What is the lsat for law school?
I was going to major in finance but now i'm thinking about law school. One problem i was at a local 2yr college dropped a lot of classes and now i'm ready to start again. What do you recommend I do? What are my chances of succeeding with all the dropped classes?
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- You'd probably be better off to start all over again. I am currently in a four-year college studying political science with a minor in math. I have a 3.5 GPA and am looking to better it to get into Princeton. The LSAT is the Law School Admissions Test... it's basically the SAT for Law School. It's information you've retained throughout your under-grad schooling to see if you're basically good enough to get into a particular school. Another hint to make yourself stand out on a law school application is to major/minor in something other than political science... it will stand out to the people who are looking at your application. Good luck! Oh... A lot of schools have a program that is called "Pre-Law" and many people think this is a major. It's NOT. You can't have a degree in "pre-law." You can major in whatever you would like, but you just have to take law & government classes as well.
- I'm in a T1 law school now. I double majored in marketing and political science in college. To answer your questions- it all depends. How serious are you about this? law school sucks. It's seriously ruined my personal life. If you aren't 100% motivated don't do it. Don't even waste your time. In terms of majors for law school- it doesn't really matter. You can major in Chinese Calligraphy and get accepted, as a matter of fact, law schools that value diversity would rather have someone w/ a unique major over a run of the mill english/business/poli sci. Did the dropped classes factor into your GPA? If not then you should be OK. If they have a GPA of like 1.2, you're SOL. Of course whatever the situation you can always write a really good personal statement to explain your situation and hope that the admission board buys it. LSAT is another important factor. LSAT is like the SATs except it tests other areas. There are two english-type sections and a world problem/game section. Before taking the LSATs you should take a prep course like Princeton review- it really helps! Check out LSDAS (.org I think) to check out law schools and get info about the requirements at different schools. Good luck!!
- The Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) is a standardized test used for admission to law schools in the United States of America and Canada that are members of the Law School Admissions Council. It is scored on a scale of 120 to 180, based on the nationwide distribution of raw scores: a 180 represents the best score among all the test-takers, while a 120 represents the worst and a 150 represents the national median.
- There is some useful advice here.
