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<p>Actually, it may in fact hurt you. By the time you take the February exam, you will not get scores until March, which at that time, you will debate whether or not it will be worth it to send these scores. Even if you should submit your application on the day that you get your scores in March, it will be April, by the time the law schools have all of your stuff from the LSAC. A couple of weeks before you go to committee, then you are talking about May before you get a response. At the end of the day a 3.5 GPA with 2 years of college is not going to trump a 3.5 GPA of a student who went to school 4 years, has an honors thesis and has taken courses with more depth and breadth.</p>
<p>By that time, the class is pretty full, you have missed ASW and prospective students are making 2nd deposits. Unless you truly have something outstanding in your apps, unless your apps place you at the top of the pool, the best you can hope is to sweat out the summer in wait list hell. If you are picked up of a wait list you are looking for any type of scholarship aid, should you get picked up late in the game, your financial aid package will be all loans. Should you not be picked up, when you apply again, the schools will ask if you have previously applied and the outcome. Since they hold applications on file for 2 years, unless you have something truly outstanding to add to your application, do not look for a different outcome.</p>
<p>Don’t be so quick to poo-poo the advice of those who have posted because they are have many years as practicing attorneys in big law (which is probably where you want to go) and/or are parents who have kids already attending top law schools (HYS), which is where you are trying to be. </p>
<p>They are simply telling you the facts. A 168, will not be enough to get you into Georgetown, unless you are considering going part time (as they are known to be high LSAT whores). Even then, your age and 2 years of college will hurt you when getting into a part time program. </p>
<p>I remember going to the law school fair and speaking with the UChicago admissions rep when my D was considering finishing early. Your age will hurt you in the admissions process. The best that you can walk away with on the off chance that you are admitted is being asked to defer your admission for a year in order to work or do something constructive.</p>
<p>If you can make it through the admissions process, you will definitely feel the backlash at the end of 1L when you are going through the OCI process for 2L summer internships (these determine if you will get a firm job at graduation). By this time, you will be 21 applying for a job where the majority of the pool will have work experience over you and 4 years of college.</p>
<p>If money is not an issue, my recommendation would be to wait. Delay graduating, take a couple of classes in the hopes of raising your GPA.</p>
<p>Since there are already a number of threads on the topic, I will direct you there</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/699679-graduating-early.html?highlight=early#post1062480930[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/699679-graduating-early.html?highlight=early#post1062480930</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/464008-what-best.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/464008-what-best.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/462256-graduating-3-years-vs-possible-higher-gpa.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/462256-graduating-3-years-vs-possible-higher-gpa.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/480362-let-us-all-bow-our-heads.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/480362-let-us-all-bow-our-heads.html</a> (take note to post # 11)</p>