<p>I went to a cc for two years and got a 3.0 then transfered to a 4year college and got a 3.9. My LSAT scores are 172. I was thinking about applying to Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, and University of Chicago. Would my low 3.0 hurt my chances at these law schools? How do they look at the Transfer GPA overall thanks.</p>
<p>The transfer GPA is weighted exactly the same as your university GPA, so your cumulative GPA is reported as about a 3.45.</p>
<p>LSAC will report your degree GPA, which might help you some.</p>
<p>Look at more T 7 -14 schools too. Unfortunately, a 172 LSAT cannot guarantee success at the schools you listed. Add U Mich, UVA, Duke etc and I am sure you will have numerous acceptances to choose from.</p>
<p>With a 3.5, 172, the LSAC Data Search indicates that your probabilities of gaining admission to Harvard are less than 10%. Duke is around 50%.</p>
<p>Even boosting you to a 3.9 – which will not be how your application is considered – still yields only about a 40% chance at Harvard. You go up to about 80 for Duke.</p>
<p>You can play around with Chiashu’s calculator here. The calculator is a few years old and therefore significantly too optimistic.
<a href=“http://www.chiashu.com/cgi-bin/lsac.cgi[/url]”>http://www.chiashu.com/cgi-bin/lsac.cgi</a></p>
<p>It indicates that you have about a 30% chance at each of Columbia and Chicago. Duke and Georgetown are about 70%. Remember, this calculator is old and therefore optimistic.</p>
<p>My guess is that having two years at a community college might mean that your application odds are worse than indicated by the online calculators.</p>
<p>It’s funny- I think AdComms will view a kid who started in community college and boosted his GPA to 3.9 as a more impressive candidate. </p>
<p>from an adult POV I think it shows a strength in character and determination. </p>
<p>south- you will do absolutely fine with Law School admissions but as blue said, you would still have a 40% chance with Harvard even with a 3.9.
look at the bottom half of the T- 14 List too. If money is an issue, you may want to look beyond to the top 25 or so schools!!</p>
<p>It’s not a slur on his character, it’s just basic game theory: his academic record is an unfixably small sample size.</p>
<p>Most candidates present with three years or four years of work at a university; the OP is only going to have one or two. As excellent as a 3.9 is, it’s less reliable because it was maintained for a shorter timeframe.</p>
<p>Blue-I know it wasn’t a slur. I’m saying the application will be viewed in a holistic manner. (love that buzz word)</p>
<p>It’s a bit “out of the ordinary” (and in a very good way) for a community college kid to go to a 3.9 student with a 172 LSAT score. I think that is something a lot of Adcomms may take notice of- </p>
<p>South has the #'s, but his background implies he has alot more too!!
I wouldn’t rule out an acceptance from a top 6 Law School, but I am stongly suggesting, he check out other top schools too.</p>
<p>Assuming that you apply after you have completed the 4 year college and thus have 2 years of grades at the degree-granting institution on the transcript sent to law schools, I think you will do much better in the LS admissions process that inputting your gpa and LSAT into the computer at [Law</a> School Admission Council :: LSAC.org](<a href=“http://www.lsac.org%5DLaw”>http://www.lsac.org) or chiasu (spelling?) would suggest.</p>
<p>Yes, pick safeties. But I too think you will be admitted to a top 14..and possibly to a top 6. If you worked full time while attending CC or you are first generation college student, I’d make that “probably to a top 6.”</p>
<p>Unless you have a twin Or someone else logging in to your account, you previously wrote in september that you were looking do a Junior year transfer in Fall 2008.</p>
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<p>IMHO, just chill until and do your best to get through undergrad (you will be in a frenzy to wrap your self up in all of this right now). I hope your transfer works out for you.</p>
<p>two people use this same screen name my sister who is tranferring in fall 2008 and then there is me. so there are a few post out there by her and not me.</p>