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[m_phineas]

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[cavalier1138]

Your GPA is your GPA. If you can push it above 3.0, then you're still in the running for some T14s with a high LSAT. You should focus on school for now, but be prepared to buckle down on the LSAT when the time comes.

That said, you should also seriously consider taking advantage of whatever therapy services are offered at your college. Your life does not depend on any of this, and the fact that you're using that phrasing is cause for concern. Get yourself healthy before you consider going through three years of additional stress.

[AJordan]

Small goals toward intermediate goals towards overarching goal are the path. If your top goal is to become a lawyer the lower goal should be to get into law school. To do that you need to improve your GPA. To do that you need to enroll in college again. Start small. Fill out your FAFSA and maybe enroll in a single class in the summer. Get an A. After that take a full course load. Get straight As. These should be your first goals. After achieving that you can map out a strategy that will get you consistent As for your future which is going to be necessary to "fix" your GPA for law school admissions. After that you can start looking farther. Until that point though, I would do my damndest to complete 20 hours at a 4.0

[m_phineas]

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[AJordan]

I'm a pretty firm believer that 170+ is attainable for most people with above average intelligence. Your writing is not terrible so I assume you would be able to 170 the LSAT with time, effort, and the appropriate study materials.

I'm more concerned that your motivations are haphazard and not necessarily defined. Not to be presumptuous but you come across like someone who gets passionate for something for a few months and then drops it completely to focus on something else. I only say that because I have the same issue and I recognize the similar patterns in goal prioritization.

You didn't write your last post as if becoming a lawyer was your dream goal. You want to be a lawyer, but only if you can get into T-14, and only if you can do it how you want, and only if you can study something you like in undergrad. These are not the roadblocks you should be setting before even trying. To be a lawyer you need to get into law school and pay for it. To do that you need to get the highest GPA possible. You really should prioritize going to the best school where you can study the subject where you can get straight As. It's that simple. A 173/3.5 is a strikingly different candidate than a 173/3.0. Yes, admissions counselors understand CS is hard but you're likely going into a different pile in the T14 before they even read your app. The former gets you into CCN, the latter gets you into one or two of MVN with little to no money. If you want to further your career that's awesome. If you want to change your career to "fulfill your dream of being a lawyer" that's great too. But you really ought to choose one of them and go after it as opposed to paying lip service to one while half assing the other.

[m_phineas]

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[BeverlyPickett]

True, I agree with your point.