Brown S/NC and law school

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<p>I have been considering applying to law school and have some questions about how transcripts from Brown are perceived by admissions committees. I have also posted this in the Brown forum because I was not sure which would be more appropriate.</p>

<p>I graduated from Brown a few years ago. My LSAC GPA is 3.88, but I took four mandatory S/NC (pass/fail in Brown's terms) courses (all of which I passed) and also studied abroad for a semester. All study abroad grades are translated into Brown transcripts as S/NC.</p>

<p>My questions are:</p>

<p>1) How will law schools interpret my GPA given that there are a significant number of non-ABC grades on it?</p>

<p>2) Does it matter that I could not have taken those courses for an ABC grade?</p>

<p>3) Does anyone have any firsthand experience with a similar situation?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Law schools [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.lsac.org/policies/transcript-summarization.asp]interpret[/url”&gt;http://www.lsac.org/policies/transcript-summarization.asp]interpret[/url</a>] your grades the way LSAC tells them. If LSAC has you at a 3.88, you have a 3.88.</p>

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<p>4 p/f courses is no big deal. Law schools won’t care.</p>

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<p>If you are worried, send along an addendum explaining the situation. But I suspect that ou would be highlighting the situation, not helping yourself.</p>

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<p>Please don’t. That is an awful reason for an addendum.</p>