Shannon

Ok so, unfortunately, your college GPA is the most important factor in your transfer application.

If you get a 4.0 your whole sophomore year, your average should be around 3.5-6 (assuming you take the same […]

I agree with Stella (thanks Stella!).

As Stella mentioned to me separately, the lack of research opportunities isn’t a death sentence and could actually be a selling point if you can turn around and say […]

Hi @jclim, thanks for contacting us! Here’s how GPA works for transfer students:
You enter college 1 as a freshman, take classes, and you end up with a GPA for college 1.
You transfer to college 2, and start fresh […]

Everyone knows that the University of Chicago is one of the few places where grade inflation is relatively kept in check. The admissions committees at all the top schools keep close track of each other so Duke […]

Those are some excellent points @roopan!

Recommendations: Professors get asked for letters all the time, they know the drill. Just explain briefly why you want to transfer, but sandwich whatever issues you have with the school in between praise and […]

And take the nicer weather

I mean, if you’re going into soul-sucking, big money law (not knocking the hustle), and JH guys are much more likely to get into Harvard, or some other old boys club that hands out top positions, then it could […]

Ok, thanks for sharing all that! I’m really surprised by the competitiveness at the early level at Duke.
I think your ECs and reasons for transferring are excellent. I would be concerned about your GPA and your […]

Thanks for sharing Dillon!
If you want to share some of your stats I’d be happy to give some advice. The main things that would be useful would be your college GPA, your SATs, and your extracurriculars in college. […]

That’s pretty good advice, I like the idea of looking at the avg. law schools students from each school go to.

I think you’ve got nothing to lose by applying, especially given what you know now that you’ve been through applying already
Good luck!

law schools do look at the school you’re coming from, but not nearly as much as lsats, gpa, and extra curriculars. 60k is a lot of freaking money, I’m not sure it’d be enough to justify the advantage, but I could […]

Hi Lily!
First, thanks so much for sharing your story, we really appreciate you writing everything out here, and hopefully the act of writing things out helped you clarify your own thoughts.
Here’s my opinion on […]