Percentile cut-offs at HLS Forum

[Anonymous User]

I seriously think you guys are over-estimating the number of DS's required to land in the top 10-15 students, unless professors have diverged significantly from the curve of the past few years. Last year's Sears Prize winner not only had 7 DS's but is widely regarded as being on track to having one of the highest GPAs in HLS history. 6-8 DS's for top 5 students sounds absurd given that fact.

[Anonymous User]

I seriously think you guys are over-estimating the number of DS's required to land in the top 10-15 students, unless professors have diverged significantly from the curve of the past few years. Last year's Sears Prize winner not only had 7 DS's but is widely regarded as being on track to having one of the highest GPAs in HLS history. 6-8 DS's for top 5 students sounds absurd given that fact.

There may be a disconnect here, with some people talking about 1L year only, and with others (me, at least) talking about 1L and 2L years combined. There are people out there with 6 DS after 2L year that also have about 6Ps.

[Anonymous User]

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[Haribo]

Didn't Harvard just put this new system into place a few years ago? If A+'s only gave a 4.33 under the old system, while DS's give a 5.0 under the new, it'd be pretty easy to break the record.

[Anonymous User]

Curious what people think 3P, 5H and 2DS equates to? Top 10% for sure, right?

[GeePee]

Curious what people think 3P, 5H and 2DS equates to? Top 10% for sure, right?

Just a bit inside top 10% seems right.

[Anonymous User]

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[Anonymous User]

Curious why we keep talking in terms of numbers of DS, H, P, etc. Why not just use the GPA calculation that HLS uses for latin honors? Knowing there are people out there with 6 DS and 6 P after 2L year is somewhat helpful, but many of the DS could be in 2 credit seminars while the Ps could be in 3 or 4 credit classes. It would be more useful to just provide GPAs and class year. For instance, where do you think a 4.14 after 2L year would put someone?

[Anonymous User]

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[Anonymous User]

What about something in the vicinity of 3.95 after 2L as a pure average of all graded classes and credits?

[Anonymous User]

Bump?

[Anonymous User]

Bump?

Congrats on Magna; it's almost guaranteed since 3L year is a joke.

[Anonymous User]

What do you think someone's class rank would be with the following grades after 1L:
5 Hs of which 2 are DS + 5 Ps ?

[GeePee]

What do you think someone's class rank would be with the following grades after 1L:
5 Hs of which 2 are DS + 5 Ps ?

I venture that's the approximate equivalent of 7 H's, which would place you in the neighborhood of top 20%

[shreddedbeeftacos]

"Latin honors at graduation will be based on the average of the three annual grade point averages (GPA). GPA will be calculated for each year of study and then averaged across the three years to determine Latin honors."

1L, 2L and 3L all count equally, regardless of credits, for latin honors purposes.

[shreddedbeeftacos]

What about something in the vicinity of 3.95 after 2L as a pure average of all graded classes and credits?

I meant to quote this above. If you're wondering for purposes of latin honors, you should calculate 1L and 2L GPAs separately, and then average the two.

Then, it's easy to figure out what you need to get 3L year to hit a certain GPA. Say you still have a 3.95 after equal weighting, and want at least a 3.9 overall, then you need a 3.8 or better 3L year.