<p>I'm a community college transfer student, and I have a 3.56 gpa; I now attend UC Irvine. I was wondering, do I still have a chance on getting accepted to a top 10 law school? I know the ivy leagues are great; therefore, they are my top choices. Although i realize it's a rigorous acceptace process, I have back up plans. For example, I also plan on applying to schools like: Uc Berkeley, Stanford, Georgetown, UCLA, USC, the list goes on. I want to be successful in life; therefore, I'm afriad of not being so. Any advice, suggestions, stories?</p>
<p>Most of it is based on your LSAT score. Read a thread where the guy who graduated second in his class from Penn with a 4.0 got into none of his law schools because his LSAT sucked so badly it was just pathetic! You need to get your GPA up as high as you can also, but your main focus is the LSAT, it constitutes about 60% of the admittance criteria for law schools. Pour your heart into LSAT preparation! Law school admission criteria comes out to be about 60% LSAT, 30% GPA, and 10% other factors. You do still need a high GPA though, so do as well as you possibly can in your remaining time getting your undergrad. But the LSAT is key!</p>
<p>You’ll be fine. Just do well on the LSAT and maintain a high GPA. By the way, not every ivy is worth going to over a better school (I would hope if you got into Stanford, you wouldn’t turn it down for Cornell…).</p>