Splitters: Have any with a C or D grade gotten into a T10? Forum

[ComatoseClown]

Have there been any instances where a high LSAT/low GPA splitter who had a C or even D on his/her transcript (say from the 1st year of college due to a poor start) got admitted to a Top 10? Or, is it safe to say that any grade of D or F, even if the LSAC GPA turns out to be say 3.4, will preclude this from being possible?

[zdamico]

Have there been any instances where a high LSAT/low GPA splitter who had a C or even D on his/her transcript (say from the 1st year of college due to a poor start) got admitted to a Top 10? Or, is it safe to say that any grade of D or F, even if the LSAC GPA turns out to be say 3.4, will preclude this from being possible?

Well I got a C and I'm going into my Junior year with a 3.8, and a chance to bring that up to a 3.86 with a good year, and I am prepping at 170+.

If I were to get a 172+ and keep up my gpa, along with a good rest of the application, I'm pretty sure one T10 school would accept me.

[3ThrowAway99]

Have there been any instances where a high LSAT/low GPA splitter who had a C or even D on his/her transcript (say from the 1st year of college due to a poor start) got admitted to a Top 10? Or, is it safe to say that any grade of D or F, even if the LSAC GPA turns out to be say 3.4, will preclude this from being possible?

I think it will be your overall GPA that matters. This same topic comes up re: law school grades (i.e. someone who has an overall fairly strong GPA worried about getting no job offers because they have an outlier like a D); the feedback that I remember seeing in that context is that it is the overall GPA that is most important.

But a 3.4 puts you in rough territory for a T10 (or even T14) regardless of what dragged it down to that level. But do well enough on the LSAT and it is still possible.

[shoeshine]

The answer is yes. Me.

[JamMasterJ]

yeah, it's not a big deal

[AffordablePrep]

Yes. D's and C's .

[Helmholtz]

The answer is yes. Me.

[ahduth]

The answer is yes. Me.

[straxen]

Yes, overall GPA is pretty much all that matters. I got a C in Physiology (why did I listen to my med school bound friends that it was easy), and in linguistics (alarm didn't go off and missed half of the exam) and got into NYU.