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Semarnpreet Kaur
LSAC # L35052870
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I would like to make the Admissions Committee aware of the circumstances surrounding my grades.

As a first student in my family to go to college right after high school I faced many difficulties in adjusting. One of them was my uncertainty on what I wanted to pursue, and I thought to do something in psychology field and I began taking Pre-Med courses. Such as classes like chemistry and biology which significantly brought my GPA down significantly. I was a psychology and social behavior major, while some classes were interesting, I was still struggling. When I took one criminology class for my school requirement, this sparked my interest in the legal field. When I began taking more criminology

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