<p>I am very concerned. I did 2 years at Elon University where I had a decent GPA of 3.5…I transferred from the school because I felt like I was not learning much of anything and the school lacked diversity; I was unhappy there. I am now at UNC Chapel Hill which I have found to be MUCH more challenging. My first semester there was not good, I had a 2.5 GPA, since then it has risen to a 2.9 and I think that i can make a 3.0 by graduation but am not positive. I took the LSATs in December and my score is a 148. Will law schools take my previous GPA at Elon into consideration? I am a senior in college, what should I do?</p>
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<p>i know this to be a definite yes.</p>
<p>Law schools don’t calculate your GPA separately by school. You get a single GPA that includes all college courses ever taken, including any during high school, summers, or study abroad, so you have around a 3.3 now. I would say your low LSAT is more of a concern, which might get you into some 4th tier schools, but that’s about it.</p>
<p>Grade deflation hurts graduates from moving on to grad school. UNC CH is known for grade deflation.</p>
<p>How about the school you go to? Let’s say I graduate from Penn (where I am) with a 3.2 GPA. Would that be waited equally among others that have a 3.2 from let’s say a state/public university, or does the school I graduate from make any difference?</p>
<p>sorry, I meant weighted…:(</p>
<p>It might help you a little bit, but not a great deal. The reason is that grad schools, and employers, can’t quantify GPA’s and they are slaves to the USNWR rankings that are based on GPA’s. </p>
<p>At any given school a prof may think that a C is a good grade, and another prof at the same school teaching the same subject rarely gives below a C. At UPenn you have the benefit of an on-campus ranking of profs and TA’s, and if you compare different instructors for the same class you will see a great deal of variation in terms of grading. </p>
<p>It is sad but true that padding your schedule will help you get into a better grad school. </p>
<p>You have a solid GPA. It is my general opinion that UPenn, as a pre-professional school, does well in terms of grad school placement (and don’t discount the fact that you can take several grad classes that will count towards your undergrad). There is also the opinion of some posters that UPenn undergrads get a boost at UPenn grad programs.</p>
<p>Thanks, Kono.
I just wanted to know if going to UPenn helped at all into getting into law schools. With all other things being equal, if a law school was looking at my application with a 3.2 GPA from Penn, and another application from a state/public school with a 3.2 GPA, would my app. be looked at more favorably because of Penn?</p>
<p>But since I transferred into UPenn, law schools will take the GPA average of both colleges I attended (the one I transferred from and UPenn), not just UPenn where I will graduate from…correct?</p>
<p>Correct in both regards. The app for law school will include all college classes (including those that you may have taken in high school). UPenn is an excellent school, and it will be highly regarded by adcoms at law schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your help, KONO. I’ll be happy even at a 4th-tiered LS.</p>
<p>if u would be happy at 4th tierd LS, why attend a place like UPenn, why pay all of that money</p>
<p>No, I was just being silly. I was just stating that I would be happy any law school if I can’t get a high LSAT score…that’s all.</p>