I'm trying to get to law school but have two GPAs from two different schools HELP!!!!!?

Question

I went to CalState LA in Los Angeles, CA and got a B.S. in Business Administration: Finance and Accounting. I took additional courses in political science and history. to have a liberal education as well. However my community college years were not the best. I had a lot of drops "W", and had a culmunative GPA of 3.2. However, my GPA at CalState LA was 3.8.
I went on and got my master's in political science...will law school look favorably at my masters degree as it is a good sign of my writting abilities. Also, I was working full time and am LATINO.

let me know

MY LSAT which I took no more then 6-months was 153

I wish to attend law school in Los Angeles...any suggestions:

Southwestern University
Pepperdine Law School
Loyola Law School
University of SOuthern California Law School
or others

I was 16 when I went into community college and have had many drops till I was 18 because of life and workign and so forth. But from 19-23 when I got my B.S. in business administration I had no drops, had very good grades...will this be a problem with law school???

Answer 1

The fact of the matter is that schools focus a lot on the numbers, even if they say they don't. Your LSAT will probably be the most detrimental, but I don't think it will automatically exclude you since you are Latino and you have other factors going for you. Unfortunately, schools will look at the bad GPA, but many allow you to send in an addendum so you can explain the difference. As far as the master's goes, some schools look on it favorably, others don't really care. You may have problems getting into some of the schools you listed. The LSAC search says you have a 25-35% chance of getting into Pepperdine and 0-10% in USC. Go to lsac.org, choose "Official Guide to ABA approved law schools" on the left, then choose lsac data search. Then you need to click on the link at the bottom and in the next page, put in your info. it'll show you your chances for all the ABA approved schools. That can help you pick where to go.

Answer 2

I think you stand very good chances. I had a masters degree, some work experrience, got into law school, and did very well. Your most important GPA, the B.S. is very good. You show a lot of motivation and determination too. A masters degree and work experience and speaking Spanish are excellent assets too. I honestly don't know where your LSAT ranks. I forgot the absolute numbers. If you're in the top 75% percentile, you'll definitely get into a top tier school, with the the rest of your resume. If you're in the top 90% percentile, you can get into an Ivy league School.

Answer 3

Yes, schools definitely will take into account that you got a graduate degree and they will look at both GPAs and it is favorable if it improved. For more specific information about schools, you should go talk to your college pre-law advisor and look at the web site lsac.org, which has official GPA/LSAT score information for every school.