In-Major GPA vs. Cumulative

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Will law schools look with any favor at my in-major GPA as opposed to my overall GPA? I go to a primarily science-focused UC and have been forced to take a few science classes, although my major is in the liberal arts. I have a 4.0 in-major GPA, but my overall going into my junior year is between a 3.5 and 3.6.</p>

<p>Also, I'm on the quarter system so I get more grades than someone at a semester school. Do law schools take into account the unit weight of the class that you received a grade in? For instance, the only C I've gotten is in a 2 unit class that only met for two hours a week. Most of our classes are 4 units. Logically, the 2 unit class shouldn't "matter" as much as a 4 unit class, but in calculating my LSAC GPA I found that they count the same.</p>

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<p>They don’t look at your major GPA at all. </p>

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<p>I very much doubt that this is true.</p>

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<p>According to this website, which calculates your LSAC GPA, it doesn’t take into account the unit weight of classes taken. I haven’t been able to find any information otherwise, but that doesn’t seem fair at all.</p>

<p>[LSAC</a> GPA Calculator - BETA](<a href=“http://www.lawpad.com/gpa_calculator/]LSAC”>http://www.lawpad.com/gpa_calculator/)</p>

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<p>How? The calculator asks you to input the number of credits, not classes. It’s inconceivable that they wouldn’t weight the GPA according to the number of credits.</p>