Why the discrepancy? Forum

[gnomgnomuch]

So from what ive seen on TLS unless your GPA is a 3.7+ (with amazing softs and Lsats and everything else) youre pretty much locked out of HYS. But otherwise a 3.7 GPA is more than good enough to get Columbia and all other T-14's with money no less, as long as you have the Lsat.

From what ive seen as well a 3.8 GPA is really where you get competitve for HYS (though obviously not a lock), while a 3.5 can still get into the other t-14's.

[sinfiery]

USNWRs emphasis on Median GPA and LSAT of attending students. Plus GPA floors from HYS that are much higher than the other t14. Why? Who knows.

[Tom Joad]

Why would HYS accept low GPAs?

[Br3v]

Why would HYS accept low GPAs?

Yeah I fail to see where OP is held up.

[sublime]

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[Clearly]

It's not a discrepancy... A discrepancy would be schools down the rankings with higher standards, this is exactly what you should expect, higher ranked schools having higher standards...

[gnomgnomuch]

It's not a discrepancy... A discrepancy would be schools down the rankings with higher standards, this is exactly what you should expect, higher ranked schools having higher standards...

Im just wondering why for Columbia the GPA floor is around a 3.4 (with its rank of #4) but YHS (1,2,3) have floors at around 3.7... it seems like a HUGE jump and i cant really find a conclusive reason for WHY that jump of .3 exists... i can certainly validate it, but than again why does columbia (an amazing school, an ivy etc etc) have such a low GPA floor when compared to that of YHS.

[sublime]

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[gnomgnomuch]

It's not a discrepancy... A discrepancy would be schools down the rankings with higher standards, this is exactly what you should expect, higher ranked schools having higher standards...

Im just wondering why for Columbia the GPA floor is around a 3.4 (with its rank of #4) but YHS (1,2,3) have floors at around 3.7... it seems like a HUGE jump and i cant really find a conclusive reason for WHY that jump of .3 exists... i can certainly validate it, but than again why does columbia (an amazing school, an ivy etc etc) have such a low GPA floor when compared to that of YHS.

Different schools emphasize different things. Look at Chicago's median GPA compared to Columbia or NYU's, for example. Additionally, HYS are kind of in a completely different territory than CCN or any other school. Don't look at it as 3 vs 4, look at it more as level one and level two.

Ahh okay, thank you =) that clears it up for me, much appreciated!

[TripTrip]

It's not a discrepancy... A discrepancy would be schools down the rankings with higher standards, this is exactly what you should expect, higher ranked schools having higher standards...

Im just wondering why for Columbia the GPA floor is around a 3.4 (with its rank of #4) but YHS (1,2,3) have floors at around 3.7... it seems like a HUGE jump and i cant really find a conclusive reason for WHY that jump of .3 exists... i can certainly validate it, but than again why does columbia (an amazing school, an ivy etc etc) have such a low GPA floor when compared to that of YHS.

Different schools emphasize different things. Look at Chicago's median GPA compared to Columbia or NYU's, for example. Additionally, HYS are kind of in a completely different territory than CCN or any other school. Don't look at it as 3 vs 4, look at it more as level one and level two.

Tier 1: HYS
Tier 2: CCNPBVC
TTT: MNDG

[sinfiery]

Definitely a bigger difference between CCN and PBVC than PBVC and DNM


Gtown is definitely the TTT t14.