<p>How depressing. My current school (UCLA) does not, but I transferred from Brown with a 3.25, which lowered my GPA from 3.77 to about a 3.4.</p>
<p>I feel like someone has hit me in the stomach with a sledgehammer. My GPA the past 2 years was a 4.0 and it feels like all that hard work is wasted to an extent.</p>
<p>With a 169 are my T-14 chances shot? Wow</p>
<p>Please do not feel that your hard work was wasted, because it was not. However, your LSAC GPA will include all grades taken in college so if you had a 3.25 at Brown and your gpa at UCLA was a 3.77, your overall gpa will probably be greater than 3.25 but definitely lower than 3.77 (the 3.44 may be somewhere in the neighborhood). Once you submit all of your transcripts to the LSAC, you will have a better picture of how you look.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you have already graduated. If not, I’d recommend taking a year between college and LS and applying with a slightly higher gpa if you think adding in senior year would boost it. </p>
<p>To find out your chances, go here: [LSATGPA[/url</a>]</p>
<p>If the link doesn’t work go to [url=<a href=“http://www.lsac.org%5DLSAC.org”>http://www.lsac.org]LSAC.org</a> Homepage](<a href=“Search for Law Schools – LSAC Official Guide | The Law School Admission Council”>Search for Law Schools – LSAC Official Guide | The Law School Admission Council). and look for the link there.</p>
<p>It looks to me as if you do have a shot at the low end of T-14 if you’ve got some “soft” factors going for you. However, I think the link will help you sort out where you might have a chance.</p>
<p>Thanks to both of you for the hasty replies. I am graduating this quarter. My GPA here at UCLA is a 3.77 and I haven’t sniffed my Brown GPA once since coming here. Being back home on the west coast I’ve really excelled and put in a lot of hours to 4.0 the last 6 quarters.</p>
<p>Then - bam. Brown comes back and lowers all of this back down to a 3.25. Why does LSAC do this? So my “cumulative” gpa is a 3.45 even though I’ve never been below a 3.8 for the past 3 years here at UCLA. I want to punch something >:</p>
<p>Do you really want an answer? </p>
<p>If LSAC didn’t do this, every student who had a less than stellar first year or even first two years would transfer and apply to LS based solely on his/her last two-three years. The kids who had the same records and stayed at their original college would end up with worse gpa’s than those who transferred and have worse ls admissions results than those who transferred. Does that seem fair? </p>
<p>The LSs you apply to WILL see the pattern because, as I understand it, the LSDAS summary sheet does break down your gpa by year and institution as well as coming up with a “cum.” So, ls will see the pattern. It looks better than if your gpa had declined! </p>
<p>As the old saying goes, there’s no use crying over spilt milk. Do what you can to strengthen the rest of your application.</p>
<p>Yeah I get that it makes sense. It just hit me like cold water because I haven’t seen that 3.25 in a long, long time. Personal statement/4 letters should be solid. And the trend does look good I suppose on the LSAC summary sheet with the past 2 years being 4.0’s across the board.</p>
<p>Still, >:| argh! 3.45 + 169 = goodbye T14? Hello Pepperdine or something</p>