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anything to whip em out!!!!patrickd139 wrote:QFT. LSAT aside, anything more seems to be some bizarro dick-measuring contest, but what do I know.LawandOrder wrote:And high school GPA is relevant to law school how?
Get any HS GPA -> Go to (some) college -> Get great college GPA -> Go to T14.
Grading systems differ by school. But it is certainly not the case that all, or even most, Canadian applicants have over 4.0 GPAs. It may be the case that most applicants with GPAs over 4.0 are Canadian. If this is true, then it might be because several (most?) Canadian schools give A+ grades, whereas my understanding is that the majority of American schools do not.PunjabiLower wrote:How come most,if not all, canadian applicants have above 4.0 gpa? Is the grading system different?T14 wrote:I think I have you beat on this one. I dropped out after grade 10. I Never got a GED; grade 10 is still my highest level of high school education. Now I am admitted to HLS. I wonder how many people graduate from there without a GED/HS diplomalawschooliseasy wrote:I think I win. I dropped out of high school, got a GED and am now looking at a legitimate shot at Cornell, or at very least serious scholarship $$ at a T25.
Now that logic is frickin' hilarious.Trifles wrote:Not going to law school yet, just applying, but I had a 1.9 high school GPA, after a year of high grades in senior blow off classes.My college gpa went all the way up to just under a 3.0, so I fully expect to make another 1 point gpa jump in law school, to about a 3.9.
Thanks. God, I hope you're right. Went under review 1/6 and still no phone interview.vanwinkle wrote:CoaltoNewCastle wrote:I certainly lose to some people here, but I had finished high school with a 2.25 and am now applying to schools with a 3.77/179. I had a lot of difficulty in high school with a medical condition and side effects from the medications I was on, but managed to turn things around just in time for it not to hurt my chances for law school, except when my GPA dipped sophomore year because of that condition.Damn, dude, enjoy Harvard.
How'd you get into college w/o a GED? I call troll. If not... wow... I'm impressed. And yes, if this is true me = pwned.T14 wrote:I think I have you beat on this one. I dropped out after grade 10. I Never got a GED; grade 10 is still my highest level of high school education. Now I am admitted to HLS. I wonder how many people graduate from there without a GED/HS diplomalawschooliseasy wrote:I think I win. I dropped out of high school, got a GED and am now looking at a legitimate shot at Cornell, or at very least serious scholarship $$ at a T25.
I have a similar story. I dropped out of HS as a junior with about a 2.8 GPA. But I also had really great GED scores (I took it cold), got a great SAT (1400), went straight to a top-10 public-U, and may now be headed to T-10.Sherpa wrote:Looks like I tied with lawschooliseasy. I dropped out of HS with a sub 2.0 GPA and got a GED. Now I have a good shot at at most of the T14.
Lol... the GED is insanely easy. Not sure how it works in your state, but I took it cold and was one question away from perfect. I did reasonably well on the ACT (29), which I took completely cold as well... but my math score was ten points lower than my composite.PDaddy wrote:I have a similar story. I dropped out of HS as a junior with about a 2.8 GPA. But I also had really great GED scores (i took it cold), got a great SAT (1400), went to a top-10 public-U, and may now be headed to T-10.Sherpa wrote:Looks like I tied with lawschooliseasy. I dropped out of HS with a sub 2.0 GPA and got a GED. Now I have a good shot at at most of the T14.
It happens if you test well, interview well, write killer essays and can show socioeconomic hardship. Hardship is the gift that keeps on giving. But you need to be talented, too.lawschooliseasy wrote:How'd you get into college w/o a GED? I call troll. If not... wow... I'm impressed. And yes, if this is true me = pwned.T14 wrote:I think I have you beat on this one. I dropped out after grade 10. I Never got a GED; grade 10 is still my highest level of high school education. Now I am admitted to HLS. I wonder how many people graduate from there without a GED/HS diplomalawschooliseasy wrote:I think I win. I dropped out of high school, got a GED and am now looking at a legitimate shot at Cornell, or at very least serious scholarship $$ at a T25.
