<p>Okay, I am going to be a freshman @ Boston University next year.
There is a MAJOR, HUGE, ENORMOUS grade deflation problem here.</p>
<p>I seriously think we have to work harder than the Harvard kids across the river to get our grades (The dean even said so...lol) . The Harvard kids, once they're in, the grade inflation takes care of them. And they graduate w/ honors and sky-high GPAs (a couple of years ago, 90% graduated w/ Latin Honors!!! Eek!)</p>
<p>I am on an awesome scholarsip at BU. Therefore, I don't want to leave because I probably can't get a better deal anywhere else. </p>
<p>I want to go to law school, but I know my GPA will be lower than, say (and this is an EXAMPLE, not an ATTACK!), a student who graduated from a lesser-known, Southern, laid-back school without grade deflation problems.</p>
<p>There are just TOO many schools in the USA for AdComs to adequately factor in grade deflation, etc. </p>
<p>SHOULD I SWITCH SCHOOLS OR SOMETHING???!?!
I am soooo worried about this ;( Please write back, thanks!</p>
<p>If you got a scholarship to BU (which, as I recall, are merit-based and only given to outstanding high school students) and still can't bring in a B+ average (which puts you in the range for almost every law school in the country) in a liberal arts major at a good, although not excellent, school, then you should re-think going to law school.</p>
<p>Dear Sprkl: you are worrying too far in advance. You need to take first things first, the first thing being moving into you dorm room, figurinmg out how to share that room with a stranger, and beginning and enjoying the college experience, followed by doing your best to get a good GPA from the start - to set up the best situation for later on, whether it's law school or something else. After taking some subjects that are new to you, you might even change your mind about wanting to go to law school.</p>
<p>Save the worrying about law school till about halfway through your junior year, or at theend of that year. Then, if your GPA is up where it should be and you still want to go to law school, start getting to work on the LSAT. But, as I said above, it would not be unusual by that time for you to have very different goals than going to law school.</p>