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Rank: Frosh
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Joined: 5/15/2008
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Location: Canada
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To get into Law School with these grades:
These are my marks for my first two years in Uni:
First Year:
Math (3 credit)---C
EATS course (6 credit) ---B+
Computer course (3 credit) ----D+
Intro to Psych (6 credit) -----B+
Social Science Course (6 credit) (second yr course)----B
English Course (6 credit) -----B
2nd Year:
Learning Psych Course (3 credit) ---C
Motivation Psych Course (3 credit)---B
Personality Psych Course (3 credit) ---C+
Abnormal Psychology (3rd yr course) (3 credit)---C+
Social Psych Course (3 credit)----B
Psych of Women (3rd yr course) (3 credit)---B
English Course (6 credit :@ )----D
Stats---- (6 credit) C
I volunteer at a hospital, at a school, at a local food bank, and etc. I have a lot of community involvement as well as great preparation for my LSATS I will write soon.
Do you think I have a chance or do my grades suck?
I wish I tried harder but I just didn't. My grades aren't that bad but they're not great either. frown
What do you think?
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Rank: Senior Student
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Joined: 4/5/2008
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Location: Waterloo
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You're trying to get in after 2 yrs university?
Sorry to say I dont think you have much of a chance right now, even with a great LSAT score.
You'd need a better GPA to get into law school period, let alone after 2 yrs.
Lots of schools only look at your last 2 yrs GPA though, so you can still get in no problem if you boost your marks
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Rank: Student Body Vice-President
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Location: Ottawa
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Your GPA as it stands is nowhere near the requirements for any law school in Ontario, other than Windsor which does not specify a minimum GPA. Ontario Law schools requirements (pdf). While you can look at the requirements for law schools in other provinces, I doubt any are substantially more lenient. Your curriculars and LSATS (if you do really super well) might get you somewhere at Windsor, but at the others your marks aren't good enough to get in the door. If you manage to pull off an A- average in your last two years, then maybe you might stand a chance for a few. But that seems really doubtful since your highest marks thus far are B+. I would be much more encouraging if you had just posted those first year marks - lots of people don't do as well in first year but then go on to do much better. But since your second year GPA actually looks to be slightly lower than your first year GPA, and neither is going to get you into law school..
 
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Rank: Frosh
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Joined: 5/15/2008
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Location: Canada
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Noel wrote:You're trying to get in after 2 yrs university?
Sorry to say I dont think you have much of a chance right now, even with a great LSAT score.
You'd need a better GPA to get into law school period, let alone after 2 yrs.
Lots of schools only look at your last 2 yrs GPA though, so you can still get in no problem if you boost your marks \ Yeah I know I have to try harder. I just don't study as much as I should. This yr is going to be totally different. 
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Rank: Student Council
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Location: Sarnia
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candyapplestastegood wrote:Noel wrote:You're trying to get in after 2 yrs university?
Sorry to say I dont think you have much of a chance right now, even with a great LSAT score.
You'd need a better GPA to get into law school period, let alone after 2 yrs.
Lots of schools only look at your last 2 yrs GPA though, so you can still get in no problem if you boost your marks \ Yeah I know I have to try harder. I just don't study as much as I should. This yr is going to be totally different. Haha, I've heard that before.
Honours BMSc Double Major in Physiology and Medical Science UWO '09
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Rank: Senior Student
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Location: QC
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Honestly speaking...not much of a chance.
I don't know all that much about law schools, but I know the one at McGill accepts like...twelve students out of CEGEP, if even that. It is extremely competitive, and while community work and leadership involvement and whatnot is important, your grades are also key.
D's and C's don't quite cut it.
Even if you say you're going to be more motivated next year, how is it going to be much different? You can't always be sure that you'll improve.
There's always a possibility, but you're going to have to work way harder.
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