Grade translation Forum

[Sparkymilarky]

Quick question for you fine people

I'm an undergrad at UWO in Canada on track to finish with a 3.6 GPA and 170+ lsat

In Canada a 3.6 is a 79

Am I correct in assuming the 79 average I have will be considered as a 3.6 GPA in the states? I heard some stuff about U of T grading by letters means that 70s range is all just a B and only 80s is a A (3.7)

Anyone know any concrete details or have experience?

[UWO-HYS]

Hey years later! I am new and a 3rd year at Western wondering the same thing, can you let me know how it turned out for you? I know the interpretive grading scale categorized them by 3.3/3.7/4.0/4.33 but nothing in between. Could you clarify this for me?

[BrainsyK]

If you have a letter grade, LSAC uses that and ignores the numbered grade. If you only have a number, they use the number. Google "Transcript Summarization Policies LSAC" and the chart that they use should come up. It usually turns out to be a bloodbath for Canadian schools that only give number grades because number grades are harder to earn in Canada than in the US since 85+ is marked as A where as the US counts that as a B.

This is my knowledge from years ago. I have no idea if it's changed.