chances & low GPA - M.A. helpful in admissions?

@jujules, I suggest you mine through the information available on lawschoolnumbers.com. Though the data is self-reported, the site allows you to search for law school admission results by GPA and LSAT. Many user profiles include information on scholarship offers, majors, work experience, ECs, etc. Here’s the profile of an applicant from last year’s cycle with your approximate stats: http://lawschoolnumbers.com/Elaine%20Benes This shows she had good scholarship offers at several schools out of the T14, and $25K/year at 2 T14 schools, including Georgetown, where she enrolled. If you register, you can post questions or PM for information to specific users.

Self-reported data is easily exaggerated, but over time you can develop a sense of what kind of applicants wind up with what kind of scholarship offers.You can also see that increasing your LSAT score by just a point or two may make a significant difference in the aid you receive. Posters seem to share information freely about scholarships and scholarship negotiation (which is certainly a thing) on toplawschools, as well.