Degree GPA and LSAC GPA

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I could go on a big rant about this but I am going to keep this as simplified as possible. During my first year at my community college I received around a 2.6-2.7 GPA. I was going through a lot of personal struggles and problems. I worked through them and got mostly As and Bs during my 3rd semester and mostly As my 4th semester. This made my total GPA a 3.0-3.1.</p>

<p>If I get all As the next 2 years, like I know I am capable of, my degree GPA could end up being a 3.6. That is including my lower-division GPA. My LSAT GPA, however, would end up being a 3.8-3.9. Now, these two GPAs are two distinctly different GPAs when it comes to law school. Will the law schools recognize my growth?</p>

<p>I really want to attend a top 7 law school: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, NYU or Berkeley. Are my chances at a top 3 law school out of the question. This is taking out the factor of my LSAT score. I have confidence in myself that I could get in the upper 170s. I've done really well in the past with practice tests. When it comes to my GPA, how are my chances looking at these schools?</p>

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<p>I think you have degree GPA and LSAC GPA mixed up. Of the two, the LSAC is more important.</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure I don't got them mixed up. What I am considering as my degree GPA is my lower-division GPA and upper-division GPA without my lower-division courses that weren't transferable. My LSAC GPA is all my grades, whether or not transferable, with my upper-division courses that I have yet to get a grade in.</p>

<p>I forgot to mention that I would consider my soft factors to be really good. I have gone through a lot of stuff and done a lot of stuff for the students at my school.</p>

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<p>So you have a whole set of non-transferable CC grades that are really high? In that case, you're right and I'm wrong.</p>