My LSAC GPA when I applied was a 3.76. It exactly matched my undergrad GPA. Now, my undergrad GPA just shot up to a 3.791. I got all As and one A- this spring, and I got "back credit" for my honors research paper (5 credits of Incomplete turned into an A).
So here's my issue: That A- I got this semester was in the most blow-off of all senior blow-off classes. It was a poetry broadside publishing class where we just showed up, picked a poem to print as a class, and worked in the printing press lab. We had no homework or anything, no real assignments. It was a joke, and I have no idea how I got this A-. And note: I NEVER bitch about my grades, and there is really nothing wrong with an A-. I have gotten plenty of them with no complaints over my 4 years.
Still, this grade irks me for two reasons:
1. I have never gotten a 4.0 in a semester in undergrad. I have gotten all As and an A- three times, but never straight As. (This is just a personal goal of mine, but not really a big deal)
2. If that A- had been an A, my cumulative ugrad GPA would have been a 3.796. My undergrad leaves GPAs out to the thousandth, so I would still be under 3.8 at my undergrad (no summa cum laude for me
). But my question is this: since LSDAS cuts off GPAs at the hundredth, would they round up to 3.8? I feel like being able to say "I raised my GPA to a 3.8" would be decent fodder for a LOCI, and updating my LSDAS file with a 3.8 would look good as well. The difference between a 3.79 and a 3.80 is small, but I do think there is a perception difference. I know this wouldn’t be an earth shattering development as an applicant, but when you’re on a WL or you’re trying to negotiate scholly money, every little bit helps.So does LSDAS round up to the nearest hundredth? Should I talk to the prof (who I have a good relationship with) about why I got the grade I did? Or should I just leave it alone?