You have a GED (which makes your journey impressive) but they're talking about someone who didn't even get a GED somehow getting into college and then law school.PDaddy wrote:It happens if you test well, interview well, write killer essays and can show socioeconomic hardship. Hardship is the gift that keeps on giving. But you need to be talented, too.lawschooliseasy wrote:How'd you get into college w/o a GED? I call troll. If not... wow... I'm impressed. And yes, if this is true me = pwned.T14 wrote:I think I have you beat on this one. I dropped out after grade 10. I Never got a GED; grade 10 is still my highest level of high school education. Now I am admitted to HLS. I wonder how many people graduate from there without a GED/HS diplomalawschooliseasy wrote:I think I win. I dropped out of high school, got a GED and am now looking at a legitimate shot at Cornell, or at very least serious scholarship $$ at a T25.
Well you got into Harvard, but when you're slaving away at an elite NLJ250 job to pay back your student loans, I'll be blowing my big law money on women and booze. **Whips Dick Out**PDaddy wrote:It happens if you test well, interview well, write killer essays and can show socioeconomic hardship. Hardship is the gift that keeps on giving. But you need to be talented, too.lawschooliseasy wrote:How'd you get into college w/o a GED? I call troll. If not... wow... I'm impressed. And yes, if this is true me = pwned.T14 wrote:I think I have you beat on this one. I dropped out after grade 10. I Never got a GED; grade 10 is still my highest level of high school education. Now I am admitted to HLS. I wonder how many people graduate from there without a GED/HS diplomalawschooliseasy wrote:I think I win. I dropped out of high school, got a GED and am now looking at a legitimate shot at Cornell, or at very least serious scholarship $$ at a T25.
I know a guy who didn't go to highschool and went to law school. Its in a state that doesn't require an undergrad degree to pass the bar, and he is friends with the dean.vanwinkle wrote: You have a GED (which makes your journey impressive) but they're talking about someone who didn't even get a GED somehow getting into college and then law school.
It can be even easier than your roommate's route, because a 2.9 CC GPA is guaranteed admission to UC Davis through the TAG program, while a 3.0 CC GPA gets you into UC San Diego, and both are T50 undergrads.johnstuartmill wrote:The "low HS GPA --> top law school" is actually pretty easy to swing if you're from California. You could not graduate from high school here, go to community college, do well enough there to transfer to a top UC, and then be in good shape for the law school admissions process. My roommate nearly flunked out of high school, but is now a senior at UCLA rocking a 3.9X GPA because he went this route. If he gets a great score on the LSAT, he could go anywhere.
2.2 gpa. and i spent four years in community college. never got an associates either.jawsthegreat wrote:I may win this. I had a 2.4 GPA in high school but, still managed to go to a decent UG because of sports and my rocking ACT score.
When I told my high school guidance counselor my college GPA and where I was going to Law School I thought her head was going to explode.
Anybody else got some stories?
The main college in my city has entrance exams. If you score a certain level on the exams then they place you into first year classes. Once you have a certain number of credits then you can transfer into university without them looking at your high school transcript. It really is less difficult then you might expect...lawschooliseasy wrote:How'd you get into college w/o a GED? I call troll. If not... wow... I'm impressed. And yes, if this is true me = pwned.T14 wrote:I think I have you beat on this one. I dropped out after grade 10. I Never got a GED; grade 10 is still my highest level of high school education. Now I am admitted to HLS. I wonder how many people graduate from there without a GED/HS diplomalawschooliseasy wrote:I think I win. I dropped out of high school, got a GED and am now looking at a legitimate shot at Cornell, or at very least serious scholarship $$ at a T25.
Best deal in higher ed.johnstuartmill wrote:The "low HS GPA --> top law school" is actually pretty easy to swing if you're from California. You could not graduate from high school here, go to community college, do well enough there to transfer to a top UC, and then be in good shape for the law school admissions process. My roommate nearly flunked out of high school, but is now a senior at UCLA rocking a 3.9X GPA because he went this route. If he gets a great score on the LSAT, he could go anywhere.
