<p>Hey. I was wondering if I took some colleges courses throughout high school at a junior college and did not obtain college credit from them at my current school, if they would be processed toward my lsac gpa? I took a history class my summer before junior year and three classes before my senior year. However I don't think I did as great as I could have (I don't like having excuses) and I'm nervous that it will affect my good gpa that I have now. However I transferred these to my high school for credit so when my gpa is processed later by the Lsac will they use these classes as well?</p>
<p>Any grades from a college, even if not used for credit at your current college, will count towards your LSAC GPA. Look here for more information:</p>
<p>So I took about 4 college classes at a local college during my 9th, 10th, and 11th grade summers. These grades will have an impact on if I can get into law school 5 years from now? Seems stupid to me.</p>
<p>I think I got two 3.5s and two 4.0s. I don't want to start off with a 3.75 :(</p>
<p>It seems stupid to me too but what can you do you know? Do you think that if I continue to keep getting As that when I apply for law school later on and I tell them that these grades were obtained while I was in high school, they would be looked at lighter or maybe a bit less in any way?</p>
<p>dont report them. if they you didnt use them to fufill any requirement, and they, to you, have no value, why should the law schools care?</p>
<p>Because they ask for complete and full transcripts of all coursework and hiding any information is considered dishonest and borderline fraudulent.</p>
<p>don't want to start off with a 3.75? Those 4 grades will probably help you more than anything in college. And if you're in position for a 3.75 to be bringing you down, you're golden anyway.</p>
<p>I have 2 A's from senior year, and I'm really happy thta they're getting counted.</p>
<p>Choco, I wan't sure. I was reading a thread about grade deflation at Cornell and they were complaining about having like 3.85s lol. So I figured starting out with a 3.75 wouldn't be that good.</p>
<p>O well it won't change my life.</p>
<p>I guess to expand this question (as I asked last week). Since these grades will count into the LSDAS profile, which GPA do law schools primarly look at? The college GPA or the LSDAS profile GPA?</p>
<p>LSDAS GPA is standardized. Law schools don't have to worry about whether grades are weighted or whether GPAs are out of 4 or 12 or 100 or, or, or...etc. For general convenience, I assume this is where they look (my own LSDAS GPA and college GPA are identical, oddly enough).</p>
<p>That said, as long as you did decently well on your high school college courses, they'll probably end up being near trivial to your final GPA. If they're not, write an addendum. Though you do have to include the transcripts, law schools have no more reason to care about these courses than they do to care about anything else you did in high school. They basically ignore the latter, so presumably, their requests for the former are little more than a formality. </p>
<p>It's too late to change and it's not worth your worry. Really.</p>
<p>"dont report them. if they you didnt use them to fufill any requirement, and they, to you, have no value, why should the law schools care?"</p>
<p>If you don't report them and the discrepency shows up later, you've got an issue for the character & fitness committee when you apply to the bar. Believe me, that issue will hurt you a LOT more than the grades will. ALWAYS tell the truth and nothing but the truth on anything remotely related to your law school application. </p>
<p>There are some real horror stories out there. Tell the truth. Not only is it the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do.</p>
<p>If you get all A's in college and some A-'s from college courses you took in colelge are "bringing you down", and you're really worried about that - just send in an addendum explaining when you took them and that you do not believe that they are reflective of your current ability.</p>
<p>"If you don't report them and the discrepency shows up later, you've got an issue for the character & fitness committee when you apply to the bar. Believe me, that issue will hurt you a LOT more than the grades will. ALWAYS tell the truth and nothing but the truth on anything remotely related to your law school application."</p>
<p>Unless, of course, you don't plan to sit for the bar and "a la pat robertson" will take your yale law degree elsewhere...</p>