<p>Hey I'm finished with my semester, so now I get to reflect my first year and a half of college. In my Freshmen year, my overall gpa with going to winter and summer intersessions ended up being a 3.54. Now after my first semester of sophmore college I think I may end up with a 3.53 or a 3.8 (a science class is on the fence). Because I had to finish Igetc requirements this fall, I think next semester I will get a 3.8 or a 4.0. Also I will take 2 summer classes which are pretty easy. My major is Philosophy and I have 3 classes under my belt so far, all with A's.</p>
<p>My question is, I know it's not consistent in terms of getting straight A's, but this steady progress of getting a higher gpa, is that valued more or seriously acknowledged? Do law schools care about what you are involved in? I mean I was stretched to the max with ec's, so thats why gpa is low.</p>
<p>But the problem is I'm at a community college, luckily I'm guaranteed to transfer into UCLA and UCSD. </p>
<p>I want to know do law schools care about overall GPA or Major GPA? Also is community college bad for the law school route?</p>
<p>Law schools care about overall gpa and not the gpa in your major.</p>
<p>I don't know how to respond to the community college aspect, as California has a somewhat unique system. Both UCLA and UCSD have harsh grading (grade deflation), so don't be surprised if your GPA goes down.</p>
<p>I thought only Berkeley and USC had grade deflation looking at gradedeflation.com??? What schools in the top 50 don't have grade deflation, any magazine I can find that info in? Thanks</p>
<p>ccchopeful, Berkeley has grade inflation overall, slightly more than the national average, by a little. It does not have it when compared to schools such as Stanford or Harvard, but you're right, some people just ignore that UCB has grade inflation slightly higher than average, but much lower than the highest offenders.</p>
<p>USC has it, too, but like Berkely, I bet some departments, such as engineering and science, and business for the first two years, are strictly grade deflated, whereas a lot more, perhaps most, humanities and social science classes probably are above the average grading.</p>
<p>I wouldn't let grade deflation influence your transfer decision. From what I have read, law schools are aware of the grading policies of most universities. They know if a 3.5 at school x is more difficult to acheive than a 3.7 at school y.</p>
<p>I am unsure regarding the CC bit, but once you get into a UC school--if you do--you really should NOT do as many ECs. Law schools' admissions committees are not like undergraduate ones, which semi-emphasize your ECs.</p>
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<p>I do not know from where you read this, but a poster in the thread below this begs to differ:</p>