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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 5630588" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>A "Clarence Thomas" took my law school opportunity. In the mid-90s I was thinking hard about law school, took the Kaplan prep course and the LSAT...twice. I don't know what the format is now, but then you could take it twice and your average was your net score for admission purposes. It was only offered twice a year, so I took #1 even though I had a 105 degree temp because I wanted to make the deadline for entrance. I scored 154. The second test I was healthy and scored 164 for an average of 159 under the system in effect at that time. That was 1 point short of getting into my state's public law school. Reliable sources told me that a score of 150 was the bar for certain minorities, so someone else got my place because they were Black or Brown. I was offered admission at several other schools, which were either out of state or so expensive that I couldn't possibly afford it (I needed to be able to work). Bottom line....I couldn't afford that level of debt. The state school was my one reasonable shot. </p><p>Regardless, I support Affirmative Action, even if I'm a "victim". I succeeded anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 5630588, member: 12508"] A "Clarence Thomas" took my law school opportunity. In the mid-90s I was thinking hard about law school, took the Kaplan prep course and the LSAT...twice. I don't know what the format is now, but then you could take it twice and your average was your net score for admission purposes. It was only offered twice a year, so I took #1 even though I had a 105 degree temp because I wanted to make the deadline for entrance. I scored 154. The second test I was healthy and scored 164 for an average of 159 under the system in effect at that time. That was 1 point short of getting into my state's public law school. Reliable sources told me that a score of 150 was the bar for certain minorities, so someone else got my place because they were Black or Brown. I was offered admission at several other schools, which were either out of state or so expensive that I couldn't possibly afford it (I needed to be able to work). Bottom line....I couldn't afford that level of debt. The state school was my one reasonable shot. Regardless, I support Affirmative Action, even if I'm a "victim". I succeeded anyway. [/QUOTE]
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