being very accurate.

Also, I think that if anything, your age is an advantage in admission.

Finally, I think you are aiming rather low - you will get in to a top
15 school, I'm guessing.  I got in to Cornell with a 3.33 gpa and a
167 lsat... I think a lot of it is a crapshoot, so apply to a lot of
places and hope that one great one accepts you.

Good luck

To determine your value on your LSAT test score, the conversion is as follows:

180 = 4.00  leverage GPA against all candidates applying for law school 
179 = 3.95
178 = 3.90
177 = 3.85
170 = 3.50
169 = 3.45
168 = 3.40
167 = 3.35
166 = 3.30
160 = 3.00
150 = 2.50
140 = 2.00
120 = 1.00