Community College Grades and UCB grades- how are they combined for app?

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<p>hello</p>

<p>I am a community college transfer to UCB (Junior) and i want to attend law school in the US. I was wondering how the grades are being evaluated ? are they combined? Because obviously my CC grades are significantly better than my UCB grades so that the cumulative GPA is pretty high but the UCB grades are rather low. Will my CC grades be completely ignored in the evaluation or does it factor in since i only had one year at UCB?</p>

<p>any answers and advice are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance
:)</p>

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<p>They combine both.</p>

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<p>so they just take a cumulative GPA for measurement? I mean its kinda obvious that a good UC Gpa is harder to obtain than a good community college GPA right? i was just concerned because that …thanks again</p>

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<p>Is it a disadvantage to be a former community college student, when applying to Law Schools? Wouldn’t they prefer someone from your transfer school w/ a gpa just as high as yours, but who didn’t attend a CC?</p>

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<p>that is the exact question i have…lol</p>

<p>but from i read from a couple other posts on forums, LSDAC combines both to get the overall cummulative GPA no matter what school you go to. I am not sure if this correct because there has been also posts that they do account for high profile schools vs. academically weaker schools. Therefore I am not sure. But truthfully, if I was adcomm, and I saw a transcript that had exceptional grades at CC and then average grades at a UC, compare it to somebody who has the same cumulative GPA but all grades obtained at the UC, I would prefer that person. I am a transfer so therefore I for sure hope my opinion is wrong but as said, it is quite speculative.</p>

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<p>they probably calculate/evaluate it the same way regardless of if you transferred or if you stayed at the same place.</p>

<p>i wish i went the transfer route because i’d be able to swing a 4.0 at my local community college.</p>

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<p>If you read “The Best Law Schools’ Admissions Secrets: The Essential Guide from Harvard’s Former Admissions Dean”</p>

<p>Former Harvard Law School’s Admissions Dean writes that the academic statistical information of each of your school, such as the avg. LSAT score of your school’s students (if you transferred) will be available on the report.</p>

<p>What that means is, if you went to an easy school, the admissions officers will know you went to an easy school.</p>