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I am unsure where to apply. Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.65
LSAT: 165
Jobs/Internships: ACLU, 3 years at a law firm during college, congressional campaign, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
College: UCLA
Have a great letter of rec from a sitting congressman and a few from professors. Where should I apply?
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If ranking is most important to you and you're able to pay sticker price (#bless), I'd check out this "what are my chances" calculator from LSAC and shoot for a mix of ones that you've got a good shot at getting into with a heavy dose of those that you have less of a shot at getting into: https://officialguide.lsac.org/release/ugpalsat/ugpalsat.aspx
And just blanket a bunch of schools with like a 15% to 75% likelihood of getting in, with one or two "0-5% chance of getting in school, just for shiggles. :)
With your numbers, it would kind of look like this (California and Northeast schools bolded):
9 University of California—Berkeley
9 University of Virginia
11 Duke University
11 Northwestern University
13 Cornell University
14 Georgetown University
15 University of Texas—Austin
16 University of California—Los Angeles
17 Vanderbilt University
18 Washington University in St. Louis
19 University of Southern California
20 University of Minnesota
21 University of California—Irvine
22 Boston University
22 Emory University
24 George Washington University
24 University of Notre Dame
26 Washington and Lee University
27 Arizona State University
27 Boston College
27 University of Alabama
Or just blanket the T14 schools and hope for the best. Ultimately, you'll have to pick at most like 15 schools to apply to, at risk of sacrificing the quality of each schools application from the sheer annoying load--unless you don't work and can just crank out applications.
Also, if you haven't already, I'd take some of that family money and invest it in a law school admissions consultant to help you make these decisions. I have one and she's really great. I'd be happy to refer her if you want! DM me if you'r interested.
Thanks for the help! I'm interested in California or the Northeast (DC area specifically), my family is paying so money isn't a huge problem for me, mainly just interested in the best school I can get into.
Do you have any specific goals? Do you want to stay in California? Are you hoping for biglaw, PI, etc? Are you willing to take on much debt?
Especially being local, USC and UCLA would make a lot of sense for you. And UCI is climbing the rankings very quickly as well.
http://mylsn.info/ is a great place to start, using their calculator to look at odds for you at the top 100.
LSAC GPA/LSAT calculator will give you a good starting point