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172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:10 pm
by jackmeche
My parents are forcing me to apply to the top 15 law schools. Is my GPA as detrimental to my chances as I've been lead to believe?
No internships
My extracurricular activities are virtually nonexistent.
I'm entering my junior year so I have a little time to artificially mitigate some of these pit-falls.
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:13 pm
by Pearalegal
jackmeche wrote:My parents are forcing me to apply to the top 15 law schools.
Wtf?
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:13 pm
by DMXdawg
jackmeche wrote:My parents are forcing me to apply to the top 15 law schools. Is my GPA as detrimental to my chances as I've been lead to believe?
No internships
My extracurricular activities are virtually nonexistent.
I'm entering my junior year so I have a little time to artificially mitigate some of these pit-falls.
Get that GPA up and try and aim for 4.0s; I would apply later
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:15 pm
by beachbum
Pearalegal wrote:jackmeche wrote:My parents are forcing me to apply to the top 15 law schools.
Wtf?
+1
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:19 pm
by Pearalegal
Wait, you took the LSAT as a sophomore? Or this summer or something?
Tell your parents to back off, enjoy your junior year and focus on doing well (which is what you should be doing anyway) and then make up your mind in a year if YOU want to apply to law school or not.
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:16 pm
by jackmeche
Overachieving parents who annoyingly try to live vicariously through me.
Took LSAT beginning of sophomore year.
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:22 pm
by Pearalegal
jackmeche wrote:Overachieving parents who annoyingly try to live vicariously through me.
Took LSAT beginning of sophomore year.
Do you want to apply to law school?
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:25 pm
by Ragged
jackmeche wrote:My parents are forcing me to apply to the top 15 law schools. Is my GPA as detrimental to my chances as I've been lead to believe?
No internships
My extracurricular activities are virtually nonexistent.
I'm entering my junior year so I have a little time to artificially mitigate some of these pit-falls.
If it was your final GPA than yes, but its not. You should have plenty of time to up your GPA by a good bit. I bet even 3.8 over the next two years should give you a 3.4 atleast. With an LSAT that good you should have a real strong chance at T15.
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:55 pm
by johnnyutah
jackmeche wrote:Overachieving parents who annoyingly try to live vicariously through me.
Took LSAT beginning of sophomore year.
How old are you?
Re: 172; 2.97; University of Texas
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:43 pm
by beachbum
jackmeche wrote:Overachieving parents who annoyingly try to live vicariously through me.
Took LSAT beginning of sophomore year.
This sounds like a good start to a promising career path.