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3.75/175

Post by whiskey314 » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:21 am

Hey all, just had a quick couple of questions regarding my situation and any help or insights would be appreciated.

The main reason I am posting here is because I transferred from a community college to UCLA and while I graduated from UCLA summa cum laude with a 3.98 GPA, my community college grades (health issues) brought my total GPA down to a 3.75.

I was wondering if my improved grades at my degree issuing institution will matter at all. The schools I am specifically interested in are Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, and UCLA.

Main question: Will my low GPA ruin my chances at Harvard/Columbia?

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Post by malleus discentium » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:27 am

Schools will see a 3.75. As for your chances, see below:
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Post by sesto elemento » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:27 am

law schools only care about your LSAC gpa. So your gpa is in fact 3.75.
For you chances at Harvard and Columbia look up mylsn.info or lawschoolnumbers

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Post by whiskey314 » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:29 am

sesto elemento wrote:law schools only care about your LSAC gpa. So your gpa is in fact 3.75.
For you chances at Harvard and Columbia look up mylsn.info or lawschoolnumbers

ETA: scooped
Yeah, I had a feeling hehe. Thanks for the reply! :D

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Post by UnicornHunter » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:48 am

whiskey314 wrote: I was wondering if my improved grades at my degree issuing institution will matter at all. The schools I am specifically interested in are Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, and UCLA.
This is a bad list of schools to be interested in.

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Re: 3.75/175

Post by sesto elemento » Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:23 am

TheUnicornHunter wrote:
whiskey314 wrote: I was wondering if my improved grades at my degree issuing institution will matter at all. The schools I am specifically interested in are Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, and UCLA.
This is a bad list of schools to be interested in.
Oh yeah OP, I would blanket the T-13 and toss in an app at USC and UCLA with the intent of only going to those schools if they are full ride, intend to practice in the LA area, and are aware of their employment stats and relevancy to your career goals.

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Post by Hat.trick » Tue Oct 28, 2014 2:29 pm

Words cant express how similar our situations are haha. Its been consistently stated to me that all they see is the 3.75 but the upward grade trend could help us a very small amount. But by no means are you out at columbia or harvard. You're still above both columbia medians

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Post by whiskey314 » Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:20 am

I was under the impression that my stats qualified me as a splitter for Harvard.

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Post by whiskey314 » Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:22 am

Hat.trick wrote:Words cant express how similar our situations are haha. Its been consistently stated to me that all they see is the 3.75 but the upward grade trend could help us a very small amount. But by no means are you out at columbia or harvard. You're still above both columbia medians
Thanks for the feedback! I hope the upward trend will help, even marginally. Fingers crossed :D

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Post by Cicero76 » Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:54 am

whiskey314 wrote:
I was under the impression that my stats qualified me as a splitter for Harvard.
Not really a splitter. Splitter is like a 3.6. Your GPA qualifies you as a marginal chance at Harvard, like 50/50, but there's not really much anyone can say that will give you more help than LSN.

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Post by PeanutsNJam » Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:48 pm

Cicero76 wrote:
whiskey314 wrote:
I was under the impression that my stats qualified me as a splitter for Harvard.
Not really a splitter. Splitter is like a 3.6. Your GPA qualifies you as a marginal chance at Harvard, like 50/50, but there's not really much anyone can say that will give you more help than LSN.
You're using that word wrong.

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Re: 3.75/175

Post by mvp99 » Fri Oct 31, 2014 1:22 am

sesto elemento wrote:
TheUnicornHunter wrote:
whiskey314 wrote: I was wondering if my improved grades at my degree issuing institution will matter at all. The schools I am specifically interested in are Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, and UCLA.
This is a bad list of schools to be interested in.
Oh yeah OP, I would blanket the T-13 and toss in an app at USC and UCLA with the intent of only going to those schools if they are full ride, intend to practice in the LA area, and are aware of their employment stats and relevancy to your career goals.
Why the T13 distinction? might as well be t-12 then since Michigan is almost on par with GT

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