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jarofsoup
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by jarofsoup » Wed May 30, 2012 10:17 am
Jeremy wrote:Top 20% after first semester, top 10-12% after second semester, at a mid T2 school. Two firm jobs and a research assistant position this summer. Could anyone give me some opinions? I'm in the North East.
All of the upper tier 1s outside the Top 14 are open and maybe some Top 14 schools. From what I have heard when you are inside the top 10% of your class some top 14 will usually take you. It is just a matter of which one.
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coolerking
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by coolerking » Wed May 30, 2012 12:39 pm
TTTT/TTT in Southern CA top 18% (39/210) looking to transfer to TT in Northern CA (specifically USD, Hastings, USF, and Santa Clara). No real softs to speak of, but I did AMJUR one course. Hoping to move for geographic reasons.
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Jeremy
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by Jeremy » Wed May 30, 2012 1:31 pm
jarofsoup wrote:Jeremy wrote:Top 20% after first semester, top 10-12% after second semester, at a mid T2 school. Two firm jobs and a research assistant position this summer. Could anyone give me some opinions? I'm in the North East.
All of the upper tier 1s outside the Top 14 are open and maybe some Top 14 schools. From what I have heard when you are inside the top 10% of your class some top 14 will usually take you. It is just a matter of which one.
So, we haven't received our ranking yet, only our grades. But based on the general trend of class percentile rankings, I should be at the 10% mark or slightly below. If I am at the 11 or 12% mark, should I even send applications to the T14? Thanks for your help.
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by Vronsky » Wed May 30, 2012 6:11 pm
Jeremy wrote:jarofsoup wrote:Jeremy wrote:Top 20% after first semester, top 10-12% after second semester, at a mid T2 school. Two firm jobs and a research assistant position this summer. Could anyone give me some opinions? I'm in the North East.
All of the upper tier 1s outside the Top 14 are open and maybe some Top 14 schools. From what I have heard when you are inside the top 10% of your class some top 14 will usually take you. It is just a matter of which one.
So, we haven't received our ranking yet, only our grades. But based on the general trend of class percentile rankings, I should be at the 10% mark or slightly below. If I am at the 11 or 12% mark, should I even send applications to the T14? Thanks for your help.
Yes you should probably apply to GULC. But, if you are outside the top 10%, it's not a high likelihood. Also, if you are in that range, you're really only looking at moving up to a middle of the T1 school. I'm not sure it's worth it for you - hopefully you are on scholarship, and made LR. If you were already able to line up TWO firm jobs at your school, you should be in line to get another firm job next year. School location and exact rank would be helpful to advise further.
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Jeremy
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by Jeremy » Wed May 30, 2012 11:47 pm
Vronsky wrote:Jeremy wrote:jarofsoup wrote:Jeremy wrote:Top 20% after first semester, top 10-12% after second semester, at a mid T2 school. Two firm jobs and a research assistant position this summer. Could anyone give me some opinions? I'm in the North East.
All of the upper tier 1s outside the Top 14 are open and maybe some Top 14 schools. From what I have heard when you are inside the top 10% of your class some top 14 will usually take you. It is just a matter of which one.
So, we haven't received our ranking yet, only our grades. But based on the general trend of class percentile rankings, I should be at the 10% mark or slightly below. If I am at the 11 or 12% mark, should I even send applications to the T14? Thanks for your help.
Yes you should probably apply to GULC. But, if you are outside the top 10%, it's not a high likelihood. Also, if you are in that range, you're really only looking at moving up to a middle of the T1 school. I'm not sure it's worth it for you - hopefully you are on scholarship, and made LR. If you were already able to line up TWO firm jobs at your school, you should be in line to get another firm job next year. School location and exact rank would be helpful to advise further.
Okay, if you don't mind I'll PM you as soon as I receive my actual exact rank. Thanks again.
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DuckEUG2010
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by DuckEUG2010 » Thu May 31, 2012 12:51 am
I have a 4.072 GPA (includes a 4.3 LRW I and 4.1 LRW II) at a CA tier 4 school. Curve is set at 2.7 but still have 2 grades to go. Rank = 6/306 (from last semester)... I'm applying to Berkeley, USC, UCLA, GULC (deferred EA), Vandy, Cornell. What do you think?
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by jarofsoup » Thu May 31, 2012 12:53 am
DuckEUG2010 wrote:I have a 4.072 GPA (includes a 4.3 LRW I and 4.1 LRW II) at a CA tier 4 school. Curve is set at 2.7 but still have 2 grades to go. Rank = 6/306 (from last semester)... I'm applying to Berkeley, USC, UCLA, GULC (deferred EA), Vandy, Cornell. What do you think?
I have heard of people with a 4.0 at Golden Gate get into Cal....but I have no other real advice...
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jarofsoup
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by jarofsoup » Thu May 31, 2012 1:01 am
As a student at T2 what would I need for Northwestern. The website says usually top 10-15%. Haven't got grades back for the spring semester but first semester I was well with in the top 10%.
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by steele » Thu May 31, 2012 1:06 am
top 30 school. Top 12%.
I am from Michigan. What are my chances for Michigan and Penn?
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by lnllnl » Thu May 31, 2012 1:12 am
DuckEUG2010 wrote:I have a 4.072 GPA (includes a 4.3 LRW I and 4.1 LRW II) at a CA tier 4 school. Curve is set at 2.7 but still have 2 grades to go. Rank = 6/306 (from last semester)... I'm applying to Berkeley, USC, UCLA, GULC (deferred EA), Vandy, Cornell. What do you think?
If you can't get into GULC with that, I have no shot even with my regional ties...
