Re: 3.6/178~180/international student
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:40 pm
canuck wrote:You will need to drastically improve your writing skills. If you think you want to do this start training intensively in English now.
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canuck wrote:You will need to drastically improve your writing skills. If you think you want to do this start training intensively in English now.
OP, what did you score on the verbal section of the GRE? I'm really interested in this thread.W_from China wrote:My English maybe a little wired, though trained a lot and took GRE test already,
It's "weird"……sorryThe Gentleman wrote:OP, what did you score on the verbal section of the GRE? I'm really interested in this thread.W_from China wrote:My English maybe a little wired, though trained a lot and took GRE test already,
No need to be humble about it OP, that's a pretty impressive score.W_from China wrote:Basically, you can get a good score at GRE only by remember all the meaning of words, rather than how to spell them……
And I got 800+600+4 at GRE, not very impressive.
80-85 is 2.7 - 3.0 in the US, why in the world would LSAC, a US institution, give someone a full 1.0 bump for going to school abroad?eve2490 wrote:90/100 should be a 3.8/3.9, an 80-85 seems to fit a 3.6-3.7 more, and LSAC will convert your GPA anyway so you will only find out then. If you know anybody from your university that has applied to law school in america, talk to them and see how their gpa converted. Do really well on whatever classes you have now if you have not graduated yet to make your gpa higher while you can.
A friend of mine in HS took the SAT, but canceled day of. We asked him why, he said "Because I wasn't sure I got a 2400" We thought he was being ridiculous.Spinach Lover wrote:When I first saw the title, I thought someone retook a 178 and received a 180. I felt so shamed.
I know a girl who cried over a 2390 and we had to convince her not to retake for a 2400.Arbiter213 wrote:A friend of mine in HS took the SAT, but canceled day of. We asked him why, he said "Because I wasn't sure I got a 2400" We thought he was being ridiculous.Spinach Lover wrote:When I first saw the title, I thought someone retook a 178 and received a 180. I felt so shamed.
He got a 2400 the next month when he took it again.
Because many international scores are not graded on a curve. For example, out of 100 students in a class, only one student may score 75/100, 20% score 60-75, 30% score 50-60, and 50% score <60. In many universities, an 80-85 translates to being in the top 5% of the class. Source of info: international undergraduate degree.2014 wrote:80-85 is 2.7 - 3.0 in the US, why in the world would LSAC, a US institution, give someone a full 1.0 bump for going to school abroad?eve2490 wrote:90/100 should be a 3.8/3.9, an 80-85 seems to fit a 3.6-3.7 more, and LSAC will convert your GPA anyway so you will only find out then. If you know anybody from your university that has applied to law school in america, talk to them and see how their gpa converted. Do really well on whatever classes you have now if you have not graduated yet to make your gpa higher while you can.
An 85 at my school was an A or A-, and the average of most classes was 70-752014 wrote:80-85 is 2.7 - 3.0 in the US, why in the world would LSAC, a US institution, give someone a full 1.0 bump for going to school abroad?eve2490 wrote:90/100 should be a 3.8/3.9, an 80-85 seems to fit a 3.6-3.7 more, and LSAC will convert your GPA anyway so you will only find out then. If you know anybody from your university that has applied to law school in america, talk to them and see how their gpa converted. Do really well on whatever classes you have now if you have not graduated yet to make your gpa higher while you can.
just wondering, how heavily weighted are these rankings when international kids apply?kazu wrote:An international GPA is not translated into a numerical U.S. GPA equivalent. You will get a ranking of either Superior, Above Average, Average, or Below Average when you submit your transcripts to LSAC.
+1 on 2014 though. You need to come back later with an actual LSAT score.
It is possible they were. I don't think it is a big deal, because at least OP is getting his point across. Maybe s/he is just a little insecure of the potential douchebaggery of some TLS dwellers.Nulli Secundus wrote:While I have no reason to be suspicious about your practice test scores, why do your posts read like as if they are products of Google Translate?
Come on Nulli Secundus, I didn't expect this from you.Nulli Secundus wrote:While I have no reason to be suspicious about your practice test scores, why do your posts read like as if they are products of Google Translate?
W_from China wrote:It's "weird"……sorryThe Gentleman wrote:OP, what did you score on the verbal section of the GRE? I'm really interested in this thread.W_from China wrote:My English maybe a little wired, though trained a lot and took GRE test already,
Basically, you can get a good score at GRE only by remember all the meaning of words, rather than how to spell them……
And I got 800+600+4 at GRE, not very impressive.
Can you guys stop laughing at the "wired"? I'm a little shame now…… >_<
Didn't you retake to get a 179 though? I don't know if this is the best example.s0ph1e2007 wrote:TITCR2014 wrote:3.6 is on the lowside for HYS.
Assuming that you can get 178+ is extremely ridiculous. Your chances of doing so are very low even if you can score in that range on practice tests.
I averaged 179, got a 173... was lucky with that.
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