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T-10 to HYS Top 20%
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:20 am
by Snape
Need a little help regarding perceived chances/odds.
Im in the top 20%, maybe 15 at one of MVPND. I want to go into legal academia but couldnt get into HYS as a first year. What do you think my odds are at transfering to HYS and any advice on makind this happen? Anyone had success with this in the past?
Thanks!
Re: T-10 to HYS Top 20%
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:10 pm
by patrickd139
Just curious, but what makes you think you want academia?
(I voted 50/50 in the poll, fwiw.)
Re: T-10 to HYS Top 20%
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:24 am
by Snape
Was a teacher for a few years before law school--love teaching and scholarship. Always wanted to teach / research/ study constitutional history.
Re: T-10 to HYS Top 20%
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:01 pm
by vanwinkle
Snape wrote:Was a teacher for a few years before law school--love teaching and scholarship. Always wanted to teach / research/ study constitutional history.
Multiple years WE? Check. Demonstrated interest in academia? Check. Top grades?
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It's hard to say if your grades are good enough to really warrant consideration. If they are, I think H in particular would love you (they seem to care about both things I mentioned above when looking at transfers). If I were you I'd consider it worth the effort and app fee.
But if I were you I'd also do everything I could to boost that GPA. Any increase will help your odds, and getting into the top 10% range puts you in a substantially better position.