HI,<\/p>\n
So i\u2019m finishing up my third year right now and hope to go on to law school after graduating. My cGPA is not great (3.3) and i\u2019ve just realized that though many of the law schools i want to apply to look at last\/best years, a \u201cyear\u201d consists of a full course load, which i unfortunately haven\u2019t had since my 1st year. This will not look good. Because of this i was thinking of doing a 5th full year (so they\u2019ll look at years 4&5).<\/p>\n
So on to my question: Is there anywhere\/anyone i can talk to specifically about my admissions prospects, the pros\/cons of doing a 5th years, the logistics of all this, etc. I\u2019ve tried the registrar and academic advisor, but honestly it just wasn\u2019t that helpful. I was hoping you might be able to direct me to a consulting sort of place (internal or external to the University), if that\u2019s at all possible. Just anyone that\u2019s not the registrar or AAdvisor (cause the last time i saw them it was a total waste of time- basically told me everything was peaches and i could do whatever-not much constructive help\u2026)<\/p>\n
Sorry if this question is a bit out of your purview,<\/p>\n
Any info would help,<\/p>\n
Thanks<\/p>\n
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hey there,<\/p>\n
if you\u2019re looking at going to law school, the best people to talk to are probably the law schools themselves.\u00a0go to open houses<\/a> and ask questions there.\u00a0contact people<\/a> who are involved with admissions at the actual schools that you\u2019re interested in, and ask if they would be able to answer some of your questions. they are much more well-versed on the nuances of their own admissions process than anyone else.\u00a0that being said, i don\u2019t want to completely discount the our registrar\u2019s offices. maybe you just need to try talking with someone else at your registrar\u2019s office, someone who is more familiar with law school.<\/p>\n also, a lot of this information is available online. i don\u2019t know exactly which\u00a0school you\u2019re interested in, but the faculty of law at uoft provides pretty\u00a0extensive<\/a> information<\/a> about<\/a> admissions<\/a>, and other Ontario universities provide a similarly exhaustive amount of info.<\/p>\n cheers,<\/p>\n aska<\/p>\n