<p>Lately I have been considering going to law school.
I am currently a sophomore, and have a 3.7 GPA.
But, I failed 2 community college courses during high school because I was stupid and didn't care.
Now it looks like those F's will be weighed equally with my university courses, which makes my GPA plummet.
I really would only consider law school if I could get into a T-14.
So, realistically, are my chances shot already? 2 F's is pretty brutal to the GPA. Even if I were to get straight A's (not at all likely), it would still be pretty low, not to mention raise an immediate red flag on my application.
What do you think?</p>
<p>Feel free to be honest.
Also, I understand that there is a section of the application which lets you explain bad grades. But honestly, I don't have much reason other than "I was young and rebellious"</p>
<p>I'm not sure what you mean by "drop off".. Do you know what type of law you want to practice? As a note, if you work for the government or a local or state firm, then it doesn't matter as much where you went to law school. Anything in the top 50 is "worthwhile" to look at. </p>
<p>I'm not sure what your gpa would be with the f's, but if they factor in, they factor in, and there isn't anything you can do about it now...</p>
<p>they will definitely factor in, cant leave out that transcript.
I just dont want to study hard for the LSAT if the 2 F's alone will make my chances shot in the first place.
i'm interested in biglaw, or at the very least, private sector</p>
<p>Depending on your state of residence, maybe your state school is highly ranked? Don't forget though, if you want to do private law or even corporate law, law schools close to the location of the firm (New York, Chicago, LA, etc..) See other threads on top tier schools and high paying jobs in this forum. </p>
<p>For the t-14, though, your gpa is very low...</p>
<p>I know that my GPA as it is right now is low. but i still have 5 semesters til graduation.
I was just wondering if the 2 F's are the end-all-be-all</p>
<p>They may be included in your GPA, but I suspect admissions committees will informally discount them. They're evidence that you hadn't developed the maturity for college work at that point when you were in high school, but no one will care about that if you continue to do well in your college courses now that you're really a college student.</p>
<p>so does that mean that on my application, they will at first see my low GPA with the F's. but after looking at the reason, will sort of 'recalculate' my gpa?</p>
<p>this really is new territory. It's probably just in the past few years that a good number of law school applicants are going to have LSAC/GPA's which include grades from when they were 15/16 years old and still in HS. Yes- those grades do have to be submitted and yes (as of now) they will be calculated into your LSAC GPA. My hunch is that a savvy Law school administrator will not consider the grades obtained in HS on equal footing as those grades received while in college. But what do I know??
Continue to strive high in college- get the best grades possible. If needed, you can always do an addendum about your wild and craze and immature HS daze. But I'm sure if you can obtain a high gpa in college, you won't have to address the issue.</p>
<p>Personally- I think using grades obtained by a 15 year old HS student shouldn't be used for law school admission.</p>
<p>It stinks that these two Fs count--but since the law schools will have to report your GPA with them included to US News, my guess is that they will consider them. The unfortunate truth is that at most schools, you've taken yourself from someone who will help raise their 25th-75th range to someone who will lower it. Really, the only things you can do are write an addendum, study really hard for the LSAT, and hope for the best. You should probably apply to more schools than you would have otherwise, because some might factor out your Fs and it's impossible to know who will.</p>