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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is a junior in college and wants to apply to law school (he’ll probably work for a couple of years to save money and gain maturity and professional skills).

He had a rough first year of college grade-wise (he wasn’t going crazy partying or the like, but he had a hard adjustment to managing his time effectively and the analytic skill expectations of college profs - I difress but he’s got adhd and isn’t medicated, he managed fine that way in HS but it’s proven harder for him in college), but he learned from his mistakes and has done well since and I’m very proud of him. But he’ll never be able to make up the hit to his gpa from that first year. Is a good law school a viable option for a kid whose overall gpa will likely be 3.6ish, but excluding first year would be more like a 3.8? Obviously he doesn’t know how he’ll do on the LSAT, but he scored a 36 on the ACT so hopefully he’ll do well on it. I feel badly for him that law school may not he in the cards mainly because of a rough adjustment to college, but I’ve told him that may be the case so he is prepared. [/quote]

His LSATs can override his grades but logic and reading comprehension are key and SAT scores are not indicative of LSAT scores. [/quote]

Another lawyer here. This was true when I applied to law school in 1997, but I hear now that high undergrad gpa is critical (major is still irrelevant), and there is less emphasis on lsat for admissions. (first pp, I know hearing that sucks bc a bump early in college shouldn’t have that outsized affect on one’s career, but at least in this case, it probably does)

Also, most people I know who scored very well on the lsat also scored well on the sat, fwiw. [/quote]

I went to law school in '99 with a 3.0 gpa with terrible fresh and soph grades with some F's sprinkled in there, and all A's junior and senior year (after I figured out I wanted to go to law school, lol). Had pretty high-ranking schools offering me scholarships because of my 99th percentile LSAT. Not sure that would happen today. I didn't do well on the SAT fwiw. Ended up teaching it later for Kaplan though, lol, along with LSAT. [/quote]

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