<p>That's a bizarre way to think about it. If one Olympic hurdler manages to clear 7', and one jumps over 4' easily but never gets to try himself on 7', do we report him as having cleared 8'?</p>
<p>Just so I understand, and I apologize if this is redundant, Law schools don't take the GPA you graduated with, but rather your LSAC GPA?</p>
<p>"^ Well, luckily the LSAT is almost twice as important as GPA at most of the T-14"</p>
<p>Does anyone know where this statement is true? Are there any T-14 where GPA is equal to or more important than LSAT?</p>
<p>Re: 22: Yes, that's right. Your university's opinion of your GPA doesn't matter; what matters is what LSDAS says your GPA is.</p>
<p>Re 23: Boalt is a GPA-heavier school. High GPAs are much more common than high LSAT scores, though, so even with GPA-emphasis, Boalt still has very high median LSAT scores.</p>
<p>Okay, so let's say I get a 3.5 in a class. How is that scored? Does it remain a 3.5 during the LSAC conversion? According to the table on the previous page a 3.5 is marked as an AB, but is grouped under the category 4.0.</p>
<p>It depends on what exactly your transcript says. LSDAS doesn't have any information other than what your transcript gives them.</p>
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<p>I don't see what's bizarre about it. MIT uses a 5.0 scale; should their averages be compared directly to students graded on a 4.0 scale?</p>
<p>MIT grades A-F, they just compute their own internal GPA on a 5.0 scale. They also give instructions as to how to interpret their GPA's on a 4.0 scale (GPA</a> Calculation and Unit Conversion%5DGPA">http://web.mit.edu/registrar/gpacalc.html#4.0)), so they actually sanction the process of scaling it directly without an adjustment for their unique GPA style.</p>
<p>The major issue here is that an A is not an uncommon grade at MIT, whereas most schools offering A+'s do not give them away particularly frequently. In my experience, A+'s in the disciplines I have spent most of my time in (Economics, Political Science, an Mathematics) tend to go to the top student or two in a large lecture, with many professors refusing to give out any at all.</p>
<p>I currently have 47 grades on my transcript, 5 of which are A+'s. They have been earned under the following circumstances:
1) Top student in a Political Science class of 25 (1 A+ given)
2) #2 student in an Economics class of 200 (3 A+'s given)
3) Top student in a Political science class of 150 (1 A+ given)
4) Top student in a Math class of 35 (1 A+ given)
5) Top student in a Political Science class of 50 (1 A+ given)</p>
<p>I've also been among the top 2 students in a large class on a few more occasions without receiving an A+.</p>
<p>To be fair and open, I will mention that there was recently a minor scandal involving the fact that the Music department was giving away something like 30% A+'s, but the issue only affected something like 0.5% of the student body.</p>
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<p>Like Bluedevilmike said, Boalt focuses the most on GPA out of the T-14. However the LSAT is still quite important. While their 25th percentile LSAT is lower than the others', their median LSAT is still quite high at 167/168.</p>
<p>Check out lawschoolnumbers.com or refer to this link:Top</a> 2008 Law School Rankings.</p>