<p>I've had a pretty good track record with regard to my grades (my GPA has been hovering between the 3.30 until the 3.50 range), and while I know it's not great, I also know I should do better if I want to go to law school.</p>
<p>This semester, though, I kind of did bad in two subjects due to certain unforeseen circumstances and a few hospitalisations, meriting in 1 D and 1 C, causing my GPA to plunge from 3.35 to 3.22. I have 3 semesters left in college (4 if I count a semester abroad as an exchange student) and I would just want to know what steps I would have to do in order to make sure that I can be accepted into a good law school, aside from getting very good LSAT scores. </p>
<p>Advance thanks to everyone who will reply.</p>
<p>P.S. Will two undergrad degrees mean anything in law school applications? I'm currently a double major.</p>
<p>P.P.S. Perhaps this question is too overused already, but I haven't found anyone with the exact conundrum as mine. Usually it's either consistent 3.2s or consistent 3.5s. Thanks again!</p>
<p>LSAT and GPA are king in the application process. If you have a low GPA, you need to Kill the LSAT. Even then, you would be a splitter and splitters are hard to predict.</p>
<p>Ultimately, consistent or not, your GPA will be all that matters, with the exception of the hospitalizations. If you can write a convincing addendum in your law school applications and you do very well on the LSAT (above median for schools you’re interested in) they (particularly UVA and GULC if you apply ED) might be willing to overlook the GPA.</p>
<p>But grades and LSAT are the two most important things in your law school apps, hands down.</p>
<p>cum GPA+LSAT = ~95% of your LS app. And the two number are somewhat equal, with perhaps a slight heavier weight towards the LSAT (to account for the different colleges and grading curves.)</p>
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<p>The second major is of zero value, but if you can take an extra year of undergrad to boost your undergrad gpa…</p>
<p>There is only ONE step you need to take in order to get into a good law school (by which I assume you mean at least T50).</p>
<p>RAISE YOUR GPA.</p>
<p>I’m skeptical of how useful an addendum would be to address your GPA. If your medical situation was truly terrible, law schools will wonder why you didn’t take a medical leave of absence. </p>
<p>And while a drop of .1 is certainly important, it’s not as if you were a solid 4.0 student and then BLAMMO, you earned a C and a D which can easily be attributed to your medical condition. I honestly think law school admissions officers are going to examine your application and say, “Well, those grades might have been a result of illness, but this wasn’t exactly a stellar student before, so it could have happened anyway.”</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but I think it’s safer to be cautious. If at all possible, bring that GPA up to at least a 3.5. </p>
<p>A 3.2 will put you below the 25th percentile of almost every T50 law school. Unless you are very confident that you can ace the LSAT, raising your GPA would go a long way to securing admission to a good school.</p>