What to Do?- NC Grade from High School

jimmihendrix
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:00:34 +0000

^Actually, I would. Even if it benefits you, it’s absolutely stupid. It’s an unfair and ■■■■■■■■ policy however you look at it. Most high schools students taking classes at community colleges/4 year institutions don’t even know that their grades will stick with them when applying to grad school.

I would say, every grade that you received AFTER you began your first undergrad year should be counted in the LSAC gpa. Not before.

Maybe you could put an addendum stating some severe circumstances prevented you from doing well that year, and that on top of that, you didn’t realize it would affect your LSAC GPA. And you could also point to your fantastic undergrad grades.

What sucks even more is that most law schools are number driven, so even if they do see that you got mostly A’s in undergrad, and that you got one NC while in HIGH SCHOOL, at the end of the day, they’ll still use the LSAC GPA (which includes the NC/F) for admissions, since they don’t want to hurt their usnews rankings.

Or maybe you could take the initiative and file a lawsuit against the LSAC for this stupid policy? But then again, it seems almost all Grad Schools have a similar policy counting ALL college grades, regardless if they were taken in high school or not.