A question about LSDAS report

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hi. I am a prospective law school applicant in near future. I am a junior in college now, and I am thinking about applying to law school post graduation. </p>

<p>The thing is I attended Georgetown University my freshmen year, but transferred to Cornell University beginning my sophomore year. So, when I am applying to law schools, would my gpa (the one in the LSDAS) be the cumulative average of the gpa I earned at these two schools? Or, would there be two separate gpas that will be reported to law schools? </p>

<p>Another question is that when I apply to law schools, in assessing candidate's gpas, do law schools only rely on LSDAS reports in evaluating candidates' gpas or do they also evaluate gpas based on the official transcripts? (In other words, will I have to send two copies of transcripts, one from Georgetown and one from Cornell? Or, do I just send LSDAS report?)</p>

<p>Pardon my ignorant questions to those already in law school... I just do not know much about the application process yet. </p>

<p>I had:
3.9 gpa Freshmen year from Georgetown
3.5 gpa from Cornell (now 2nd semester junior, will try to bump it up.)</p>

<p>And, I am asking this question because I wanted to know if my freshmen gpa I earned at my previous college would still count in calculating the cumulative gpa that law schools will evaluate me with.</p>

<p>I'd appreciate any comments!</p>

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<p>lsdas gpa = all grades in college at any institution (including summer school during high school, etc).</p>

<p>so yeah, your freshman grades are counted.</p>

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<p>Brian, </p>

<p>Thanks for your reply. That is great to hear. So I should have around 3.7 cumulative gpa for law school application as of now… </p>

<p>Do you know if all top law schools rely on LSDAS gpa in evaluating candidates, as opposed to evaluating students’ gpas based on transcripts??</p>

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<p>yeah, they all use the lsdas system. also of note is the grading point system (which may be different from your undergrad institutions). </p>

<p>i think it is: 4.33(A+), 4.0 (A), 3.66 (A-), 3.33 (B+), 3.0 (B), 2.66 (B-), etc. </p>

<p>so if you got a few A+'s and they aren’t counted for 4.33 by your school, your gpa may even be higher.</p>

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<p>Your LSAC-calculated GPA will be included in the report sent to law schools, as will copies of all of your transcripts.</p>

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<p>If what Sally said isn’t clear, you DO have to get transcripts from EACH college you attended and have them sent to LSDAS. It calculates your LSDAS gpa. It sends that and copies of each transcript to each law school you apply to.</p>

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<p>Oh, I see. Thanks for your replies.</p>