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Spending more than 4 years in UG?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 12:39 am
by CheyenneGarrett17
Will spending 5 or 6 years as an undergrad hurt my chances at admission?
My college is far from special - just a state university. Soft majors, but two majors and two minors.
Thinking sticking around a little longer to raise my GPA will help in the long run. Will this advantage be outweighed by the extra time spent?
Re: Spending more than 4 years in UG?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 12:43 am
by bnghle234
CheyenneGarrett17 wrote:Will spending 5 or 6 years as an undergrad hurt my chances at admission?
My college is far from special - just a state university. Soft majors, but two majors and two minors.
Thinking sticking around a little longer to raise my GPA will help in the long run. Will this advantage be outweighed by the extra time spent?
absolutely not, only thing that matters is GPA/LSAT
Re: Spending more than 4 years in UG?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:53 am
by haus
I took 16 years to complete my undergrad, my cycle went as expected for GPA/LSAT.
Re: Spending more than 4 years in UG?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 3:36 pm
by CheyenneGarrett17
Thank you both for your responses. My other problem is that as of now I have no softs or work experience as an undergrad. But I have been very focused on numbers - I have a solid GPA. LSAT is still a ways out for me, but have taken some practice tests and have made a one year study plan to start at the end of this semester. If I can pull off some strong numbers and explain my lack of softs, how much will this hurt me? Would you still say to focus on the numbers, or should I start trying to build a resume too? I know this will probably count me out at schools like Yale and Berkeley because of lack of softs, but what about others like Harvard, Columbia, even Texas (this list of schools is totally random and just me dreaming big lol)?
Re: Spending more than 4 years in UG?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:17 pm
by acr
spending more than 4 years in UG? highly recommend it
Re: Spending more than 4 years in UG?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:33 pm
by xRON MEXiCOx
Whats the point of having 2 majors and 2 minors?
Re: Spending more than 4 years in UG?
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 3:10 am
by CheyenneGarrett17
Ron Mexico wrote:Whats the point of having 2 majors and 2 minors?
To be honest, to stretch out my time as an undergrad and to boost my GPA.
Re: Spending more than 4 years in UG?
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 3:19 am
by haus
CheyenneGarrett17 wrote:Ron Mexico wrote:Whats the point of having 2 majors and 2 minors?
To be honest, to stretch out my time as an undergrad and to boost my GPA.
You might want to spend a little time running the numbers. By the time you have 130 or more credit hours it can be difficult to move your GPA by a large amount. And whatever small gain you do squeeze out could be mostly lost with a poor performance in one or two classes.