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Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:14 pm
by 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?
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:16 pm
by Sauer Grapes
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Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:20 pm
by Genki
.07 difference for me.
I know there are others out there with much worse though.
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:21 pm
by 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!!
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:26 pm
by phoenix323
Undergrad GPA 3.7x
LSDAS GPA 3.4x
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:52 pm
by Rednorthstar
Undergrad GPA - 2.58
LSDAS GPA - 2.79
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:58 pm
by dibs
Degree GPA: 3.32
LSDAS GPA: 2.78
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:08 pm
by 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...)
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:34 pm
by 09042014
sluguy14 wrote: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.
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:02 pm
by nbatty
I dropped two tenths of a point. I don't know why.
I do know it sucks.
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:07 pm
by millieb
UG 3.49
LSDAS 3.34
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:11 pm
by TheBigMediocre
UG: 3.29
LSDAS: 3.39
Hooray A+'s
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:07 pm
by mikeyp
-.20
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:48 pm
by Generic20101L
I am prob 99.9 percentile
LSAC GPA 2.5ish
Degree GPA 3.6ish
-1.1ish
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:52 pm
by OperaSoprano
Generic20101L wrote: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.
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:55 pm
by 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.
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:22 pm
by Rock Chalk
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Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:23 pm
by 09042014
Rock Chalk wrote:sluguy14 wrote:(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
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:24 pm
by Rock Chalk
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Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:27 pm
by Rock Chalk
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Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:27 pm
by 09042014
Rock Chalk wrote:Desert Fox wrote: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.
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:29 pm
by 09042014
Rock Chalk wrote:Desert Fox wrote: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.
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:55 pm
by BizOwner
Degree: 3.76
LSDAS: 3.0
Ain't she a beaut?
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:04 am
by im_blue
Desert Fox wrote:Rock Chalk wrote:Desert Fox wrote: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.
Re: Biggest LSDAS GPA and Undergrad GPA Difference?
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:27 am
by 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.