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[albanach]

How much do trends in your GPA matter? For example, a decent freshman year (3.0), bad sophomore year and junior fall semester, and a really good senior year (3.88) for a cumulative GPA of 2.95. Most of the classes senior year were upper level major classes not easy, intro classes. The bad semesters were mostly the result of an illness and I planned on writing an addendum letting them know. With a 170 LSAT and good recommendations, what are the odds for something like Boston University?

Can you delay graduation and take another couple of classes to get above the psychological barrier of 3.0? Either way, you'll be a heavy splitter - you just need to apply everywhere and see what comes of it. You will likely get both acceptances and denials for places you didn't expect them.

[zhenders]

I don't think there is any evidence that such a psychological barrier is at play. Your LSAT is strong; your chances are high that you'll get some good offers, and possibly scholarship money. Apply quite broadly.

[Future Ex-Engineer]

retake.

175 or bust bro.

on a more serious note, as stated already, you've got an extreme splitter look going on, so the best you can do is apply broadly (lower T14's that don't care as much about GPA through strong regionals) and hope for the best