What goes into the LSAC GPA?? Forum

[Iswhat?]

Let me first preface this question with a little background information.

I'm a junior at a major university, and...

I blew my first year of college. Really bad. At a community college.

That being said..most of these courses were in a different, non-applicable major (read: Math Based) then I'm currently enrolled in, and didn't eventually count toward my AA or transfer.

Am I correct in stating that these credits will be included in my LSAC GPA even though they won't count for either my AA or BA?

To thicken the plot somewhat, I quit on school my third semester. Well, I didn't didn't actually quit, but I stopped taking courses relevant toward getting a BA, and instead took vocational courses and pursued employment.

Obviously the vocational courses wouldn't count toward the LSAC GPA, but a couple of them (computer courses) did end up counting towards my AA, but were NOT accepted at the university I attend.

Do you guys know if these courses would or would not be counted toward my LSAC GPA?

gracias

[Mike12188]

Everything is in your LSAC gpa, even down to any courses you took in high school for college credit. If you retook any classes, both grades will be in there

[ohlawl]

LSAC got my transcripts two weeks ago and calculated my GPA as .2 lower than my university has it. This is coming from the low grades on courses I subsequently replaced with As. I haven't looked close enough but they may have also counted non-transferable courses from my junior college. So it goes!

[whymeohgodno]

LSAC is so unforgiving

[kazu]

LSAC is so unforgiving

LSAC = Satan. Welcome to hell everyone.

[Iswhat?]

So all my courses count. That's not so good for me.

That is brutal. I did the math and I could get a 3.7 for the rest of my college career and still not break 3.3 LSAT.

Non-Pejorative Withdraws are not figured, correct?

[2014]

If the withdraw doesn't reflect an F on your transcript it won't be counted as one. I'm not positive your vocational classes won't count by the way. If you got a grade for them, and if they went into your CC degree, they very well might count.

[kazu]

So all my courses count. That's not so good for me.

That is brutal. I did the math and I could get a 3.7 for the rest of my college career and still not break 3.3 LSAT.

Non-Pejorative Withdraws are not figured, correct?

Technically, they shouldn't be. However LSAC has a nasty habit of being unpredictable - people have reported having non-punitive withdraws being included in the calculation.

[whymeohgodno]

So all my courses count. That's not so good for me.

That is brutal. I did the math and I could get a 3.7 for the rest of my college career and still not break 3.3 LSAT.

Non-Pejorative Withdraws are not figured, correct?

Technically, they shouldn't be. However LSAC has a nasty habit of being unpredictable - people have reported having non-punitive withdraws being included in the calculation.

I'm hoping this isn't a common occurrence. I have like 2-3 non fail W's in my transcript.

[im_blue]

So all my courses count. That's not so good for me.

That is brutal. I did the math and I could get a 3.7 for the rest of my college career and still not break 3.3 LSAT.

Non-Pejorative Withdraws are not figured, correct?

They shouldn't, but you can look up the LSAC conversion guide for your specific UG to be sure:

http://www.lsac.org/Members/TranscriptK ... earch.aspx

[ohlawl]

So all my courses count. That's not so good for me.

That is brutal. I did the math and I could get a 3.7 for the rest of my college career and still not break 3.3 LSAT.

Non-Pejorative Withdraws are not figured, correct?

They shouldn't, but you can look up the LSAC conversion guide for your specific UG to be sure:

http://www.lsac.org/Members/TranscriptK ... earch.aspx

Thanks for this link, looks like Ws aren't counted. Interesting to see how at my school an A- is 3.7gps, while with the LSAC an A- is 3.67gps.