At what point do you have no chance at all?
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:46 pm
I have known for over 3 years law school is what I have wanted to do -- and there are some positives that suggest I could be accepted into law school as well as some negative factors, based on the positive and negative factors of my prospective application, would you say I had a chance or was screwed?
Positives
_________
1. Will be taking the October LSAT and am now scoring at 171 on my practice diagnostics. Since I am in the 170 range and have not taken the test once, I therefore have 3 fresh tries
2. My summer grades have come in and my absolute (LSAC) gpa is 3.2 (which I can raise to 3.35-3.4) when I graduate this year
Negatives
___________
1. I am up in my 20s and not a traditional college student -- have taken longer to graduate and switched my major several times
2. Although I have work experience, my work experience has been as a waitress and secretary (nothing profound) that others would have I would be competing against when I apply
3. I have excessive non-punitive Ws, so some semesters my transcript looks like this:
Spring 2010
___________
W
W
A
B
W
Fall 2010
________
W
W
W
W
W
Spring 2011
__________
A
A
A
W
W
So, am I destined to underperform my numbers since I have excessive Ws ?? Also, I have one semester of C's and D's
Positives
_________
1. Will be taking the October LSAT and am now scoring at 171 on my practice diagnostics. Since I am in the 170 range and have not taken the test once, I therefore have 3 fresh tries
2. My summer grades have come in and my absolute (LSAC) gpa is 3.2 (which I can raise to 3.35-3.4) when I graduate this year
Negatives
___________
1. I am up in my 20s and not a traditional college student -- have taken longer to graduate and switched my major several times
2. Although I have work experience, my work experience has been as a waitress and secretary (nothing profound) that others would have I would be competing against when I apply
3. I have excessive non-punitive Ws, so some semesters my transcript looks like this:
Spring 2010
___________
W
W
A
B
W
Fall 2010
________
W
W
W
W
W
Spring 2011
__________
A
A
A
W
W
So, am I destined to underperform my numbers since I have excessive Ws ?? Also, I have one semester of C's and D's