lsac transcript dispute Forum

[zhenyuanzhu]

I graduated from a university in Australia and received a bachelor degree in international business and marketing. As i am currently trying to apply to a law school which uses LSAC to evaluate international transcript, the evaluation report says my bachelor from the Australian university represents completion of three years of undergraduate credit, which are comparable to three years of undergraduate credit in the United States, it is not comparable to a bachelor’s degree.

However 6 months ago, I sent my bachelor degree to International Education Research Foundation (IERF) to have my transcript evaluated in order to be admitted to the paralegal program in cal state LA. And the evaluation results said that my bachelor degree is accredited as 96 semester units in the Unites States.
I know my situation is not that common and pretty rare.
So I am wondering if there is any option available for me to earn the remaining semester credits in order to complete or earn a bachelor degree. i am thinking about applying as an upper division transfer student with 96 semester units
so i am asking what i can do with the evaluation, can i dispute? my university in Australia is a pretty well known school and i don't think the LSAC can just give me a 3 year credit only because i studied 3 years to earn this degree.

[nixy]

I’m confused - if you did a three year degree why would you get credit for more than three years?

[Sum_Guy]

Typical bachelor's degree in the US requires 120 credits.
96 credits sounds like not enough for US BA/BS.

[QContinuum]

I’m confused - if you did a three year degree why would you get credit for more than three years?

Though I'm not an expert on this, I believe that in general, the 3-year Australian Bachelor's degree is not considered equivalent to a 4-year U.S. Bachelor's degree. This is based on the number of credits required for the degree, not the actual length of enrollment in college (e.g., it's very common to finish a 4-year U.S. Bachelor's degree early - some graduate in fewer than 3 years, even).