Naive or Audaciously chasing my goals?

cantlose
Wed, 26 Feb 2014 04:32:53 +0000

I’d really appreciate some feedback, positive or negative.

I’m a URM(Black) and graduated from Stanford with a B.A. in International Relations in June.
Good start right? But here’s the kicker: I graduated with a 2.6 Gpa. Now, I plan on adding to the additional info section a good explanation for my low GPA and the withdrawals on my transcript. I had a chronic illness throughout my sophmore yr- until graduating which significantly impacted my performance. I have this on record at Stanford with the office of accessible education so law schools can verify this if they please. I was able to graduate while still being at a disadvantage medically. But since then I have been treated to the point where I am no longer in need of medical accommodations/treatment. So now that I’m back to my full capacity I plan on making the killing that I should have made academically in undergrad during law school. I hope to illustrate this all in my additional info section.

Now with the negative being said, here are the positives:
I was President of Both the Stanford UNICEF Organization and Black Student Union. And I served as a research fellow at the school of social sciences. My resume has good work experience.
My personal statement and letter of recs are stellar.
I hope to get my LSAT score to a 170-175 (I just started studying, I have 6 months to prepare).
I am interviewing for a position as an entry-level negotiator at a local law firm on Thursday, if I get the job I will work there until law school apps are due, which will give me 6 months there.

I know I know, Harvard, Yale, and my own alma mater Stanford are probably out of the question but what do you guys think about those and the top 14 chances wise?

Thank you

-A Dreamer