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I remember looking into this last year as I am in the same boat. From what I've read, we're just inherently given the short end of the stick as we cannot get above a 4, so yes, students who attend schools that give out A+ grades have the opportunity of being more competitive with a GPA higher than 4. Calling Cav on this one to confirm.jollyjames wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:24 pmI go to a top university that doesn't give out A+ as a grade, the top grade possible is an A so GPA is out of 4.0. Do law schools take this into consideration? I feel like other undergraduate institutions that give out A+ give their students an inherent advantage.
For the limited purpose of LSAC calculating your UGPA, yes, students at schools with A+ grades have an advantage. Assuming of course that some/any of your A grades at your school would turn out to be A+s at a school that gives them out.jollyjames wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:24 pmI go to a top university that doesn't give out A+ as a grade, the top grade possible is an A so GPA is out of 4.0. Do law schools take this into consideration? I feel like other undergraduate institutions that give out A+ give their students an inherent advantage.
I'd agree with this- check LSN for any school you're interested in and you'll notice that there are no apparent applicants who are admitted since they have above a 4 over someone who has a 4.nixy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 6:12 pmFor the limited purpose of LSAC calculating your UGPA, yes, students at schools with A+ grades have an advantage. Assuming of course that some/any of your A grades at your school would turn out to be A+s at a school that gives them out.jollyjames wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:24 pmI go to a top university that doesn't give out A+ as a grade, the top grade possible is an A so GPA is out of 4.0. Do law schools take this into consideration? I feel like other undergraduate institutions that give out A+ give their students an inherent advantage.
Law schools take the number that LSAC gives you as the number that matters, in part because (again) there’s no guarantees your As would be A+s, but mostly because that’s what they have to report to USNWR for rankings purposes.
I tend to figure the number of people who have over 4.0 GPAs is small enough that poor mortals with mere 4.0s don’t really suffer.