Okay, so I will be graduating with an undergrad in Business Finance in one year, three years of Japanese language, and above a 3.5 overall GPA (possibly higher within my major, don't know yet). I want to teach in Japan for 1-2 years after graduation, I've already found the program I want to go through etc. My question is, when should I take the LSAT? I have spent the majority of my undergraduate studies focusing on business and Japanese related material, so I know I am going to need a 3 - 5 month period of busting my ass studying for the LSAT (I want to get a high score). When should I take the LSAT? Can I take the LSAT in Japan? Does it matter if I take the LSAT after I graduate? Will my unique background of being an American business major who is fluent in Japanese give me any kind of advancement over the competition? Will writing and undergraduate thesis help? Many questions, but I would like to know a sure-fire way to that of which I am basically guaranteed entrance to a good law school. Thank you!
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To answer your last question/comment first, the only "sure-fire way" to get into a good law school is to have a high GPA and LSAT score. As for when you should take the LSAT, that really doesn't matter - just sometime before you apply. Law schools won't care if you don't take the LSAT in college. In fact, they'll prefer a more recent score, but technically your score lasts for five years. You can probably take the LSAT in Japan. I know LSAC does administer the test internationally, but I am not positive that Japan is one of the countries on the list. You'll have to check into that specifically. Most individuals take the LSAT June or October the year they apply. For example, if you're attending your first year of law school in fall 2010, then you probably took the LSAT June or October 2009. Speaking a foreign language fluently is a small soft. I think working in Japan, speaking fluent Japanese, could make a really interesting personal statement, but foreign language fluency and working abroad aren't so unique that you'll get a significant application boost. Neither is an undergraduate thesis, but one good aspect about a thesis is that you'll work intimately with an adviser who could write you a strong letter of recommendation. Just make sure to keep in touch with your professors or get your letters before you graduate and have them sent off to LSAC's Law School Data Assembly Service. They'll store your letters for you until you apply to law school. Best of luck!
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