well I think you have to remember that if you are applying to American schools, your transcript will include all four years, any UG classes you've taken, and with the LSAC gpa calculating per class (ie they don't just look at your average per year and give your a GPA assigned by that, they do it per class) you're likely to have some 1.00 in there. I have no idea what your classes are, it might be helpful to try and work out an LSAC gpa estimate, but either way, your UWO transcript isn't really going to save you. I think perhaps you need to sit and re-evaluate what is holding you back or why your marks are so low, if you want to get yourself into the 80's for next year. I have seen people with low gpa's get into top American programs (sorry don't know the numbers for Canadian schools) but yes, their LSAT was usually 173+ which sounds like it might be do-able for you. I also don't think in this case that relying on the difficulty of your program will be of much use, since there are many Ivey kids who get 80%+. You're best bet (or what I would do in your position) is figure out what is holding you back, work as hard as you can next year to pull your grades up, cultivate relationships with prof's, etc. take the LSAT (obviously the idea would be scoring quite high) and then work for a couple of years to put some distance between you and your UG gpa. Because from what you've said, I think unfortunately you're LSAC gpa is going to come out abysmally low, I would say 2.5 max. However, Canadian schools will evaluate you differently and maybe someone here can speak to your chances there.