<p>I am planning to attend UCLA. My dream is to become a lawyer. I have heard many stories about difficult classes at UCLA and harsh grading. But other times, i heard that UCLA has pretty fair grading. I've been hearing different sides of UCLA and cannot decide whether I was right choosing UCLA for my first step to law school... any parent know how harsh or generous UCLA's grading is? Help is greatly appreciated</p>
<p>If you've already been accepted and are starting in the fall, I wouldn't worry about second hand reports, or even first hand reports from other people. The only thing that will matter is how YOU do --- put in the work and time, get to know your teachers as much as possible, keep your goals in mind and you will do well.</p>
<p>If you have yet to apply to schools and are asking this question, may I say that I think it is silly to apply to any school simply because it is "easy" or not apply because it is "harsh." You should go to the school where you feel you will receive the best education. Period. </p>
<p>As an aside, grad schools do know which schools are the ones with a huge grading curve and they take that into account in the same way they know that some private high schools are less likely to have grade inflation than some publics. </p>
<p>Just do your best.</p>
<p>Harsh!</p>
<p>If you would think more about learning as much as you possibly can instead of grades, you might turn into a lawyer worth hiring. You obviously aren't paying for college yourself, or you would be more concerned about getting your money's worth.</p>
<p>Grad schools are just like colleges--show them a transcript filled with easy classes and they know what they're looking at.</p>
<p>I have to disagree with the two posts above. I think it is quite sensible to consider your chance of coming out of an undergrad school with the grades you'll need to entere the calibre grad school you hope to attend.</p>
<p>The UCs have brutal curves and it is very hard to get a high GPA at a top UC. They are also not nearly as well represented at top law schools as top private colleges. UCLA has fewer grads at Harvard and Yale law schools than ivies a fraction of their size.</p>
<p>If it were my kid and it was between UCLA and an ivy or top LAC, and professional school was the goal, I would send him to a less brutal undergrad institution if I could afford it.</p>
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<p>Why do you think this, zagat ? Students I know at UCs don't find this the case, except perhaps in engineering.</p>
<p>It is hard to get an A in any college. Just try hard not to get grades lower than B. My sister is at Berkeley and able to maintain an A- gpa so far.</p>
<p>It's not hard to get an A at every college. At Harvard and Princeton, they have recently decided to cut the number of A's given. Princeton profs can now only gibe one-third of any class an A. Over 90% were graduating with honors at Harvard! Grades come easily at many top schools. There are others where it is well known they don't come easy. UCB and UCLA are 2 of them.</p>