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How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:29 am
by kinopy
Hi, it's my first post here at TLS, I am at the very early stage of studying for LSAT. I studied at a community college for 2 years and then transferred to UC Berkeley for another two years. My GPAs aren't good, community college GPA is 3.64, and Cal GPA is 3.24. When I apply to law schools, will they only consider my University GPA or an average of both?
Thanks!
Re: How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:31 am
by Davidbentley
Both.
Re: How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:16 am
by EvilClinton
very carefully
Re: How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:35 pm
by nebula666
average of the two
may be lower/higher depending on the LSAC gpa
Re: How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:37 pm
by Aawaldrop
Both, weighted by the number of hours
Re: How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:33 pm
by Cobretti
nebula666 wrote:average of the two
may be lower/higher depending on the LSAC gpa
Aawaldrop wrote:Both, weighted by the number of hours
I love how the physics major in you couldn't let that stand
Re: How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:57 pm
by Aawaldrop
mrizza wrote:nebula666 wrote:average of the two
may be lower/higher depending on the LSAC gpa
Aawaldrop wrote:Both, weighted by the number of hours
I love how the physics major in you couldn't let that stand
The devil is in the details

Re: How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:05 am
by ManOfTheMinute
kinopy wrote:Hi, it's my first post here at TLS, I am at the very early stage of studying for LSAT. I studied at a community college for 2 years and then transferred to UC Berkeley for another two years. My GPAs aren't good, community college GPA is 3.64, and Cal GPA is 3.24. When I apply to law schools, will they only consider my University GPA or an average of both?
Thanks!
You kidding me right now? (Point value of letter grade x Units for that course)/Total units taken. Take 10 seconds and search lsac.org
Re: How should I calculate my GPA as a transfer student?
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:03 pm
by lmsf
ManOfTheMinute wrote:kinopy wrote:Hi, it's my first post here at TLS, I am at the very early stage of studying for LSAT. I studied at a community college for 2 years and then transferred to UC Berkeley for another two years. My GPAs aren't good, community college GPA is 3.64, and Cal GPA is 3.24. When I apply to law schools, will they only consider my University GPA or an average of both?
Thanks!
You kidding me right now? (Point value of letter grade x Units for that course)/Total units taken. Take 10 seconds and search lsac.org
What ManOfTheMinute said. My situation is almost exactly the same as yours. Assuming you don't have any D, F, or Not Pass grades (even if you retook them, the LSAC will still count the original grades and the retake grades, and NPs = Fs), and assuming you took approximately the same # of units at each school, you'll probably end up with around a 3.4 GPA. You have a good shot at T14 if you do really well on the LSAT (aim for 170+). PM me if you have any more questions. Good luck!