Address upward trend on resume? Forum

[linkx13]

I´ve seen some material on law school resume help that say to put something to the effect of "GPA since fall 200x"

I have a 3.47 LSAC GPA (3.5 undergrad, 3.8ish in major), so I´m wondering to put considering the 3.47 is well below medians for schools I want to go to. Any advice is much appreciated!

Right now I have decided to just not put a GPA since putting anything but a high GPA seems silly, but I do wonder if it ultimately won't matter since the reviewer may notice it isn't there and be more drawn to it anyway.

[JamMasterJ]

don't do any of this. They have your transcript, rendering putting your gpa superfluous, and they have your transcript, rendering noting a grade trend superfluous. the only reason for gpa addendums are tramatic events/illness, etc.

[bp shinners]

I´ve seen some material on law school resume help that say to put something to the effect of "GPA since fall 200x"

I would strongly recommend no one ever do this. If I read that resume, I'd be looking at the transcript to see exactly how bad the GPA was before that date. It's like saying, "I haven't killed anyone for 10 years!"

[fringles]

It would not be as catastrophic as the other two posters seem to think it'd be, but definitely do not do it