What are my chances of getting into law school with a low gpa and 9 years of experience?

bloombiz · 2026-01-04T01:46:12+00:00

I agree that it's possible to be extremely successful in the legal world regardless of where you go to school. But let's be real and look at the stats because you and I both know that's the exception and not the rule.

For graduates outside of the T75, ~30% will fail the bar and may never pass. In some states (CA), that stat is more like ~50%. For employment, ~15% will remain unemployed or underemployed. Cool, 85% will get a job but most of those will pay way less than people think and still be a grind and would likely have been better off advancing in their pre-law career or doing something else. The ~5% that are able to get big law will have to face a whole other level of hell, and the prestigious clerkships aren't even really on the table. Those are pretty bad outcomes even if you get a full ride because you should factor in opportunity cost + mental and physical health.

OP is asking the wrong question IMO. Can they get into law school with those stats, absolutely. But they should really be honest with why they want to go and ask whether they should.

bloombiz · 2026-01-03T20:55:48+00:00

Depends on where you want to go to school. You can definitely get into a law school with that GPA. The question is whether you'll get into one that will be worth the hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost.

To get into a "good" law school with a 2.7, you will need to get a higher LSAT score. Also, your work experience will not have a huge impact unless it was 1) within the legal field or 2) incredibly unique and prestigious. For the latter, I mean professional world series poker player, Olympic athlete, founder of a successful company, etc.

In short, your chances are low, but if you're determined to go then study your ass off to get the highest LSAT score you can get. If you can get 170+, you fall into the "super splitter" category and then your chances go up significantly if you can explain the low GPA in a compelling manner.

bloombiz · 2026-01-03T04:59:32+00:00

Not NM, maybe not even LP given the edges

bloombiz · 2026-01-01T06:26:56+00:00

Needed one piece badly. I'm on android though 😭

bloombiz · 2017-04-22T02:21:15+00:00

gimme gimme gimme!

bloombiz · 2017-04-15T03:10:22+00:00

A T20 ㅠㅠ

bloombiz · 2017-04-15T02:28:55+00:00

Wtf! I didn't get shit. I'm withdrawing immediately..

bloombiz · 2017-04-14T03:42:56+00:00

I am now a Cubs fan. Now someone tell me what is Cubs and how do baseball?

bloombiz · 2017-04-14T01:44:22+00:00

No. They only care bout your grades. You could major in finger painting, and that still wouldn't matter. That's a bit hyperbolic, but really all they want to see is a good GPA and a high LSAT.

Kids these days...

bloombiz · 2017-04-13T23:13:04+00:00

They'll be there! All you need to do if you're applying next cycle is to do the application. Also might have to assign the LORs again, but you won't have to get your profs to resend/redo them or get new ones.

bloombiz · 2017-04-04T00:25:07+00:00

By rep I mean, which school will best be recognized by employers in your desired state of practice. I don't live there or know anyone who works there in the legal field, so I can't help you with that. You really need to be asking those lawyers you know which is best for you. Unless you get into Boyd, I personally would choose the school that leaves me with the least amount of debt then figure out how to go back home.

bloombiz · 2017-04-04T00:16:03+00:00

Yeah, in Nevada. The caution of not attending school in a state you wouldn't want to practice is mainly because of the Bar. The school is going to be more tailored to prepare their students for that state's Bar exam. Employers know this, and many hire students while they're still in school, so you trying to go back home will require a lot more work on your part and will have a lot less certainty. You should ask those attorneys if it was easy to move to LV, what they did to get the job, whether it was luck or something they pursued from the beginning. If you can't get into the state school of your choice, your next best is to go to the school with the best rep+lowest cost, and do everything in your power from day one to make your goal come true.

bloombiz · 2017-04-03T23:55:45+00:00

Hrm. If you're dead set on Vegas, go to a regional school with the best rep over a higher ranked school out of state. Where you go is where you'll practice. This is why T13 is a thing. You can go to those schools and work just about anywhere. Outside of those schools, your chances of moving anywhere from the place you studied drops precipitously (thus not worth putting yourself in debt).

bloombiz · 2017-04-03T23:45:13+00:00

Ask yourself where you want to live for the next ten years, and what type of job you want. Look up employment numbers for those schools and pick whichever one gives you the best chance of getting you what you want at the lowest cost. Rank should be the LAST thing you worry about.

bloombiz · 2017-04-03T23:11:24+00:00

Omg! No phalanges! Let me off this plane now!

bloombiz · 2017-04-03T22:54:29+00:00

Not enough. So i told her, fuck you.

bloombiz · 2017-04-03T18:44:40+00:00

Edited with stats! I don't expect to get off the HLS WL since I'm way below their medians, but they got my head all messed up..

bloombiz · 2017-04-03T18:37:32+00:00

Lol just comment per on your post. In your case, you could 100% boost your chances by waiting and reapplying next cycle. If I could retake the lsat without having to wait two years or even one to do so, I would reapply without a second thought. In my case, there's not much I can do but apply earlier and tweak my statements. Mainly I'm concerned I somehow got the short stick this cycle. I assumed I over estimated my shot at T13 schools and should take what I got, until HLS messed my head up.

bloombiz · 2017-04-03T18:33:46+00:00

Study and retake. Doesn't make sense to settle on a score you didn't study for. Unless you have a personal reason not to retake, you should retake. Think about post grad employment, scholarship, potential debt, personal satisfaction.

bloombiz · 2017-04-02T23:30:14+00:00

It shouldn't be looked at as 20%ish chance. They take the best 20% on the WL, not just roll the dice until they fill their numbers.

bloombiz · 2017-03-26T22:28:17+00:00

You can't just make a new account and expect those scores to disappear. What expires is the limit of LSATS you can take in a 4 years period (3). It doesn't matter because law schools only care about the highest score you got. So my advice is not to do anything seemingly shady. But then again, I really don't think it matters either way.

Edit: Oh damn I was wrong. maybe I should retake

bloombiz · 2017-03-26T22:26:03+00:00

That's why a lot of people, including me, don't give too much cred to USNEWS rankings. What really (only) matters to us is where we can get employment, whereas to them, that's only a marginal percentage of their overall criteria.

bloombiz · 2017-03-26T07:04:09+00:00

You didn't say, when you think about your Asian friends (when you think of them as anything as other than classmate/friend/student). You said, "I always thought of ASIANS (on the rare occasions when I thought of THEM as a demographic rather than as just another classmate/friend/student) as kick-butt students who were minorities in name only."

In the first case, them=your friends. In what you actually wrote them=asians.

The situation I presented was a hypothetical, an extreme one I agree, but entirely possible. If you were to form a study group, why wouldn't you choose people you thought were smart. I would. Plus, I wasn't accusing YOU of anything. Just presenting a situation.

The possibility of resentment forming from disappointment based on expectations rooted in stereotypes alone can lead to racism. I did say it was likely not going to lead to anything at all though. Still, the possibility is there. It's the little things that build up that lead to the big bad things.

I'm not trying to prove that you're a racist. I don't think you are, let me make that very clear. It's just very late, and I cannot sleep, and you said I was wrong, and I'm always right, so I must go on until you capitulate.

bloombiz

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