<p>I'm a currently a first year at NYU law school, and my brother, who's currently a senior at the University of California, Berkeley, is applying to his law schools this year.</p>
<p>He currently has a 3.75 gpa and a 171 lsat. He majored in political science, and is aiming for any of the t14 schools he can get. </p>
<p>While he was in high school, he took calculus at a community college and received the grade of a C. (as you can tell, he's not that strong in the maths but very good in writing/humanities). He didn't realize that cc courses prior to enrolling in undergrad would affect law school admissions. He is really freaking out right now.</p>
<p>What would you recommended? Do you think that this is a big deal? I mean he has pretty good stats as it is, so would law schools care about a C that he received while he was in high school? (that's the only CC course he took from that school.</p>
<p>It it would adversely affect him, please let me know. Maybe I can advise him to re-take that class and aim for an A/A+.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m the brother of the OP. Do you think this will adversely affect my chances at a t14 school? I have maintained an A- average at UC Berkeley and have received a fairly decent lsat score, and I’ve never received any grade in any class lower than a B+ (cal in general is very cutthroat) </p>
<p>Do law schools just plainly look at GPA and don’t scrutinize your transcript? Or, will they overlook my C when they realize that it was a class that I took while I was in high school, even though it would lower the GPA that the law schools calculate? </p>
<p>Thanks. I’m aiming for Upenn Law, UVA, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, and Georgetown. With luck, my reaches are everything ranked above that including uc berkeley school of law.</p>
<p>When applying to law school, would it be wise to have an addendum about my low grade during high school? thanks</p>
<p>You’re fine. The only penalty suffered is the damage it did to your GPA. Law schools aren’t going to care about one C, much less one in a math class, which you will be doing nothing of as a law school student. I’ve seen people who have Fs on their transcript get into many T14s. It’s not even worth mentioning on your main application.</p>
<p>Do not send an addendum for something this frivolous. It’ll make it look like your obsessing over insignificant details. You should be good at the bottom half of the T14 and you have a shot at the upper half. If you’re a URM, you’re pretty much in at everything except HYS. </p>
<p>I knew of a non-URM college classmate with barely a 3.0 cum GPA and a few Cs who ended up at Georgetown Law. </p>
<p>In short, don’t sweat it…you have a great shot at T-14 schools, especially those at the lower end. Your GPA is far higher than that classmate, she had more Cs, and her Cs were obtained during college and in courses more closely related to law than your 1 C. </p>
<p>Just focus on writing a great PS, putting together a great app, and ace any interviews and you’ll be fine. :)</p>