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3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 11:50 pm
by 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?
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 11:56 pm
by jbagelboy
this will not matter at all
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 11:57 pm
by hairbear7
Lol no
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 12:06 am
by alexjinye
LOL! Not at all? That's great!
But I thought LSs care about their 75 percentile for flaunting reasons?
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 12:16 am
by RunnerRunner
jbagelboy wrote:this will not matter at all
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 12:20 am
by 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!
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 12:33 am
by alexjinye
Thx guys!
Working on my LSAT right now. good luck to you all!
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 1:54 am
by Mack.Hambleton
Y/S rejects 180/4.0s anyway
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 10:00 am
by CanadianWolf
Law school admissions is primarily about medians, not 75th percentile numbers.
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 10:04 am
by TasmanianToucan
What a nice problem to have! Congrats on all your hard work during undergrad, OP. Good luck on the LSAT!
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 10:04 am
by OhBoyOhBortles
You'll be fine
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 2:37 pm
by strugglebus
GPA 75ths change every year anyway...
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 3:14 pm
by 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.
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 1:40 am
by Auxilio
I think YS will keep their LSAT medians but have to drop their GPA a little going into next year anyways.
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 1:47 am
by Mack.Hambleton
Auxilio wrote: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
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 1:50 am
by Auxilio
Mack.Hambleton wrote:Auxilio wrote: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.
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 6:26 am
by alexjinye
Auxilio wrote:Mack.Hambleton wrote:Auxilio wrote: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.
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 1:59 pm
by strugglebus
alexjinye wrote:Auxilio wrote:Mack.Hambleton wrote:Auxilio wrote: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)
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 2:05 pm
by TasmanianToucan
alexjinye wrote: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.
Re: 3.96or3.97 Will Yale/Stanford care?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 2:09 pm
by 071816
3.96 = fucked beyond belief
3.97 = guaranteed acceptance