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TLS members,

I've been searching high and low for information and established cases on "mission impossible" law school acceptance stories. Got any?

For those in the "pathetic GPA" category, the #1 success-story maker is a high LSAT and ED.

For those in the "low LSAT" category, the #1 success story is being URM.

Is it even possible to get into a college without a HS diploma? I guess you could get a GED, but that's still the equivalent of a diploma... Either way, you need a bachelor's degree to get into law school, and you need an HS diploma/GED to get the bachelor's degree.

This dude is pretty epic. T14 after graduation with a 2.02 GPA. http://lawschoolnumbers.com/sparty1/jd

Actually, your assumptions are almost entirely wrong. (the world runs on assumptions)

1. You don't need a high school diploma to get an undergrad, just 99% of people do have one when they apply.
2. You don't need a bachelors to get into law school, strictly speaking. (ABA ruling 501)
3. There are at least a few people running around the planet that have top PhDs that do not have undergrads.
4. Speaking from personal experience, I know a few people that got an MBA as their first degree. (build a few companies and a top b-school will admit you)

Desert Fox wrote:This dude is pretty epic. T14 after graduation with a 2.02 GPA. http://lawschoolnumbers.com/sparty1/jd

That proves my "high LSAT and ED" hypothesis.

vanwinkle wrote:

Desert Fox wrote:This dude is pretty epic. T14 after graduation with a 2.02 GPA. http://lawschoolnumbers.com/sparty1/jd

That proves my "high LSAT and ED" hypothesis.

Yes it does.

My father never graduated from high school (no GED either), but I'm sure his bachelor's degree and graduate degree both helped him. He ended up at a T1 law school. I guess back in those days colleges accepted people with no high school diplomas?