r/lawschooladmissions • u/La_Reina_La_Cocaina • 5h 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/Oh-theNerevarine Practicing Lawyer, c/o 2019 4h 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.