Am I missing something???? (LSAC GPA) Forum

[BrightLine]

My school does not give any A+ or any (-) at all. So obviously, even if someone's average in a class is 100, they would "only" get a 4.0. Being that there are no (-), anything below and A can be, at best, a B+.

If the LSAC is supposed to make it possible to make meaningful comparison's of GPA from different schools I am not seeing how.

I once took a a class which needed a 92 for an A. I got a 91, and that is going to count as a 3.3? How is that fair? How is the fact that I am ineligible to get an A+ fair for purposes of comparing GPA with those that are?


I am not posting to complain, but to ask if I missing something. 1) Is the LSAC GPA process in some way different than I think that it is? 2) If it is not, is there something I am not seeing which makes it more "fair" than it seems.

[jafadoo]

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[09042014]

My school does not give any A+ or any (-) at all. So obviously, even if someone's average in a class is 100, they would "only" get a 4.0. Being that there are no (-), anything below and A can be, at best, a B+.

If the LSAC is supposed to make it possible to make meaningful comparison's of GPA from different schools I am not seeing how.

I once took a a class which needed a 92 for an A. I got a 91, and that is going to count as a 3.3? How is that fair? How is the fact that I am ineligible to get an A+ fair for purposes of comparing GPA with those that are?


I am not posting to complain, but to ask if I missing something. 1) Is the LSAC GPA process in some way different than I think that it is? 2) If it is not, is there something I am not seeing which makes it more "fair" than it seems.

1) Any class where they add up your points and you have to get X amount of points to get a grade is TTT. Don't schools curve? If someone can get a 100, they better be a genius, otherwise the class is too easy. So don't complain.

2) LSAC doesn't look at your points they look at the grade on your transcript. If your transcript says A they give you an A, if it says B+ they give you a B+.

Not having minuses helps you a whole lot more than it hurts. Since a lot of those 92 A's would have been A-'s.

[BrightLine]

I am more willing to accept the lack of minuses help more than hurt part of this. But I cannot get an A+. That part is difficult to accept. a 4.33 can balance out a "bad" grade. I can never do that.

[pollaclc]

i really wanna say most top undergrads dont give A+, so OP is probably not going to get much sympathy on top-law-schools.com

edit: totally based on just a hunch; not claiming to have looked that up or know it to be true by any means

[09042014]

If your school was so easy you routinely got almost every answer on every test right, you already get a boost by going to an easy college.

HTH

[booboo]

Quick question for the OP since DF is messing around:

Do you think your the first to notice this discrepancy?

Live with whatever your GPA is calculated to or transfer before you get your first undergraduate degree to a school that has a more favorable GPA system.

DF, naughty.

[09042014]

Quick question for the OP since DF is messing around:

Do you think your the first to notice this discrepancy?

Live with whatever your GPA is calculated to or transfer before you get your first undergraduate degree to a school that has a more favorable GPA system.

DF, naughty.

I'm not messing around I actually believe what I'm saying.

Schools that give A's for getting 92/100 are TTT. What the fuck is this? Junior High social studies? Any class where most students are getting almost all the questions right is not hard enough.

[BrightLine]

If your school was so easy you routinely got almost every answer on every test right, you already get a boost by going to an easy college.

HTH

I had thought you were joking as well which is why I did not respond, but alas you are not....

I am not sure thisweakens my point. I never contend that my GPA would be 4.33. I only say that I dont have the opportunity to ever get an A+ which some people do and this can be used to counter a "bad" grade.

If anything, it is circular logic. If someone gets an A+, then their school was so easy that it should not give A+'s. That is what you are saying?

[BrightLine]

Quick question for the OP since DF is messing around:

Do you think your the first to notice this discrepancy?

Live with whatever your GPA is calculated to or transfer before you get your first undergraduate degree to a school that has a more favorable GPA system.

DF, naughty.

I certainly did not frame my post to suggest that I had found something new. Rather I asked if I understood the system. And If i did, if there was some reason that the system, which seems unfair to me, actually is fair.

The answers I have gotten basically say, "Yes, you understand. Sorry, it sucks"