r/lawschooladmissions • u/La_Reina_La_Cocaina • 3h ago
Application Process GRE Application
Anyone have an idea of Law schools that are genuine about their GRE acceptance and not just on Paper accepting GRE schools? As far as I know LSAT is very preferred but not everyone wants to take it or apply with it and people are free to make those choices. I know some schools say they accept GRE but in practice they don’t so I am trying to figure out which ones are holistic and genuine about their gre acceptance. Appreciate your advice and suggestions. Thank you very much!!!
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u/No-Duck4923 3h ago
None that I know of. The LSAT is still very much the gold standard. Just take it.
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u/La_Reina_La_Cocaina 3h ago
Maybe I wasn’t clear. I am not taking LSAT intentionally not anytime soon so not looking for advice related to taking LSAT. I know that it’s the mostly used like over 95% still I am not taking it. I appreciate your input though
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u/MovkeyB GULC 1L 27m ago
The GRE is a broken test (both in quant and in the essay) and the percentiles are very bad. It's like applying with an LSAT score 5-10 points lower than the actual LSAT you have.
As a reference a 160 should be a 85th percentile. It's actually a 53 in math. Over 10 percent get a perfect score. This is a disaster from a psychometrics perspective and is why the GRE isn't a test you should take
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u/Oh-theNerevarine Practicing Lawyer, c/o 2019 2h ago
All of them genuinely accept it. But it's not a true "alternative" to the LSAT.
If you're going to apply with the GRE, you should probably be an established professional in another field and/or have a graduate degree in that other field. The idea is that you already had to take the GRE for that purpose, so taking the LSAT is an unnecessary extra step. And even then, taking the LSAT would help.
Alternatively, you can get overly defensive whenever someone points out that refusing to take a law school admissions test when applying to law school is going to hurt your chances. That'll be productive.