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DuckEUG2010
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by DuckEUG2010 » Thu May 31, 2012 1:22 am
lnllnl wrote:DuckEUG2010 wrote:I have a 4.072 GPA (includes a 4.3 LRW I and 4.1 LRW II) at a CA tier 4 school. Curve is set at 2.7 but still have 2 grades to go. Rank = 6/306 (from last semester)... I'm applying to Berkeley, USC, UCLA, GULC (deferred EA), Vandy, Cornell. What do you think?
If you can't get into GULC with that, I have no shot even with my regional ties...
A buddy of mine got accepted early to GULC and had the EXACT GPA I did (down to the thousandths). In addition, my LOR was from my legal writing professor who was a GULC alum and I have more WE than him. However, his LSAT and undergrad GPA were A LOT better than mine; I have to think that made a difference... I don't know you're stats but you never know, I wish you luck!!
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DuckEUG2010
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by DuckEUG2010 » Thu May 31, 2012 1:26 am
jarofsoup wrote:DuckEUG2010 wrote:I have a 4.072 GPA (includes a 4.3 LRW I and 4.1 LRW II) at a CA tier 4 school. Curve is set at 2.7 but still have 2 grades to go. Rank = 6/306 (from last semester)... I'm applying to Berkeley, USC, UCLA, GULC (deferred EA), Vandy, Cornell. What do you think?
I have heard of people with a 4.0 at Golden Gate get into Cal....but I have no other real advice...
Hey I'll take it! Thanks for your input
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by forestgirl » Thu May 31, 2012 1:32 pm
Okay, let's see what everyone thinks! I'm at a mid T1 school in the south (around #30) with a 3.8 but still waiting on a couple grades (which I expect to be good). I'll probably be around top 5%. I came in first place in our moot court competition and will probably get on Law Review. I have two years of WE. This summer I'm RA-ing. I have regional ties to the Northeast and I'm planning on applying to Columbia, NYU, Penn, Harvard, and Yale.
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by CanadianWolf » Thu May 31, 2012 2:15 pm
If your current law school begins with an "A" & ends with "Bama", your chances are good at Harvard, Penn, Columbia & NYU assuming that you finish in the Top 5% of your class.
Yale is possible but probably calls for a class rank in the top 2%.
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by Vronsky » Thu May 31, 2012 5:10 pm
forestgirl wrote:Okay, let's see what everyone thinks! I'm at a mid T1 school in the south (around #30) with a 3.8 but still waiting on a couple grades (which I expect to be good). I'll probably be around top 5%. I came in first place in our moot court competition and will probably get on Law Review. I have two years of WE. This summer I'm RA-ing. I have regional ties to the Northeast and I'm planning on applying to Columbia, NYU, Penn, Harvard, and Yale.
You can probably save the app fee for Yale. It would only be worth it IMO if you were #1 or in the T14. Applying to HCNP should get you something. GL!
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by snuffy smith » Thu May 31, 2012 6:04 pm
Here's an novel question. I've been accepted ED to Chicago. My GPA for the first semester is 3.96; rank is tied at #1. What grades would I have to get for my offer to be rescinded? Got a B+ today which drops me to 3.8.
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by mileslibertatis » Thu May 31, 2012 7:00 pm
snuffy smith wrote:Here's an novel question. I've been accepted ED to Chicago. My GPA for the first semester is 3.96; rank is tied at #1. What grades would I have to get for my offer to be rescinded? Got a B+ today which drops me to 3.8.
This is from Arrow's introduction essay:
Chicago also requires you get “consistent” grades throughout the year. When asked, the Chicago admissions office said this meant that you should not drop more than 0.2 or 0.3 points on your GPA or drop more than 10-20%.
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by YESSIR111 » Thu May 31, 2012 7:04 pm
School is ranked #24-29
GPA 3.9x
Rank - top 1-2%
Right now I'm thinking HCCNBP
No ties to any of these schools
What do you think my chances are?
Thank you ahead of time
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by Verity » Thu May 31, 2012 7:45 pm
Top 1/3 at IU-B/ASU/BU. What's the highest I can realistically transfer up?
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by mileslibertatis » Thu May 31, 2012 10:56 pm
snuffy smith wrote:FML
I wouldn't worry until you get all your grades. I'm pretty sure they know stuff happens and unless it looks like first semester was a fluke you should be okay.
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by jbiresq » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:39 am
jarofsoup wrote:As a student at T2 what would I need for Northwestern. The website says usually top 10-15%. Haven't got grades back for the spring semester but first semester I was well with in the top 10%.
I know someone who transferred there last year from my school who was barely in the top 25%. He had killer work experience though.
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by golfnut15 » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:00 pm
t60 school
3.5-3.6 (still waiting on one more grade)
~ top 10%
moot court
what range should i be looking at?
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by JoeFish » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:01 pm
All righty. I can provide some concrete numbers finally.
-Midwestern Law School ranked in the 30s.
-All As and A-s. 3.78 GPA cumulative and each semester.
-One Cali Award.
-Top 10% (down to the single digit, top 8%, but no one cares about that).
-Honors/High Honors in all pass/fail writing/researching courses.
-Fairly strong Philadelphia ties.
-Lived entire life in the mid-Atlantic.
-Would like to practice in New York or Philadelphia.
-Would not say no to a good job in DC or Chicago.
-K-JD.
-Currently interning with Federal District Judge back in the mid-Atlantic.
-And, for what it's worth, because schools say they do look at it, even if they don't, a high LSAT score.
I'm going to apply to Columbia, NYU, Penn, Michigan, and Duke.
Give me numerical chances. Give me recommendations. Give me motivation.
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by arigoldwannabe » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:17 pm
School: #51
Rank: Top 3%
Law review grade on
Chance me for: Gtown, Duke, MVP, CCN, H.
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