<p>If I work very hard and maintain a >3.7gpa at Cornell as an undergrad and work as an intern over the summers as well as get a high lsat score can i go to harvard law school?
Will an undergrad education at cornell enable me to reach harvard law?</p>
<p>Why are you posting this here? Isn't there a section for post-grad schools?</p>
<p>sorry......?</p>
<p>3.7 is like impossible at Cornell I have 2 friends that go there, geniuses, got like 1560s on their SATs and had like 4.5 GPAs at high school. They say that Cornell doesnt inflate grades at all, so the average GPA is like 2.9. Then again, that may just be for engineering.</p>
<p>OMGOMG Cornell doesn't inflate grades? OMGOMG...</p>
<p>I might rethink Cornell... wondering how a 2.9 GPA would look by other Grad schools...</p>
<p>I need some more opinions! I don't trust everyone internet~</p>
<p>Assuming you weren't sarcastic... if your friends find Cornell hard and can't even close to a 3.7, then they aren't geniuses at all. There are perfectly ordinary kids in Engineering getting 3.8+'s</p>
<p>Is it really that hard to get a good gpa at Cornell?</p>
<p>maybe it's the classes they're taking. They say the average is 40 on the tests so.....though i really doubt a 3.8+ is easy with COrnell engineering.</p>
<p>its a really big blow when you go from getting a 4.0 every year in hs, keeping up with the same work ethic, and then getting Bs on essays and other assignments at cornell. is it really hard? yes. impossible to get an A? no.</p>
<p>lol I think Cornellians have to be some of the whiniest kids around. No, Cornell is NOT grade deflated. The average GPA is 3.2-3.3, in line with most other elite schools. Engineering and hard science courses are tougher. But, if you're doing pre-law, there should be no excuse not to get a 3.7 or above. And, no, a 3.7 alone will not get you into law school. LSAT scores are EXTREMELY important (even more so than MCAT scores for med school). So, a 3.7 and a great LSAT score can get you into a Top 10 law school. My friend from G-town got into 5-6 out of the top 10 law schools with only a 3.6 GPA and a 172 LSAT.</p>
<p>well a 172 lsat is amazing, so that probably helped a lot</p>
<p>hypotheticals are pointless. do it and find out.</p>
<p>Obviously a 172 is decent. But, my point was that law school admissions and getting a decent GPA at Cornell is not that tough. I graduated with a 3.9 at Cornell and had a 37 on the MCAT (the equivalent of 172 on the LSAT) and I can't even get interviews at my STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS muchless acceptances. I'm really happy for my friend but I'm also incredibly jealous as well.</p>
<p>To future premeds, good luck.</p>
<p>Engineering classes are now curved to a B-. Despite someone's claim that even ordinary students get 3.8+, that's really not true, as the majority of students get a B-.
Grades can be inflated in the humanities. Look at the mid-year grade report thingy and compare humanities classes to engineering classes; the grades are much higher. In humanities classes you're usually talking about an average of B+ or A-.
That does <em>not</em>, however, mean that humanities classes are easier, as so many people assume.</p>
<p>That really isn't saying much considering you live in California.</p>
<p>Oh, and humanities classes include government and history, which are probably the most popular pre-law majors (though you can apply for law school with any major, really).</p>
<p>how exactly do they calculate gpa? A+=4 a-=3.7?</p>
<p>A+=4.3 A=4.0 A-=3.7 etc.</p>
<p>lol ya norcal u live in CA so don't give me the pity card that u can't get into a state school when u live in the state w/ the best state school system in the country :) haha</p>
<p>Best state school system in the country means nothing when you can't attend it lol</p>
<p>It has to do with too many smart people in California. If only I were a resident of Texas or something...</p>