What programs/major will I want to take if I want to go to law school later on?

[ThisCouldBeHeavn]

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This assumes that a higher ranked/more selective university is harder and more rigorous than a school lower ranked. It’s much easier to get a higher gpa at Brown, a school with high inflation, versus a school like BU, a school with high deflation.

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<p>No, the word “could” in this case doesn’t rely on assumptions.</p>

[boston1993]

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@ThisCouldBeHeavn

No, the word “could” in this case doesn’t rely on assumptions.

Only if you want to play semantics. I “could” get into Harvard with a 600 on the SAT and a 1.0 gpa, but it’s not likely. =P</p>

[QwertyKey]

<p>Except mine is true most of the time…</p>

<p>“This assumes that a higher ranked/more selective university is harder and more rigorous than a school lower ranked.”</p>

<p>No, it assumes that the more selective university is harder than the less selective university. It has nothing to do with rank. The issue of how rank correlates to selectivity is purely an issue of whether my statement is relevant to this situation, not whether my statement is true. But nice try.</p>

<p>And it is most likely harder to obtain the average GPA at a more selective university than a less selective one. Therefore it is easily possible that a particular GPA can be easier to obtain at a university where the average GPA is lower than at another university. Whether or not it is true for any particular university will depend on the difference in selectivity and the difference in average GPA.</p>

[boston1993]

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No, it assumes that the more selective university is harder than the less selective university. It has nothing to do with rank. The issue of how rank correlates to selectivity is purely an issue of whether my statement is relevant to this situation, not whether my statement is true. But nice try.

I never disagreed with this, and this paragraph does not respond to the grade deflation at Hillsdale, which you originally tried to refute. Which you still haven’t. </p>

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And it is most likely harder to obtain the average GPA at a more selective university than a less selective one. Therefore it is easily possible that a particular GPA can be easier to obtain at a university where the average GPA is lower than at another university. Whether or not it is true for any particular university will depend on the difference in selectivity and the difference in average GPA.

Never disagreed with this, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at.</p>

[QwertyKey]

<p>“I never disagreed with this, and this paragraph does not respond to the grade deflation at Hillsdale, which you originally tried to refute.” + “Never disagreed with this, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at.”</p>

<p>You made a statement that indicated that you did not understand this. It’s the statement I quoted. The second part was a clarification. The first you compared two things I didn’t try to compare, and then came up with a conclusion that I didn’t. Your statements had nothing to do with mine, yet you quoted me and made your statement as a reply to mine, which is why I figured you were trying to refute me. </p>

<p>I did not try to refute that the average GPA is low at Hillsdale, it is something I have no knowledge of. I was only pointing out that even though the average GPA is lower there than UMich, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is harder. I was making that claim because you implied in post #18 that the reason he shouldn’t go to Hillsdale was that it was too hard. Yes, I know you didn’t explicitly say it, but I believe that’s the implication almost everyone will take from that statement. </p>

<p>I feel that I have been through, and am most likely done with this discussion.</p>

[boston1993]

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You made a statement that indicated that you did not understand this. It’s the statement I quoted.

Where?</p>

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The second part was a clarification. The first you compared two things I didn’t try to compare, and then came up with a conclusion that I didn’t. Your statements had nothing to do with mine, yet you quoted me and made your statement as a reply to mine, which is why I figured you were trying to refute me.

Because obviously if you quote+reply to someone, you disagree with that someone. <em>roll eyes</em></p>

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I did not try to refute that the average GPA is low at Hillsdale, it is something I have no knowledge of. I was only pointing out that even though the average GPA is lower there than UMich, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is harder. I was making that claim because you implied in post #18 that the reason he shouldn’t go to Hillsdale was that it was too hard. Yes, I know you didn’t explicitly say it, but I believe that’s the implication almost everyone will take from that statement.

Everyone being whom? The average graduating gpa at Hillsdale is 2.7. The average at Mich is 3.27. If you’d like to argue that the discrepancy is student quality, I’d love to hear that argument, especially considering the 50th percentile ACT scores for Hillsdale is 25-30, whereas at Michigan it is 27-31. And I don’t know how anyone could possibly infer that Hillsdale is “necessarily […] harder” than Michigan based on my posts. That would be impossible. Inferring that others would infer an absolute is a bit dishonest on your part.</p>

[QwertyKey]

<p>Based on that, I’d say Hillsdale is most likely harder. Beyond that this isn’t going anywhere, there’s no argument.</p>

[boston1993]

<p>^ There was an argument. You just conceded.</p>

<p>Previously:

@QwertyKey

I was only pointing out that even though the average GPA [at Hillsdale] is lower there than UMich, it doesn’t necessarily mean that [Hillsdale] is harder.

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<p>Concession:

@QwertyKey

Based on that, I’d say Hillsdale is most likely harder.

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