You can get into a law school with a 2.5 GPA -- it just won't be a top-noch law school, even if you get a very high LSAT score. Since the competition is so stringent at the top law schools, they get thousands of applications for approximately 200-300 seats and there are enough applicants with very high LSAT's and very high GPA's. I scored the 90th percentile on the LSAT and had a 3.6 GPA from a very respectable University, and the best I made was a top-20 law school (was rejected from all top-10 law schools I applied to) Answer I would try to raise the GPA to around a 3.5..
Usually schools have a cut-off GPA that you must have in order to get in. The only other way I can think of is that a lot of schools also like to see some form of experience related to the subject before they accept you. Perhaps interning as an assistant or something in a law firm will aid you in your application I disagree, you do not have to have a GPA that high.
It can only help but it is definitely not a requirement. The number one thing that you can do to get into law school is to have a high score on your Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). If you score between a 160-180 on your LSAT then you will not have any trouble getting into law school.
Remember that there are a lot of great law schools out there, if you score well on your LSAT then you will be able to attend one of them regardless of your low GPA.
I graduated about 5 years ago and only recently decided to go back to graduate school. The program I want to go to asks for a 3.5 and I only had a 2.5... Has anyone been in a similar situation? Can taking classes at a local university raise your GPA?
Is there anything I can do to get into this program?
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