On track for top law schools?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hello all!</p>

<p>I am an incoming sophomore at a top 20 school, and am trying to kind of sort out my future, so to say. I came out of freshman year with a 3.94 GPA and am planning on double majoring in Int'l Studies and Chinese. I just have a few questions as to be honest, I'm completely clueless about law school admissions-</p>

<p>1) Law school admissions are pretty much just test scores and GPA, right? How important is extracurriculars etc? I plan on being very involved with my sorority and certain international groups around campus, and am spending this summer in China. Not sure about the future, but we'll see.</p>

<p>2) What sort of GPA should you aim for for a top law school, like what range?</p>

<p>3) Any other advice?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your ECs sound like they’ll be fine. As high a GPA as possible. 3.8 is a nice aim for HYS or Berkeley. Elsewhere, a high enough LSAT can compensate for anything, but anything below 3.4 might make it very hard.</p>

<p>LSAT is crucial. No predictions are possible until you have an LSAT in hand – and an actual LSAT, not a practice, not a projection, not a goal. Even one or two points can really change things a lot.</p>