<p>a counselor told me that if you want to go to law school, and you're a transfer student from a comm. college soon to attend university, law schools will take your university GPA only and --disregard-- your comm. college gpa</p>
<p>isn't it true however that law schools average both your community college GPA and your University GPA?</p>
<p>This question has been answered MANY times on this site. However, I'd suggest that you go to <a href="http://www.lsac.org%5B/url%5D">www.lsac.org</a>. Download the current little pamphlet about applying to law school and print it out. Show it to your counselor, so that (s)he won't mislead anyone else. </p>
<p>lsac stands for Law School Admissions Council. It's the OFFICIAL website for all things related to the general process for getting into law school. It explains how the lsdas (Law School Data Assembly Service) figures your gpa. That will make it clear CC grades do count. Since those are the gpa averages used in US News' rankings, they matter. ...even if law schools claim that rankings don't concern them.</p>
<p>thanks jonri, and i praise you for not being rude and in-yo-face type when you see redundant questions everywhere (like most people are)....i know they're annoying and all but you are helping me out.</p>
<p>and i also wanted to ask you: if you had a somewhat average cc gpa (around a 3.0) - and then go to university and get a very high one (3.7ish) - i heard this:</p>
<p>"the higher the university gpa, the more emphasis will be placed on that and less will be looked upon towards the cc gpa for admission to law school"</p>
<p>in other words, the higher the gpa is at your university, the less attention your cc gpa will get -- whereas the lower your university gpa, the more attention your cc gpa will get.</p>
<p>could you verify this for me if you know anything</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>I'll be the rude in your face type. In other words, I'll play bad cop...</p>
<p>Jonri can say whatever he/she wants but she does not work in admission -as far as we know. She made a point ver clear: get an official source. Official information is readily available -she even gave you a link. Besides that, you will not find much information; at least not addressing the questions you pose, as they require certain discretion from schools. It also varies greatly depending where you plan to apply.</p>
<p>Moreover, ask the 3.0 vs 3.7 GPA question once it is a fact. Otherwise, it is just wishful thinking and a waste of time. If you don't have those GPAs now, why wonder? Why not try harder and aim for a 4.0, once you get results base your inquiries on the facts.</p>
<p>You see, there can be many scenarios...I'll address a couple: </p>
<p>1)We can tell you law schools will not care for your CC GPA -and it may not be true.</p>
<p>2) We can tell you the opposite -and it may not be true.</p>
<p>3) We can tell you the truth -and you don't get the 3.7 at the 4 year school. </p>
<p>If you research, you will find that positive trends are always regarded very well. If you attended a CC, be sure to address the reason why -there will always be the "if you are top school material why aren't you at a top school", etc. </p>
<p>Anyway, enough playing bad cop:D -Good Luck!</p>
<p>P.S. the I'll be rude in your face thing was not a serious statement -don't take it as such. Take the post in the best light. (just in case)</p>
<p>very informative posts...just got into USC as undergrad who hoo~!</p>
<p>never too early to start looking towards the future i guess -.-</p>