On the UC Schools (super-splitter)/ BL oriented Forum

[Inhousefuture]

Hello, Of the UC schools: UCB, UCD, UCI, UCI, UCSF:

1. Which ones are most super splitter friendly? Which ones are least?

2. Which ones have the best BL/High paying Mid-Law options? Which ones have the worst?

Thanks

[nixy]

These questions are confusing. You are unlikely to be a splitter, or at least to the same degree, for all of these schools given their different admissions standards. If your UGPA is actually below each of these schools’ 25th percentile, the school with the least stringent admission standards is still going to be the easiest to get into. Even if you have a stellar LSAT to go along with a terrible UGPA, UCSF is still going to be easier to get into than UCB (although if your LSAT is high enough and your story compelling enough, you may be able to get into Berkeley. It’s just going to be unpredictable).

And while USNWR rankings are bad for parsing fine differences between very similar schools, here, UCB’s ranking compared to the rest makes pretty clear that they will have the best options. I’m not up on the other different UC schools but you can go to Law School Transparency and compare their employment stats that way.

[cavalier1138]

In addition to whay nixy said, I'm confused by the emphasis on UC schools. There are comparable non-UC schools at pretty much every tier in California, so I don't know why you'd ignore them.

[Liti-Gator]

UCLA is most super-splitter friendly. If you do well enough on the LSAT, you can have a sub 3.0.

UCB is the least super-splitter friendly. By UC Berkeley policy, UC Berkeley graduate programs, including law will not admit anyone with under a 3.0, unless the Dean of the Law School gets permission from the Dean of the Berkeley system. They also heavily value grades anyways. So don't bother.

USC, UCLA, and maybe UCI are the UC schools worth attending.

UCD is not worth attending unless you want to go into gov in Sac. UCSF is not worth attending, period. There are other, better, options that have a realistic shot of landing a good job, even for lower stat candidates.