<p>Ive been told that law schools calculate an applicants GPA by considering EVERY college course ever taken. Is this true? And if this is the case, would it be smart for me to take community college classes during the summer(even tho I attened USC during the fall and spring) to raise my GPA? I wont be taking classes applicable to my undergraduate degree from USC, but these random classes will still raise my GPA for when I apply to law school right? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>thats what I was thinking too!</p>
<p>Law schools don't calculate your GPA that way. LSAC, the body that administers the LSAT, does so and presents it to the law schools to which you apply. The law schools will see your transcripts and will know which classes you took at community college and which classes you took at your college.</p>
<p>So take summer classes at USC. That's what I'm doing at my university.</p>
<p>yeahh, i thought of that. But classes are extra expensive....and if i can accomplish the same thing(raising my GPA) at a JC i'd rather save a couple thousand dollars ya know?</p>
<p>don't they just count the units from the JC but the grades you receive in classes at the JC do not factor in to your GPA at your university? For instance, I have taken nutrition and psych 1 at my JC, and those units are indeed transferable, but I received A's in both these classes but they did not count toward my UC GPA.</p>
<p>post #3 just points out that LSAC calculates the gpa, as opposed to law schools themselves doing it. </p>
<p>AFAICS it is a good way to up your gpa. although they see that you took classes at a community college or wherever, the effect is sort of hidden in your final calculated gpa. unless they can see your school's gpa or major gpa or something like that, it seems to be good.</p>