<p>I'm going to Oxford for a year. My school doesn't factor the grades I recieve there into my cumlative GPA. Will law schools?</p>
<p>Yes, if you got credit for them, which I'm guessing you did. You'll probably need to show them an Oxford transcript if your school isn't converting the grades and showing them on the transcript. Even then, you still might.</p>
<p>You should make sure you sort this out through your home university before you go. In particular you need to establish and agree how Oxford is going to report on your performance. Oxford doesn't produce graded transcripts as you understand them in American universities. This is because an Oxford undergraduate degree isn't based on continuous assessment throughout the student's time there, but rather on a concentrated set of final examinations at the end of the three years. Tutors report on progress at the end of each term and there are informal college exams at the beginning of term, which probably will not be sufficient for your needs. On the other hand I imagine the Oxford tutors are well versed nowadays on what visiting American students require.</p>
<p>all of that has already been worked out. a secondary university is converting the grades i recieve there into American standard. However, my home university has already told me that these grades do not factor into my GPA, even though I do recieve credit for them. Will law schools still factor the GPA in? i.e. i could make phi beta kappa and summa cum laude here and still be viewed by a law school as a student w/ a 3.67 due to converted b's at oxford?</p>
<p>I asked this question before and was told that the LSDAS goes by how your home school reports the year/semester abroad grades on your transcript. Someone...Jonri? ConcernedDad?...even posted a link to the relevant FAQ of the LDAS.</p>