- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
0
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:04 am to CorporateTiger
quote:
Southern Law Grads: Apply or Re-take the LSAT?
LSU has a bar passage rate of 78% and SU has a bar passage rate of 41% for the LA bar.
Now that certainly is affected by LSU having better students, but in this case with an "average" SULC grad the odds are stacked against you to make it through the bar.
I would argue that it is not just affected by LSU having better students but that it is solely based on LSU having better students. To clarify, I'm not suggesting that someone should choose to attend a shitty school; I'm just saying that from personal experience, I graduated law school less prepared for the bar exam than friends who attended lower tier schools. I took BarBri over the summer and ended up passing easily, but I'm looking at this purely from a "readiness for the Bar upon graduation" perspective.
This post was edited on 10/25/16 at 10:06 am
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:04 am to CSATiger
quote:
slight hijack, my son made a 186 on the LSAT, will graduate with a GPA of about 3.4 Does he have a chance do get a decent scholarship for LSU law. my savings account wants to know
If he made a 186 he should be looking at tier 1 schools unless he absolutely wants to practice in Louisiana. Even then, I would heavily consider looking at better schools than LSU.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:04 am to CSATiger
quote:
my son made a 186 on the LSAT
Six points higher than perfect. Impressive.
OP tell your friend to retake and just bubble in C all the way down. He'll probably get higher than a 143 then.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:05 am to CSATiger
quote:
slight hijack, my son made a 186 on the LSAT, will graduate with a GPA of about 3.4 Does he have a chance do get a decent scholarship for LSU law. my savings account wants to know
If we're making up numbers, why not just say he made a 1,000,000?
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:05 am to RabidTiger
I was really confused since no one else is pointing out that score is impossible.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:05 am to UpToPar
quote:
If he made a 186 he should be looking at tier 1 schools
Unless the scale has changed recently, the 186 means that he scored perfectly and got some bonus questions right. He should just apply to Yale and use Harvard as his safety. Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:06 am to CSATiger
quote:
my son made a 186 on the LSAT
Think you may be confused
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:07 am to studentsect
We will probably have to agree to disagree here since we don't have any actual evidence either way. I just don't see how going to a crummy school with worse professors, administrators, and peers makes you more bar ready.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:08 am to CorporateTiger
I thought I remembered it right? maybe it was 168.I do know it was at the 90th percentile. I'll check with him.
Thanks for the answers
Thanks for the answers
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:08 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:
Unless the scale has changed recently, the 186 means that he scored perfectly and got some bonus questions right. He should just apply to Yale and use Harvard as his safety.
I thought it looked weird. I forgot 180 was a perfect score.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:09 am to King Teal
Better Call Saul... He went to University of American Samoa. Worked out for him, except his real lawyer brother thinks he's a dipshit.
You know what you should do? Go get a phone book and look up "attorney". Pinch all the pages together.. the whole section, and see how many there are. Then find a new career.
You know what you should do? Go get a phone book and look up "attorney". Pinch all the pages together.. the whole section, and see how many there are. Then find a new career.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:09 am to CSATiger
Either way, look at the link I posted last page. That should give you resolution. A 168 and a 3.4 is a high probability to make it into LSU.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:09 am to yellowfin
I think you are right, I will check with him
Thanks
Thanks
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:10 am to CSATiger
quote:
maybe it was 168.I do know it was at the 90th percentile.
That's still a good score. Depending on his other factors, if he really wants to go to law school, he should be at least looking at some better schools than LSU.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:10 am to CorporateTiger
Thanks again.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:11 am to King Teal
quote:
His score is the average LSAT for Southern. Problem is, he also has the average GPA,
Tell him not to go to law school.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:13 am to CorporateTiger
quote:
We will probably have to agree to disagree here since we don't have any actual evidence either way. I just don't see how going to a crummy school with worse professors, administrators, and peers makes you more bar ready.
Because a few weeks of memorizing stuff from handouts and watching videos of random professors reading from powerpoint slides made me more "bar ready" than 3 years at a pretty good law school. If my professors had just focused on having us memorize the things on those BarBri slides instead of trying to teach us law, I would've been better prepared to take the bar without BarBri (but a worse lawyer).
Also, I should point out that I'm talking about the Texas Bar.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:14 am to studentsect
I'm also barred in Texas (though LA law school), so our experience were probably pretty similar.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:16 am to Mo Jeaux
I don't think getting in is the problem. Was wondering more what it took to get scholarships.
Thanks
Thanks
Page 4 of 12
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News