I went to two different schools for my undergraduate degree (2 years at school X, transferred, then 2 years at school Y). School X offered A+'s; school Y didn't. I did a calculation using an online tool and found that my GPA would be 3.85 if I just added up all of the letter grades I got throughout my undergraduate degree based on LSAC's scale. My GPA at school Y (which was significantly more competitive) was only 3.64, and my GPA at school X was 4.18 (on a 4.5 scale).
When I apply to law schools, will LSAC only report my combined GPA, or will they send the GPA for each school separately?
What is the GPA that the law schools care about? I know that they care about the "entire application", but only one GPA calculation factors into their reported percentiles.
Do schools consider where the grades were earned (which school), the difficulty of the courses, or whether the courses were taken early in the degree or later?
What I'm essentially asking is are law schools going to see my GPA as 3.85, or something else?
LSAC GPA Calculation Forum
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Rigo
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Re: LSAC GPA Calculation
Schools will only care about and report the combined (cumulative) GPA.
