T-10 to HYS Top 20% Forum

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Chances of acceptance to HYS

Very good chance at acceptance (80%+)
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3%
50/50 Chance
20
59%
Poor Chance (<25%)
13
38%
 
Total votes: 34
Snape

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T-10 to HYS Top 20%

Post by Snape » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:20 am

Need a little help regarding perceived chances/odds.

Im in the top 20%, maybe 15 at one of MVPND. I want to go into legal academia but couldnt get into HYS as a first year. What do you think my odds are at transfering to HYS and any advice on makind this happen? Anyone had success with this in the past?

Thanks!
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patrickd139

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Re: T-10 to HYS Top 20%

Post by patrickd139 » Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:10 pm

Just curious, but what makes you think you want academia?

(I voted 50/50 in the poll, fwiw.)
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Re: T-10 to HYS Top 20%

Post by Snape » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:24 am

Was a teacher for a few years before law school--love teaching and scholarship. Always wanted to teach / research/ study constitutional history.
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Re: T-10 to HYS Top 20%

Post by vanwinkle » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:01 pm

Snape wrote:Was a teacher for a few years before law school--love teaching and scholarship. Always wanted to teach / research/ study constitutional history.
Multiple years WE? Check. Demonstrated interest in academia? Check. Top grades?

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It's hard to say if your grades are good enough to really warrant consideration. If they are, I think H in particular would love you (they seem to care about both things I mentioned above when looking at transfers). If I were you I'd consider it worth the effort and app fee.

But if I were you I'd also do everything I could to boost that GPA. Any increase will help your odds, and getting into the top 10% range puts you in a substantially better position.
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