<p>I was recently put on academic probation at my university. I won't lie, I did not work as hard as I could have last semester. This next semester I have to do really well or my financial aid will be pulled. I am so worried that it will ruin my chances at getting into law school later on. Will one bad semester ruin my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>Stop worrying about that. That will only be an option if you aren’t dismissed. Focus on the upcoming semester and what you have to do to succeed. It is urgent that you do not distract yourself from the task at hand. Have you identified what the problem and the solution are?</p>
<p>Unless you make a major change in your academic performance, you are not law school or lawyer material. You are better of figuring that out now and finding some other career to pursue now than after finishing at the bottom of your class in some second rate law school with mountains of debt. It’s competitive to get into law school. It is competitive when you are in law school and it is competitive being a lawyer. Unless you can compete and perform very well now, your future as a lawyer may not be very bright.</p>
<p>Without more information(what year in college/what is current gpa, etc) it’s tough to give you a good answer other than it will hurt your chances. But how much? No once can say absent more information.
Now is a good time to assess why you want to go to law school-that may motivate you to improve your grades-or to change your career track.</p>
<p>The short answer is that is depends on your goals. There are law schools that practically accept anyone with a pulse, but you would be foolish to attend any of them.</p>
<p>But, unless you are ready pull nearly all A’s from here on out, and work for a couple of years after graduation, your GPA will be too low to be accepted into a law school worth attending at a reasonable price. (Paying sticker to attend LS #20+ is just plain stupid, IMO, unless its a cheap state school and you wish to settle down in that state.)</p>
<p>One bad semester won’t ruin your chances, but I’d expand the pool of post-graduation options, as post #5 is accurate.</p>