<p>does anyone have the link to this information?</p>
<p>primarily i want to know how much weight community college grades have on the lsac gpa in comparasion to the actual university grades.</p>
<p>pages 27- 28</p>
<p>How Grades Are Converted</p>
<p>Grades are converted to a standard 4.0 system in order to furnish law schools with a uniform basis for comparing applicants
(see Grade Conversion Table below).</p>
<p>For the LSDAS, LSAC-member schools have selected a common set of numerical values to represent the various grading systems used by colleges. LSAC makes no attempt to assess the value of grades earned
at different colleges. Members of law school admission committees understand that a particular grade earned at one college may not have the same meaning as the identical grade at another. In all cases, a copy of the
candidate’s transcript(s) accompanies the LSDAS Law School Report. Interpretation of the grade-point average (GPA) is left to law school admission personnel.</p>
<p>Grades Excluded from Conversion</p>
<p>Withdraw,Withdraw/Pass—only if the issuing school considers the grade
nonpunitive.</p>
<p>Incomplete—only if the issuing school considers the grade nonpunitive.</p>
<p>Those given for remedial courses only if the transcript clearly indicates they are remedial.</p>
<p>Those awarded after the first undergraduate degree was received.</p>
<p>Those assigned no measure of credit by the granting institution, regardless of the grade. Physical Education, Practical Art, Practical Music, and ROTC courses that are assigned credit will be included in the LSDAS summary even if the granting institution does not include these courses in its calculation of a GPA.</p>
<p>Passing grades from systems of one or two passing grades (e.g., Pass/Fail,
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Credit/No Credit, or Honors/Pass/Fail, High
Pass/Pass/Fail), and those for which conversion rules cannot be formulated,
including courses for which a transcript gives only narratives or descriptions.
Credits for the work in these courses are totaled and reported separately as
unconverted credits</p>
<p>Grade symbols that have multiple meanings at the issuing school, and the
issuing school’s registrar is unable to confirm whether course credit was
attempted (such as NC=either No Credit Attempted or No Credit Awarded, etc.).</p>
<p>The total number of credits usually assigned to the particular type of course
will appear on the applicant’s LSDAS summary, but will not be included in the
GPA calculation.</p>
<p>Withdrawal grades that signify failure (such as WF=Withdraw/Fail,
WU=Withdrew Unsatisfactory, WNP=Withdrew Not Passing) if the
issuing school considers the grade nonpunitive. The total number of credits
assigned to these grades will appear on the applicant’s LSDAS summary, but will not be included in the GPA calculation.</p>
<p>The original grade for a repeated course when the transcript does not show both the grade and the units for the original attempt. The total number of credits assigned to these grades will appear on the applicant’s LSDAS summary, but will not be included in the GPA calculation.</p>
<p>A No Credit grade that does not signify failure and for which no attempt at credit was made (e.g., NC=No Credit/Withdraw, or NC=No Credit Attempted).</p>
<p>Grade-point Average (GPA)</p>
<p>LSAC calculates a GPA for each year and a cumulative GPA for each undergraduate institution that issued a transcript for you.</p>
<p>A cumulative GPA that includes all undergraduate work is also calculated and reported.</p>
<p>A cumulative GPA for a school within an institution cannot be calculated.
In calculating a GPA, LSAC uses the grades and credits for every course that can be converted to the 4.0 scale, although the institution issuing the transcript may exclude some of the courses from its own calculations. Courses excluded from the LSDAS summary are not included in the
GPA calculation.</p>
<p>There may be some variation in GPAs calculated by LSAC and those calculated by colleges or students; however, the variation is
rarely substantial. Because the law schools that use the LSDAS understand its procedures, variation in GPAis not likely to be crucial to a
law school’s admission decision.</p>