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Hello,

I'm in somewhat of a unique situation here:

2.99 Degree
3.17 Cumulative

Most people seem like they have D > C, but I had a downward trend..

Now, this may not matter much, but 3.00 just 'looks' better than 2.99 IMO.

How would this influence my admissions?

hsj219 wrote:How would this influence my admissions?

What, lying on an application to make your grades look slightly better?

Oh, no.. Not lying on my apps.

Just wondering what the'psychological' and 'real' impact of seeing 2.99 on my apps would be.

hsj219 wrote:Oh, no.. Not lying on my apps.

Just wondering what the'psychological' and 'real' impact of seeing 2.99 on my apps would be.

certain schools have a sort of gpa floor at 3.0. I suppose there would be a difference there (i.e. UVA)

hsj219 wrote:Oh, no.. Not lying on my apps.

Just wondering what the'psychological' and 'real' impact of seeing 2.99 on my apps would be.

I don't ever remember putting my degree GPA on any application. It isn't required, I am pretty sure.

I think they just look at the LSDAS report and pick the higher of the two. I hope so, at least, because mine are slightly different too.

InGoodFaith wrote:I think they just look at the LSDAS report and pick the higher of the two. I hope so, at least, because mine are slightly different too.

Are you sure,

I have a 3.82 degree GPA and a 3.28 LSDAS GPA so this would be good to know

john1990 wrote:

InGoodFaith wrote:I think they just look at the LSDAS report and pick the higher of the two. I hope so, at least, because mine are slightly different too.

what?

I have a 3.82 degree GPA and a 3.28 LSDAS GPA so this would be good to know

No, no, no. I said on the LSDAS report. It lists a cumulative GPA as well as a degree GPA. The degree GPA is not what your institute has on your official transcript. It's calculated by LSAC.

this is what i have on my ASR

Degree (Summary) GPA: 3.82
Degree Semester Hours: 28.0
Cumulative GPA: 3.28
Cumulative Semester Hours: 101.0

I switched majors when i switched schools



sorry if i am stealing this thread


OP i would not inflate GPA and as much as i can tell your cumulative GPA is what matters anyway.

InGoodFaith wrote:

john1990 wrote:

InGoodFaith wrote:I think they just look at the LSDAS report and pick the higher of the two. I hope so, at least, because mine are slightly different too.

what?

I have a 3.82 degree GPA and a 3.28 LSDAS GPA so this would be good to know

No, no, no. I said on the LSDAS report. It lists a cumulative GPA as well as a degree GPA. The degree GPA is not what your institute has on your official transcript. It's calculated by LSAC.

No, they create the LSDAS gpa based on a combinations of whatever cumulative gpas you have and how they restructure the grades

JamMasterJ wrote:No, they create the LSDAS gpa based on a combinations of whatever cumulative gpas you have and how they restructure the grades

I'm confused. The school creates the LSDAS GPA based on the above? If my degree and cum. GPAs are different on the LSDAS report, how does this work exactly?

InGoodFaith wrote:

JamMasterJ wrote:No, they create the LSDAS gpa based on a combinations of whatever cumulative gpas you have and how they restructure the grades

I'm confused. The school creates the LSDAS GPA based on the above? If my degree and cum. GPAs are different on the LSDAS report, how does this work exactly?

I don't know a ton about it b/c my gpa didn't change, but they give you an LSDAS gpa for every institution, then weigh them together. For example, I had a 3.53 at my UG and a 4.0 from a summer class at the local CC, so my cum LSDAS gpa was 3.54. If you have a 3.7 but LSDAS restructures it (using whatever voodoo bs they use) to a 3.55 and you have another gpa of 3.9, your cum LSDAS will be somewhere between 3.55 and 3.9, based on how many credits came from each school. The 3.7 no longer matters at all.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=134392

Here they say its only the cumulative GPA that matters, but that some one with a higher degree GPA will have a soft advantage.

Good to know, I took a couple CC courses as well. While they only gave a small boost, they changed the tenths place in my GPA. Makes it look so much better, so I understand where OP is coming from.