I’m currently a Junior Economics major at Umass Amherst with a minor in poli sci. I’m graduating a year early due to AP credits, and hopefully staying at Umass another year to get an accelerated masters in public policy and administration. I currently have a 3.84 GPA. I had a very solid freshman/sophomore year (It’s only my second year at school even though I’m technically a junior) in which I got a 3.94. I came into college with 27 AP credits. I had a bit of personal crisis the first semester of my second year, and got two W’s on my transcript and a 3.5 in the 8 credits I did finish. I’m taking a full workload again and expect to get between a 3.8-4.0 this semester. Realistically, I think I’ll finish my undergrad next year with between a 3.8-3.9. I do not have any extra curriculars on my transcript as of right now, but I am founding a fraternity on campus this upcoming semester, and worked a pretty competitive tutoring program this past year as both an economics and calculus tutor. Additionally, I was thinking about possibly taking a Clep exam for 6 elective English credits to help finish my degree in time, but am unsure if this will hurt my chances as I already have a lot of exam credits. Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Dont exactly understand your question. You have a 3.8-3.9 with 2 W’s. Shouldnt impact your college chances much.
Also as of now noone knows where you will go without any LSAT scores. You could have a 4.0 but if you have a lsat of 160 you can say goodbye to most of the t14.
Law school = 90% lsat and gpa, aside from yale you need amazing ec on top of that
I expect to score well on the LSAT’s. I tend to do well on standardized tests and logic based classes like game theory. I would be surprised if I didn’t score in the mid 170’s honestly. As for the 3.8-3.9 with two W’s…my question is more about whether having so many pass fail credits from exams will hurt me not whether the W’s will.
If you’re planning on applying your senior year I seriously suggest you take a practice LSAT under timed conditions and start prepping at least 3 months out. The chances of you getting a score in the mid 170’s without studying are astronomical, and it’s certainly no easy feat even with tons of prep. If you can actually score in the mid 170’s then you won’t be affected specifically by having pass/fail credits - conventional wisdom is that your LSAC gpa is all that matters. But be aware law schools generally like you to have a few years of work experience, especially if you would be coming into law school at 21. K-JD’s typically do worse in the hiring process straight out of law school.
Looking at your post history you scored a 1950 on the SAT. While this is a good score, you shouldn’t assume you’ll blow the LSAT out of the water with ease. It’s a very difficult test.
The 1950 on the SAT was after zero prep and going into the test completely blind. I had no idea any of the strategies on the test, especially the essay section. My English teacher was an AP scorer for English that year and constantly gave me perfect scores on my practice essays for the AP English exam (which I received a five on) but I didn’t know how to write to the sat and scored an 8 out of 12 there. My critical reading score was also a 710 which probably speaks more towards the lsat than the other scores. But I plan to start studying this summer and will probably take it after graduation. As for going to law school out of college- I do plan on working some, and I am doing the one year masters program so I would be 22, not 21 after I leave UMass. I’ll probably work in either a business or government related field.