JMO

Where did you come from

You are a pretty spiteful person. I've tracked your comments and you have nothing nice to say to anyone, you'll probably have a hard time getting a job at one point in the future since you don't play well with others. Can't even give people encouragement on these boards without having someone come and rain on their parade. I was simply telling the OP that he does stand somewhat of a chance since adcomms drool over people that went to school in the middle east and have that kind of "real life" experience. Teaching english in some place is all nice and fun, but let's be serious, it has nothing to do with politics and is simply exposing you to another culture...most of these english teachers hang out with other Americans and rarely make friends with the locals. So stop being such a debbie downer and give people some helpful insight as opposed to a good bashing so you feel better about yourself. Reading your posts is almost sickening.

Wow, you completely butchered the guy and now are acting all nice. Don't forget that whatever the kid does have in work experience may still count as relevant if it has to do with International Business, especially with SAIS, they love that stuff. I have scoured these forums and have seen less competitive people state that they got into these schools, so I guess you'll never know until you apply, and if you don't get in, you can always improve your candidacy, then again it wouldn't hurt to improve it regardless of getting in. Either way, no point in beating this dead horse of a subject, your morale is probably on the floor by now. Good Luck buddy and sorry to see your country on the verge of some kind of internal disaster. @Blessyour_heart, do these classes give you 3 credits (US style) or is it based on the British system and do you get graded in the end? Sounds like a good source for jc99, and even $500 is pretty cheap compared to any schools in the DC area unless you are a Montgomery county resident or a Virginia resident. Salamat

The kid has a 3.2 GPA from undergrad so that is not a sub 3.0...and second of all he went to a pretty reputable university in the Middle East, and assuming from his age, it happened at a time the country was heating up (were you their for the war in 2006 btw). So that alone is a decent chance, his Law school GPA may not even matter, since that is not undergrad work and he ended up graduating and passing the bar. The only thing I give you is that he doesn't have the necessary work experience, which can certainly hurt him. Finally, admission statistic take averages and medians and you are telling me that not one single person from these schools had a GPA less than a 3.2 when applying, cause then I challenge your understanding of what a median actuall is, either way, be prepared to pay me that internet nickel, cause a guy I go to school with here in SIPA had a 3.0 GPA from NYU and got in. How you will ask, well he did well on the GRE and worked 2 years in Egypt for a non-profit, and was raised in Nepal and speaks like 4 languages...I hope he never reads this, cause then it seems like I am fawning over him. I am not saying that you are wrong to tell people the truth, but you barely looked at his credentials, and just looked at GPA alone (i think you even looked at the wrong one), probably didn't even know the school he went to and wrote it off. That approach may be fine had he gone to Eastern State middle of nowhere university and got a 3.2 but believe it or not, it matter where you go. So next time, in an attempt not to blow smoke up someone's behind, make sure to take a proper look at their profile before rendering a judgement. And I don't want to fight either, it looks like i am losing the arrow contest against you. I am raising my internet white flag

That is pretty negative debbie downer. Based on the whole picture, GPA is low but doesnt rule you out since it was at AUB and in the midst of the action. Law School can either help or hurt, your GPA is certainly going to hurt, but the fact that you are one and got barred etc, may have a positive connotation. You speak the languages and you certainly have the "life experiences", but Debbie Downer is right, you have no IR experience. I have seen people with no experience get in, but their grades were top, from top schools with stronger GRE scores. So overall, you have a chance...but this is more based on where you have lived and what you have seen as opposed to what you have done, cause if a take the same candidate that went to a US school and perhaps proficieny in one language and a one year stint abroad...I wouldn't give them a snowball's chance in hell. Let us ultimately know what happens with you, this is a pretty exciting case.