<p>So, do law schools count the grades that you took in your local cc in the summer (away from your primary university)? If they do, then are they weighed the same as all your other grades? And if they do weigh it the same, one last question, what's stopping me from taking a lot of summer cc courses and enroll concurrently during the year to drastically inflate my law school GPA? (aside from obvious reasons, like integrity, moral, and etc).</p>
<p>I'm not asking because I'm a spineless dick, but I'm just curious to how cc classes play into your transcript.</p>
<p>Yes, they will be counted in the same manner as your grades from college. There’s nothing stopping you from taking easy CC courses in the summer to inflate your GPA, and I highly suggest that you do so.</p>
<p>someone should probably admonish that summer community college classes, though not weighted any differently, ARE seen on the transcripts and ARE frowned upon.</p>
<p>You will have to submit copies of all of your transcripts (college courses taken while in high school or during the summer, primary university, etc.) to LSDAS. Copies of all of these transcripts will be sent to each law school to which you apply. In other words, law schools are going to know where your grades come from. </p>
<p>That said, if your grades are uniformly very good, summer courses taken at a local community college shouldn’t make or break your application. In fact, if you are working full time over the summer and also taking classes (and doing well in them), according to the folks with whom I’ve spoken who work in admissions, it can be a boost to your application.</p>
<p>When you say summer community college classes are “frowned upon” do you mean simply community college classes, or summer classes in general? I only ask because I am planning to take a language class over the summer (not at a community college, but at my local University of California campus) and next summer I am also hoping to go abroad on a summer program through a university.</p>
<p>you should absolutely do this. the vast majority of schools focus on LSDAS gpa which includes comm. college courses. why not get a higher one? :)</p>