How is this test going to be proctored if you take it from home?

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From what I am hearing from coaches, the farther out you go, the less important your GPA is. You have a decent number in a science. It is not like you had a 2.0. And, LSAT counts for more than GPA. Of course, if you can bump that up, all the better. I am not familiar with the Canadian law school system, but it does not seem like you are in a fatal position. Go for it!!

P.S. you sound like a badass. Good for you.

I have been reading all of the how to get into law school books. If it were I, would do personal statement on something you learned when you working with youth or in your social work career. You make your personal statement like a short, short story - a narrative about specific day in your life or an event. You put the dropout to law school stuff in a diversity statement, IMHO

Way to go.

One of my buddies does admissions for med school. He said they always keep at least one spot a year for someone who is older and who had really lousy grades but crushes the MCAT. They get that people have real lives and real problems sometimes.

I bet if you get a super high score on LSAT and write a good application, you will get some interest.

Way to go!

As a surgeon for many, many years who is planning on getting a JD, I would say to go for if it is part of your dream. Medical school and surgical residency is different now than when I did it before there were work hour restrictions. Even so, depending on what type of surgery you want to go into, it is four years of med school and 5-7 years of residency/fellowship if you do just the medical training. Your formal residency years are capped at 80 hrs/week in house. This does not include prep and study, etc. you do at home.

Fellowships generally are not hours restricted so you can get into something like being on for every hour of an entire year like I was. Generally, the people who do well in surgery are the ones who can't be happy doing anything else. Surgery is especially a field that does not lend itself to part-time or intermittent work. You can't get malpractice insurance or credentialed at a hospital. I just can't see doing the formal surgical raining years and then not practicing full-time. I did 13 years of formal in house training - four medical school, six residency, three fellowship and I was in the middle of the training range. All of those years were 120/hrs week in house except the last one. It was tremendously competitive. It was my and my fellow trainees whole life.

But hey, if you are still attracted to it - go for it.

Thanks for info. BTW, do you know how to get a David update from July on GRE vs LSAT as per the admissions deans? I can't see it when I search.

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Way to go!!

Most definitely report

Wow! That is a really, really high score.

I am an oldster but I think I am going to hold off this cycle to see if I can get my book finished.

Thanks for the info. Very helpful

What?? That is something out of BRAVE NEW WORLD. So, they check out your interpersonal skills by recording your timed answer to some black font on a white screen? Even actors in monologue scenes play to a human dummy offscreen. Yowza.

@ They are judging your interpersonal skills based on your interaction with a computer robot asking questions?? You are not talking to a real live person?

@ What is a Kira interview?

Did you know that Northwestern is the only school in the country with a beach on campus? Did you know that they wax the streets in Winnetka?

As a physician for the last 30 years, I would not recommend medicine for you at this time. Congrats on those top scores in college. You no doubt could get into a good med school but it is really a profession for someone who can't do anything else and be happy. It requires 4 years of med school and then 3-6 years of residency and then likely 1-3 years of fellowship to just get to the starting line to practice. You will run up $350,000 in debt. You have to spend thousands every year maintaining your license. You are at constant risk of being sued. In my mind, it is a fantastic profession for the right person, but not one to be entered in if it is just an item on the consideration list. The surgeons I know will all tell you that you never really get away from it completely even in your very limited personal time.