<p>I was looking at law schools to apply to maybe in 3 or 4 years. I haven't graduated from undergrad yet but I anticipate my overall gpa being a 3.3 to a 3.4. I am an accounting and history major with a minor in psychology. err, basically that's a lot of credits. How is the Lsac calculated if I have two majors and a minor? I am not hoping to get into a t14 law school, but I was looking at Univeristy of Miami (FL), Pepperdine, Hastings, University of San Diego, American University, George Mason, ASU, among some others in that range. What should I do to better my chances and what should I aim for on my LSATs? I do have extra cirricular activities, but not much. I hav been working throughout college. The only thing that might be a hindrance is I hav 3 F's on my transcript (last F was 2 yrs ago), my current GPA is 3.1 and I still hav 4 semesters till I grad. Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Majors and minors make no difference in calculating gpa. The important number is your cumulative gpa as LSAC/LSDAS calculates it. For further information, see [LSAC.org</a> Homepage](<a href=“http://www.lsac.org%5DLSAC.org”>http://www.lsac.org). You can use the same site to see the UGPA and LSAT data for most ABA-accredited schools. Look at the almost brand new 2009 on-line guide to law schools available there. If you click on “All ABA schools” you’ll see a complete list. You can then click on the name of the law school that interests you. You’ll see a little PDF symbol that allows you to get the data for that school: </p>
<p>So, if this works, this is Pepperdine’s data, taken from that site: </p>
<p>(It’s clearer on the LSAC site. I have no idea why I got two copies of each number when I tried to cut and paste.)</p>
<p>Remember that if the Fs are on your transcript, they will be counted in calculating your gpa, even if your own college doesn’t include F’s if you retake the course. Again, the details are on the LSAC site.</p>
<p>oh thanks for the site! Yeah I know that they count every grade. So do any of you think with 3.3 to a 3.4 overall gpa and if I aim for a 165 on my LSATs, I hav a chance for any of the top 100 law schools (according to US news)?</p>
<p>I think so. A 165 on the LSAT ain’t bad at all. If you were expecting a higher GPA, I would say you could reasonably expect T25. I know UNM’s numbers are lower than that, and I am pretty sure they are somewhere in the 50s. I would just try not to let law school distract you and keep focusing on your GPA for a few years. Wait until you are closer to start freaking yourself out.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply… one last question. If I have 50 credits more than I need for my programs, is that a bad thing? I changed schools, changed majors, and I took a lot of classes I really didn’t need… like philosophy, sociology, etc purely to find out if they would interest me or not. Plus I had to repeat 10 credits because of the F’s.</p>
<p>I don’t think so. If anything I would argue that it would help since it shows you are academically curious, but it is more likely that they just won’t matter.</p>
<p>Those Fs do though. They could be a serious problem. The LSAC GPA calculates in all the grades you have received, even if you repeated the class. So your GPA could be lower than you think.</p>
<p>oh ok thats good then if the extra credits don’t look bad. no my CGPA shows up on my transcript, and if I add an extra 3 credits for the one repeat I was granted, then my GPA is a 3.1. I’ll be starting a lot of classes for my history and accounting majors, so I have to work hard to bring my GPA up to at least a 3.3. Thanks for the tips.. what else can I do over the next two years to make my app look better. I won’t be going to law school right after I do undergrad bc first I want to do my Masters in acct. So I’ll have 3 to 4 yrs before I apply to law schools.</p>