I am going to be a sophomore next year. Well I’m going to be a freshmen almost a sophomore in credits. I did bad my first and second semester. I had some traumatic experiences happen that I wasn’t expecting. My average gpa for my freshmen year was a 2.55 as a pre-med major because I failed chem 2. I was taking biology and chemistry at the same time which is where I went wrong. I quickly realized that chemistry wasn’t for me so I decided to switch to pre-law. I’m great at communicating, great at public speaking, I love writing papers, reading and I love math. I’m also very analytical which is why I thought I should’ve picked being a lawyer in the first place. I’m majoring in Political Science, Economics, Philosophy with a minor in biology. I want to at least finish college with a 3.6 or 3.7. Do I have a shot or am I just naive?
The US has 2x as many law seats as we need, so yes you absolutely have a shot at a law school. (That being said, there are plenty of law schools that are not worth attending.)
Law school admissions is nearly all about GPA+LSAT (since those are the primary two things that matter for USNews rankings). With a LSAT of 17x, you’d have a good shot at the lower T14, or some merit money.
Just get A’s and lots of them going forward. Since you had a difficult Frosh year, do not plan to take the LSAT until after you graduate, so you’ll have another semester of (hopefully) all A’s to boost that GPA even higher.
Definitely spend some time finding out what the practice of law is like. It’s hard to think of a worse reason to go to law school than “I didn’t like pre-med.” Law school is very expensive with uncertain outcomes. Make very sure it’s what you want before you do it.
Yes, you have a shot at a good law school with that GPA and a strong LSAT score. I’d just explore various things (through coursework and summer jobs) while in college, and I’d then plan to work at least a year before applying to law school. You may find that law’s your thing and you may find that it’s not.
I’m horrible at communicating, mediocre at public speaking, hated writing papers, don’t care for math but am very analytical and am, I am told, a precise thinker, and I like being a lawyer and loved law school.
Great chance at law school, just make sure you are choosing a path that you’ll enjoy at the end!
Doesn’t 3.6 or 3.7 mean 4.0 for the next 3 years? Getting the GPA and getting the high LSAT are the problems, admissions for someone who has those results isn’t a problem.