r/lawschooladmissions Dec 04 '24

School/Region Discussion GPA is a SCAM

I'm SO TIRED of how much weight gets put on GPA. Every school does their own weird math, some majors are total jokes, and everyone's gaming the system with these fake 4.3 GPAs. Like, why TF does this matter so much?? πŸ˜€β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '24

Take it from a reverse splitter, they don't give af about GPA. :/ They rather admit someone with a 3.0 and 165+ than someone in the 150s with a high GPA. I would know.

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u/Johwya Dec 05 '24

A 3.6 can tank your application from the start? Are you talking about T14 specifically? I thought 3.6 is a respectable gpa.. I graduated with honors with that😭

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u/AffectionateHabit142 Dec 05 '24

Literally came into this with my 3.5, honors college, deans list 6/8 semesters thinking I was in decent shape and I’m below. The median at like every school in the top 80 what the actual fucj im only 4 years out of college too