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I know this has been asked before and hardly comes up now, but how much does undergrad GPA matter for law school transfer?

I know that like 0Ls, 2Ls also have to upload their college transcripts, along with 1L grades and prof recommendations. So how much do the Ugpa matter? Will that be an important soft?


I know the great Arrow said UGPA dont matter in transfers but Arrow was a UCLA 1L. Most likely they had terrific or at least above average stats in UG. This question probably doesnt apply to them.

This question is not for someone who graduated with 3.2 odd and now got a 4.0 1L at a T1. This is for those who slayed 1L grades but had terrible Ugpa (sub 3)

I am not asking for myself for once, but for a friend who's at a TT ranked 70-80 (think American, Brooklyn, Loyola etc) .

She did poorly at college (sub 3) but aced the Lsat and got into a decent T2 and have got top 1L grades. Now she is eyeing GULC, CLC and GW.

I ask coz one person on a reddit sub told me how they had 1L grades (top 2%) at a Tier 1 school yet couldnt transfer to their target school. They think this is due to their sub 2.5 UGPA.

Any anecdotes ? Any body managed to transfer to T14 from their school despite having sub 3 in UG?

Do 2Ls who have amazing 1L again have to address low UGPA in their PS? Again go through the motions of adding GPA addendum?

Sorry if I am bothering.

It might hurt you at the margins, but it won't make much of a difference. My GPA was just barely above 3.0 and I managed to get in to a majority of the T14.

I had a sub 3.0 UGPA and got into GULC as a transfer from a low t2 school. I did not include an addendum or even address it, just focused on reasons for wanting to transfer to the new school in the PS.

I don’t think UGPA matters really for transfers - first, schools don’t have to report it for any purpose or ranking or anything, right? So it doesn’t affect them. Second, the role of UGPA and LSAT is to predict your ability and to succeed in law school, but that’s moot once you have actual law school grades that actually show that you have succeeded in law school.

I can’t say it won’t ever have any impact on the margins, like deciding between two otherwise identical candidates, but I don’t think it’s very significant at all.

I got into a GULC with just under a 2.9 UGPA. I did very well in 1L. I think all they care about is 1L grades and having a compelling reason for wanting to transfer.
You also have to keep statistics in mind. GULC and Harvard take the most transfers each year. I got wait listed at some other T1 schools as a transfer but they only take 1 or 2 transfer students each year. Look at the 509 reports.

I had a sub 3.0 and it did not preclude me from being accepted into a T14