Study Abroad GPA HELP! Forum

[J.Hwang]

Hi.
I went to UG in non-US/Canada country and was an exchange student in another non-US/Canada country for a semester.

I took three courses there but my transcript of the home uni. lists only two of them, although the transcript of the foreign uni. still includes all three. (This is because I requested credit recognition for only the two courses.)

In this case, will LSAC count the course not included in the transcript of my home university?

[galadriel3019]

I didn't have exactly your problem but one similar, so maybe my experience could help?

When I studied abroad, my home university gave me pass credit, not a letter grade for the work. BUT, the university I studied with assigned letter grades. LSAC counted the letter grades in my GPA even though the school that really mattered determined that I wouldn't get letter grade credit. My hunch is LSAC will count all three classes.

Probably the best advice I have is for you to call LSAC and ask. Worst case scenario is they may have an issue that your transcripts don't reflect the same course info and may question why that is (in terms of how many courses you took). So I'd call them and see what they think of it all.

Good luck!

Hi.
I went to UG in non-US/Canada country and was an exchange student in another non-US/Canada country for a semester.

I took three courses there but my transcript of the home uni. lists only two of them, although the transcript of the foreign uni. still includes all three. (This is because I requested credit recognition for only the two courses.)

In this case, will LSAC count the course not included in the transcript of my home university?

[J.Hwang]

In my case the foreign uni. gave numerical score without letter grade and then the home uni. converted it into letter grade; no P/F involved.

The thing is I didn' get any credit for the course in both schools! Why on earth it would be counted....;-(

Also the home uni. also converted the number of credit as well; originally it was 20 credits per course at foreign uni, but the home university changed it into 6 credits per course so I earned 12 credits. So how would they calculate the weight of the course that is just on the foreign school's transcript? I have no idea.

I wrote an email to lsac if the course will be counted but their answer just made me more confused.

I didn't have exactly your problem but one similar, so maybe my experience could help?

When I studied abroad, my home university gave me pass credit, not a letter grade for the work. BUT, the university I studied with assigned letter grades. LSAC counted the letter grades in my GPA even though the school that really mattered determined that I wouldn't get letter grade credit. My hunch is LSAC will count all three classes.

Probably the best advice I have is for you to call LSAC and ask. Worst case scenario is they may have an issue that your transcripts don't reflect the same course info and may question why that is (in terms of how many courses you took). So I'd call them and see what they think of it all.

Good luck!

Hi.
I went to UG in non-US/Canada country and was an exchange student in another non-US/Canada country for a semester.

I took three courses there but my transcript of the home uni. lists only two of them, although the transcript of the foreign uni. still includes all three. (This is because I requested credit recognition for only the two courses.)

In this case, will LSAC count the course not included in the transcript of my home university?

[galadriel3019]

Yeah they seem to just take what they see on the paper (even if the paper says you didn't get credit). If they see some entry for it they will factor it in. It's a major bummer but when I was asking my questions, they weren't very helpful. I'm sorry to say it but there might not be much you can do

In my case the foreign uni. gave numerical score without letter grade and then the home uni. converted it into letter grade; no P/F involved.

The thing is I didn' get any credit for the course in both schools! Why on earth it would be counted....;-(

Also the home uni. also converted the number of credit as well; originally it was 20 credits per course at foreign uni, but the home university changed it into 6 credits per course so I earned 12 credits. So how would they calculate the weigh of the course just on the foreign school's transcript? I have no idea.

I wrote an email to lsac if the course will be counted but their answer just made me more confused.

I didn't have exactly your problem but one similar, so maybe my experience could help?

When I studied abroad, my home university gave me pass credit, not a letter grade for the work. BUT, the university I studied with assigned letter grades. LSAC counted the letter grades in my GPA even though the school that really mattered determined that I wouldn't get letter grade credit. My hunch is LSAC will count all three classes.

Probably the best advice I have is for you to call LSAC and ask. Worst case scenario is they may have an issue that your transcripts don't reflect the same course info and may question why that is (in terms of how many courses you took). So I'd call them and see what they think of it all.

Good luck!

Hi.
I went to UG in non-US/Canada country and was an exchange student in another non-US/Canada country for a semester.

I took three courses there but my transcript of the home uni. lists only two of them, although the transcript of the foreign uni. still includes all three. (This is because I requested credit recognition for only the two courses.)

In this case, will LSAC count the course not included in the transcript of my home university?

[20171lhopeful]

Can you share what LSAC wrote to you in the email? Do we HAVE to share study abroad transcripts if our home institution only counted it as pass/fail?

[J.Hwang]

Can you share what LSAC wrote to you in the email? Do we HAVE to share study abroad transcripts if our home institution only counted it as pass/fail?

"Please be advised that GPA calculation is not done as part of the international credential evaluation. Rather, degree and credit equivalency to credit & degrees earned in the US is determined. Please also note that if H. University issued the credit for this program, the credit will be reviewed on their transcript. However, if they merely accepted the credit and did not issue it, then the transcript from the institution in the UK would have to be submitted, as transcripts from every institution that issued you credit are required by the law schools."

Hope this helps.