HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER Forum
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Trimmie

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HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
I've just been told by my uni that they put all the years on my transcript, my first question is do you think that theres anyway i can get them not to do this?
Yet, my main question is whether or not, lsac will factor my first year results (even though they do not count overall) into my degree classification i.e. im on track for a 2.1 this year but i know with hardwork my tutors have said that in second and third year i could get a 1st, but is highly unlikely that they wont give on to me this year, as they don't give them out in first year?
Yet, my main question is whether or not, lsac will factor my first year results (even though they do not count overall) into my degree classification i.e. im on track for a 2.1 this year but i know with hardwork my tutors have said that in second and third year i could get a 1st, but is highly unlikely that they wont give on to me this year, as they don't give them out in first year?
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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
LSAC Counts all no matter What...Sorry broTrimmie wrote:I've just been told by my uni that they put all the years on my transcript, my first question is do you think that theres anyway i can get them not to do this?
Yet, my main question is whether or not, lsac will factor my first year results (even though they do not count overall) into my degree classification i.e. im on track for a 2.1 this year but i know with hardwork my tutors have said that in second and third year i could get a 1st, but is highly unlikely that they wont give on to me this year, as they don't give them out in first year?
- blazinswordofjustice

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
+1lovejopd wrote: LSAC Counts all no matter What...Sorry bro
but maybe OP is a foreign student?? in which case I believe they do the grades a little differently...
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Bumi

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
No, I don't think your university is going to lie for you. As someone who has an incredibly low GPA, let me be the first to tell you this: own your GPA. If there's an exceptionally good reason for low grades, present that to schools and they will take it into consideration, but don't expect your school to cover up your past for you.Trimmie wrote:I've just been told by my uni that they put all the years on my transcript, my first question is do you think that theres anyway i can get themnot to do this?to lie to make me look better?
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Trimmie

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
Yes, im a foreign student in the UK. Any advice on the matter?blazinswordofjustice wrote:+1lovejopd wrote: LSAC Counts all no matter What...Sorry bro
but maybe OP is a foreign student?? in which case I believe they do the grades a little differently...
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Trimmie

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
Erm, sorry i think your mistaken, why should i have grades counting to my degree, when they didn't even factor in or count towards any classification, so i wouldn't really call it lying. I am owning my GPA, the modules that i've actually worked for that WILL count towards my end result.Bumi wrote:No, I don't think your university is going to lie for you. As someone who has an incredibly low GPA, let me be the first to tell you this: own your GPA. If there's an exceptionally good reason for low grades, present that to schools and they will take it into consideration, but don't expect your school to cover up your past for you.Trimmie wrote:I've just been told by my uni that they put all the years on my transcript, my first question is do you think that theres anyway i can get themnot to do this?to lie to make me look better?
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- Nulli Secundus

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
Students from UK (like all other international applicants) receive evaluations of their GPA in a verbal scale of "Superior / Above Average / Average / Inadequate", so you will not have a traditional GPA, but one of those evaluations. Evidence indicates that if you graduate with a 2.1, you will be considered "Above Average", which drops you out of the race for YHS but does not really matter anywhere else, given you have a good LSAT. HTH.Trimmie wrote:Yes, im a foreign student in the UK. Any advice on the matter?blazinswordofjustice wrote:+1lovejopd wrote: LSAC Counts all no matter What...Sorry bro
but maybe OP is a foreign student?? in which case I believe they do the grades a little differently...
- piccolittle

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
Also, you need to stop making threads about this. The answer isn't going to change.
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Trimmie

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
So if i were to get a 2.2/2.1 first year and high first in second and third years, would this most likely be a superior?Nulli Secundus wrote:Students from UK (like all other international applicants) receive evaluations of their GPA in a verbal scale of "Superior / Above Average / Average / Inadequate", so you will not have a traditional GPA, but one of those evaluations. Evidence indicates that if you graduate with a 2.1, you will be considered "Above Average", which drops you out of the race for YHS but does not really matter anywhere else, given you have a good LSAT. HTH.Trimmie wrote:Yes, im a foreign student in the UK. Any advice on the matter?blazinswordofjustice wrote:+1lovejopd wrote: LSAC Counts all no matter What...Sorry bro
but maybe OP is a foreign student?? in which case I believe they do the grades a little differently...
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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
Seems likely, but I do not know the exact scale they use of course. I am speaking based on highly anecdotal evidence. But try doing that in any case, you would have an "upward grade trend" which is cool, according to TLS.Trimmie wrote:
So if i were to get a 2.2/2.1 first year and high first in second and third years, would this most likely be a superior?
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youarereadingthis

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
If I could do it all over again, I'd just take a crapload of very easy classes in community college over the summer BEFORE you get your degree. Every A or even A+ will count. If you take enough, you can offset your terrible GPA.
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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
OP, just for the record, this is not TCR in your case. While this is excellent advice for US students, for you:youarereadingthis wrote:If I could do it all over again, I'd just take a crapload of very easy classes in community college over the summer BEFORE you get your degree. Every A or even A+ will count. If you take enough, you can offset your terrible GPA.
1. a 2:1 is not a terrible GPA. A 2:1 in your first year does not count.
2. As of this year, LSAC does not give a US GPA to students who completed US coursework but received their degrees from international institutions.
I think this thread has been answered (just saying).
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Trimmie

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Re: HELP LSAC 1s year GRADES PLEASE ANSWER
Sorry I'm getting really confused here I know a 2.1 is a good grade, but I really want a first overall upon graduating.piccolittle wrote:OP, just for the record, this is not TCR in your case. While this is excellent advice for US students, for you:youarereadingthis wrote:If I could do it all over again, I'd just take a crapload of very easy classes in community college over the summer BEFORE you get your degree. Every A or even A+ will count. If you take enough, you can offset your terrible GPA.
1. a 2:1 is not a terrible GPA. A 2:1 in your first year does not count.
2. As of this year, LSAC does not give a US GPA to students who completed US coursework but received their degrees from international institutions.
I think this thread has been answered (just saying).
and im mislead on your second point? Im not sure i get it.
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