Successful Law School Admission With Messy Transcript?
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Most law schools seem willing to buy high LSAT scores.
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Have you figured out your LSAC GPA? Make sure you are calculating correctly, according to the LSAC formula. Does that 3.55 include the Fs?
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Thank you all for the advice. I'm waiting for the pre-law advisor at my school to come back from break but I am anxious to know if it is worth a shot because if it is I need to start preparing. And yes I did calculate in the 3 f's but thank you for the reminder.
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Just FYI, most pre-law advisors have no fucking idea what they're doing, and frequently give truly horrible advice. Everything you need to know can be found here on TLS.
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Are the W's punitive? i.e. withdraw fail or some variation on that?
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rinkrat19 wrote:Just FYI, most pre-law advisors have no fucking idea what they're doing, and frequently give truly horrible advice.
This. The pre-law advisor at my school seems to believe that a) specialty rankings matter, b) region doesn't matter, and c) any amount of debt is acceptable for law school because "you can never go wrong with more education." I've heard him tell someone that it was a good idea to attend a private fourth tier, at sticker, in a region where she had no desire to work because of specialty rankings. Seriously.
Also, OP, you're fine, provided you rock the LSAT. If you're really worried about it, write a brief addendum.
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keladry wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:Just FYI, most pre-law advisors have no fucking idea what they're doing, and frequently give truly horrible advice.
This. The pre-law advisor at my school seems to believe that a) specialty rankings matter, b) region doesn't matter, and c) any amount of debt is acceptable for law school because "you can never go wrong with more education." I've heard him tell someone that it was a good idea to attend a private fourth tier, at sticker, in a region where she had no desire to work because of specialty rankings. Seriously.
I hope she knew better/you set her straight.
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cinephile wrote:keladry wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:Just FYI, most pre-law advisors have no fucking idea what they're doing, and frequently give truly horrible advice.
This. The pre-law advisor at my school seems to believe that a) specialty rankings matter, b) region doesn't matter, and c) any amount of debt is acceptable for law school because "you can never go wrong with more education." I've heard him tell someone that it was a good idea to attend a private fourth tier, at sticker, in a region where she had no desire to work because of specialty rankings. Seriously.
I hope she knew better/you set her straight.
Uh, yes. And she's now at the local, well-regarded-in-the-region T2, paying in-state tuition, living at home, and barely borrowing anything at all. (To be fair, at the time of the horrible pre-law advisor advise, I think she was still waiting to hear back from her current school. Still.)
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keladry wrote:cinephile wrote:keladry wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:Just FYI, most pre-law advisors have no fucking idea what they're doing, and frequently give truly horrible advice.
This. The pre-law advisor at my school seems to believe that a) specialty rankings matter, b) region doesn't matter, and c) any amount of debt is acceptable for law school because "you can never go wrong with more education." I've heard him tell someone that it was a good idea to attend a private fourth tier, at sticker, in a region where she had no desire to work because of specialty rankings. Seriously.
I hope she knew better/you set her straight.
Uh, yes. And she's now at the local, well-regarded-in-the-region T2, paying in-state tuition, living at home, and barely borrowing anything at all. (To be fair, at the time of the horrible pre-law advisor advise, I think she was still waiting to hear back from her current school. Still.)
My UG used to have an amazing pre-law advisor who really knew his stuff. I think he followed TLS. I met with him once a semester from freshman year, then during my junior year they bestowed the honor on two other people and I haven't been back since. I just kept in touch with the original guy via email.
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