Help Please: Is it even worth it? Forum

[071816]

my parents wouldn't let me cancel my score

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[FreeLolita]

The reason I ask is that on a lot of school's sites, they say they consider all scores, when in person at this fair I went to, representatives from those same schools said they only consider the highest.

[FreeLolita]

Why isn't anyone telling this person to retake?

You have a 3.82 GPA. Don't waste it on a shit school. You've got another retake, use it.

And my double major is in economics and political science, which are both generally considered pretty weak. I have worked really hard during my undergraduate career, but the gpa is nothing to really to write home about because of what I studied. It's not like I majored in accounting, finance, or math or engineering or anything of that nature. I really don't want to have to retake, but I may do so. In your opinion, what exactly constitutes a s*** school?

[Kilpatrick]

I don't think anyone else is going to help you until you explain the parents thing.

[FreeLolita]

I don't think anyone else is going to help you until you explain the parents thing.

Basically, they wanted me to at least have a score logged in, god forbid I felt even worse after taking the October test.

[cinephile]

No, why did you listen to your parents? It's your life, you're an adult and it's your choice to make. What if they try to pressure you into a specific law school?

[JamMasterJ]

my parents wouldn't let me cancel my score despite my pleading.

why has no one addressed this yet?

ETA: scooped

[SilverE2]

Why isn't anyone telling this person to retake?

You have a 3.82 GPA. Don't waste it on a shit school. You've got another retake, use it.

And my double major is in economics and political science, which are both generally considered pretty weak. I have worked really hard during my undergraduate career, but the gpa is nothing to really to write home about because of what I studied. It's not like I majored in accounting, finance, or math or engineering or anything of that nature. I really don't want to have to retake, but I may do so. In your opinion, what exactly constitutes a s*** school?

I wouldn't go to UT, UCLA, Vandy, BU, Cornell, Georgetown, Duke without at least some money, the rest of the T14 I would probably go at sticker, WUSTL, GW, ND, BC with a huge/full scholarship, and every other law school I would forget unless I had a full scholarship and a job lined up.

But that's just me, and before you write me off as a crazy person, I'll go ahead and say that a whole lot of TLS members are even more conservative than I am.

[rinkrat19]

Why isn't anyone telling this person to retake?

You have a 3.82 GPA. Don't waste it on a shit school. You've got another retake, use it.

And my double major is in economics and political science, which are both generally considered pretty weak. I have worked really hard during my undergraduate career, but the gpa is nothing to really to write home about because of what I studied. It's not like I majored in accounting, finance, or math or engineering or anything of that nature. I really don't want to have to retake, but I may do so. In your opinion, what exactly constitutes a s*** school?

Very much like multiple LSAT scores, the schools don't give a shit what your major is. They care about GPA and highest LSAT, because THAT'S WHAT THEY REPORT TO USNWR FOR THE RANKINGS.