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[fish]

If there's a .1-.15 difference between your Ivy UGPA and LSDAS GPA, which one do they look at? If you're in the not low but not really high range?

[Bert]

They generally look at your LSDAS UGPA.

[adameus]

Ivy Douche....

[fish]

Ivy Douche....

Not really interested in this, but thanks for playing. Constructive replies?

[adameus]

Ivy Douche....

Not really interested in this, but thanks for playing. Constructive replies?

If your IVY degree is not from HYP then it doesn't matter.
Like the previous poster said, LSDAS is the one they look at.

[fish]

bump, anyone else? anyone who's had this discrepancy had it come up specifically in interviews, etc?

[thecilent]

bump, anyone else? anyone who's had this discrepancy had it come up specifically in interviews, etc?

You're question has already been answered.

[nattybro]

They look at your LSDAS GPA. This should be pretty clear because a) that's what it's made for, and b) that's what gets reported to USNWR.

[paralegal]

The LSDAS GPA is primarily the number given the greatest weight. However, the academic transcript is looked at by the admissions committee.

There are comments made on the TLS board that unless your "Ivy" GPA isn't from YHP - it doesn't matter. I have personal experience with this, and I have "not" found this to be true at all. I have an UG degree from an Ivy other than (HYP) and in this cycle, my Ivy degree played a hugely valuable part in my success. On many of the top law schools web sites, Berkeley for one, they list the undergraduate schools most strongly represented in their acceptance pool, and the Ivies are listed (not just YHP) besides Stanford, etc.

It's a trenemdous honor to have an undergraduate degree from one of the Ivies.

[GeePee]

[strike]The LSDAS GPA is primarily the number given the greatest weight. However, the academic transcript is looked at by the admissions committee.

There are comments made on the TLS board that unless your "Ivy" GPA isn't from YHP - it doesn't matter. I have personal experience with this, and I have "not" found this to be true at all. I have an UG degree from an Ivy other than (HYP) and in this cycle, my Ivy degree played a hugely valuable part in my success. On many of the top law schools web sites, Berkeley for one, they list the undergraduate schools most strongly represented in their acceptance pool, and the Ivies are listed (not just YHP) besides Stanford, etc.

It's a trenemdous honor to have an undergraduate degree from one of the Ivies.[/strike]

Fixed.

[lawduder]

The LSDAS GPA is primarily the number given the greatest weight. However, the academic transcript is looked at by the admissions committee.

There are comments made on the TLS board that unless your "Ivy" GPA isn't from YHP - it doesn't matter. I have personal experience with this, and I have "not" found this to be true at all. I have an UG degree from an Ivy other than (HYP) and in this cycle, my Ivy degree played a hugely valuable part in my success. On many of the top law schools web sites, Berkeley for one, they list the undergraduate schools most strongly represented in their acceptance pool, and the Ivies are listed (not just YHP) besides Stanford, etc.

It's a trenemdous honor to have an undergraduate degree from one of the Ivies.

1. Berkeley is a GPA whore.
2. Ivy league schools massively inflate students GPAs.

[Unemployed]

[strike]The LSDAS GPA is primarily the number given the greatest weight. However, the academic transcript is looked at by the admissions committee.

There are comments made on the TLS board that unless your "Ivy" GPA isn't from YHP - it doesn't matter. I have personal experience with this, and I have "not" found this to be true at all. I have an UG degree from an Ivy other than (HYP) and in this cycle, my Ivy degree played a hugely valuable part in my success. On many of the top law schools web sites, Berkeley for one, they list the undergraduate schools most strongly represented in their acceptance pool, and the Ivies are listed (not just YHP) besides Stanford, etc.

It's a trenemdous honor to have an undergraduate degree from one of the Ivies.[/strike]

Fixed.

Ah, the eternal battle of egos between the haves and the have nots.

[im_blue]

The LSDAS GPA is primarily the number given the greatest weight. However, the academic transcript is looked at by the admissions committee.

There are comments made on the TLS board that unless your "Ivy" GPA isn't from YHP - it doesn't matter. I have personal experience with this, and I have "not" found this to be true at all. I have an UG degree from an Ivy other than (HYP) and in this cycle, my Ivy degree played a hugely valuable part in my success. On many of the top law schools web sites, Berkeley for one, they list the undergraduate schools most strongly represented in their acceptance pool, and the Ivies are listed (not just YHP) besides Stanford, etc.

It's a trenemdous honor to have an undergraduate degree from one of the Ivies.

