Freshman GPA

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Are there any schools that don’t count Freshman year GPAs?</p>

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<p>Will schools be more lenient if the freshman GPA wasn’t that good but the student showed stronger performance during the rest of his/her undergrad years?</p>

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<p>Why wouldn’t they?</p>

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<p>Why would they --assuming we are talking about the usual top 14? In reality, there are more qualified candidates than places at the table…</p>

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<p>For the purposes of reported GPAs (to USNews) and the GPAs which are given on your transcript, they are the same for every school - LSDAS calculates this for the schools. </p>

<p>Some schools may place more weight on an upward trend in grades; however, be very aware that overall GPA matters the most, because that is the one used in rankings. </p>

<p>Adding to WF’s post, many elite law schools get 20 to 30 applications for every seat.</p>

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<p>They get 20 to 30 applicants for every seat, but will typically send multiple acceptances per seat as well. (How many, precisely, is a function of the yield of the individual school.)</p>

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<p>So will a Harvard 3.3-3.5 during frosh year wreck any shot I’ve got at Stanford Law?</p>

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<p>“So will a Harvard 3.3-3.5 during frosh year wreck any shot I’ve got at Stanford Law?”</p>

<p>Probably not. Yale and Stanford, however, are supposed to be “trickier.” Meaning that numbers only won’t get you there.</p>

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<p>Almost all law schools will consider an upper trend in grades after freshman year as a positive. Nevertheless, you still usually need to bring your total GPA into the range of those usually admitted and get a high LSAT score.</p>