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Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:28 pm
by jwrash
Do law schools report the GPA you had when they accepted you or the GPA on your final undergraduate transcript?

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:55 pm
by SupraVln180
Though, I'm not 100 percent certain, I am pretty sure it is your LSAC GPA.

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:05 am
by jwrash
That's what I thought too, but didn't know for sure. Anyone out there know for sure?

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:23 am
by jwrash
bump

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:09 am
by FiveSermon
LSAC.

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:09 pm
by r6_philly
FiveSermon wrote:LSAC.
Depends if your school is Villanova or not.

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:11 pm
by BlueDiamond
r6_philly wrote:
FiveSermon wrote:LSAC.
Depends if your school is Villanova or not.
classic

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:22 pm
by kalvano
The cumulative GPA is the important one.

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:59 pm
by jwrash
kalvano wrote:The cumulative GPA is the important one.
Oh, really?

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:01 pm
by r6_philly
jwrash wrote:
kalvano wrote:The cumulative GPA is the important one.
Oh, really?

I am going to give you a serious answer. Schools reports the LSAC GPA to US News.

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:02 pm
by jwrash
r6_philly wrote:
jwrash wrote:
kalvano wrote:The cumulative GPA is the important one.
Oh, really?

I am going to give you a serious answer. Schools reports the LSAC GPA to US News.
Thanks baby!

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:50 pm
by HOPEFORCHANGE
If you look at the grids on LSAC under the Law School Description, most schools have a section for "No GPA," so why would it be the LSAC GPA? You always have an LSAC GPA as far as I know - it's even converted when you have an international degree. e.g.

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Scroll to the bottom and see what I mean. If someone is an international applicant and has no LSAC GPA, please let me know - but if you do, see what I mean? How can you have no GPA if they are reporting the LSAC GPA.

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:15 pm
by fatduck
i wonder if this is why schools usually require you to send your final undergraduate transcript directly to their admissions department, and not through lsac. to protect them from gpa dips after you're accepted?

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:17 pm
by HOPEFORCHANGE
Probably and to make sure you don't have senioritis. It is usually conditional acceptance.

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:18 pm
by fatduck
HOPEFORCHANGE wrote:Probably and to make sure you don't have senioritis. It is usually conditional acceptance.
yes but they specifically ask for that transcript to be sent directly to their office, i.e. not through lsac

Re: Which GPA do schools report?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:28 pm
by Cupidity
Great, my school got the benefit of my 3.87 rather than my 3.67!