<p>I'm going to be a fourth year student at an ivy-league school and hoping to apply to law school this year. I was premed my first year and that hurt my gpa pretty badly. I got a 3.485 my first year and then 3.8 for my second and third years. That 3.485 my first year definitely hurts my cumulative gpa, my question is, will law schools put certain consideration into my being a premed. I know they appreciate upward trends but I dont think my overall gpa is indicative of my performance the past 3 years simply because of my first year. If it clarifies anything, my only bad grades that year were in my premed classes, whereas, I did well in my other humanities courses. Do law schools pay attention to the specific classes? I'm looking to appy to a number of T-10 law schools if that makes any difference.</p>
<p>Assuming your overall GPA is a 3.6 +, it's just not going to make that much of a difference. Your LSAT score is going to rule your acceptance.<br>
Big generalization- LSAT 172 or higher, you'll probably get a T 1-10. LSAT 167 to 171, look at all the T-14's and then some . With a 3.6 and less than 167, definitely cast a wider net than T-14 schools.<br>
No one can give you an "accurate" answer without an LSAT score.
But do not whine on your application that your have a low GPA due to pre-med. No one is going to care about it if you do get a great LSAT score.
And IMO, a 3.48 ain't so bad for a pre-med freshman.</p>
<p>thanks a lot, that was really helpful</p>