so, first of all, i'm new to this site. i've been doing as much exploring as i can. i'm a current second-year second-semester in college, so i still have some time until i apply to law school. i want to study human rights. that's the gist of my plans, lmao.
one thing i'm particularly interested in is how much, exactly, do diversity factors matter when looking at a law school application? for reference, i'm a low-income, first-generation (both undergrad and future grad), bisexual student. obviously, i don't expect really anyone on here to know just how much they can affect one's application, but are they factors law schools will forgive an applicant with a lower gpa or a lower lsat score for?
i know some law schools actively advertise their commitments to diversity (like usc's first-generation law school student program), but, i mean—and pardon me if this is an asinine question—do they really care? basically, what i'm getting as is will these three things help my chances at some law schools when applying?
furthermore, i'm not looking to get into harvard, stanford, or yale. nor am i really looking to get into chicago, northwestern, or duke. if i'm going to be honest, a lot of the T14 schools don't really speak(?) to me (besides michigan, berkeley, columbia, and georgetown). is that weird? like, i don't feel an active sense of "we want people like YOU at our law school!" from them as i do from schools like vandy, washu, ucla, texas, and usc.
is picking law schools (aside from making sure bar passage rates & employment rates are superb, and the field
i don't know, perhaps i'm making unfair assumptions and conclusions, but i really am doing all i can to research law schools and i still have quite a bit of time left until i finally apply. perhaps these concerns stem from insecurity. anyway, does anyone like me have any advice/answers? it'd be rather helpful.
(** also, let the record show [pun intended] that i am trying my absolute best, so i would be appreciative if passive-aggressive comments were left unsaid. many thanks, lmao.)