TESC and Law School

[cookderosa]

You know, the more I've researched this the past 48 hours and thought about it, the more I think I agree with you. I'm just going to transfer all my credits to either TESC or Excelsior (now I am indecisive about which school to seek a BA Liberal Studies from!). Not to brag or anything, (because believe me, I am in no position to do so given my academic situation) but as I said in my 1st post I literally took the LSAT dry and scored a 148 (ironically, higher than my dad or brother scored!) so I KNOW that if I put in a good 3 or 4 months of hard core study prep and take the LSAT again, I should improve by at least 10 points (157). Even with a 2.0 GPA a 157 LSAT score translates to about a 30-40% chance of getting into Cal Western Law School and 60-80% for Thomas Jefferson Law School, which are the only two schools I even care about (both in San Diego and low ranked, 4th tier schools). So I would rather just avoid any potential risks and transfer everything. I can always take advantage of the "Addendum" everyone gets to write as part of their LSDAS report that law schools see. I will have to lean heavily on whatever LSAT score I pull the second time around. Good thing 99% of law schools no longer average multiple LSAT scores anymore like they used to! They take the highest score, period. Thanks everyone.

WAIT. No, you are mixing up "don't lie" with "transfer everything."

Don't lie means on your law school application, you will list 2 schools:

1. old crappy school, coursework only, 27 credits earned, 2.0 GPA
2. TESC, BA degree, 120 credits earned, 3.5 GPA

You are simply acknowledging the existence of the credits to law school - not the same as using them in a bachelor's degree.

Remember, you need over 100 credits (graded, not CLEP) at straight-A grade (not A-) to pull up your GPA. Dude, start fresh.