Self-study
My undergrad GPA is not amazing, I had a couple bad semesters and ended up graduating in 2020 with a 3.25 (LSAC, ugpa was a 3.45)
I then went back to school for music and a paralegal certificate a few years later. My post-grad GPA is currently a 3.87 (I still have two terms left, but I plan on hopefully keeping it up!)
Will law schools take into consideration this higher and more recent GPA when applying? I am pretty worried that my LSAC GPA is going to ruin some chances..
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Two things can be true at the same time, @hevans99! Yes, admissions officers will take into account all your academic information when assessing your potential to do well in law school. That includes all your higher ed work, your LSAT history, and feedback from professors via your LoRs. But another thing is true - the only number that gets factored into a law school's median is your LSAC GPA (ie, your undergrad GPA).
But let's put this another way. Let's say that we were chatting right after you graduated from undergrad with that 3.45. If you asked me what you would have to do to put yourself in a good position to balance that number out, I'd suggest things like grad school, getting professional experience in your chosen field, and really hitting the LSAT hard. It sounds like you've done one of those things - that's good! If you can do the others, you can still be very competitive for law school admissions!
pretty sure they only calculate medians with ugrad GPA, so the post grad gpa is more akin to having good softs