Adding schools on the LSAC site Forum

[SteveIP]

On the LSAC web site, I am adding schools that I have attended. As a later adult student, I've actually attended quite a few schools.

I was planning to add a few at a time, and then click [Continue]. However, the text says, "If you have added ALL of the institutions you attended, select the Continue button to proceed."

Does this mean that, once I click [Continue], I am prevented from adding any more schools?

Thanks,
Steve

[zworykin]

No. You can go back and add more.

Remember that any school you add, you MUST obtain a transcript from before LSAC will create your academic profile. Of course, that's not really that big an issue, since you're supposed to get transcripts from every school you ever attended anyway, even if you never transferred the credits and they didn't mean anything.

Also, depending on how many schools you're talking about... someone recently posted that LSAC would only count the most recent 8 (or was it 10?) schools they attended, even though they acquired transcripts from all of them. So, be aware of that.

[firemed]

Also, depending on how many schools you're talking about... someone recently posted that LSAC would only count the most recent 8 (or was it 10?) schools they attended, even though they acquired transcripts from all of them. So, be aware of that.

So you are saying that if you attend enough institutions you can actually get rid of freshman year? Sweet... there have got to be, like, 8 more institutions in-state alone that I can use to get rid of those WFs!

[merc280]

is the common application supposed to be filled for every school we apply, or is it like a one time thing that we just do for one school and it copies over?

[Hannibal]

is the common application supposed to be filled for every school we apply, or is it like a one time thing that we just do for one school and it copies over?

It copies over best it can. It doesn't mesh up too well sometimes.

[merc280]

is the common application supposed to be filled for every school we apply, or is it like a one time thing that we just do for one school and it copies over?

It copies over best it can. It doesn't mesh up too well sometimes.

So I have to check it for every school I apply to just to be certain it copied over? or is this something the schools don't put too much emphasis on?

[Eugenie Danglars]

Schools don't see the common info form. It simply populates common fields on the applications like name and address,purportedly to save time. I cleared it all out because the formatting was abominable when I opened an actual application. So, either use it and proofread well or just type everything over on each application.

[Hannibal]

is the common application supposed to be filled for every school we apply, or is it like a one time thing that we just do for one school and it copies over?

It copies over best it can. It doesn't mesh up too well sometimes.

So I have to check it for every school I apply to just to be certain it copied over? or is this something the schools don't put too much emphasis on?

It'll be obvious if it doesn't copy over well. You DO have to fill out every application, just some are more work than others.

[zworykin]

is the common application supposed to be filled for every school we apply, or is it like a one time thing that we just do for one school and it copies over?

It copies over best it can. It doesn't mesh up too well sometimes.

So I have to check it for every school I apply to just to be certain it copied over? or is this something the schools don't put too much emphasis on?

It'll be obvious if it doesn't copy over well. You DO have to fill out every application, just some are more work than others.

Yeah. It's actually kinda funny to see how badly the formatting carries over. Pro tip: Don't put dashes in your phone number on the common form.

[Barbie]

Also, depending on how many schools you're talking about... someone recently posted that LSAC would only count the most recent 8 (or was it 10?) schools they attended, even though they acquired transcripts from all of them. So, be aware of that.

So you are saying that if you attend enough institutions you can actually get rid of freshman year? Sweet... there have got to be, like, 8 more institutions in-state alone that I can use to get rid of those WFs!

No... It will drop the institution in which you recieved the least amount of credits, not the first one. This is my understanding, atleast.

[thalassocrat]

Also, depending on how many schools you're talking about... someone recently posted that LSAC would only count the most recent 8 (or was it 10?) schools they attended, even though they acquired transcripts from all of them. So, be aware of that.

So you are saying that if you attend enough institutions you can actually get rid of freshman year? Sweet... there have got to be, like, 8 more institutions in-state alone that I can use to get rid of those WFs!

No... It will drop the institution in which you recieved the least amount of credits, not the first one. This is my understanding, atleast.

I think the guy zworykin was talking about just couldn't add schools after his eight. LSAC won't push any off, it just won't let you add more, so if you don't enter them in chronological order in theory it could work like this. However, I think if you've got that many schools and it's not spread over a decade or more like it was for that other guy, adcomms might get a bit suspicious.