<p>Not to sound arrogant or cocky but I was wondering if it would be embarrassing to attend state. I've been admitted to Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD. I am my school's valedictorian. I am planning on going to law school so want a high GPA this is why Im not considering UCLA or UCB. By attending SDSU and majoring in hstory I would hope to obtain a 4.0. But will going to an easy campus cripple my oppotunity of going to a t14 Law School? Or would it help?</p>
<p>So what I'm getting at is have any of your school's valedictorian wound up going to state. I don't want to feel that I am wasting my life and time attending what some call a "mediocre" school. </p>
<p>I believe you’re chances of getting into a top law school will be higher if your undergrad is done at a UC. It’s rare that top law schools accept students from lower ranked schools like SDSU.</p>
<p>You have to remember that getting a 4.0 at any college isn’t guaranteed. You could easily end up with a 3.8. Then a 3.6 at UCLA wouldn’t be looking so bad.</p>
<p>^Dude good point, I am gonna listen to you just because you have a sick name. Where would you go if you were me? The only good thing about state is I could get a higher GPA</p>
<p>I did know one guy who graduate 4.0 from CSUF and got into Harvard. However, he may have been the only one from the Cal States system. A higher GPA has to have comparable LSAT scores otherwise your 4.0 means nothing in the scheme of things.</p>
<p>I agree with the above posters, but if you’re going to choose a UC, what’s your reasoning for choosing UCSD over UCLA or Berkeley? I also think it will be difficult for you to graduate in 3 years at UCSD (or any of the UCs)–students often find it hard enough to graduate in 4 years, much less 3, and the same is true of SDSU.</p>
<p>If you are purely chasing GPA (unfortunately, law and medical schools encourage this), then you should know that CSUs generally have less [grade</a> inflation](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com%5Dgrade”>http://www.gradeinflation.com) than UCs (in general, grade inflation is greatest at more selective schools, greater at private schools than public schools, and greater in humanities than sciences). At the bottom of that web page are schools’ average GPAs (though SDSU is not listed among the several CSUs).</p>
<p>ucbalumnus has a good point. SDSU will suffer from worse grade deflation than the UCs because professors aren’t comfortable handing out A’s for C work even if a student is top of the class.</p>
<p>I would also like to note that at extremely high GPAs such as 3.6+, the likelihood of being awarded a higher grade gets less and less likely. I would not assume I would get a higher GPA at SDSU. A 4.0 would require professors to be kind enough to hand you an A and some professors simply don’t like handing out A’s. This “manipulate your GPA” strategy mostly only works for pre-Med majors taking classes with a 2.7 median grade. I’ve actually never heard of people applying this logic for Law school. </p>
<p>Coming from UCLA, I will tell you Humanities majors already get crazy high GPAs for no special effort. I’m a 2.7 GPA Econ student so I’m rather mediocre, but I’ve taken a number of Humanities upperdivs and I always get an A or A-. These professors will literally hand out A’s for anything! If you’re a motivated pre-Law, you should get higher grades than me. (Do note that your GPA doesn’t really have much room to go higher again, though.)</p>
<p>Tyler 1993, I would actively encourage you to attend one of the UCs if you like the prestige/environment. There isn’t much risk at all.</p>
<p>I think you would be selling yourself short. You should take into consideration that mostly likely than not, your plans during and for undergrad will change, including possible career/grad school plans and major selection.</p>
<p>PicK SDSU if and only if it is a financial choice</p>
<p>yeah, I dont get SD over LA either, unless it close to home and you can commute. LA is a whole lot more fun than SD.</p>
<p>The hume/lit classes at Cal provide plenty of A’s as well. Go north and get out of your comfort zone. Go Bears!</p>
<p>The biggest plus about attending one of the the state flagship(s) is the opportunities that they present, not only academically but socially. Law school is all about gpa+lsat, but Yale and Stanford also look at the EC’s. If you are fortunate enough to pull down a 3.9 and be competitive for Y&S, you will want to have a resume to go with.</p>
<p>Also, should you change your mind about LS, you will still end up with a degree from a world-renown college.</p>
<p>So are you saying a history major from UCSD, where I feel I fit in the most comfortable, will be easy to obtain a high GPA? If so I feel that I should just go there. But I was also thinking of switching my major to econ. Would this change be more detrimental to my overall GPA?</p>
<p>And also I think I will be able to graduate in three years b/c currently as a senior in high school I have 54 units at UCSD,ap and CC credit and will most likely by starting as a sophomore.</p>
<p>Is UCSD a state flagship or world renowned college?</p>
<p>Which school environment do you like the best? Day in day out, for 4 years, that can make a difference in gpa, You gotta live those years too, so it isn’t just about the stats. There are courses in any school that have a high chance for low an high gpas, and you can structure things to avoid the lows and get the highs if that is your purpose. Pick the school that you like the best.</p>
<p>Thanks. I think I like UCSD the best. I am from SD and feel really comfortable and at home there. I don’t like UCB, I’m not fond with the gloomy bay-area weather. And UCLA just seems like a bunch of preps. </p>
<p>Is UCSD a school that will be seen through the eyes t14 law schools as a good place to go?</p>