<p>At my school, if a student earns a D or F in a class taken as a freshman, the course can be retaken. The old grade remains on the transcript, along side with the new grade. The new grade is the only grade used in the school's calculation of gpa. How does the LSDAS use this in their calculation?</p>
<p>My school does this too. This is great for your college GPA, unfortunately LSAC will calculate both grades. They are two separate grades so both count towards your LSAC gpa. The same goes for any classes taken at another university or community college, even if your school ignores them.</p>
<p>LSDAS doesn't recognize "freshman forgiveness" and gives points for every class you took. If you took a three credit class and earned an F (0.0) and then retook the class and earned an A (4.0), LSDAS would give you six credits of 2.0. If you took any classes as credit/no credit instead of a letter grade, even though your college may not calculate credit/no credit as a grade, LSDAS would award nothing for credit and would treat no credit as an F. Your LSDAS report will summarize your grades for each year and will include copies of your transcripts for law schools to review.</p>
<p>In that scenario, NYU will wipe your first grade off your transcript. For ex, if you took Econ I and failed it the first time, and took it again, and got an A, your transcript would say:</p>
<p>Econ I
Econ I A</p>
<p>Then what?</p>
<p>In that situation, LSAC won't count the first course at all and will just credit you with the A. However, make sure that your school's registrar actually reports in that way. At Stanford, if you retake a class, the original grade is wiped off of all official transcripts except those being sent for law school or medical school clearinghouses. It is a strange policy, yes, but certainly not unique (and not well advertised either).</p>
<p>What about pass or fail courses?</p>
<p>If you pass LSDAS doesn't count it in your gpa; if you fail LSDAS counts it as an F.</p>
<p>Can anybody tell me (specially futurenyustudent) if NYU for sure participates in any kind of Academic Renewal? In my daughter’s case, she is an NYU student (on a hectic Study Abroad schedule at this time) who has been on a pro-longed medical leave of absence from the College of Arts & Science from 2009 till now. In 2012, she enrolled at Pasadena Community College, has gotten straight A’s & has been invited to its Honors Program. Needless to say her NYU grades were very spotty as a result of her medical condition which she has overcome with nutritional & physical therapy. One option she is exploring is Academic Renewal from NYU so she can improve her GPA for possible acceptance to UCLA. (We live in LA!) We appreciate any kind of info (intel). This is also a time sensitive question since the deadline for UC applications is November 30! Thanks a lot in advance for any comment… </p>
<p>Since futurenyustudent last posted in this thread in 2008, I think it’s unlikely he’s going to show up to answer your question. I’m a little confused by what you’re asking. Does your daughter want to go to UCLA to finish her undergrad or for law school? If the former, you’ll probably have better luck in one of the undergrad forums. </p>
<p>Thank you Demosthenes49 for your prompt response! Greatly appreciated! I am a parent & I’m hoping being a member of <em>#+</em> generation excuses my wayward post! I googled Academic Renewal, followed some links & replied to a few “threads,” which explains this post! Anyways, your assumption is right, my daughter is still an undergrad! At this point, I’m hoping anyone’s experience w/ Academic Renewal at NYU (law school or undergrad) should provide some helpful insights to us!
I will follow your advice and try to navigate my way to the undergrad forums, but that depends on whether they have a discussion on the topic already! Do you suggest I start a new discussion? 
I’m thinking I should sign: Clueless!</p>
<p>Please start a new thread. I am closing this one.</p>