I have a very strange question. So, my main goal in life was to become an attorney. I prepared for it by doing well in high school and then going to a liberal arts school for undergrad. Undergrad then turned into a nightmare. Long story short… I was involved in two car accidents…the first in my sophomore year putting me in a wheel chair and re-learning how to walk. The second happened during my senior year, the guy was on drugs and had no insurance, so I was left with broken bones, a back that will forever be messed up with out of place disks and monthly medical bills since I was 21. These events put me out of school for long periods of time and I was just happy to finish. My GPA is a 2.9. I knew then that I wasn’t physically or mentally ready for law school and decided to get my masters and find a job instead to pay off these bills. I ended up scoring a great job working in the legislature helping write bills and helping elected officials do the state budget. I got my masters from GWU in public relations and graduated with a 3.5 I decided that now, as a 24 year old, I wanted to try and apply for law school during the 2020 cycle. I have asked for advice from many friends and family members but they all have had different takes. Some say to go get a 2nd bachelors to bump up my GPA, some say to just score really high on the LSAT and pray, and some say to not even try anymore. So Quora, I’m asking you…what should I do?
Hmmm…maybe work on editing skills, which will be helpful for any ls application, since this is not Quora.
I don’t see the value in getting a second bachelors degree. I’d try to get the highest possible LSAT score and apply widely.
Getting a second bachelors will be a waste of money and no nothing as far as bumping up your gpa. Your LSAC gpa will be based on the completion of your first bachelors.
@happy1 is correct, you must score well on the LSAT and apply broadly because you would be a high lsat/low goa spitter and it world be unpredictable.
I agree with other posts: study, study and study for the LSAT. If you get a very high score (top few percentiles) then you will have a shot at some good schools; if not, law might not be the career that makes the best use of your talents.
Getting a second bachelors seems like an awfully extreme step to take. Would LSAC simply disregard your first undergraduate degree? If you do extremely well on the LSAT there are many, many law schools that would admit you with a 2.9 GPA but doing well means scoring at or above 170.