yankeefan7791 (2016-2017)

Hi can you pretty please help me out? Fellow History grad from India - that too with shitty GPA.

Hi there! Happy to offer whatever assistance I possibly can! Just let me know what questions I can answer or further information I can provide.

Okay - so international applicant here. From a reputed college in India - well known for grade deflation. Seriously summa cum laude here will be about 3.2 GPA. Yup, that bad. :( So ended up with less than 60% in graduation. 60% is considered as good marks in India - like 3.0. My marks is roughly coming to 2.5 according to WES :( 5 years out of college , Got 3.8 in grad school ( I know they wont consider it) and cracked a national level test with high marks. Currently a lecturer at a college. Also in process of publishing some papers at high end journals. Non URM ( obviously), non engineer, and also non military. Will a high LSAT - 175+ help in this case? - Eying T 30-40 schools.

Some people at Reddit and other forums told me - that LSAT counts more than GPA for foreign applicants - unless you are eying T14. I am obviously not targeting T14. So will a high LSAT help?

Oh absolutely! In my experience/observation, a 170-174 would get you at least passing consideration from (approximately) 20-30 and pretty significant success in the 30-40 range. I would expect a 175+ to get you better results across the board, possibly even giving you a chance at cracking the top 20. Obviously that's a huge generalization, there are certain schools (BU and BC are my best examples) that I think value GPA higher than the LSAT. But in general I think if you can break 170 you'd be in great shape. Just be sure to craft your apps to highlight your successes post-college and highlight how much you've developed as a student and a person in that time. It really is a great time to be applying to law school, so just knock the LSAT out of the park and I think you'll have given yourself a really good chance of getting into some outstanding schools! I hope that helps!

Nah, I am not even dreaming of T20. I will be in seventh heaven if T 30 gives me a chance, honestly. My dream schools are GWU - George Washington University and Fordham. By the way thank you for your advice. Did you include an addendum for low GPA btw? ( Though seeing your LSDAS GPA, I doubt your GPA is bad) . I dont have any mitigating circumstances for low GPA. Poor studying methods can hardly be excuse!

I had no idea if I would get into *any* of the schools that I applied to when this all started. If my cycle has taught me anything it's that anything can happen. I did have an addendum addressing my GPA, but I really think it was the time I took off between graduating and applying that helped me most. I believe the more time between your application and your undergrad transcript, the less heavily it weighs against you. I think that having gone on to succeed in your postgraduate pursuits gives you a tremendous opportunity to recast your academic narrative. Combine that with a top notch LSAT score and I think you would have a great chance to get into both of your dream schools!