<p>By my very rough calculations, those two Fs will reduce your GPA to about a 3.60. If you apply after your senior year, assuming that your GPA is the same throughout your senior year that it is now, you’ll have about a 3.67. That’s still on the low side for HLS and Stanford, but (a) it’s way better than a 3.6, and (b) it puts you in very solid shape for Columbia, Chicago, and NYU. </p>
<p>If you can possibly talk the community college into changing the Fs into Ws or Incompletes, do so. That’s your best chance. But LSAC is very clear that you must submit ALL of your transcripts, so those summer grades will be calculated into your LSAC GPA: [Requesting</a> Transcripts](<a href=“http://lsac.org/jd/applying-to-law-school/cas/requesting-transcripts]Requesting”>Requesting Transcripts | The Law School Admission Council)</p>
<p>The other advantage of applying as an older student is that “However, my schedule didn’t work out and I decided to drop them. I missed the drop deadline so I got 2 Fs,” sets off all sorts of lawyer alarms. Law is a very time-sensitive, paperwork-intensive profession, and missing a deadline is a great way to get sued for malpractise. (“I know that I had twenty days to file an answer, but I missed the deadline!”) Work for a year or two, get a good recommendation from your employer, and show law schools that you are capable of being a lawyer.</p>