How heavy does experience play?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:38 pm
I'm graduating with a 3.4 and a 163 on the LSAT. However, I've worked at Michigan's number one bankruptcy firm for a year now. I have 4 letters of recommendation from attornies there (one being from the owner of the firm). I've joined them in court, prepared evidence, worked cases with them, etc. I also have a fairly interesting background story of "overcoming diversity" bla bla bla. In a nutshell, I graduated high school with a 1.8 GPA because of a struggle with with peti-mall epilepcy. I wasn't diagnosed until i was 17 because of false-diagnoses. Pretty much I learned how to study/focus/learn when I got to college. I have a doctors note explaining the entire thing. So, more or less, Im wondering how much weight my experience and my "story" will have when it comes to getting in to law school when balanced with my GPA and LSAT score. Any ideas? Thanks.