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If that "U" stands for unsatisfactory, then you are incorrect.acrossthelake wrote:No, the opposite. It means LSDAS won't count it into your LSDAS GPA. I'm pretty sure because I had a similar thing on my chart for my transcript(not a U, something else), and it wasn't counted.
LSAC wrote:Failing Grades
Any grade notation that signifies failure (such as No Credit, No Credit/Fail, Not Passing, Incomplete/Fail, Withdraw/Fail, Unsatisfactory, Fail, etc.) is converted to zero on the 4.0 scale and is included in the calculation of the GPA, even if the issuing school considers the grade to be nonpunitive. Failure is defined as credit attempted but not earned. If a transcript is not clear about credit attempted, LSAC staff will contact the registrar at the issuing school to confirm whether course credit was attempted. Incomplete and Withdraw grades considered punitive by the issuing school will be included in the conversion. The only exception to this policy is for No Credit, Withdraw/Fail, repeated courses, and incomplete grades specifically explained in Grades Excluded From Conversion.
well isn't that pretty important? where is this explanation?Bildungsroman wrote:If that "U" stands for unsatisfactory, then you are incorrect.acrossthelake wrote:No, the opposite. It means LSDAS won't count it into your LSDAS GPA. I'm pretty sure because I had a similar thing on my chart for my transcript(not a U, something else), and it wasn't counted.
LSAC wrote:Failing Grades
Any grade notation that signifies failure (such as No Credit, No Credit/Fail, Not Passing, Incomplete/Fail, Withdraw/Fail, Unsatisfactory, Fail, etc.) is converted to zero on the 4.0 scale and is included in the calculation of the GPA, even if the issuing school considers the grade to be nonpunitive. Failure is defined as credit attempted but not earned. If a transcript is not clear about credit attempted, LSAC staff will contact the registrar at the issuing school to confirm whether course credit was attempted. Incomplete and Withdraw grades considered punitive by the issuing school will be included in the conversion. The only exception to this policy is for No Credit, Withdraw/Fail, repeated courses, and incomplete grades specifically explained in Grades Excluded From Conversion.
This is correct (link here: http://www.lsac.org/Policies/transcript ... zation.asp). It's saying that the undergrad does not count U in its GPA, but LSAC still counts it as an F.Bildungsroman wrote:If that "U" stands for unsatisfactory, then you are incorrect.acrossthelake wrote:No, the opposite. It means LSDAS won't count it into your LSDAS GPA. I'm pretty sure because I had a similar thing on my chart for my transcript(not a U, something else), and it wasn't counted.
LSAC wrote:Failing Grades
Any grade notation that signifies failure (such as No Credit, No Credit/Fail, Not Passing, Incomplete/Fail, Withdraw/Fail, Unsatisfactory, Fail, etc.) is converted to zero on the 4.0 scale and is included in the calculation of the GPA, even if the issuing school considers the grade to be nonpunitive. Failure is defined as credit attempted but not earned. If a transcript is not clear about credit attempted, LSAC staff will contact the registrar at the issuing school to confirm whether course credit was attempted. Incomplete and Withdraw grades considered punitive by the issuing school will be included in the conversion. The only exception to this policy is for No Credit, Withdraw/Fail, repeated courses, and incomplete grades specifically explained in Grades Excluded From Conversion.