Entitled Law School Hopeful With 150 LSAT Blames Imaginary Black Person For His Rejection Letters. Deletes Twitter Account In Shame.

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Probably this guy’s fault. That said, he scored a 166.

Much of the discourse on affirmative action boils down to differing theories on moral desert and entitlement. People arguing against affirmative action often remark that their spot has been unjustly taken by some other person based on criteria that shouldn’t factor into the decision being made. As tempting as it is to evaluate the philosophical merits of the argument, sometimes you have to bracket all of that and stand in awe of the audacity. This is one of those times. A law school hopeful took to Elon’s rapidly declining in value social media platform to give one hell of a hot take. The tweet and account have since been deleted, but the internet rarely forgets such bold displays of foolishness:

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You get a 144 for walking into the room and putting your name on the test pic.twitter.com/bszZI4uLCU

— x_X_I Love the Universe_X_x (@Universe__Lover) March 19, 2024

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As you would expect, things didn’t go quite like how the poster expected them to:

Sidebar to note that GENERALLY, law applicants aren’t too competitive without an LSAT in the high 150s+ and a great applicant package. I can’t believe that person thought a 150 would be the key

— Deborah U. Taunte (@_NOTtres) March 19, 2024

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Can’t even come up with a competent argument, i see why no law school accepted you

— Snappin Necks and Cashing Checks (@TheChiropracti3) March 19, 2024

And while a lot of the attacks on affirmative action complain that factoring  diversity into the choices we make inherently makes things worse, it goes to show how massive the change in discourse has been:

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we're laughing but this sucks man. The original affirmative action cases involved an essential coin flip where diversity gave the minority candidate the slightest edge, now we got the hyper mediocre thinking "the blacks" kept them from hobnobbing with Elon

— x_X_I Love the Universe_X_x (@Universe__Lover) March 19, 2024

Now is there anything inherently wrong with getting a 150 on the LSAT? Not at all! Much like when you’re in law school, the bell curve exists. Not only is somebody going to get a 150 on the LSAT, most people will — it is pretty close to the median, after all. But to get an average score and blame Black people rather than, I don’t know, the people in your application pool who scored higher than you, is some magical thinking that might suggest you aren’t really ready to think like a lawyer — unlike folks who are understand that factors are a thing. Sure, you have a great GPA, but a 3.9 from majoring in Basketweaving isn’t the same as a 3.6 from someone who double majored in Physics and Math. Also, was your personal statement any good? Did you only apply to T14s? Because there is definitely some school that would have taken this person if the other parts of their application were up to par. Maybe not Duke, but probably Drake.

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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Affirmative Action, Entitlement, Failing Upward, Law Schools