<p>Will the LSAC average my junior college gpa with my university gpa?</p>
<p>They'll calculate your grades from both JC and university to come up with your final GPA, yes. The exact policy is stated on the LSAC website and can also be found in this forum L)</p>
<p>They will calculate both, however your second two years are much much more important.</p>
<p>You can determine (roughly) your LSDAS GPA by setting up a sheet in Excel. For instance:</p>
<p>JC - Economics I - A - 4 credits - 4.0
JC - etc.
JC - etc.
JC - etc.
Uni - Philosophy - A- - 4 credits - 3.67
Uni - etc.
Uni - etc.
etc.
etc.</p>
<p>Do that and then multiply the row containing the # credits by the row containing the GPA for that class (i.e. 4.0/3.67/etc.) </p>
<p>Add the # credits row to get a total and the GPA row to get a total points column, then divide the total points by the total # credits.</p>
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<p>sigh...I return to this board to see more false information. They will calculate them both, however there wont be much more of an importance placed on the 2nd school grades.</p>
<p>so trends wont matter. 3.5 at JC, 4.0 at top 50 university...?</p>
<p>The only thing I can imagine they'd be looking for is a grade trend downwards. If you're pulling a 4.0 at CC and then a 3.5 at the university, there's going to be a red flag. If it's the other way around, well that's kinda strange but it's certainly better than the other way. The best option would be to attain a strong GPA at both schools.</p>
<p>3.5 at JC and 4.0 at top 50 doesn't mean anything. The trends up and down are overaggerated. You're overall gpa is what matters, trends mean almost nothing.</p>
<p>If they see a bunch of A's on your community college transcript followed by mostly B's on your transfer college transcript it may have a negative consequence. If law schools are telling the truth when they say courseload is considered a GPA is not nearly as reflective of intelligence if you're incapable of cutting it in a university environment. Granted, they're going to be most concerned with your LSDAS GPA, but there's a reason they request actual transcripts as well.</p>