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Non-Traditional Students / 33 yr old mom - yale undergrad - chance of getting into t14??
« on: August 04, 2008, 06:58:30 PM »
hi
i'm a 33 year old mom to 5 children and would love to go back to law school. Can anyone help me assess my chances at getting into a t14 school? I graduated from Yale College, cum laude with a 3.7 GPA, and distinction in the major (Economics) - that is like honors in Economics. I finished my degree requirements in 3.5 years- therefore saving my parents the cost of an extra semester, but i did give up that last term to take fun classes and hang out with friends. I secured a job at a Wall street Investment banking firm as an anaylst in the 2 year Investment Banking program after being a summer analyst so my last term as a senior was pretty stress free.
However, life took an unexpected path. I got married right after graduation and had a baby the next year. We've moved around a lot following my husband's career and now I have 5 children. I basically have been a full time stay at home mom since 1999, but worked as a financial consultant for about a year back in 2004 before we moved to another state for my husband's job. I have not "worked" for the past 3 years due to baby#4 having a heart defect and baby #5's arrival. I have mastered the extremely challenging task of running a busy household with 5 children and now feel that it is time for me to pursue my dream. My family is behind me. We live in the upper mid west, but if i have a chance at HYS we would pick up and go. I know I would have to score fairly high on LSAT which i will take in October, but does anyone know how Yale Law (or another T14 would view my grades, and non-trad path? How I (and almost everyone else) would love to go to Yale Law and return to that beautiful library I used to study at as an undergrad.
Do I have a chance??? How do I find out the average GPA of yale undergrads accepted at Yale Law or other schools as i know that grading standards are different and i've heard that there has been some grade inflation the past 10 years
Thank you
i'm a 33 year old mom to 5 children and would love to go back to law school. Can anyone help me assess my chances at getting into a t14 school? I graduated from Yale College, cum laude with a 3.7 GPA, and distinction in the major (Economics) - that is like honors in Economics. I finished my degree requirements in 3.5 years- therefore saving my parents the cost of an extra semester, but i did give up that last term to take fun classes and hang out with friends. I secured a job at a Wall street Investment banking firm as an anaylst in the 2 year Investment Banking program after being a summer analyst so my last term as a senior was pretty stress free.
However, life took an unexpected path. I got married right after graduation and had a baby the next year. We've moved around a lot following my husband's career and now I have 5 children. I basically have been a full time stay at home mom since 1999, but worked as a financial consultant for about a year back in 2004 before we moved to another state for my husband's job. I have not "worked" for the past 3 years due to baby#4 having a heart defect and baby #5's arrival. I have mastered the extremely challenging task of running a busy household with 5 children and now feel that it is time for me to pursue my dream. My family is behind me. We live in the upper mid west, but if i have a chance at HYS we would pick up and go. I know I would have to score fairly high on LSAT which i will take in October, but does anyone know how Yale Law (or another T14 would view my grades, and non-trad path? How I (and almost everyone else) would love to go to Yale Law and return to that beautiful library I used to study at as an undergrad.
Do I have a chance??? How do I find out the average GPA of yale undergrads accepted at Yale Law or other schools as i know that grading standards are different and i've heard that there has been some grade inflation the past 10 years
Thank you