Senior In High School(Path to top law school)

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<p>Well I've decided that I want to get into a top law school, and I'm motivated beyond the definition to do so. I live in Chicago, I.L. There are some things that may stop me from achieving this task, my GPA in high school. My GPA in high school is around a 2.2. The reason for this dramatically low GPA is that I was sick freshman and sophomore year. I missed weeks but was still able to past my freshman year, and in my sophomore year I missed over 100 days and had no choice to repeat. During that period in time, my parents couldn't afford my medicine and some of my treatments. After I got my medicine and became healthy I achieved some things listed below.</p>

<p>:3.5 plus GPA after I repeated my sophomore year
:3.9-4.0 GPA during my junior year
:4.0 and taking all the AP and honor courses my school has to offer my senior year
: I have 4 great recommendations in place for my school(One being from Stanford graduate)</p>

<p>I have Extra-Curricular activities but I started my junior year:( </p>

<p>:Robotics for 2 years (I may can hold a leadership role this year)
: Chess for 2 years
: One Goal cohort junior, senior, and freshman year( I was selected)
:Community builder internship over the summer( Award of excellence)
The rest I started my senior year</p>

<p>:Build On (community help)
:Math Team(School just added this club this year)
:National Environmental club: I believe this club was just added this year( I may can hold a leadership role)
:Tutoring for all subjects( This was also implemented in my school this year) </p>

<p>I will continue my activities during my junior year and combine them with my senior year. </p>

<p>My personal statement will state my issue in school also. </p>

<pre><code> Lastly, not trying to pull the complaint or race card, I'm African American and my school is a developing school. I'm studying during my free time to prepare myself anyway I can for college. I have some colleges in mind. I just need any advice that will help me out in the kind of situation I'm in. Thanks in advance:)
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<p>P.S. by advice I mean anything from resources, websites tips ,stories, anything!</p>

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<p>Law school admissions committees don’t care very much what college you came from, don’t care at all what you did in high school, and care quite a bit about admitting black students. Get a really good GPA in college and a really good LSAT score, and you can easily get into the top law schools.</p>

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<p>Agreed with the above.</p>

<p>Your college GPA and LSAT score are the two biggest factors in law school admissions. They’re far more important than the ranking of your college.</p>