<p>If I took some community college courses in high school, do I have to submit them when I apply for law school or can I choose not to, becuase I got 2 A's and a C, which means if I average a 4.0 over four years of college, I will end up with a 3.96</p>
<p>yes, you do.</p>
<p>yes, you do.</p>
<p>I hope your wilder then that WF :)</p>
<p>Yea, sucks doesn't it.</p>
<p>That thing you have to pass to practice law? That thing that has a character and fitness application? </p>
<p>The LAST thing you want to do when applying to law schools is to misrepresent anything on your applications. It is often said that what is omitted would not, by itself, disqualify you from being barred; however, the fact that you omitted it is what does you in. </p>
<p>Not to be too harsh, but look a few years down the road. A 3.96 isn't going to keep you out of law school; however, a material misrepresentation (for the sole purpose of trying to get ahead!) will keep you out of any law school that finds out and may also prevent you from being barred.</p>
<p>I don't think it'll matter, and I really don't think you should count on having a 4.0. I've never heard of anybody failing C&F because they didn't send their community college transcripts to LSAC. If the grades show up on your college transcript, it probably won't matter. I know somebody who didn't submit a CC transcript (he'd only taken one course, in high school) and it didn't seem to affect him.</p>
<p>If the CC course you took in high school was not accredited by your undergraduate college (meaning it's not on your college transcript as a transfer credit) then it won't affect your GPA. However, I agree with Aries that you should submit the transcript to Law Services for inclusion in your report to the law schools, and I agree with her reasoning.</p>
<p>Law schools frequently admit people who self-report criminal records for a variety of crimes. And the self-reporting is required at every law school to my knowledge. However, if you don't report it and your state bar finds out about it (and many do check criminal records, even juvenile records) you may never get a license to practice law.</p>
<p>Except that this isn't a criminal offense. I can pretty much guarantee you that not submitting a community college transcript isn't going to keep you from being admitted to the bar.</p>
<p>how can they possibly find out if u dont submit your cc transcript though?</p>
<p>If you attended a cc and transferred some of those courses to your 4-year school, well, there it is...</p>
<p>However, if you attended a cc "unofficially" and do not plan to count those credtis towards your degree, and the credits do not appear in your 4-year school's transcript, nobody will know. The ethical thing to do, though, would be to send it; but in reality, then it'd be your choice.</p>
<p>AmericanSki may be right; he could be right. You could get lucky.</p>
<p>However, let's look at what is to be lost if he's wrong or you get unlucky: you've spent three years and two hundred grand on law school and are not admitted to practice.</p>
<p>Your choice. I would suggest, however, that even the slight possibility of getting caught lying to LSDAS (which requries all college transcripts) and on every single one of your applications (which all require you to list all post-secondary education) comes with enormous cost.</p>
<p>Frankly, it doesn't matter either way to me - I'm giving advice to you, not deciding my own life. Likewise, if you end up disbarred or not being able to practice because of this, it's no skin off AmericanSki's back. Consider that nothing bad happens to him if you can't sit for the bar.</p>
<p>Hey, I am thinking about taking some cc courses this summer to fulfill some of my gen ed requirements in undergrad to make double majoring easier - do you think this will be frowned upon when I apply to law school in two years? Assuming I do well, does it matter that they were taken at a community college instead of my undergrad college? </p>
<p>Pretty much what I'm asking is will it look like I took classes somewhere else because they were easier? Could it hurt me in the app process?</p>
<p>it won't matter if you do well.</p>