I'm applying this fall. I have a great profile all around: 760 GMAT, great job, unusual and interesting extracurriculars, speak 4 languages and I'm a minority. I've got really good stories to write compelling essays.

However my GPA is dismal. I mean really bad. About 78/100, which I guess it's the equivalent of a 3.0/4.0 GPA. (It's a tough engineering major, though, but still terrible).

My question is: since I'm very good at standardized tests, I figured I could take the LSAT and add that to my high GMAT so as to prove that intelligence wasn't the problem during my college years -I actually did have a particular circumstance out of my control that affected me, which I'll be sure to mention.

Do you figure that taking the LSAT (assuming I get a great score, 174+) will help me further prove to the adcom that my college years were just a bad phase? Or do you figure that they'd think I'm an idiot for taking that test since I don't really wanna go to Law school?

I already managed to get a 99% GMAT, but I'm wondering if the LSAT could help any further.

PD. I'm aiming for H/S/W/Columbia/Chicago and taking "extra college courses" isn't a possibility in my country -people just don't do that, no college would take me just to take "a few courses".

Thanks for your help!