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What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
I go to a school with a 2.7 mean curve (ranked right around 100). Based on that curve I'll be between top 10 and top 5% and would like to transfer. I'm considering schools that have higher curves. So, assuming I get in to a higher ranked school, will my lower curve mean hurt my chances at OCI in the new school? I'll be competing with students who ranked lower their 1L but have higher GPAs. Anyone knows how that works?
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Your GPA goes: poof (insofar as you start over). You will use your grades, and your rank for OCI purposes.luckyduck wrote:I go to a school with a 2.7 mean curve (ranked right around 100). Based on that curve I'll be between top 10 and top 5% and would like to transfer. I'm considering schools that have higher curves. So, assuming I get in to a higher ranked school, will my lower curve mean hurt my chances at OCI in the new school? I'll be competing with students who ranked lower their 1L but have higher GPAs. Anyone knows how that works?
Thanks!
lol you won't be ranked with your 1L GPA on your 2L school's curve. hahah. i just laughed out loud writing that.
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Do we not have a transfer FAQ somewhere to spell this stuff out?
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Why don't you get started on that lol. We really need one.patrickd139 wrote:Do we not have a transfer FAQ somewhere to spell this stuff out?
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Nah, too busy toiling away at my TT trying to snag jobs that don't exist!megaTTTron wrote:Why don't you get started on that lol. We really need one.patrickd139 wrote:Do we not have a transfer FAQ somewhere to spell this stuff out?

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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Do you regret not transferring? Curious because it might relate to my situation.patrickd139 wrote:Nah, too busy toiling away at my TT trying to snag jobs that don't exist!megaTTTron wrote:Why don't you get started on that lol. We really need one.patrickd139 wrote:Do we not have a transfer FAQ somewhere to spell this stuff out?
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
That will depend entirely on what happens with last semester's tax-laden grades. I want to do tax (and have since before the transfer process), so if those grades are good, my class/school rank plus a good tax GPA will put me in an excellent position to get either an NYU or GULC LLM in tax. At that point, I will be ecstatic because I avoided north of $90k in student loans.keg411 wrote:Do you regret not transferring? Curious because it might relate to my situation.patrickd139 wrote:Nah, too busy toiling away at my TT trying to snag jobs that don't exist!megaTTTron wrote:Why don't you get started on that lol. We really need one.patrickd139 wrote:Do we not have a transfer FAQ somewhere to spell this stuff out?
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Guess I didn't word my question right because I knew that my rank and GPA wouldn't change. I'll re-read the FAQs, maybe I missed the answer to the question I meant to ask.megaTTTron wrote:Your GPA goes: poof (insofar as you start over). You will use your grades, and your rank for OCI purposes.luckyduck wrote:I go to a school with a 2.7 mean curve (ranked right around 100). Based on that curve I'll be between top 10 and top 5% and would like to transfer. I'm considering schools that have higher curves. So, assuming I get in to a higher ranked school, will my lower curve mean hurt my chances at OCI in the new school? I'll be competing with students who ranked lower their 1L but have higher GPAs. Anyone knows how that works?
Thanks!
lol you won't be ranked with your 1L GPA on your 2L school's curve. hahah. i just laughed out loud writing that.
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Good luck. I hope you kill it.patrickd139 wrote:That will depend entirely on what happens with last semester's tax-laden grades. I want to do tax (and have since before the transfer process), so if those grades are good, my class/school rank plus a good tax GPA will put me in an excellent position to get either an NYU or GULC LLM in tax. At that point, I will be ecstatic because I avoided north of $90k in student loans.keg411 wrote:Do you regret not transferring? Curious because it might relate to my situation.patrickd139 wrote:Nah, too busy toiling away at my TT trying to snag jobs that don't exist!megaTTTron wrote:
Why don't you get started on that lol. We really need one.
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Would you have decided differently if you didn't know you wanted to do tax?patrickd139 wrote:That will depend entirely on what happens with last semester's tax-laden grades. I want to do tax (and have since before the transfer process), so if those grades are good, my class/school rank plus a good tax GPA will put me in an excellent position to get either an NYU or GULC LLM in tax. At that point, I will be ecstatic because I avoided north of $90k in student loans.
I don't even want to think about not doing well...
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Probably. Absent a desire to do tax work, it likely would have been worth the increase in cost to net the increase in prestige and access to jobs that T14 degrees provide. For tax work (especially tax controversy and high level firm stuff), it matters less where you get your JD than a) having a CPA or b) graduating and doing well at a top 3 LLM program. Since I don't have my CPA, it's an all eggs in one basket thing.keg411 wrote:Would you have decided differently if you didn't know you wanted to do tax?patrickd139 wrote:That will depend entirely on what happens with last semester's tax-laden grades. I want to do tax (and have since before the transfer process), so if those grades are good, my class/school rank plus a good tax GPA will put me in an excellent position to get either an NYU or GULC LLM in tax. At that point, I will be ecstatic because I avoided north of $90k in student loans.
I don't even want to think about not doing well...
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Missed this somehow. Thanks TTTron. How was your second first semester?megaTTTron wrote: Good luck. I hope you kill it.
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Thanks for the answer. Definitely helpful.
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Re: What Happens to you GPA when you transfer?
Dude, it was great. So happy I transferred (but far less fun that 1L, which is so odd). Fun isn't dead here, it's just missing.patrickd139 wrote:Missed this somehow. Thanks TTTron. How was your second first semester?megaTTTron wrote: Good luck. I hope you kill it.
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Hey, get enough chill people together and you can change the atmosphere anywhere. Glad to hear it's not crushing the soul or anything. GL this spring!megaTTTron wrote:Dude, it was great. So happy I transferred (but far less fun that 1L, which is so odd). Fun isn't dead here, it's just missing.patrickd139 wrote:Missed this somehow. Thanks TTTron. How was your second first semester?megaTTTron wrote: Good luck. I hope you kill it.
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