Community College GPA padding?

AmbulanceChaser
Thu, 14 May 2009 03:56:50 +0000

Your overall GPA and the GPA from your degree granting institution are both shown on your LSDAS report. Additionally copies of your transcripts are sent to every law school that you apply to, so you won’t be “tricking” anyone.

If you are a LSAT borderline applicant, and CC classes bump your official GPA from great to amazing, then I could see this being beneficial. Contrarily this plan could also backfire if you end up a GPA borderline applicant, and they hold your CC classes against you.

I suggest not putting too much effort into this. I’m sure you’ll find plenty of soft classes at UCLA too, and loading up on those is probably the safer option.