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If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:46 pm
by Mr. December
LSAT was 167 and GPA I applied with was 3.781.
If I do well enough this semester, I might be able to raise my GPA to over 3.8. If that happens, should I take a year off and reapply? Would that fraction of an increase offer more opportunities in terms of higher ranking schools/scholarships simply because it's over 3.8, or would that be irrelevant?
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:53 pm
by Dany
Can you also retake the LSAT? 170+/3.8 would mean a huge difference in schools and scholarships. I don't think a new cycle with the same LSAT and only marginally higher gpa will go much differently.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:57 pm
by gbpackerbacker
Dany wrote:Can you also retake the LSAT? 170+/3.8 would mean a huge difference in schools and scholarships. I don't think a new cycle with the same LSAT and only marginally higher gpa will go much differently.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:58 pm
by patrickd139
gbpackerbacker wrote:Dany wrote:Can you also retake the LSAT? 170+/3.8 would mean a huge difference in schools and scholarships. I don't think a new cycle with the same LSAT and only marginally higher gpa will go much differently.
Hard pressed to think the difference between a 3.78 and a 3.8 is going to make any difference.
Edited because I apparently suck at S-V agreement.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:04 am
by FiveSermon
Not really. Your cycle will be pretty much identical unless you retake the LSAT.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:05 am
by Bildungsroman
.02 doesn't make a difference.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:10 am
by patrickd139
ITT: Mr. December learns the relative value of his GPA
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:14 am
by FiveSermon
I mean it could be a big difference if it crossed median. But no school comes to mind that OP would have a shot at with a 167 LSAT that has a GPA median between 3.78-3.8.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:33 am
by Verity
Retake. Or ED to UVA.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:36 am
by FiveSermon
Verity wrote:Retake. Or ED to UVA.
He has no shot at UVA ED without residency. He is under both GPA/LSAT median.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:36 am
by bk1
Answer: Only take a year off if you're going to retake the LSAT too.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:57 am
by Verity
FiveSermon wrote:Verity wrote:Retake. Or ED to UVA.
He has no shot at UVA ED without residency. He is under both GPA/LSAT median.
No shit. Only giving OP the TLS auto-reply when asking for an obvious answer.
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:57 am
by lzyovrachievr
bk187 wrote:Answer: Only take a year off if you're going to retake the LSAT too.
Or if you are going to get some useful work/life experience. (But I advocate for everyone to take at least one year off.)
Re: If I break 3.8, should I take a year off?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:39 pm
by bk1
lzyovrachievr wrote:bk187 wrote:Answer: Only take a year off if you're going to retake the LSAT too.
Or if you are going to get some useful work/life experience. (But I advocate for everyone to take at least one year off.)
I agree. I realized that I was implying otherwise after I wrote that but was too lazy to edit.