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tt302 wrote:Here's the deal.

I want to go to Georgetown Law for their JD/MAAS program. I know the responses posted below will be something like, "Unless you get a 175+ on the LSAT, you have no chance," or "Georgetown is a TTT, you should give up on life." Well, I'm working on the LSAT thing (I took the LSAT in December, 2009 with a 170. I'll bring it up over the next year...hopefully).

I have an undergrad GPA of 2.82, mostly A's and B's, but I was sick (I was going through being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that is now in remission) for two terms that brought my overall GPA down. I retook all the classes, and once again received A's and B's. Without that semester, my GPA is about a 3.4. (I'm also non-URM and female.)

P.S. I also worked two jobs (full-time) in undergrad, nothing fancy--just retail and coffee.
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I also have a Masters degree from an unknown, small school. I published my thesis (related to Middle Eastern Studies), presented at prestigious university, and graduated with a 3.8 GPA. I've also taught an undergraduate religion course and five English courses as an adjunct.
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Fast Forward.
I'm now at Cornell, finishing (another) graduate program in Biological and Environmental Engineering. I'm looking at water issues in the Middle East and will be working in Amman with an NGO next year. I will be taking classes at the law school next semester, and want to continue working on international water law. with a focus in Arab studies.
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I know IU-Bloomington does some work with water law, and Cornell does, too. However, I really want to continue my studies with working in the Middle East, and Georgetown has a great reputation in this.
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Given the fact that I'll be about 30-31 when I apply, is it humanely possible to counter-balance my GPA from 10 years ago? I think I've done a pretty adequate job of showing that I'm more than my GPA.

Any other schools that I should look into that would fit my interests (and provide me with a semi-lucrative career that would enable me to pay back the law school debt I'm bound to acquire)?

Anything else I should be doing? Sacrificing a first-born to the LSAC gods? Persuading sexually-repressed admissions officers with my "dazzling wit(s)"?

Have at it.

Adjudicator wrote:

tt302 wrote:Here's the deal.

I want to go to Georgetown Law for their JD/MAAS program. I know the responses posted below will be something like, "Unless you get a 175+ on the LSAT, you have no chance," or "Georgetown is a TTT, you should give up on life." Well, I'm working on the LSAT thing (I took the LSAT in December, 2009 with a 170. I'll bring it up over the next year...hopefully).

I have an undergrad GPA of 2.82, mostly A's and B's, but I was sick (I was going through being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease that is now in remission) for two terms that brought my overall GPA down. I retook all the classes, and once again received A's and B's. Without that semester, my GPA is about a 3.4. (I'm also non-URM and female.)

P.S. I also worked two jobs (full-time) in undergrad, nothing fancy--just retail and coffee.
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I also have a Masters degree from an unknown, small school. I published my thesis (related to Middle Eastern Studies), presented at prestigious university, and graduated with a 3.8 GPA. I've also taught an undergraduate religion course and five English courses as an adjunct.
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Fast Forward.
I'm now at Cornell, finishing (another) graduate program in Biological and Environmental Engineering. I'm looking at water issues in the Middle East and will be working in Amman with an NGO next year. I will be taking classes at the law school next semester, and want to continue working on international water law. with a focus in Arab studies.
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I know IU-Bloomington does some work with water law, and Cornell does, too. However, I really want to continue my studies with working in the Middle East, and Georgetown has a great reputation in this.
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Given the fact that I'll be about 30-31 when I apply, is it humanely possible to counter-balance my GPA from 10 years ago? I think I've done a pretty adequate job of showing that I'm more than my GPA.

Any other schools that I should look into that would fit my interests (and provide me with a semi-lucrative career that would enable me to pay back the law school debt I'm bound to acquire)?

Anything else I should be doing? Sacrificing a first-born to the LSAC gods? Persuading sexually-repressed admissions officers with my "dazzling wit(s)"?

Have at it.

im_blue wrote:Get a 170+ LSAT and ED to GULC or NU next year.

Kilpatrick wrote:You want to go to Georgetown so you can study Middle Eastern water law? Do you ever want to get a job or do you want to just keep collecting degrees?

tt302 wrote:

Kilpatrick wrote:You want to go to Georgetown so you can study Middle Eastern water law? Do you ever want to get a job or do you want to just keep collecting degrees?

Ha. Water law and working with water scarcity issues in the middle east. It is a pretty big field within environmental work, and although it might not be something that gets me "big law" jobs, it would be nice to work with an NGO internationally.

Kiersten1985 wrote:

tt302 wrote:

Kilpatrick wrote:You want to go to Georgetown so you can study Middle Eastern water law? Do you ever want to get a job or do you want to just keep collecting degrees?

Ha. Water law and working with water scarcity issues in the middle east. It is a pretty big field within environmental work, and although it might not be something that gets me "big law" jobs, it would be nice to work with an NGO internationally.

Do you actually need a JD to work in this field? For example, my Middle Eastern studies professor in college focused extensively in international and comparative law, but did not have a JD. Rather, he had a Ph.D. in the subject. Not to assume you haven't, but I would make sure that this is a necessary degree to have.