GPA Requirements for Law School Admission

Although grade point average is an important factor law school admissions officials consider, a GPA alone do not guarantee admission into your law school of choice. This is because when making admission decisions, all law schools consider both the GPA and the Law School Admission Test score. The LSAT is a half-day exam designed to test law school preparedness, and scores range from 120 to 180. Some law schools take a formulaic approach, considering only the GPA and LSAT. While other law schools take a holistic approach to admission, factoring in intangibles like character and experiences. Regardless of the approach, the top eight U.S. law schools, as ranked by the U.S. News & World Report, will not accept below a 3.0.
  1. Yale

    • U.S. News ranked Yale Law School number one. Of the 255 admitted students, the top among them had GPAs and LSAT scores at 4.17 and 180 respectively. The bottom of the class had GPAs of 3.40 and LSATs of 158.

    Harvard

    • U.S. News ranked Harvard Law School number two. Of the 833 admitted students, the top entrants had GPA of 3.96 and LSAT scores of 176. Those at the bottom had GPAs of 3.78 and LSAT scores of 171.

    Stanford

    • U.S. News ranked Stanford Law School number three. Of the 170 admitted students, the top among them had GPAs of 4.14 and LSAT scores of 180. The bottom of the class had GPAs of 3.12 and LSATs of 160.

    Columbia University

    • U.S. News ranked Columbia University Law School number four. Among the entering class, the median GPA and LSAT scores were 3.72 and 172 respectively.

    University of Chicago

    • U.S. News ranked University of Chicago Law School number five. Of the 190 admitted students, the median GPA was 3.76 and the median LSAT was 171.

    New York University

    • U.S. News ranked New York University Law School number six. Among the 476 admitted, the top had GPAs of 3.9 and LSAT scores of 175. The bottom of the admitted class had GPAs of 3.6 and LSATs of 169.

    University of California-Berkeley

    • U.S. News ranked University of California-Berkeley Law School number seven. Of the 287 admitted students, the top among them had GPAs and LSAT scores at 3.89 and 170 respectively. The bottom of the class had GPAs of 3.64 and LSATs of 163.

    University of Pennsylvania

    • U.S. News ranked University of Pennsylvania Law School number eight. Of the 252 admitted students, the top students had GPAs of 3.90 and LSAT scores of 171. The bottom part of the class had GPAs of 3.56 and LSAT scores of 166.

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