<p>I have a pretty average undergrad GPA from a well-regarded, academically rigorous institution, and a much better graduate school GPA from an even more academically rigorous institution. Both degrees are in international political economy. I have yet to take the LSATs but will study hard and am thinking (hoping) that I can score quite high. Do you think my MA and grad. GPA, and the fact that I went to demanding, grade-deflating schools will be considered by an admissions committee, or do I basically have no shot at a top law school? And as for work experience, it mostly consists of internships at this point.</p>
<p>No. Only your UG GPA matters. Having anything else will just be a soft and possibly a detractor depending on the opinion you hear, I have heard both sides.</p>
<p>“I went to demanding, grade-deflating schools”</p>
<p>Your opinion or supported by facts? It still will not matter anyway. They rather have a 3.93 from North Polk University than a 2.5 from Yale.</p>
<p>The law school admissions professionals will certainly look at and note your excellent grades in your graduate program, but those grades will not count in your LSAC GPA, and they will be discounted to an extent by the assumption many make that graduate programs do tend to give out excellent grades with regularity.</p>