<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm kind of in an interesting situation. I just finished my junior year and am prepping for the June LSAT. This is the second year I've been at my school (top 50) and my GPA is now a 3.78 including this semester's grades.</p>
<p>I spent my first year at another top 50 school and had a bad year overall. I almost didn't get to attend my freshmen year because I had back surgery in July of '07 and was barely healthy enough to attend school. My first semester was alright. I got a 3.17 but that wasn't because of any health problems. However, my second semester I got an F in Arabic language and a C- in a Comparative Politics course because I had severe back problems and couldn't even get out of bed for about a month. I was able to pull a B and an A- in another class because the grades from those classes depended on final papers that I wrote in bed and submitted by email which constituted the majority of the grade. I had decided to transfer to the school I'm at now over Christmas break and applied before the second semester. But, I had a horrible second semester anyways due to my health issues. It also caused me to go into a state of depression that I saw a therapist for. But, I ended my year with a 2. something GPA at my first school.</p>
<p>Over the summer, I went into intensive physical therapy and became healthy enough to function like a normal human being I went to my new school and promptly achieved a nice GPA and have been steadily increasing every semester until I've arrived at a 3.78 for the current school's GPA. However, I've done the LSDAS GPA thing from a couple websites and included my 22 units of dual credit high school and have come out to an LSDAS GPA of a 3.39 including the F and the C-.</p>
<p>My question is, if I explain my circumstances in an addendum, will I be able to overcome a poor overall GPA by emphasizing my marked improvement at a comparable school rankings-wise? In addition, I can demonstrate that there is a correlation between the physical therapy and my academic achievement since I had not undergone any therapy and had serious back issues once again during the second semester.</p>
<p>My top school at the moment is the University of Washington which is ranked 34 by USWR and has an LSAT range of 160-166. Based on my diagnostic tests and the prepping I'm doing, I'm expecting to get over a 166 on the LSAT. Is it reasonable to think I have a chance at getting into UW or should I be aiming lower? Another thing to consider beyond the numbers is that I have been very involved outside of class at my new school and have a lot of volunteer experience in education in Ukraine and a few leadership positions.</p>
<p>Any opinions would be much appreciated. Thank you!</p>