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<p>Financial aid for law school is not the same as financial aid for undergrad. some schools have merit money for the very top of the applicant pool, otherwise, financial aid is in the form of loans. When filing for financial aid, you will be considered an independent student because you will have completed your first bachelors. Many other law school students will be in the same position. Schools that do give some need based aid (HYS), will still request information from parents.</p>
<p>The numbers for Santa Clara are (use the data from the lsac) :</p>
<p>LSAT 25% 158 median 160 75% 162
part time : 25% 157 median 159 75% 161</p>
<p>P/T GPA 25% 2.94 Median 3.24 75% 3.47</p>
<p>the good news is part time has a 52% admit rate as compared to ~41% admit rate for full time. </p>
<p>For part time you would be considered a splitter. If one is going to be a splitter, it is better to be a high LSAT low gpa, where you are doe part time 75% gpa and below 25% LSAT.</p>
<p>However, even if you get a 150, you are going to be way under regarding the LSAT (which is more important in the admissions process) and it would be a challenge to be admitted part time.</p>
<p>If you are looking to get in this cycle, the Feb test is not going to help you because you will be really late in the cycle and your chances for admissions will be even lower. Instead of retaking in February, why don’t you shoot for June and apply next cycle.</p>