Calculating your LSDAS GPA: Questions

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I've been cruising around the website of the Law School Admissions Council and my understanding so far is that in order to get an LSDAS GPA, I must send in my transcripts to the Council and they will calculate it for me.</p>

<p>Has anyone actually gone through this?
How does this exactly work?</p>

<p>For ex) I know Cornell gives A+'s (4.3) while NYU does not do so. (maximum: 4.0) </p>

<p>With regards to such discrepancies in the range of grades given, how would a 3.83 GPA from NYU convert in the LSDAS scale? </p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>That is impossible to determine without seeing every grade. Look at your transcript and do the simple algebra yourself</p>

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<p>If NYU does not give out A+'s at all, then you're out of luck and your GPA is as stands. The only way your GPA would change is if an A+ is calculated as a 4.0.</p>

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<p>Not true. Each school has different ways of calculating +/-, my school it is .3, LSDAS I believe is .33, that will make a difference when calculating over 120 credits</p>

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<p>The LSAC has their own scale that they use to convert grades. An A+ is a 4.33 (or maybe 4.2, forgot), an A is a 4.0, an A- is a 3.67 and so on. The scale doesn't vary depending on where you went to undergrad, so people that went to schools with no A+'s are at a slight disadvantage. There are also a bunch of rules about W's, P/F's, community college classes, and foreign grades that also have the potential to seriously hurt or help you.</p>

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<p>Anybody know how GPA boosts for Honors classes in college apply to LSDAS GPA?</p>

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<p>They don't.</p>