Why cornell??? Any answers???

cormom15
Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:29:33 +0000

I don’t think the median grade report is a bad thing per se, especially since my D is not pursuing law school or med school so the obtaining the highest possible GPA is not the driving motivator for her at Cornell. I was just wondering how law schools or med schools would view 2 Cornell students since they have started placing the median grades on the transcripts both trying for the same spot, for example one student with median grades reflecting an “easier” major and thus a higher GPA vs. another with a slightly lower GPA but lower median grades to balance it.

If it is all GPA driven for top law schools like it has been stated, then my D’s friend is right -pick the easiest major, even if she “hates” it, because the median grades are irrelevant - the students with the passion for their major and the lower GPA and median grades will not get in over these students.

So again, I don’t get the point of median grades on the transcripts then if top law schools disregard them. Is there any recent data to law and med schools since they started posting the median grade reports?