<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I know that GPA from a community college does not transfer over to count towards a UC GPA, or most other private universities for that matter.</p>
<p>But, does it get counted towards evaluating one's cumulative GPA for one's law school GPA? </p>
<p>For example, suppose I transfer to Berkeley from a California Community College, if I apply to Columbia Law School will my GPA from community college be factored into my cumulative GPA for my application?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>so you WannabeJD
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**But, does it get counted towards evaluating one's cumulative GPA for one's law school GPA?
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<p>Yes, it most certainly does. All Undergrad work after high school will be evaluated in your LSAC GPA.</p>
<p>All undergrad work prior to a Bachelor's degree.</p>
<p>so does this mean that the community college courses i took during high school will count toward my gpa when i apply to law school?</p>
<p>Yes!!!!!!!</p>
<p>this makes no sense to me, are the grades at the cc equivalent to that from a UC? I am in the exact situation of wannabeabear's hypothetical. I transfered into berkeley from a CC and I knew that the grades from CC will count, but did not know to what extent. </p>
<p>The LSAC has its transcript organizing program online that will allow someone to start inputting their grades and ultimately receive an LSAC GPA, which is what the law schools will use. Unfortunately it costs a lot of money to activate it for 5 years and I haven't done it yet. If anyone is in this situation and actually inputed their grades to the LSAC, I would be very interested in seeing how the CC grades compare to the UC grades.</p>
<p>If a course is the same number of units, it'll have the same weight.</p>
<p>of course, this begs for a follow-on question: as they read the application, will the law school deans interpret the juco grades the same as a big Uni transcript, particularly if the grades are lower at the Uni?</p>
<p>Each law school to which you apply will receive not only the "official" GPA calculation, but also copies of each of your transcripts. I have always been told that the top law schools (I've never asked the question about any others so can not say what they may do) do indeed look at the character and quality of your coursework when evaluating your application. That said, if your grades are uniformly good, then any evaluation of your grades is likely to be based upon your UGPA. If your grades from a community college, summer courses, etc. are substantially higher than your general coursework at your university, then your UGPA may be interpreted differently. </p>
<p>I don't think that there is any set formula for evaluating one's coursework and transcript that would be valid across all law schools.</p>
<p>If I were a law school -- and I'm not, so this is just me talking -- I would probably look at your LSDAS GPA to see how you'd affect my rankings. If you were okay there, then I'd look more closely to see if I really thought you could handle the coursework. To do that, I'd probably only pay attention to your school-year university courses -- and your writing intensive ones especially. If there was a problem there, I'd worry about it.</p>