<p>I'm seriously panicking because I really want to go to law school but have seriously messed things up. I've always planned on doing law, but I really had no preparation going into college. </p>
<p>I'm a jun. at Brown University, and had a lot of, admittedly, stupid stuff happen the last three years that have resulted in a pretty bad GPA: 3.2. The highest I'll be able to bring it up to is 3.5 by the time I graduate. Since I'm studying abroad next semester, I won't be able to pick up a second (and better) internship since I'm studying abroad from April until August. Also all my grades abroad will be pass/fail if you guys are familiar with Brown's grading policy.</p>
<p>I also scored a 170 on the LSAT.</p>
<p>I also had an internship at a start-up (failing) magazine but I also had to help pretty much full-time run my parents' flailing and small family business. </p>
<p>Background info:
I'm a first generation college student from the south. I'm also a Cambodian female, parents were immigrants. We're also poor. I'm fluent in three languages... Would any of these things matter? </p>
<p>I think that you are going to be able to get into at least one of the T-14. Probably not HYS, but I think you would have a great shot at Georgetown, Duke and UVA, especially if you increase your GPA.</p>
<p>background doesn't really matter, since you are not URM.</p>
<p>I would apply to mid to low T-14, and a couple safeties in the 15-20 range. Might as well throw a reach application to NYU (I wouldn't count on it.) I'd really be thinking about schools ranked below Chicago (not this year's fluke ranking, but the typical rankings). So apply to Penn, Mich, Berkeley, Virginia, Northwestern, Cornell, Duke, and Georgetown and 2 safeties.</p>
<p>i also had a 3.1/170 with no hooks, and am had three T14 admissions and three waitlists. (Penn was the only 7-14 that I was rejected from; didn't even apply to Boalt) (and yes, by 7-14, i mean the traditional 7-14: YHSCCN will always be the T6)</p>
<p>170 is a fine score. It won't kill you. No need for a retake unless you want to gun for one of CCN.</p>
<p>Internships matter not. Don't worry about those.
T20 schools (except for Wash U) seem to like GPA so no help there.
Basically, just keep your grades up. Do the LSAT thing for the summer--screw internships, if you are certain lawschool is your deal. Take it again in October. For scholarship purposes, if nothing else.</p>