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Im trying to transfer from a t4 in Florida to the best school possible. I'm ranked 14 out of 300, top 4-5% and i've already applied to UF & FSU but waiting to hear back. I've heard of a few students that have got into Emory with a 3.1 which is around top 20%, so i'm trying to reach deep. Any ideas?

for T14, youre dead in the water

This thread has a bunch of opinions http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 8&start=25

After reading a bunch of old threads and the spreadsheet T14 is not "dead in the water" but its not going to be easy. Maybe the top 6 are out......but the others are worth an application fee (its only money).

You can probably get some of the schools that take more transfers. Try GULC, WUSTL, UCLA, Berkeley, GW.

InRemington wrote:This thread has a bunch of opinions http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 8&start=25

After reading a bunch of old threads and the spreadsheet T14 is not "dead in the water" but its not going to be easy. Maybe the top 6 are out......but the others are worth an application fee (its only money).

I agree. Give it a shot. Worse case scenario you're down a couple hundred bucks. It's worth the chance. GULC accepts a lot of transfers.

Apply to wherever you want to go. The worst they can do is say no, right?

A lot of top schools are losing 1L students this fall and they need tuition revenue from somewhere: transfer students. Apply, and note somewhere on the personal statement that you have a job guaranteed at a friend or family's law firm after graduation which will last longer than one year (which these people love to hear in order to buttress their USNEWS stats) in case Biglaw/OCI does not work out.

Alternatively, if you are accepted as a transfer student, use the acceptance letter to demand a full scholarship at your school for the remaining two years.

Good luck getting those letters of recommendation and transcripts. I hear that low ranked schools make it almost impossible to transfer.

Thank you, everyone! I ended up applying to GULC and GW so hopefully one of those will bite. Coming from a t4, I know my options are limited but I guess I should have thought of that before I decided to slack off in undergrad.

Anonymous User wrote:Thank you, everyone! I ended up applying to GULC and GW so hopefully one of those will bite. Coming from a t4, I know my options are limited but I guess I should have thought of that before I decided to slack off in undergrad.

Your options are not that limited. I attend a t4 as well. My friend finished 3rd/529 and got accepted into Georgetown. We have 3 students accepted into Georgetown from the same school. I finished in the top 26% and I am one of three that I know of that were accepted to Emory.


Good luck to you.

Crazy...after my 1L at a T4 you needed top 5 percent for emory. One kid was # 2 in the class and got rejected from Gtown

Well, I mean the T-4 I went to was pretty crooked with their rankings. They added part-time students to the full-time 1L ranking to skew the actual rankings. So I really think the decisions were made off grades.

But the decline in applicants is playing a huge factor as well. But my friend that got into Georgetown had other factors that got him in. He was a Bosnian refugee, he booked 6 out of 10 classes. Every professor at our school praised him for being the best law student they have ever taught. I am sure his letters were very solid.

You said 3 brah

Yeah, I do not know the other two ppl's personal life story since I am not their friends, just acquaintances.

What does anyone on here think my chances are coming from a T4 in Florida to UF or FSU ranked in the top 30%?

You have a shot at FSU

RodneyBoonfield wrote:You have a shot at FSU

Keeping my fingers crossed!

I know transfers at UF from Coastal and Nova so I'm sure you have a shot

nebula666 wrote:I know transfers at UF from Coastal and Nova so I'm sure you have a shot

From what I have found in researching, both schools accept the majority of their transfers from schools in Florida so we will see.