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Do law schools see my numerical grade on my transcript?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:01 pm
by mvonh001
Do law schools that receive my transcript see a numerical grade or just the letter assigned by the school? I ask because i have gotten a A+ by the LSAC GPA standard but my school doesn't acknowledge A+'s. Any help would be great thanks.
Re: Do law schools see my numerical grade on my transcript?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:10 pm
by jym_dawg
Law schools don't care whether you would have gotten an A+ if only your school used a different grading system. All that matters is your GPA as reported by LSAC.
HTH.
Re: Do law schools see my numerical grade on my transcript?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:20 pm
by 02889
So your school does not give A+'s, but your LSAC GPA is above 4.0? How could that happen? Did you also have study abroad or community college transcripts that included A+'s?
Re: Do law schools see my numerical grade on my transcript?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:22 pm
by mvonh001
No, i apologize, let me rephrase my question...
I have received a 98 in my class at my school that does not give A+'s, I want to know if the LSAC will see that I got a 98 and therefore give me a 4.33 on my LSAC GPA for that course, OR if they will only see that I got an A and give me a 4.0??
Thanks, sorry for the confusion.
Re: Do law schools see my numerical grade on my transcript?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:37 pm
by nickb285
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Re: Do law schools see my numerical grade on my transcript?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:20 pm
by haveahat
mvonh001 wrote:
I have received a 98 in my class at my school that does not give A+'s, I want to know if the LSAC will see that I got a 98 and therefore give me a 4.33 on my LSAC GPA for that course, OR if they will only see that I got an A and give me a 4.0??.
As already stated, LSAC recalculates so that if your transcript says "A" you get a 4.0 and if it says "A+" you get a 4.33
Also, I think at most schools an A+ is 100% or above (or the top student in the class if the class is large enough); at least that's how it has been in my undergrad classes
Re: Do law schools see my numerical grade on my transcript?
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:04 pm
by SPerez
Law schools see a scanned copy of your actual transcript. What LSAC does to the grades is a different question, answered correctly above. So your LSAC GPA "is what it is", but we will see the grades your school gave you, too.