For UBC, just assume everything is the hardest. Because first of all, they only look at your GPA and LSAT and nothing else. Like I said previously, the average GPA (aka cut-off) is 3.8 CGPA. And here's the kicker: Out of approx. 3000 people who apply, only about 250 get in. So if you think about the competition, do you really think someone who has failed a course before or re-taken stuff made it in that 250 out of prospective law students all around the world?
I honestly cannot wait until UBC falls off it's high horse. If sfu had a law school, I'd attend it in a heart beat. People might think sfu is anti social but in reality it's a much more chill place yet is still an accredited uni. Ubc just has it's head stuck up its ass. Sorry had to rant. It's just super annoying with ubc being treated like royalty. If sfu had proper admin running it could be much more renown
Only 250/3000 get accepted?!? 249/250 are most likely foreign exchange students willing to pay triple the fee costs than the 1 bc resident that gets in
It's not UBC that thinks it's royalty, it's the student body lol. It's not their fault that they get 3000 applicants per YEAR. They can only accommodate so many new law students, especially without flooding the market and society with lawyers that will depreciate the value and salary of a lawyer. Lawyers don't make that much now because of this.
And I doubt it, there are certain quotas they have to fill each year believe it or not. Reserved seats for many different recognized groups.
If SFU raised its damn GPA standards for Arts maybe we would get fewer people who go into psychology, communications etc. that make it seem like high school all over again. And thus raise SFU's rep? I dunno.
The average GPA would not be the cut off. The Minimum GPA of the people accepted would be. Even that isn't really true either since the LSAT is also considered. If you score in the 99th percentile I'm sure there would be many schools who would be glad to have you regardless of your GPA. The LSAT should be more of the focus here. You could get into law school with a meh GPA, but it would be much more difficult to do it with a meh LSAT.
@BeAnBeAn isnt the GPA requirements for sfu arts around mid 80%? I remember first applying to it with mid 70%, and they rejected me... I had to retake 2 more courses to get myself to 82% to get accepted. Call me low - standard, but i think that is pretty decent.
I think sfu needs more grad programs that are highly competitive and well known. It does seem more like an arts university but I agree with the last post that mid 80% requirements should keep out the "slackers" so it's not like Douglas college
Yet I see these "slackers" who don't even know how to write a paper everywhere. And there are so many foreign students because believe it or not they are preferred over us because they pay like double the tuition and pump money into the system like a motherfucker.
No offense to them. Just saying they do pay more than local students so they're preferred more in programs. I wish I had the money to go to a foreign school.
You need roughly a 3.8 (actually very slightly higher then a 3.8), on your remaining 79 credits for your 120 credit degree. That said;
-You will probably take a few more then 79 credits, which eases the burden.
-If you are in a humanities degree of some kind, there are plenty of GPA boosters available too you. You should be able to manage at least a few A's or even A+'s over the next few years (I am a math major and had an A in poli sci for example, in a class where the average was a C+).
-Do extremely well on the LSAT, and so long as you have the schools minimum GPA/percentage requirement covered, you have a shot at getting in.
-A lot of law/graduate schools are only concerned with your final 2 years/60 (or even 30) credits/upper level courses. If you finish strong, you are in a good position.
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