New units after completed my degree Forum

[Rebecca&Fiona]

I've graduated university 5 yrs ago, and now I have an opportunity to obtain new units.
I understand the grades I will get from these new units will not be added into my GPA since I completed my degree.
But I wonder if I get bunch of As and send the certificate anyways, will it help in anyway?

Thanks in advance.

[TheSpanishMain]

Don't think so. Your A's don't affect your GPA, which means they don't affect the school's medians. It's more of a "oh, that's nice" type thing, but as far as affecting admissions decisions, no.

[Rebecca&Fiona]

Don't think so. Your A's don't affect your GPA, which means they don't affect the school's medians. It's more of a "oh, that's nice" type thing, but as far as affecting admissions decisions, no.

Sucks.
Thanks for your advice!

[Mack.Hambleton]

spend that time studying for the LSAT, since the LSAT is more important than GPA anyway

[patogordo]

one person per tls account please. sorry, fiona.

[SPerez]

I've graduated university 5 yrs ago, and now I have an opportunity to obtain new units.
I understand the grades I will get from these new units will not be added into my GPA since I completed my degree.
But I wonder if I get bunch of As and send the certificate anyways, will it help in anyway?

Thanks in advance.

There are some situations where it could help, specifically where the weakness in the application is the undergrad performance. The LSAT might be high (or high enough for that particular school) so that's not the issue. With a super low GPA, the worry is that the person just isn't good at school. Doesn't know how to study, doesn't care to study, sucks at essay exams, has no time management skills, etc. Such that, even with the raw ability (loosely indicated by the high LSAT) they still won't succeed. The benefit isn't that it puts the applicant above median. The benefit is that outstanding performance in tough classes can signal that the applicant can indeed do the work and should be one of the splitters the school takes.

However, my advice to students in this situation is usually to start a masters program. Graduate classes are (or at least should be) tougher, involve more research and writing, etc. And then, if law school still doesn't work out, at least you spent money on a graduate degree and not two semesters of useless undergrad courses.

Dean Perez