<p>From Fall 03 and Spring 05 I went to JC (right out of HS) and earned a 3.09 cum. gpa (along w/ an associates degree). I then transfered to a university in Fall 05, and so from Fall 05 to Winter 06 my cum. uc gpa is now 3.09. I plan to stay at the university until fall 07 or winter 08. I'd really like to go to UCLA law school; it's been a big goal in my life. Can I still boost my UC gpa higher to be good for Ucla law school? What do you think? </p>
<p>Best Regards.</p>
<p>The lower your gpa, the higher your LSAT score needs to be. Look at the median gpas and LSAT for UCLA and calculate what kind of GPA you need for your GPA to be equivalent (.1 GPA = 1 LSAT point). This is easier said than done, and most people find getting the GPA easier than getting their LSAT score up.</p>
<p>Once you figure out what kind of LSAT score you're capable of and the kind of LSAT score you need you can figure out where you should put your energies; either in boosting your GPA or boosting your LSAT score.</p>
<p>With a GPA that low, you're going to need a stellar LSAT. They care more about GPA than most similarly-ranked schools, so anything under a 175 is probably going to make it near-impossible.</p>
<p>What type of questions are on the LSAT?</p>
<p>UCLA is a great law school, and it will be very hard to get in with that low of a GPA. Good luck.</p>
<p>I know it's low. But that cum. is only after my <em>2nd</em> quarter before my expected 6 quarters or so that i still have to finish as an undergrad. So my initial question was, could these several future quarters, if i proved high grades in, boost my cum up to the point that ucla would like? Do they not consider the "upward trend" noticed in grades (not a mere upward trend but signif.) ?</p>
<p>Again as I pointed out, you need to look at the median academic index score of people who attend UCLA. My usnews graduate school online thing is screwing up so I can't tell you directly but I'd imagine the median gpa/lsat would be 3.8/165. If you have a 3.0, you need to score about a 172, probably more as americanski pointed out since GPA is counted so heavily at UCLA.</p>
<p>I knew that at Berkeley .1 gpa point is worth 2.6 LSAT points wheras at other top schools like HYS, its about .1 gpa point to 1 LSAT point. </p>
<p>LSAT and GPA both count for about half your index, so if You get your gpa up to a 3.5, (assuming the hypothetical scores I posted above), you'd need to get a 168 LSAT to still be in the running.</p>
<p>And yes, they do like upward trends but you still need good numbers to get in.</p>
<p>THe better you do on one, the worst you can do on the other. COnversely the worst you do on one indicator, the more you have to make up on the other.</p>
<p>Polite, I just looked up the media for UCLA law gpa and it said 3.68:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.law-school-admission.com/UCLA/%5B/url%5D">http://www.law-school-admission.com/UCLA/</a>.</p>
<p>So the original poster would need a 172 or more to be in the median. Or a 168 if they pulled their gpa up to 3.5. This is a very liberal estimate assuming .1gpa = 1 LSAT point.</p>