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Hey all,

Due to my LSAT score expiring after this admissions cycle, I'm going to be applying to schools as I'm beginning my senior year in undergrad. I'm currently at a little above a 3.0, but I should be able to raise that to a little over 3.2 by the time I graduate. My question is, will schools view my GPA as a 3.0 or a 3.2 for admissions purposes?

I'm a super splitter with a 173 LSAT, and that .2 GPA bump seems to be at least somewhat significant according to mylsn.info. I guess some schools might have already decided to accept / reject me by the point I get my final transcript sent in though...

Anyways, any help or advice would be much appreciated.

By taking the LSAT so early you're kind of forcing yourself to apply this cycle. Because of that most schools will make their decisions before you graduate. The only redeeming news is that as a current undergrad senior, they'll likely ask for your first semester grades, but that still might not be before they make their decision. Your best bet is to apply according to your current numbers. You shouldn't assume you can improve your GPA anyway. If you have your heart set on a school, make sure your application is as strong as possible and send it in as early as possible, anything can happen.

A) Why did you take the LSAT so early?
B) What is your major? A STEM major MIGHT give you a SLIGHT advantage
C) What are your goals? You could potentially go to a very good regional school for free/heavily discounted

Hope any of that helps

PDX4343 wrote:Hey all,

Due to my LSAT score expiring after this admissions cycle, I'm going to be applying to schools as I'm beginning my senior year in undergrad. I'm currently at a little above a 3.0, but I should be able to raise that to a little over 3.2 by the time I graduate. My question is, will schools view my GPA as a 3.0 or a 3.2 for admissions purposes?

I'm a super splitter with a 173 LSAT, and that .2 GPA bump seems to be at least somewhat significant according to mylsn.info. I guess some schools might have already decided to accept / reject me by the point I get my final transcript sent in though...

Anyways, any help or advice would be much appreciated.

They'll view it as a 3.0. So you'll get in anywhere you otherwise would with a 3.0/173. You'll probably get on a bunch of WLs at other schools, so make sure to send in your updated transcript along with your LOCI (assuming you get your grades next spring and are sitting on a few waitlists).

GoGreen17 wrote:By taking the LSAT so early you're kind of forcing yourself to apply this cycle. Because of that most schools will make their decisions before you graduate. The only redeeming news is that as a current undergrad senior, they'll likely ask for your first semester grades, but that still might not be before they make their decision. Your best bet is to apply according to your current numbers. You shouldn't assume you can improve your GPA anyway. If you have your heart set on a school, make sure your application is as strong as possible and send it in as early as possible, anything can happen.

A) Why did you take the LSAT so early?
B) What is your major? A STEM major MIGHT give you a SLIGHT advantage
C) What are your goals? You could potentially go to a very good regional school for free/heavily discounted

Hope any of that helps

Thanks for your response. Yeah That definitely helps.

A) I was expecting to graduate this past spring, and so I thought I would have a complete set of grades to work with when I took the test. I probably shouldn't have taken the test so early, but my thought-process was that I wanted to get the test out of the way when I had extra time to study because my classes were obviously much easier as a lower level undergrad student. I was also PTing at a high level so I felt I was ready. Not my best decision for sure, though.

B) Unimpressive liberal arts major. I do have some interesting work experience that ties into my personal statement and LORs though, so I'm hoping that's intriguing enough to gain some acceptances some places. Definitely not a guarantee, of course.

C) That's one of the options I'm looking at. I'm fine with not getting into a T-14 if I can get into a solid regional at a significant discount. I'll be applying to a wide-range of schools and picking the best combination of employment outcome / cost.

Maybe I'm misreading when my LSAT will expire, actually. I took the February 2013 test, which should mean that it's technically valid until February 2018 right? That would put me midway through next cycle. I'm not sure if an LSAT is considered valid for a cycle if it expires partway through that cycle or not.