Which law school should I attend?

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Anybody know what kind of LSAT score I'm going to have to get to get into top tier law schools since I will be lucky to graduate USC with a 3.5?

[El Diablo]

Jake,

Unless you have some specific reason to go somewhere else (ie: you want to practice a specific type of law and that school has a better network in that field), Harvard.

[Jakesta]

Heard from Yale in February, Harvard last week.

[Jakesta]

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Anybody know what kind of LSAT score I'm going to have to get to get into top tier law schools since I will be lucky to graduate USC with a 3.5?

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170s

[Phil153]

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Anybody know what kind of LSAT score I'm going to have to get to get into top tier law schools since I will be lucky to graduate USC with a 3.5?

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170s

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175++ I'd say, with good extra curricular activities and amazing references. 3.5 is miles away from 4.0.

Aren't there sites for this sort of thing?

[Tron]

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Anybody know what kind of LSAT score I'm going to have to get to get into top tier law schools since I will be lucky to graduate USC with a 3.5?

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170s

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175++ I'd say, with good extra curricular activities and amazing references. 3.5 is miles away from 4.0.

Aren't there sites for this sort of thing?

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This much is obvious. I've got those other two things, so I think I'll go ahead and get a 178. That should do the trick.

[Reef]

if you like cold boringness but good quality education, Gonzaga

[Jakesta]

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Anybody know what kind of LSAT score I'm going to have to get to get into top tier law schools since I will be lucky to graduate USC with a 3.5?

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170s

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175++ I'd say, with good extra curricular activities and amazing references. 3.5 is miles away from 4.0.

Aren't there sites for this sort of thing?

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Depends on what he means by top tier. There are 4 tiers of law schools and the first tier can mean as many as 50 different law schools. He'll need 175+ for schools like Harvard but for a school like Duke a 170 should do it.

[slickpoppa]

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Its a choice between harvard and columbia. Harvard has a slightly better rep but they are close enough that quality of life should be the deciding factor. Just decide wheteher you would be happier in Boston or New York.

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I did not realize they were that close. I just thought that the Harvard name would vault them higher. I would rather not be in Red Sox Nation if I can avoid it.

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If you absolutely want to clerk for a SC justice, then going to Harvard over Columbia might help. But what really matters is what you do at law school. Either way, you should be fine.

[Paluka]

Not going to Harvard would be quite stupid.