<p>So I'm still a freshman in college (2nd semester) and I'm positive that I want to go to Law School; Harvard if possible. Right now my GPA is a 3.5 ( I know I have to raise it.) and when the time comes I'll hopefully get a good LSAT score. Problem is, I'll just have turned 18 by the time I get my bachelors so the most experience I can get given my age (I'm 15 now) with anything law related is volunteering to file papers at the city court. I'm pretty sure to really stand out to Harvard, you have to do more. But what else can I do besides the obvious good grades and LSAT? More generally, what can I do to get in? </p>
<p>GPA and LSAT are all that really matters, except maybe if you’re applying to Yale.</p>
<p>Average GPA at HLS is a 3.88; a 3.77 is the 25th percentile. So you need to raise your GPA by quite a bit. The average LSAT score is a 173, with a 170 being the 25th percentile, so also study like crazy for the LSAT.</p>
<p>Interestingly, 72% of the HLS class is at least one year out of college when they start, and 52% are 2+ years out of college. I’m not really sure what they are doing in the gap years, though - it might be worth investigating to find out, since so many of them have taken that time off. It’s not other grad school, as only 11% have advanced degrees.</p>
<p>I also just want to say that there were a lot of things I thought I was positive about when I was 15 (and 18, and 21)…that it turned out I was not so positive about later.</p>
<p>As an HLS alumnus: just do something really interesting in the summers or for junior year abroad to create a good “story” for yourself.</p>
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<p>Take a gap year (or two). Get a job – any job, and learn about life.</p>