<p>I went to and graduated from a high ranking college in 2002. However, I graduated with the bare minimum GPA score. I struggled through most of undergrad but still graduated. I went into the Army as an officer and have been in since 2002 to present day. I got my masters in 2007 and finished with a 3.57 which I was happy for because I thought it would cancel out my terrible UGPA. I took the LSAT in 2007 and did ok got an average score. So I applied to law school. So far I have been rejected by every school I applied to for low UGPA and lack of community/extra curricular activities. I cannot change my UGPA and being active duty military makes it hard to have a lot of extra activities and community service. I've deployed twice and was just recently stationed in Korea for a year. My current job in the military has me going to different locations almost every month for training. Anyways, I'm stuck. I have no idea what to do to have a strong enough packet to get in anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to strengthen my packet? I really want to go to law school but most schools cancel me out because of the low UGPA and lack of community service. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.</p>
<p>The simple truth is that law school is a numbers game, and there’s nothing you can do to repair your GPA. Get a good enough LSAT and you can mostly overcome your GPA, although it still won’t get you into the top schools (but certainly schools like WUSTL will take high LSAT, low-GPA people, maybe even Georgetown and Northwestern). </p>
<p>Rest assured that your lack of community service is not a concern. It is almost entirely irrelevant in the first place, and military service is considerably better than it anyway.</p>
<p>You may be targeting schools that are too selective. However, schools that will let you in are very likely to not be worth going to for significant tuition. Business schools will be far more forgiving of your GPA and will value your service as an officer a lot more.</p>