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Does LSDAS weight GPA to ugrad?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:10 am
by toppercentile
Is the prestige/difficulty of your undergrad (or lack thereof) taken into account when LSDAS calculates/converts your GPA?
Re: Does LSDAS weight GPA to ugrad?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:19 am
by Dany
No. Your grades will be your grades, no matter from whence they came.
Re: Does LSDAS weight GPA to ugrad?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:15 am
by kalvano
"He's got a 3.47...oh wait....DAAAAMMNNN, he went to Harvard....give him a 3.75."
Re: Does LSDAS weight GPA to ugrad?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:16 am
by harvardgurl4eva
Whence!
Re: Does LSDAS weight GPA to ugrad?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 3:09 pm
by Bildungsroman
Yes, they adjust your GPA upward if you went to a prestigious private university and adjust it downward for rampant grade inflation at your university, making it exactly the same as before this adjustment.
Re: Does LSDAS weight GPA to ugrad?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 4:28 pm
by Borhas
toppercentile wrote:Is the prestige/difficulty of your undergrad (or lack thereof) taken into account when LSDAS calculates/converts your GPA?
yes, ivy league school gpas and other places with grade inflation are lowered/deflated
Re: Does LSDAS weight GPA to ugrad?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:53 pm
by captainculpepper
kalvano wrote:"He's got a 3.47...oh wait....DAAAAMMNNN, he went to Harvard....give him a 4.0."
Fixed