<p>Hey, quick question. In undergrad at a top 5 University, I have gotten nearly all A's or A-'s. However, In one of my classes first semester of freshman year I got a C- in a freshman writing class(unrelated to my major) because I used the wrong format to cite a paper and the prof. gave me a 0 on it. Besides this one class I have maintained a 3.85 GPA. Will this one class hurt my chances of getting into Law school, and do you think that I should try to explain it away on a grad school application, or just ignore it completely? </p>
<p>You probably don't want to tell a law school - where properly citing your sources is one of the main things you'll be doing - the reason for that grade. Just keep up the grades and get comparable LSATs and don't worry.</p>
<p>I wouldn't bother explaining it to law schools. They must hear all kinds of explanations and they probably don't believe any of them. </p>
<p>If it makes you feel any better, I had a similar thing happen to me. I got mostly A's in college and a few B's. Except for one C in my first semester, freshman year. And I got into law school.</p>