Is it still possible to go into a good law school with...?

Question

a 3.7 or 3.6 GPA, with at least 3 dropped classes in a nice university, (university of south alabama) over the course of time while being a full time and part time college student and graduating 7-8 years over first enrolling in the university- majoring in biomedical sciences and minoring in philosophy...is it still possible to get into a really good law school considering all these took place and a decent LSAT score, I'm looking for something like cumberland law school

Answer 1

Cumberland Law School? That's at Samford University, right?

You've got a great chance of getting in. Your GPA is in the top 25% of all students there. I don't know your LSAT, but look at your chances of acceptance at different Law Schools, based solely on your GPA and LSAT here:

http://officialguide.lsac.org/UGPASearch/Search3.aspx?SidString=

This is published by the Law School Admissions Commitee, and I've found it to be pretty accurate, for me.

Answer 2

Dropped classes? Do they show up on your transcript as a W or something? Cuz otherwise, they don't count if they're not on your transcript. People drop classes all the time in college.

Still a 3.7 is a pretty awesome GPA. With a decent LSAT, you should be looking at much better schools than Cumberland. I've never heard of Cumberland and I'm pretty familiar with all the First and Second Tier schools.

Answer 3

Your overall GPA is still fairly solid and assuming your LSAT score actually is decent you shouldn't have a problem. I would suggest including a personal statement explaining the reason for the three dropped classes and the reason your undergraduate degree took eight years to complete. This can be in addition to any required essay. Law school admission committees generally consider your complete application and if there was a good reason for dropping the classes they will likely give that consideration.

Answer 4

I don't know where cumberland is but yes, you can get into a good law school! Considering your major, i think a lot of admission folks will give you a break as to how long it took (besides, your GPA is very good). Just be sure to put in your personal statement or resume the jobs you had and why it took so long.

Answer 5

You've taken the LSAT once? if so, it wouldn't hurt to give it another go. Unless you're looking at Fall 07' admissions, in which case it's obviously too late.

Regardless, I don't see why you wouldn't have a shot at a school like Cumberland.

In terms of academics, the grades that matter most will be in whatever courses demonstrate analytical reasoning skills and dominance over language.

Still, there's never any one single detractor that should prevent admissions if your overall application is strong (that being, taking 7-8 years to complete a degree).