<p>If you attended a prestigious undergrad (say Harvard undergrad), do law schools "add points" to your GPA due to the prestige of your undergrad? I've heard they do. Does anyone know about how much they add, as a rule of thumb, for purposes of comparison to other applicants? 0.1? 0.25? </p>
<p>Also, does anyone know (or have a guess) how much Harvard Law specifically would "add" to a Harvard undergrad applicant's GPA?</p>
<p>They don’t add points to your GPA. They use their index formula to calculate a number for you based on your LSAT and GPA, and that number wouldn’t change even if you went to Harvard College or have been elected the president of the United States. However, law schools do consider softs, and attending Harvard College would be a significant soft for HLS. It would be a good, but not significant, soft at other law schools.</p>
<p>But I was wondering how significant of a soft is Harvard College to HLS? Is it enough to make a 3.7, 173, white guy from Harvard College a likely HLS admit, whereas he otherwise might not be if he had gone to a state school unless his GPA was 0.2 higher at the state school (assuming essays, recommendations, and extracurriculars were the same quality)?</p>
<p>“Is it enough to make a 3.7, 173, white guy from Harvard College a likely HLS admit”</p>
<p>No. The guy would have a chance (not a good chance) with those stats; 3.7 is low at HLS even for Harvard undergrads. Normally you would need 3.85+ and 172+ to have a chance and have 3.95+ and 175+ to be a likely admit.</p>
<p>If you attend Harvard College (or any college), talk with you pre-law advisory and ask for statistics on applicants from your school.</p>
<p>what if it is not Harvard but an equally prestigious undergrad? (say Yale or Stanford) Does it still count as a significant soft for HLS?</p>
<p>What exactly is a soft?</p>