Naive or Audaciously chasing my goals?

NYULawyer
Mon, 17 Mar 2014 02:16:13 +0000

I don’t mean to sound harsh, but that gpa with a ‘soft’ humanities major such as International Relations is pretty terrible. Even if OP breaks 170+ on LSAT and barely manages to get into a lower T14 (likely with very little scholly money), you need to remember that lower T14 law degree is a big gamble in this economic climate.

Basically, you need to rank at least in the upper half of your class, coming out of a lower T14, to stand a reasonable shot at attaining sought-after legal positions. And, let me tell you, law school is going to be a much tougher nut to crack in term of scoring a high gpa, compared to doing the same at the undergrad level, majoring in a soft humanities major. There are lots of very driven, smart people at T14 schools gunning for biglaw, clerkships, etc and they know that their grades are critical for such employment opps.

Do you have what it takes to score 170+ on LSAT, then go on to face much tougher academic competition / grading / curriculum at a T14 law school (compared to undergrad) and still come out with a competitive GPA? That is the question you need to ask yourself.