<p>Hello, after researching the question extensively, I found that the NC I earned in an English 101 course at UT during my junior year of high school will probably be counted as an F by LSDAS, wreaking havoc to my 3.85 GPA.</p>
<p>I seems unfair that a grade earned before I was even old enough to vote, and which isn't even counted as an F at my undergraduate institution, will keep me from having any realistic chance at getting into top tier law schools. Is there anything I or my University might be able to do to prevent this disaster from happening?</p>
<p>Nope. You will ust have to wait until your get your LSDAS transcript. However, if you had gotten an “A” in the course, would you be ranting about “taking a course before you were old enough to vote” or would you want the LSDAS to calculate it in your gpa?</p>
<p>^Actually, I would. Even if it benefits you, it’s absolutely stupid. It’s an unfair and ■■■■■■■■ policy however you look at it. Most high schools students taking classes at community colleges/4 year institutions don’t even know that their grades will stick with them when applying to grad school.</p>
<p>I would say, every grade that you received AFTER you began your first undergrad year should be counted in the LSAC gpa. Not before. </p>
<p>Maybe you could put an addendum stating some severe circumstances prevented you from doing well that year, and that on top of that, you didn’t realize it would affect your LSAC GPA. And you could also point to your fantastic undergrad grades.</p>
<p>What sucks even more is that most law schools are number driven, so even if they do see that you got mostly A’s in undergrad, and that you got one NC while in HIGH SCHOOL, at the end of the day, they’ll still use the LSAC GPA (which includes the NC/F) for admissions, since they don’t want to hurt their usnews rankings.</p>
<p>Or maybe you could take the initiative and file a lawsuit against the LSAC for this stupid policy? But then again, it seems almost all Grad Schools have a similar policy counting ALL college grades, regardless if they were taken in high school or not.</p>
<p>This may be something worth putting up on one of the boards dealing with HS course selection. In our family children 1 & 2 went to a HS that offered a history course cross registered with the local community college in ninth grade. Fortnuately, they both did well in the class. Still, that credit did them absolutely no good, yet it could have created problems for them years later. We didn’t think twice about taking the option and paying to cross register them, but in hindsight, a much more thorough weighing of benefits vs potential negative consequences would have been appropriate.</p>