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Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by Miami781 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:24 pm

Would doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation time be a bad idea, I also transferred colleges so I have to do 4 1/2 anyways thinking might as well do the extra semester to boost my GPA for law school and get better LSAT Prep.

Any downfalls besides more $$

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by bport hopeful » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:28 pm

Just as long as you dont finish the requirements for your Bachelor's until the end of the fifth year this is fine.

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by redsox » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:17 pm

bport hopeful wrote:Just as long as you dont finish the requirements for your Bachelor's until the end of the fifth year this is fine.
What does finishing the requirements have to do with anything? He just can't get the degree.

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by bport hopeful » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:18 pm

redsox wrote:
bport hopeful wrote:Just as long as you dont finish the requirements for your Bachelor's until the end of the fifth year this is fine.
What does finishing the requirements have to do with anything? He just can't get the degree.
I dont see the difference?

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by redsox » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:27 pm

bport hopeful wrote:
redsox wrote:
bport hopeful wrote:Just as long as you dont finish the requirements for your Bachelor's until the end of the fifth year this is fine.
What does finishing the requirements have to do with anything? He just can't get the degree.
I dont see the difference?
Oh.

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by bport hopeful » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:32 pm

so whats the difference?

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by JamMasterJ » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:35 pm

bport hopeful wrote:so whats the difference?
As long as you don't actually graduate, you can usually keep going until you decide to actually graduate. At my UG, we had to fill out an application for graduation, and if you didn't, you could keep going to school.

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by bport hopeful » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:35 pm

JamMasterJ wrote:
bport hopeful wrote:so whats the difference?
As long as you don't actually graduate, you can usually keep going until you decide to actually graduate. At my UG, we had to fill out an application for graduation, and if you didn't, you could keep going to school.
I should have done this.

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by rinkrat19 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:38 pm

JamMasterJ wrote:
bport hopeful wrote:so whats the difference?
As long as you don't actually graduate, you can usually keep going until you decide to actually graduate. At my UG, we had to fill out an application for graduation, and if you didn't, you could keep going to school.
This was theoretically how it worked at my UG too. They were emphatic that we would NOT graduate until we applied for graduation and our record was reviewed.

I finished my requirements after winter term and took an extra spring term of writing classes (all As, of course) and went to commencement in June. I got an empty diploma folder when I walked across the stage, and later found out that my diploma had been filed in the registrar's office since spring break, because I'd already graduated.

So make very, very sure they won't graduate you without your permission.

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by redsox » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:00 pm

JamMasterJ wrote:
bport hopeful wrote:so whats the difference?
As long as you don't actually graduate, you can usually keep going until you decide to actually graduate. At my UG, we had to fill out an application for graduation, and if you didn't, you could keep going to school.
This.

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by Miami781 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:27 pm

Yeah I also want to graduate in June instead of January or December, also..College is fun

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Re: Doing 5 years instead of 4 to boost GPA and LSAT Preparation

Post by bport hopeful » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:28 pm

Miami781 wrote:Yeah I also want to graduate in June instead of January or December, also..College is fun
College is fun. I miss her dearly.

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