<p>How might capitol hill experience effect one's chances of getting into law school.<br>
I graduated from a good liberal arts school with degrees in politics and spanish, however my gpa was somewhat average at 3.2.
however, over the past two years i have had significant job experience; last summer i interned in the Senate Finance Committee and now i am currently a staff assistant/personal driver for a senator. i have not taken my lsats yet so i understand that it might be difficult to give me an answer, but what might my chances be of getting into Penn law or receiving significant money at Drexel law. I might also look at georgetown or uva. Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>All of that is great, but unfortunately those things are just “decent” softs. Soft factors that really help are things like the Marshall and the Rhodes Scholar programs. We cannot even guess your chances without an LSAT score. With a 3.2 GPA you are going to be needing a quite spectacular LSAT score. I know this is not what you wanted to hear, but I too found out that all that matters in law school admissions is pretty much the LSAT and your GPA (Counts for way less than the LSAT).</p>
<p>your experience is not particularly uncommon among applicants to top law schools (or candidates for substantial merit aid at slightly lower-ranked schools). I agree with NDjake that your LSAT score will be the determining factor–and it will have to be excellent (think 170+) for the schools you’re looking at.</p>