<p>I understand that the LSAC neatly compiles your GPA (unified on LSAC scale) and LSAT and sends it to each respective LS you apply. Has anyone actually seen the report?
Does it list all the courses I’ve taken? If I’ve taken summer classes at community college (i’m attending a 4-year institution at the moment), will they show seperately, as compared to my coursework from my main institution? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>A photocopy of your transcript(s) is sent separately and is not included in the “main” report.</p>
<p>oh ok, so the LSAC Report only lists my unified GPA and LSAT score, right?</p>
<p>Thx Detail.</p>
<p>Plus the GPA of each individual year and any honors earned or academic probations received.</p>
<p>They do include a copy of all your transcripts in the package of stuff they send to each law school though, so LSs will have access to everything.</p>
<p>In that case,
What are your thoughts on taking summer classes at community colleges to boost my LSAC GPA? Will Law Schools care at all? I know LSAC will incorporate my community college GPA into my main institution’s, but I wonder if law schools will neglect my community college work…</p>
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<p>They probably won’t care. Small factors like that may be used as a tie breaker for two ridiculously similar applicants who are right on the bubble, but it’s always better to have that 0.05 higher GPA or that extra 1 point on the LSAT.</p>
<p>You should read this article</p>
<p>[DeLoggio’s</a> “World Series” model of Law School Admissions Decisions](<a href=“http://www.deloggio.com/admproc/worldser.html]DeLoggio’s”>http://www.deloggio.com/admproc/worldser.html)</p>
<p>I only did a quick glance of my kid’s LSAC Report when she showed it to me- as I didn’t want to seem overly involved. Trust me, I was tempted to make a photocopy of it- but I knew my kid would kill me if I did that.
but- she had two distinct gpa’s- one from her UG school and the second one which included her study abroad semester. The study abroad semester bumped up her UG gpa by .04- so she really did get an unanticipated benefit from her study abroad experience.
so my guess is that all grades (summer school, HS college credit courses etc) that are not included in your UG GPA will be incorporated into the second LSAC GPA. </p>
<p>sexy- if we knew then what we know now, my kid might have taken one or two summer/winter community college courses to further increase her gpa- but I don’t think it is wise to pad your coursework with too many classes outside your own institution.</p>
<p>Now if she only knew to do study abroad with an institution that gave A +'s- that could have been a terrific way to boost her gpa even more.</p>
<p>marny1, </p>
<p>Thanks for your reply.
But I’m kind of alaramed that LSAC Report showed “2” GPAs…does that mean that the law school will be see which one is the exclusive gpa from the applicant’s school, and another gpa coursework done outside the applicant’s school? </p>
<p>Or does it mean that LSAC report contains 2 GPAs of 1)Cumulative GPA of all coursework done (regardless of place) and 2)LSAC Scaled Cumulative GPA of all coursework done (regardless of place)?</p>
<p>sexy- I’m not sure. as I only gave a glance, I don’t know the terminology that they used on the report.
I assumed one was my d’s coverted gpa from her undergrad school only and the other gpa was from her UG school plus ALL other grades-- which in my kids case was the 16 study abroad credits.<br>
I don’t see any reason to be alarmed. Kids routinely do study abroad programs, go to summer school, and get college credit while in HS.<br>
I will admit, that if there is a real large disparity between the 2 gpa’s, it might make an adcom look a bit more closely as to how credits were obtained. Too many “easy” summer classes at the local community college might raise some concern- but if only a few classes are taken away from the “home school”, I don’t think it is an area to be concerned with.<br>
d # 2 will be taking one on-line SUNY class this summer which will enable her to graduate on time next year. There are many valid reasons to take an occasional on-line or summer school class.</p>
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<p>Yes, they will see “2” gpas (actually 3- the gpa from each school and the lsdas gpa).</p>
<p>Your LSAC report list all of the institutions attended along with the school code.</p>
<p>For each school it will list the median GPA, the median LSAT, the number of semester hours you took, your GPA, and a break down in each grade range at each school you attended.</p>
<p>sybbie719,</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. That sounds awfully like a medical report (sort of…lol).</p>
<p>But taking Detail’s linked article into consideration,
I guess law schools would only care about the LSAC GPA because that is
what they report to LSAC and that is what is incorporated into their stats that they send to USNWR for ranking puproses, right?</p>
<p>So instead of frowning upon grades earned from less difficult colleges, law schools
may actually welcome the fact that I worked to boost my gpa, even just a lil bit, because that would eventually help their ranking, right?</p>