<p>Hi all. My current situation is as such: I am attending BRCC (Baton
Rouge Community College) and am trying to eventually get into Tulane
Law School. I have a 4.0 GPA and will be transferring to LSU soon with
such a grade. However, I attended Millsaps for my first college
semester and I had to leave due to issues with alcoholism(not
suspended), of which I have. I received 5 withdrawals(noted as TW
(Transfer Withdrawals on my transcript)) from this institution and had
to digress to BRCC for personal reasons and other transfer requirement
reasons. I also received one withdrawal from BRCC for a similar
circumstance. I am now clean and have recovered and revitalized
completely from my unfortunate circumstances that haunted me at the
beginning of my college career and have 15 credit hours with all A's,
but have 6 withdrawals. My plan is to enter the the Political Science
Honors program at LSU when I go there next spring and maintain a 4.0
and hopefully receive a worthy score on the LSAT. Assuming my LSAT
scores and GPA qualify for admission to some of the better law
schools, such as Tulane, how much will my past history with
withdrawals and school troubles affect my admissions?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>I can’t answer to your actual question, but I just want to point out that your GPA isn’t just what your transcript says. LSAC re-calculates your GPA after you send them transcripts from every school you attended (which will include BRCC and Millsaps). Sometimes it doesn’t change from what you think it should be, but sometimes it can go down a lot. I THINK (but not entirely sure, since I didn’t have any) withdrawals can make your GPA go down… You should submit your transcripts to LSAC as soon as you can in the admissions cycle (so like, July instead of October) so that you can be more sure of the range of schools you’d be good for. Good luck!</p>
<p>If your withdrawls from Milsaps were non punitive;no unofficial withdrawl (WU) or withdrawl failing (WF), then you should be fine and they should not negatively impact you on your LSDAS gpa. However, if they are punitive (WU or WF), they will be calculated as failing grades on you LSDAS gpa and will bring your overall gpa down.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, that when transferring school, most schools will not accept a grade under C (which is why Milsaps, doesn’t show up on your transcript regardless of the withdrawl).</p>
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<p>You are going to have to address this. You will most likely have to write an addendum to address the situation (the withdrawls and why you had to leave).</p>
<p>I appreciate your responses. </p>
<p>quote: Keep in mind, that when transferring school, most schools will not accept a grade under C (which is why Milsaps, doesn’t show up on your transcript regardless of the withdrawl).</p>
<p>On my BRCC transcript it does show the withdrawals, and they were medical withdrawals(not punitive), and am wondering also if the fact that i went from a fairly well-accredited private school to a community college with several withdrawals in the process will raise eyebrows and if that would be simply be reason to put me aside even if I performed well from this point forward. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>It would have been nice if BRCC wouldn’t have accepted my credits that way I would have been able to have a blank slate but I’m assuming those withdrawals will stick with me and be evident when sending transcripts to the LSAC now that they are on my transcript.</p>
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<p>If you would have omitted them, you would have had 3 years in law school, debt and a worthless piece of paper, because you would have not been admitted to the bar because it would have all come out in the background check for the C& F. </p>
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<p>Disclose, disclose, disclose always. Again, if they are non-punitive, it should not matter. Still write an addendum, because you will have to explain the circumstances regarding the medical discharge.</p>