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Throughout my undergrad I was plagued with problems: severe illness, family, and to top it all off I pretty much hated my degree. I'll also completely own up to me just be lazy at times. This all resulted with me receiving a pretty mediocre 2.5/6 gpa. I'm fairly confident that I can get a 177+ (scored in the mid/high 160s on my initial evaluation) on the lsat and have been using http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/wp-co ... ograms.htm as a guide...hopefully it's accurate. So assuming I get a 177+ with my craptastic gpa I could possibly get into some ok to decent schools.

My question(s) are what should I do to increase my chance of landing a top school? I'm starting my own non-profit organization in my spare time and I've read stuff like this can help admissions but I'm looking for some concrete advice. If I went back to school and got another undergrad degree would this gpa be the one used on my application or would it be a combination of the 2 undergrad degrees averaged out? Same question but what if I got a masters degree? Would it be worth it to just wait 2 years and pad my gpa with a bunch of worthless classes from the community college to bring me up to a 3.0?

I don't really have my heart set on any specific school or segment of law so I'm just looking for a way to open the most amount of doors in the least amount of time. Thanks in advance for any help and advice.

If you've already graduated, your GPA is set in stone. Your best bet is to get a 170+ and apply ED to Northwestern.

im_blue wrote:If you've already graduated, your GPA is set in stone. Your best bet is to get a 170+ and apply ED to Northwestern.

This. Study your tail off for the LSAT.

And don't bank on a 177+ until you see it in an email from LSAC.