<p>I was a transfer student, and I obviously got crap grades my freshman and sophomore years at a huge state school. Then, by some miracle, I got into Barnard College in New York, where, unless something goes atrociously wrong, I stand to graduate with at least a 3.85, hopefully higher (in English). I don't know how the LSAT will go, but I have historically done well on standardized tests (not that I mean to imply that the LSAT is all that similar to them).</p>
<p>The supposed "soft" factors - ECs and recs - will be strong. I hope.</p>
<p>If anyone has any insight, I'd be SO grateful...I mean, on my chances of getting into a good law school, or even a top one.</p>
<p>Well your GPA's will be combined, so you can figure it out exactly what GPA they will see.</p>
<p>Okay, my state GPA was actually more like a 3.5, so they'll see a 3.7...are you telling me, though, that it makes no difference at all that the higher GPA is from a much more academically challenging school, in my junior and senior years? That kind of a huge upward swing isn't accounted for? I'd anticipate addressing it in a personal statement, anyway, so they WILL know, but are you saying they'd just dismiss it and say, "Well, she got a 3.7...too low...next!"?</p>
<p>Thanks for your response.</p>
<p>At all? It matters a little, but the big thing is the number itself. And 3.7 puts you in pretty good shape. A downward trend, though -- that would really have hurt you.</p>