<p>Hi, my current undergrad school's gpa reflects +'s and -'s. For example, an A- is worth less than an A. While this might help some people tend to get lots of B+'s, I have gotten a lot of A-'s and has really hurt my GPA.<br>
So the question is do law schools take this GPA system into account when looking at a student's overall GPA? Thanks for any responses.</p>
<p>most undergrad schools reflect + and - , you are in the majority</p>
<p>I’m in high school, so don’t take my advice with too much credibility, but from what I understand, from reading around, that the +/- system is both beneficial as well as a heart breaker. Basically, you have the chance of getting a 4.33, which a person not on a +/- scale would not be capable of achieving, so you therefore have a chance of .3 more percent on your transcript than anyone else.
At the same time, as in your case, it can hurt you if you are getting A-'s. </p>
<p>In my opinion, they will take your GPA as is and that will be the GPA you will be judged on because you did have the potential of getting above a 4.0, to cancel out the A-'s, or even get above a 4.0. I am not trying to put you down, getting that high of a GPA is hard, especially in college, but that is more than likely how they will judge you. From my experience, Law School is a numbers game. Your GPA will be reported as seen, and therefore will be included as those numbers. </p>
<p>I would say don’t hold too much of a worry on your GPA and keep studying for the LSAT. (If you have yet to take it yet) It seems the LSAT can make or break you whilst the GPA can be ousted by a high score. If you are worrying about A-'s, then your GPA won’t kill you at all. </p>
<p>For more reading on this issue, see this post:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/707392-isnt-lsacs-policy-giving-4-3-unfair.html?highlight=lsac[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/707392-isnt-lsacs-policy-giving-4-3-unfair.html?highlight=lsac</a></p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>“Basically, you have the chance of getting a 4.33, which a person not on a +/- scale would not be capable of achieving, so you therefore have a chance of .3 more percent on your transcript than anyone else.”</p>
<p>Most schools that are on the +/- scale do not give A+'s.</p>
<p>Frankly, if you are in high school you really should not be posting answers to OP’s in a grad school forum. In addition, I have never heard of a school (undergrad) which gives GPA boost for A+.</p>
<p>I would prefer an HS student who is giving correct information than a post like #5 which is simply erroneous. LSDAS does in fact award a 4.33 for an A+, and therefore schools which award A+'s do provide an advantage.</p>
<p>last time I checked LSDAS is not a college, so if you are going to insult me at least do it with facts.</p>
<p>and I never said anything about the advantage of schools that give + and -, I simply said the vast majority of undergrads do not award GPA boost for A+ which is a cold hard fact.</p>
<p>^Proof? Naked assertions might be fact, but without some sort of proof, you’ve failed to present a credible fact. It doesn’t help your cause that you’ve “never heard of a school(undergrad) which gives a GPA boost for A+.” Even if you’re correct that they are uncommon, which I’m not sure is the case among schools that award A+'s in the first place, they do exist and somebody with credible proof that they are rare would likely know of at least one counterexample to the claim. Stanford, for example, counts an A+ as 4.30.</p>
<p>ASU has A+ = 4.33</p>
<p>YOu do not have to know of anything, and my opinion or knowledge cannot change the facts.</p>
<p>You do know that there are over 3000 colleges in the country. Unless you can unequivocally know the grading policies at each and every school, you do not know what is a cold hard fact. You can only talk about your experience and the schools that you are familiar with. BTW, it is not unusual that many public schools grade on a 4.33 gpa scale.</p>
<p>I believe Cornell gives out a 4.3 for an A+…</p>
<p>I said the vast majority, not every single school. So I do not have to know every single school, and this is an internet forum, not a peer reviewed journal so I can say whatever I want.</p>
<p>umm, your exact words from post #5: </p>
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<p>I was just updating your “facts”. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>LSAC reculculates the GPA, accounting for all +'s and -'s. So you will get 4.3 for your A+ in LSAC GPA, even if your school only gives you 4.0 for it.
The problem is that at schools that do not give 4.3 for A+, many professors don’t bother giving A+'s, which puts those students at disadvantage. Life is not always fair…</p>
<p>“Frankly, if you are in high school you really should not be posting answers to OP’s in a grad school forum. In addition, I have never heard of a school (undergrad) which gives GPA boost for A+.”
So because I am in high school I am incapable of having an opinion? I clearly stated, “I’m in high school, so don’t take my advice with too much credibility.”
I know, as an earlier poster stated, that ASU is on a 4.3 scale and gives out A+'s. (Since I live in Arizona and have friends at ASU.) </p>
<p>Not to mention I directed the poster to an earlier post with, in your opinion, more credible sources [than a high school kid].</p>