Transferring Up With An Inconsistent Grade? Forum

[Spenstar]

I am a 1L in the TTT. My first semester grades have just come in. I received 4 full A's in legal writing (ours is graded), torts, constitutional law, and civil procedure. I was definitely getting excited, but the last grade came in, contracts, and I received a B- (which the "inconsistent" grade I alluded to in the subject). Our school curves to a B, so the grade is below average. I'm going to investigate, request to see the exam, ensure a mistake was not made, all of that, but lets just assume it is what it is.

Even with the blow of the B-, my GPA remains in my school's A- threshold. It's possible that I'll swing top 10%. For sake of discussion, lets just assume that I do.

How are schools going to look at all of those A's marred by a B-? If the B- holds, I think it goes without saying that T14 is out, maybe T1 in general...but do I have any chance at moving upwards at all?

Appreciate your thoughts.

[jess]

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[$peppercorn]

Jessuf is pretty much right. Just work on staying there and you might swing the top 20. And from my experience, having an outlier grade like you are saying is not that big of a deal in transferring if your overall GPA is competitive. It will not be the B- alone holding you back as much as it will be being top 10% at a TTT.

[Spenstar]

Jessuf is pretty much right. Just work on staying there and you might swing the top 20. And from my experience, having an outlier grade like you are saying is not that big of a deal in transferring if your overall GPA is competitive. It will not be the B- alone holding you back as much as it will be being top 10% at a TTT.

Thanks for the replies. I didn't ask the question well due to shock and panic, but yeah, basically a concern that schools would look beyond the GPA and rank to the actual grades. While top 10% is up in the air, I'm not worried about top 15% -- and frankly, I would be just fine with getting into a T50 school. Doesn't sound like that will be a problem. Consider me relieved.

Out of curiosity: I couldn't find an answer on the yahoo app data, but which T20 are going to be most accommodating? I can't believe Minnesota, GWU or Vandy would be open to a 15% TTT'er.

Thank you again.

[thesealocust]

They care about your average. Everyone gets a mix of grades 1L year, the makeup of your average isn't going to be a big factor.

[maf70]

Top 10-15% will possibly get you GWU or Minnesota. Vandy is a long shot.

[quiver]

They care about your average. Everyone gets a mix of grades 1L year, the makeup of your average isn't going to be a big factor.

Jessuf is pretty much right. Just work on staying there and you might swing the top 20.

You won't get T14, but top 10% could swing T20. I know people who were between top 10% and top 15% from a TTT who swung this.

I agree with the above posters about your chances.

and frankly, I would be just fine with getting into a T50 school. Doesn't sound like that will be a problem. Consider me relieved.

Whether it would actually be worth it to transfer to a T1 or even a Top 20 school is another issue. Come back after you get transfer acceptances to figure this out.

[jess]

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[shock259]

As others have said, your average is basically all that matters.

Also, agree entirely with Jessuf re GWU. You would probably strike out at OCI if you were able to transfer into GWU, so take a long hard look at your career goals before jumping in. Where is your TTT located? How does it do in that market? Where do you want to end up? Etc.

[Younger Abstention]

Won't affect your transfer cycle any more than the overall drop in your GPA will.

[LazinessPerSe]

I went from TTTT DNR to T1 with all A's and a C in fall writing. Can't speak for T14s, but you should be viable for T1 with those grades.

[3L Student]

Yeah, you will not get into a T14 unless you get your GPA up next semester. When transferring, schools care about your overall rank. Nobody in my transfer class landed outside of the top 10% (even those coming from high ranked T1s). And even if they did overlook your GPA, ranking in the bottom half of one of your most important classes, contracts, is bad. For schools, there is a huge difference between landing all As and having that one inconsistent grade. Unfortunately, it's often luck that makes that difference.