<p>I'm currently at a community college and want to go to law school to be a JAG officer in the Marine Corps. The fall semester is coming to a close and so far I failed a developmental math course with an XF and took it again, but have to withdraw now before I fail it again. The law schools I have in mind are top notch (ex. Yale, Harvard, UPenn Etc.) I've heard that in order to get in these prestigious law schools that you have to do research and internships which the only thing my CC has is just a paralegal program and a law library, but it's not in my program of study which is associate in arts (General ED). So far I'm doing a good job in my college skills class and my english composition class. Other than that is law school still a possibility for me and if it is then what law schools are best for me since I pretty much blew it with the law schools I named already?</p>
<p>By the way I know you need a bachelor’s degree so the queston doesn’t sound right I forgot to mention that I was thinking about transferring to a school like nyu or usc.</p>
<p>You don’t need research or internships to get into a prestigious law school. It’s almost all about GPA and LSAT. </p>
<p>I don’t know if “developmental” translates as remedial. If so, there is some outside chance that it won’t factor into your GPA for law school. I’d suggest you go to [Welcome</a> to LSAC.org](<a href=“http://www.lsac.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.lsac.org). and look for the rules as to how your GPA is calculated.</p>
<p>If you are failing your courses, I think you may have trouble transferring into a school like NYU or USC.</p>
<p>developmental is another way for saying remedial and it doesn’t calculate into my gpa nor it isn’t transferable. Thats the only class I was failing. I’m doing an excellent job in my english course and in college skills though.</p>
<p>Let me be the killjoy to say it: getting into a prestigious law school is not the end game; the end game is excelling in law school, passing the bar, finding a job, and doing well in that job. If you are struggling through remedial courses, why do you think that you would be able to do well in law school and pass the bar?</p>
<p>Work hard and get good grades; that will benefit you regardless of what else you do in life. But please consider whether law school is sensible for you.</p>
<p>The JAG program is very popular, especially since the job market overall for lawyers is poor. Multiple students at my kid’s law school (a top state school) applied for it, and only one was accepted. The JAG interviewer said something about only accepting 1 out of 20 applicants. Ultimately, the only student who was accepted was a former Marine who was attending law school after her service. It’s not bad to have goals, but it wouldn’t hurt to develop a few alternatives. </p>
<p>I agree that your immediate focus should be short-term. Achieve top grades in every class you take as you pursue your 4-year degree. When you have a better idea of your GPA and LSAT, you can use those numbers to identify possible law schools at lawschoolnumbers and other sites. By then, you will also have a better idea of the prospective legal job market, if you want to take a year off to work before law school, or if you have found a more promising career path.</p>
<p>My understanding is that JAG highly prioritizes law students with prior military experience. Do you have prior military experience? As for law school, “prestigious” law schools care only about your undergraduate GPA and LSAT scores. Internships or research are totally irrelevant to admission (they can help deciding if you want to be a lawyer though).</p>