Worth Applying to Dal? GPA 2.0/4.3 (roughly last two years) LSAT 160s

[blueberry]

 

Hey folks. So I am going back and forth about whether to apply to dal law this year( I know it’s due today, I have stuff written already in case). At my school I have about a 8.5/12 CGPA, but my school doesn’t count fails if you retake the class… and since I only got diagnosed with a learning disability in third year, I did in fact fail some classes:( other than those F’s, the rest of my grades are all A’s or B+ at 
least. I just recalculated my GPA of my last 60 credit hours on their 4.3 scale without including any second attempts (thank you to whoever posted this info) and it dropped it a HUGE amount to a 2.0/4.3 My last LSAT was a 156 but I’m retaking this month and have been PTing in the mid to high 160s. I would say I’m fairly stacked when it comes to EC’s. I’m also from an underrepresented community in their definition. So anyways…
-Is it even worth applying with these kind of stats?
You can be honest, apologies if these are silly questions but thanks in advance! 

Edited January 10 by blueberry

[canuckfanatic]

My opinion is generally "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - but this only applies if the $115 application fee doesn't hurt you financially.

If the application fee is a significant expense for you, then I think your odds are too low to justify rolling the dice this time around.

 

 

[blueberry]

43 minutes ago, canuckfanatic said:

My opinion is generally "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - but this only applies if the $115 application fee doesn't hurt you financially.

If the application fee is a significant expense for you, then I think your odds are too low to justify rolling the dice this time around.

 

 

Hey thank you, I appreciate the honesty! Honestly I’m in a position where I could survive if I had to pay it but also would very much prefer to not waste that much money. Do you have any tips for improving an application, knowing my GPA can’t really get much higher at a certain point? Or is law school as a whole maybe something to rethink 

[canuckfanatic]

16 minutes ago, blueberry said:

Hey thank you, I appreciate the honesty! Honestly I’m in a position where I could survive if I had to pay it but also would very much prefer to not waste that much money. Do you have any tips for improving an application, knowing my GPA can’t really get much higher at a certain point? Or is law school as a whole maybe something to rethink 

I would take a look at law schools with holistic admissions and consider whether your learning disability diagnosis qualifies you as an "Access" applicant (as opposed to a "general" applicant).

If it's really law school or bust, you might also want to consider taking another 2 years' worth of undergrad classes to improve your L2/B2 (research/contact admissions departments at your desired schools to make sure this works for the schools you want).

[Guanaco]

1 hour ago, canuckfanatic said:

My opinion is generally "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - but this only applies if the $115 application fee doesn't hurt you financially.

If the application fee is a significant expense for you, then I think your odds are too low to justify rolling the dice this time around.

 

 

Agreed.

except, go leafs go.

PS : loving the turmoil in the Canucks locker room. 

[blueberry]

46 minutes ago, Guanaco said:

Agreed.

except, go leafs go.

PS : loving the turmoil in the Canucks locker room. 

Thank you to you too! PS I like your username :) 

1 hour ago, canuckfanatic said:

I would take a look at law schools with holistic admissions and consider whether your learning disability diagnosis qualifies you as an "Access" applicant (as opposed to a "general" applicant).

If it's really law school or bust, you might also want to consider taking another 2 years' worth of undergrad classes to improve your L2/B2 (research/contact admissions departments at your desired schools to make sure this works for the schools you want).

Thank you for the advice! For most of the schools, they have said it would put me in access. I’m also from an underrepresented racial group and these two experiences are things that shaped my experience with law anyways, so who knows maybe that would help me out in a way. I’ll reach out to some schools- ideally would love to not have to do that lol but hey whatever helps. Thank you and sending best wishes to the Habs this season in thanks 

[SNAILS]

You should plan on doing something other than law school, though there is always a chance you'll get accepted somewhere.

[MyWifesBoyfriend]

There’s been a lot of beating around the bush here OP. You’ll simply need a higher LSAT score (165+) to have a chance anywhere in Canada. Dal doesn’t require U of T or UBC stats, but it’s still a competitive school. 

Being a URM isn’t really going to move the needle a lot. There are plenty of URMs that have excellent stats. 
 

You can go ahead and dump half a grand on applying very broadly and you might get in somewhere. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even waste time e-mailing admissions.