1. Berkeley is a GPA whore.
2. Ivy league schools massively inflate students GPAs.

3. The Ivies also tend to have a disproportionate number of high-achieving URMs.

[adameus]

The LSDAS GPA is primarily the number given the greatest weight. However, the academic transcript is looked at by the admissions committee.

There are comments made on the TLS board that unless your "Ivy" GPA isn't from YHP - it doesn't matter. I have personal experience with this, and I have "not" found this to be true at all. I have an UG degree from an Ivy other than (HYP) and in this cycle, my Ivy degree played a hugely valuable part in my success. On many of the top law schools web sites, Berkeley for one, they list the undergraduate schools most strongly represented in their acceptance pool, and the Ivies are listed (not just YHP) besides Stanford, etc.

It's a trenemdous honor to have an undergraduate degree from one of the Ivies.

Dude, all I was saying is it doesn't matter if you have an IVY league undergrad unless it's HYP. If you are from an IVY that is not one of these 3 then you are in the same boat as people from all the other schools. This doesn't mean people from other Ivies don't get into places like berkeley, it just means they don't get any type of boost.

[Borhas]

bump, anyone else? anyone who's had this discrepancy had it come up specifically in interviews, etc?

interviews don't mean anything either, unless it's for a job or med school

[BenJ]

My understanding is that Northwestern places a great deal of emphasis on their interviews. No one else cares, though.

[r2b2ct]

bump, anyone else? anyone who's had this discrepancy had it come up specifically in interviews, etc?

Most people have a discrepancy between UGPA and LSDAS GPA. A lot have a bigger difference than .1.

[fish]

What I meant was, if you get a JR1, is a .1-.15 discrepancy between your 2 GPAs going to come up in the phone interview, or is it just going to be NBD, like 'Oh, I see you took some extra classes...'

Also, if you have no clue what you are talking about and no experience with the issue, or want to talk about/debate something other than the OT, can you just not post here/litter another thread?

Thanks to those who been helpful, please continue....

[09042014]

My understanding is that Northwestern places a great deal of emphasis on their interviews. No one else cares, though.

I got in, that cannot possibly be true.

[romothesavior]

ITT: OP makes an unnecessary douchey reference to his Ivy undergrad and asks to have his question answered multiple times.

One last time: LSDAS is all that matters. Your degree will not help you much. A 3.8 from a peasant like me will beat your mid-3 range from the ivory tower any day.

[im_blue]

My understanding is that Northwestern places a great deal of emphasis on their interviews. No one else cares, though.

I got in, that cannot possibly be true.

Why, was your interview mediocre to poor? I'm curious how much this actually has an effect.

[09042014]

My understanding is that Northwestern places a great deal of emphasis on their interviews. No one else cares, though.

I got in, that cannot possibly be true.

Why, was your interview mediocre to poor? I'm curious how much this actually has an effect.

I'm kidding. I thought it went pretty good, but it was really easy. I'm not entirely sure how you'd fail that interview.

[Unemployed]

My understanding is that Northwestern places a great deal of emphasis on their interviews. No one else cares, though.

I got in, that cannot possibly be true.

Someone with a great LSAT score can overcomes all sorts of handicaps. During our orientation (at Columbia), the Dean of Admissions publically made fun of someone's personal statement and then said "and yes, even he got in and is sitting amongst you."

[fish]

ITT: OP makes an unnecessary douchey reference to his Ivy undergrad and asks to have his question answered multiple times.

One last time: LSDAS is all that matters. Your degree will not help you much. A 3.8 from a peasant like me will beat your mid-3 range from the ivory tower any day.

You reek of insecurity, get over it. I only mentioned what school I went to because any given GPA from an Ivy is invariably given greater weight than the same GPA from a non-Ivy, especially at the top law schools. Not my rules, just is what it is. You want to complain about it, take it somewhere else - I don't give a damn!

anyone have similar/opposite experience to share like paralegal?

[09042014]

ITT: OP makes an unnecessary douchey reference to his Ivy undergrad and asks to have his question answered multiple times.

One last time: LSDAS is all that matters. Your degree will not help you much. A 3.8 from a peasant like me will beat your mid-3 range from the ivory tower any day.

You reek of insecurity, get over it. I only mentioned what school I went to because any given GPA from an Ivy is invariably given greater weight than the same GPA from a non-Ivy, especially at the top law schools. Not my rules, just is what it is. You want to complain about it, take it somewhere else - I don't give a damn!

anyone have similar/opposite experience to share like paralegal?

No not really.