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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:33 pm
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NVM, see below.malleus discentium wrote:This is a little too cryptic for us to give you meaningful advice.
Did he just dick around this semester? Does he have a medical reason for these grades? Did he pick really hard classes? Can he still get nonpunitive withdrawals? What kind of grades are we talking? The answer to each of these questions changes how he should proceed and how big a deal it will be. You're right that, in the abstract, a transcript with a semester of withdrawals is better than one with a semester of Fs. But that observation doesn't help him, because no kidding.Clearly wrote:He's talking about undergrad.
Clearly a semester of withdrawals are better than bad grades. No one will care about withdrawals, esp if you have a good reason.
A semester of non-punitive Ws is better under any circumstances than a semester of bad grades, and I happen to know his school does non-punitive Ws. It seems like no kidding to us, but we don't know what he knows.malleus discentium wrote:Did he just dick around this semester? Does he have a medical reason for these grades? Did he pick really hard classes? Can he still get nonpunitive withdrawals? What kind of grades are we talking? The answer to each of these questions changes how he should proceed and how big a deal it will be. You're right that, in the abstract, a transcript with a semester of withdrawals is better than one with a semester of Fs. But that observation doesn't help him, because no kidding.Clearly wrote:He's talking about undergrad.
Clearly a semester of withdrawals are better than bad grades. No one will care about withdrawals, esp if you have a good reason.
A 3.81 is excellent....I say graduate since it is almost the end of the semester as is.R123nav wrote:Sorry guys, it's my last semester of undergrad and I need to leave school to help my parents failing business. It's the last thing I want to do, but I know if I stay and try to work at the business there is no way I'll be able to get decent grades in all classes. It will delay my graduation one semester. Other than that my cumulative GPA is a 3.81.
I think you should protect your GPA. The difference between a 3.8 and a 3.75 is significant at the top schools, and could make a difference in scholarship offers too. (And a 3.75 cumulative GPA after 8 semesters would require you to get like a 3.5 in your last semester, which still seems a bit ambitious). You only get one shot to get your GPA right.Broncos15 wrote:A 3.81 is excellent....I say graduate since it is almost the end of the semester as is.R123nav wrote:Sorry guys, it's my last semester of undergrad and I need to leave school to help my parents failing business. It's the last thing I want to do, but I know if I stay and try to work at the business there is no way I'll be able to get decent grades in all classes. It will delay my graduation one semester. Other than that my cumulative GPA is a 3.81.
Even in an absolute worst case it dropped to lets say a 3.75 ....every school with the exception of Yale and possibly Stanford would be open to you
''k5220 wrote:I think you should protect your GPA. The difference between a 3.8 and a 3.75 is significant at the top schools, and could make a difference in scholarship offers too. (And a 3.75 cumulative GPA after 8 semesters would require you to get like a 3.5 in your last semester, which still seems a bit ambitious). You only get one shot to get your GPA right.Broncos15 wrote:A 3.81 is excellent....I say graduate since it is almost the end of the semester as is.R123nav wrote:Sorry guys, it's my last semester of undergrad and I need to leave school to help my parents failing business. It's the last thing I want to do, but I know if I stay and try to work at the business there is no way I'll be able to get decent grades in all classes. It will delay my graduation one semester. Other than that my cumulative GPA is a 3.81.
Even in an absolute worst case it dropped to lets say a 3.75 ....every school with the exception of Yale and possibly Stanford would be open to you
This is a stretch...starry eyed wrote:there is no way in hell i'd sit out a cycle to protect my gpa by .05 points-that's ridiculous.
especially since lsat takers increased in december and feb so this is the best cycle to apply anyway-next year will be harder
starry eyed wrote:there is no way in hell i'd sit out a cycle to protect my gpa by .05 points-that's ridiculous.
especially since lsat takers increased in december and feb so this is the best cycle to apply anyway-next year will be harder
if you are disputing that next year will be tougher, what other metric are we supposed to use?Rigo wrote:starry eyed wrote:there is no way in hell i'd sit out a cycle to protect my gpa by .05 points-that's ridiculous.
especially since lsat takers increased in december and feb so this is the best cycle to apply anyway-next year will be harder
You're making faulty assumptions.starry eyed wrote:if you are disputing that next year will be tougher, what other metric are we supposed to use?Rigo wrote:starry eyed wrote:there is no way in hell i'd sit out a cycle to protect my gpa by .05 points-that's ridiculous.
especially since lsat takers increased in december and feb so this is the best cycle to apply anyway-next year will be harder
this site is all about numbers; why does it decide to ignore them at times?
OP said their GPA is likely to be a 3.0. Seven semesters of 3.81 and one semester of 3.0 = more like a 3.7. The differences in admissions chances between a 3.8/172 and a 3.7/172 are real, and the scholarship offers will be different too. Withdrawing from one semester to prevent that 3.0 is pretty worth it, especially with a great reason to explain the withdrawals (which school likely won't care about anyway since they only need to report numbers to USNWR).starry eyed wrote:there is no way in hell i'd sit out a cycle to protect my gpa by .05 points-that's ridiculous.
especially since lsat takers increased in december and feb so this is the best cycle to apply anyway-next year will be harder