Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference? Forum

[charlesxavier]

I have noticed many people posting about their GPA's being destroyed or inflated by LSDAS, so I was wondering what is the biggest difference that you have seen?

[Sauer Grapes]

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[Genki]

.07 difference for me.
I know there are others out there with much worse though.

[msbeautifulbasham]

My friend is graduating with a 4.0, but his LSADS is 2.7. He racked the low GPA after 6 years of goofing off at a junior college. His undergrad doesn't factor transfer credits into GPA, and he has had all As since transferring. So, he will graduate suma cumme laude but will apply with a 2.7... sucks!!

[phoenix323]

Undergrad GPA 3.7x
LSDAS GPA 3.4x

[Rednorthstar]

Undergrad GPA - 2.58
LSDAS GPA - 2.79

[dibs]

Degree GPA: 3.32
LSDAS GPA: 2.78

[sluguy14]

woah, I had no idea there could be such a huge gap between LSDAS and UGPA. Kinda makes you wonder about the integrity of the system.

(Still wishing my UG gave out A+'s...)

[09042014]

woah, I had no idea there could be such a huge gap between LSDAS and UGPA. Kinda makes you wonder about the integrity of the system.

(Still wishing my UG gave out A+'s...)

A lot of schools don't count transfer credits into GPA.

[nbatty]

I dropped two tenths of a point. I don't know why.

I do know it sucks.

[millieb]

UG 3.49

LSDAS 3.34

[TheBigMediocre]

UG: 3.29
LSDAS: 3.39

Hooray A+'s

[mikeyp]

-.20

[Generic20101L]

I am prob 99.9 percentile

LSAC GPA 2.5ish
Degree GPA 3.6ish

-1.1ish

[OperaSoprano]

I am prob 99.9 percentile

LSAC GPA 2.5ish
Degree GPA 3.6ish

-1.1ish

Oh my goodness, I feel for you.

Me: Degree: 3.63, magna cum laude
LSAC: 3.37, not so much.

[09042014]

I feel for people who screwed by W's that tank their GPA, but not for people who did two terrible years then transferred and have their degree gpa wiped clean by a transfer.

[Rock Chalk]

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[09042014]

(Still wishing my UG gave out A+'s...)

Mine doesn't either, and I've been wondering about the mathematical soundness of a grading system that doesn't reward 97+, but punishes 93-. I'm not a math person, but it just seems counterintuitive, not to mention it puts your students at a competitive disadvantage. I thought the idea was to try to put your alums in the best possible position to be successful. Guess I'm just naive...

Any class you can get 97% correct isn't a real college course.

HTH

[Rock Chalk]

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[Rock Chalk]

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[09042014]

I feel for people who screwed by W's that tank their GPA, but not for people who did two terrible years then transferred and have their degree gpa wiped clean by a transfer.

I didn't know Ws hurt your LSDAS GPA. I have a few Ws, but my GPAs are the same.

I don't completely understand it, but in some cases LSAC counts a W as an F. Hell I used withdrawing as a wild card. I'd withdraw from one class a semester after my first mid term. But UIUC wouldn't even list them on my transcript.

[09042014]

Any class you can get 97% correct isn't a real college course.

Maybe not, but uniformity seems necessary.

I actually agree that A+'s should be 4.0 for LDAS GPA. A+ isn't even a real grade.

[BizOwner]

Degree: 3.76
LSDAS: 3.0

Ain't she a beaut?

[im_blue]

Any class you can get 97% correct isn't a real college course.

Maybe not, but uniformity seems necessary.

I actually agree that A+'s should be 4.0 for LDAS GPA. A+ isn't even a real grade.

But UIUC gives A+'s.

[HJO]

The biggest gap is going to come from someone who failed all their classes at a CC and eventually transfered to another school where those credits did not count in their GPA.