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Clerkships/GPA
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Does anyone know if the UVa mean GPAs for different federal and state courts are good benchmarks in the current hiring climate?
Does anyone know if the UVa mean GPAs for different federal and state courts are good benchmarks in the current hiring climate?
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Re: Clerkships/GPA
It would be more helpful to know where those GPAs fell in class rank.
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Re: Clerkships/GPA
They might be a little off for district clerkships, since they had a wider applicant pool that may have gotten more competitive. Word on the street is that CoA clerkships were already so competitive that they're not noticeably harder to get, especially since people who had any chance were also the most employable even ITE.
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Re: Clerkships/GPA
I have heard a similar word on this street.disco_barred wrote:They might be a little off for district clerkships, since they had a wider applicant pool that may have gotten more competitive. Word on the street is that CoA clerkships were already so competitive that they're not noticeably harder to get, especially since people who had any chance were also the most employable even ITE.
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Re: Clerkships/GPA
Thanks. Any estimate of how much bump the district court GPAs got? UVa median was about 3.3.
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Re: Clerkships/GPA
UVA curves every class to a 3.3 mean.scribelaw wrote:It would be more helpful to know where those GPAs fell in class rank.
Traditionally:
~3.3 is median
~3.4 is top 35%
~3.5 is top 25%
~3.65 is top 10%
~3.7 is top 7%
~3.8 and above is all top 3% or so