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Any tips on how to start and prepare my MBA Application? I don’t plan on applying till 2022 as I want to attend in 2023. What are things I can do to prepare now in order to have a strong application?Background: I’m aiming for HSW, M7, and top 15. I’m currently a Staff at EY within Business Consulting. I graduated from a Top 25 Business Undergrad - majoring in Finance and minor in Advertising with a 3.71 GPA. I want to pivot towards PM or Corporate Strategy in Tech, at Toyota, or Nike. TIA!
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Take the LSAT. No reason to even think about it until you do that.
Study/take the LSAT/GRE, then you’ll have the answer. These are all great things, but nothing much matter beyond your GPA/Test Scores. Score highly and go to a good school with a scholarship.
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Yeah all of this is good (some neutral) but it’s irrelevant if your LSAT is trash
Take the LSAT and then if you aren’t in the T14 go to the school that offers you the largest scholarship to incur little to no student debt.
They say the low GPAs at Duke and Berkeley are in the 3.6 range. You can basically get into any of these schools with that GPA except for the top 5 schools, as long as your LSAT score is good enough!
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All that really matters is your LSAT
Your LSAT score is going to be a much better predictor of your options than your GPA.
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If you get a 175+, you can probably apply to any school and have a decent chance. If you're in the 165-170 range, you'll probably have to look closer to the T10-14. Below 160 and you should consider retaking if you want to do biglaw after finishing.
There are two main data points for law school applications, LSAT and GPA. LSAT is the more important one as it can be compared with no caveats. Where you can consider and expect to get in will be mostly based on how you score, so I would focus on that and then consider which schools to apply to.
How long ago did you go to law school? 165-170 LSAT does not make you an ideal candidate for t10-t14. Take Cornell, for example - they have a 169-172-175 for their 25th-50th-75th percentile LSAT scores. Things have changed from a decade ago when a 170 would unlock the t14.
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I just want to add - consider going into Health Law. Your minor already shows an interest and it’s an awesome niche that is not oversaturated like other areas of law.
Similar GPA (including straight up failing a class in undergrad haha) and major. Fewer softs than you. LSAT ~172. Got into everywhere I applied (Berkeley, UCLA, USC, USF, Santa Clara, and Columbia). Full ride from UCLA (didn't end up taking it). I 100% got into these schools because of my LSAT. Invest time, money, and effort into getting the best LSAT you can.
Standardized testing is a learnable skill and you can train yourself to be good at it. I did a full practice test every single day all summer long. I wasn't happy until my practice tests were consistently scoring 178+ because I knew that I would see a drop on test day. I'm glad I did because I ended up literally forgetting to set my watch for an entire section of the test. If I hadn't drilled so hard and built that buffer into my practice scores I know my real score would have been much lower.
Without an LSAT score, all of this advice is meaningless. You’re also below the median GPA (at a non-elite undergrad with very cushy majors) for every t-14 school, so set your expectations accordingly.
You haven't finished asking your question. "What schools can I get into with 3.68" is the first question and it can be readily answered by consulting the GPA ranges on US News and World Report - although you haven't mentioned your LSAT and that counts at least as much.
The SECOND and MORE IMPORTANT question is, what schools would give you a full or partial scholarship if you went there with your 3.68 GPA (assuming you got a similarly good or better LSAT score)? It is impossible to overstate the greatness of graduating with little or no law school debt.