3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care? Forum

[alexjinye]

Hi tls fellows!


My new transcript just came out and luckily I now have a 3.96.
I know that Yale's and Stanford's 75% gpa is 3.97 and I am just 0.01 from it. I can boost to 3.97 by taking a summer course to get an A+.
However, I am leaning toward not taking the course and just stay at 3.96, because taking a summer course would take up my precious LSAT and application preparation time.

Can someone advise me on whether I should take this summer course? How much does it matter in terms of GPA for YS between a 3.96 and a 3.97?

[jbagelboy]

this will not matter at all

[hairbear7]

Lol no

[alexjinye]

LOL! Not at all? That's great!

But I thought LSs care about their 75 percentile for flaunting reasons?

[RunnerRunner]

this will not matter at all

[downbeat14]

This is hilarious. not going to matter one bit!

Focus on the LSAT. That is going to be WAY more important, given how high your GPA already is (and all the time tbh). Good luck!

[alexjinye]

Thx guys!

Working on my LSAT right now. good luck to you all!

[Mack.Hambleton]

Y/S rejects 180/4.0s anyway

[CanadianWolf]

Law school admissions is primarily about medians, not 75th percentile numbers.

[TasmanianToucan]

What a nice problem to have! Congrats on all your hard work during undergrad, OP. Good luck on the LSAT!

[OhBoyOhBortles]

You'll be fine

[strugglebus]

GPA 75ths change every year anyway...

[dwyf]

Funny, you make no mention of the potential downside (getting anything less than an A). Granted, you're clearly the kind of student who knows how to rack up As, but there's always the possibility of having a crazy prof or getting sick.

That said, obviously skip the summer class.

[Auxilio]

I think YS will keep their LSAT medians but have to drop their GPA a little going into next year anyways.

[Mack.Hambleton]

I think YS will keep their LSAT medians but have to drop their GPA a little going into next year anyways.

doubt it, why do you think that. they have tiny classes (under two hundred) that means they need literally less than a hundred students with a 3.9 to keep that median

[Auxilio]

I think YS will keep their LSAT medians but have to drop their GPA a little going into next year anyways.

doubt it, why do you think that. they have tiny classes (under two hundred) that means they need literally less than a hundred students with a 3.9 to keep that median

Sorry by median I meant 75th, I can see them failing to get ~50 people with 3.97+. Not that I would bet a lot, but just furthers the idea that OP should not worry about it.

[alexjinye]

I think YS will keep their LSAT medians but have to drop their GPA a little going into next year anyways.

doubt it, why do you think that. they have tiny classes (under two hundred) that means they need literally less than a hundred students with a 3.9 to keep that median

Sorry by median I meant 75th, I can see them failing to get ~50 people with 3.97+. Not that I would bet a lot, but just furthers the idea that OP should not worry about it.

yea. I see there is always risk not getting an A+ and have my time wasted, so I decided not to take the class anyway.

that being said, why do you think YS may not keep up their 75th gpa? I saw news saying that law school applicants might resurge this cycle.

[strugglebus]

I think YS will keep their LSAT medians but have to drop their GPA a little going into next year anyways.

doubt it, why do you think that. they have tiny classes (under two hundred) that means they need literally less than a hundred students with a 3.9 to keep that median

Sorry by median I meant 75th, I can see them failing to get ~50 people with 3.97+. Not that I would bet a lot, but just furthers the idea that OP should not worry about it.

yea. I see there is always risk not getting an A+ and have my time wasted, so I decided not to take the class anyway.

that being said, why do you think YS may not keep up their 75th gpa? I saw news saying that law school applicants might resurge this cycle.

When you're talking about changes of 0.01 in people's GPAs, it makes sense that applicants' GPAs will just fluctuate, making a 75th likely to change. All it takes is for them not to have anyone who happens to have a 3.97 rather than a 3.96 or 3.98 attend (for it to be the 75th %ile, it has to be someone's GPA in the first place)

[TasmanianToucan]

yea. I see there is always risk not getting an A+ and have my time wasted, so I decided not to take the class anyway.

that being said, why do you think YS may not keep up their 75th gpa? I saw news saying that law school applicants might resurge this cycle.

Ah yes, the mythical law school comeback! I dunno, until tuition goes down and employment numbers go up, I don't see how/why it would happen.

[071816]

3.96 = fucked beyond belief

3.97 = guaranteed acceptance