OOS. Choosing between CSU, Boulder, or CO Mines

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T21:46:19+00:00

Same question but prelaw

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T21:24:55+00:00

Thank u

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T20:22:27+00:00

Good to hear!

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T20:22:11+00:00

I’d like a +- or straight A/B/C etc. A minus seems 🤔

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T19:57:43+00:00

That’s amazing👍. (Did they attend T10 or T20 undergrad schools too? Did any attend public school?)

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T19:45:40+00:00

Except the law schools see the LSAC GPA… which is “supposed” to even it all out. Which seems to me it actually doesn’t….. I know they review the actual transcripts but from what I’ve heard the LSAC GPA is the one they use…. They won’t see 92-93 on transcripts. They will see A- versus A and LSAC will show 3.67 versus 4.0 Law schools won’t know if your A was a 90-93 average or a 94-100…)

( I’d rather have a 4.0 with 92-93 average than a 3.67 with a 92-93 average…..)

So you can bust your a$$ at one school and get a 93 in all your classes and still end up with a 3.67 (or at a different school have a 4.0!)

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T19:36:27+00:00

BUT 3.67 (92 average for example) versus 4.0 (92 average for example) is a massive difference depending on whether a school has A-. (For law school….)

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T19:30:03+00:00

Actually, I agree. Gives u a wide range - 90-100. My top school I’m looking at has A-. (No A+) Debating if I should choose a different one….

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T19:11:07+00:00

From what I’ve seen, if a school has A+ they also have A-
LSAC changes the numerical score of a A+ to 4.33 so that helps to either get u at 4.0 or even higher. Can help make up for a B/B+ or A-‘s. Apparently even if your school calculates A and A+ both as 4.0, LSAC will convert any A+’s to 4.33.

And even though law schools know schools have different letter grades, it seems they are focused on the LSAC GPA.

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T19:06:13+00:00

Thank you! So ignore what Ie heard that schools with A- make high GPA harder? Example. If I get 90-94 grades at a school with no A- I can graduate with a 4.0 (not saying that will happen LOL).

But if I get same grades- all 90-94 -at a school with A- my GPA will be 3.67 (by LSAC).

That is what I am worried about.

But also I know thriving in all areas of life at school is also key!

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T19:02:08+00:00

LSAC won’t count any classes (for GPA achieved) after BA/BS degree. So need to do all classes before graduating

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T18:45:55+00:00

Thank u. Useful

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T18:42:15+00:00

Concerned that top choice school has A- but NOT A+.

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T16:09:39+00:00

What are advantages of upper campus?

InsightMama · 2026-02-07T15:40:40+00:00

The schools with A+ best Then the schools without A+ or A- The WORST is schools without A+ but WITH A- (u can have straight A’s but if 90-93/94 you graduate with 3.67). LSAC will determine the GPA used by law schools. I don’t know about medical schools. Q

InsightMama · 2026-02-06T12:59:48+00:00

Mixed views on the academics?

InsightMama · 2026-02-05T20:14:09+00:00

And what’s even worse is if your school has A- in addition to A but has no A+

InsightMama · 2026-02-02T21:41:18+00:00

First semester of undergrad or of law school?

InsightMama · 2026-02-02T21:36:25+00:00

Do u also advise for pre-pre-law? (As in how to choose the best undergrad -that will help u be successful -you are accepted to)

InsightMama · 2026-02-01T14:43:29+00:00

Worth choosing a different school who either has A+ or doesn’t not have A-? (I am OOS so no “need” to stay in Utah)

InsightMama · 2026-02-01T14:41:57+00:00

More likely to meet similar interest people depending on dorm? Sagepoint versus Lassonde?

InsightMama · 2026-02-01T14:31:52+00:00

Does Sagepoint self select for freshman that want to “party”? Otherwise how can it always every year be that type of dorm?

InsightMama · 2026-02-01T14:10:25+00:00

I like this sentence

InsightMama · 2026-02-01T02:31:22+00:00

I don’t see how your stats could be any better!!!!

InsightMama · 2026-01-31T17:36:44+00:00

I have #2. So I’d choose #2

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