gpa

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>i was just wondering if I have a chance to get into a good law school..</p>

<p>my first two years have been utter crap, 65%avg</p>

<p>but im pulling a 3.7gpa now in my third year and hopefully even higher next year.</p>

<p>anyways, lets say i score a 165 on my LSAT's , what kind of schools can i look at?</p>

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<p>Well, top10's out, I can tell you that. Pull a 3.5 and 175, you can probably go for the lower top10's.....I think.</p>

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<p>1.) Does 65% mean a 1.0 GPA?
2.) It is not reasonable to make LSAT projections in the absence of an actual score.</p>

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<p>? If you have a 1.0 GPA you will not be getting that up to a 3.5 in the last 2 years assuming you take equal credits each semester. Its not mathmatically possible.</p>

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<p>blue:
well it depends, according to my school its a 2.0. And the LSAT projection is just around what my friend got, we do similar in grades so i figured that my score should be around the same range. </p>

<p>i ****ed myself over these first two years. but if I increase the current 3.7gpa over the next year to a 3.9, will the law schools really not even give me a second look? surely they must at least wonder why my grades were lacking these first two years.</p>

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<p>Grades should not be a basis for comparison for LSAT, SAT scores should be a more true comparison.</p>

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<p>ok, i obviously haven't wrote the lsat yet ...i just want to know if it is even worth writing it since i bombed my first two years. if yes, what to aim for.</p>

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<p>No matter what your GPA and what your LSAT score, you can get into some law school. But obviously, the lower your scores, the fewer schools you'll have to choose from. And law school is expensive, so you could wind up incurring a lot of debt for a school with very poor employment prospects.</p>

<p>The "is it even worth it" question is one that only you can answer. Some people say that law school is pointless if it means being tied to student-loans for the rest of your young life, others say that they're meant to practice law, whatever it takes. Your call, not ours.</p>