LSAC GPA Calculation Rounding Forum

[handlesthetruth]

I searched; couldn't find.

If your undergrad GPA comes out to X.XX67 (standard four point scale, no withdrawals, etc.), does LSAC round up when it gives you your simple, to-the-hundreths-place lsac gpa? (or does it show it to the thousandths place? or round down?)

just wondering if anyone knows from experience!

Thanks in advance!

[mettasutta]

LSAC rounded mine up. The GPA on my UG transcript is 3.819 and it was rounded to 3.82

[handlesthetruth]

LSAC rounded mine up. The GPA on my UG transcript is 3.819 and it was rounded to 3.82

awesome, thank you.

if anyone has had a different experience, please weigh in

[BlueDiamond]

either way the difference will not be significant

[Knock]

LSAC rounded mine up. The GPA on my UG transcript is 3.819 and it was rounded to 3.82

awesome, thank you.

if anyone has had a different experience, please weigh in

I believe this is correct, same thing for my LSAC GPA.

[handlesthetruth]

either way the difference will not be significant

you wouldn't think it'd be.

BUT..

I got thinking about it and:

If one is on the edge of being just above or just below a median, for instance, it could be. Because schools report medians (not averages, in which case a hundreth wouldn't be significant), being above or below the target for a school could be significant as it would be one more person above, at, or below the target median (or quartile).

For instance, if Duke is shooting for a 3.81 median (arbitrary number and school im throwing out here), and you are going to be a 3.80 or 3.81 depending on rounding, this could make a difference I think.


(I agree this is ludicrous but the whole law school app process is exactly such...)

also, correct if im wrong.

[handlesthetruth]

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