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Originally Posted by als463
EUpolis,
I really liked the information you gave. I was hoping you could give me some more info, as well. Anyone who is willing to give great info. would be GREAT!
1.) I graduated from a Big Ten university with a "B-" average....apparently not good enough for my top choice law schools (not Harvard or anything....Rutgers, Temple, etc.)
2.) My LSATs weren't stellar. I am taking them again-eventually.
3.) I decided to go back to college for my Graduate Degree (once again-at this same said Big Ten university)....and work part-time. Once I get my degree (depending upon where I am living at the time because my boyfriend is transferring to another school for Biology) I am probably going to just work full-time.
4.) If you look at my majors (Sociology and History) you will see that many of the Sociology courses at my university melt into the Criminal Justice degree. I've recognized that I am technically 4-5 classes away from getting my undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice.
5.) Now-my question. Will having military, sorority, and community service experience help me with getting into law school (my better choices) if I have a Graduate Degree alone or should I get my graduate degree and go back for my third bachelor's degree and get a better GPA? What would you-or anyone on here-suggest? I'm hoping to do better on my LSATs but, I am confused. Thank you.
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Law schools pretty much just care about grades and LSAT scores. Obviously if you have some crazy unique circumstance like your dad is George Bush or Bill Gates or you are an asylee because Hitler murdered your family or something they will pay attention to that, but otherwise it's really just LSAT and grades.
That being said, do not keep going back to school hoping to get a good enough GPA to get into law school. That's crazy debt and you'll just accumulate more when you go to law school. A third bachelor's wouldn't help much. You need to do really well in your graduate program and much better on your LSATs.
Showing interest in the schools when you apply really helps. At my school borderline applicants who come to tour and ask to do a student interview and meet faculty sometimes get the bump because the school is pretty sure they'll attend.
Also, you need to keep in mind that there are a lot of people applying to law school every single year. I think a lot of people get discouraged because they think "Oh, I got a 155 on my LSATs, that puts me at the 50th percentile" but what you need to realize is that is 50% of the people who took the LSAT, not 50% of the people who will later apply to law school. Personally, I think if you get less than a 150 you might not be the best candidate for law in general, but that's easy for me to say as a third-year student.
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