Didn't do so well on my first semester at a Tier one school. There are reasons why I did worse than I should have.
If I have stellar grades in my second semester, it is possible to transfer to a lower T14?
[I don't have high hopes of this, at this point just hoping I can still get that dream BIGLAW job through OCI by pulling myself up, but thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.]
Transferring if you can show vast improvement? Forum
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IndieTea
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traehekat
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Re: Transferring if you can show vast improvement?
There is virtually no evidence that an improvement from your first semester to second semester would give you any bump in the transfer admissions process. Your cumulative GPA is the only thing that matters.
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concurrent fork
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Re: Transferring if you can show vast improvement?
traehekat wrote:Your cumulative GPA is the only thing that matters.
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patrickd139
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Re: Transferring if you can show vast improvement?
concurrent fork wrote:traehekat wrote:Your cumulative GPA is the only thing that matters.
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Younger Abstention
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Re: Transferring if you can show vast improvement?
The chances that you will significantly improve from first to second semester is statistically unlikely. But to improve far enough to transfer to a T14? Almost impossible if you are below the median. You might end up top third with a complete turn around. But that's still far from high enough in the class ranking.
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thexfactor
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Re: Transferring if you can show vast improvement?
doesnt matter... I know from first hand experience. T 50 school. top 25% first semester. TOp 2% 2nd semester. Overall top 10%. Didn't get into a t14...
