how much does GPA matter. - ChaseDream

since i've got a miserable GPA, really miserable, to what extent it will influence my application. (regardless of LSAT score) i've examined several law schools' and official preparing organizations' websites, but it seems that their default audients are those who are within the country.

How would the LSDAS tranform those of foreign students'. Apparently higher or lower or just literally rewrite.

extensive experience with pc games serves better than gpa, in my opinion. well that being said, they value pga like crazy. first they see it as an indicator of learning capability. secondly, gpa impacts their usnews ranking. thirdly, given the same lsat score, they want the ones with better gpas.

I like people doing things besides their study and work. I do value a broad range of interests more than numbers, because I know for myself an interest is the best teacher.

Certainly I would not recruit applicants because of their performance on PC games, because I am not a game publisher. And that is why I said GPA is very important to those law schools.

以下是引用lawyerme在2007-2-9 13:21:00的发言：

Please don't take me wrong.

I like people doing things besides their study and work. I do value a broad range of interests more than numbers, because I know for myself an interest is the best teacher.

Certainly I would not recruit applicants because of their performance on PC games, because I am not a game publisher. And that is why I said GPA is very important to those law schools.

a~~lawyeryou, i understood your words accurately. The language i used just tortured the meaning. mine is 2.75 originally, is that hopeless,,,~could i survive? should i keep holding on the LSAT i have set out?

see the lovely figure that tangled me into the deadly trap. i really hope that it can give you some confidence in a certain respect.

now that you've come here , i saw some other overlap between u&me. we are to earn a higher score in another battlefield

the 2.75 is calculated by my university ,representing 77.5. how will that be when other systems convert it to the GPA most of those law schools authrize.

•If you have a low GPA and high LSAT

–A high LSAT score can make up, to some extent, for a lower GPA. However, you need to be very careful that your GPA is not so low that it alone puts you into the “presumptive deny” pile regardless of your LSAT. Generally, you will want your GPA to at least be at or around the 25th percentile GPA of the school. Keep in mind that if you have an outstanding LSAT score (several points above the school’s 75th percentile) you might be able to be accepted even with a GPA below the 25th percentile.

•If you have a high GPA and low LSAT

–Unfortunately, the LSAT is generally given much more weight than the GPA so even if you have a very high GPA it will not compensate that much for a low LSAT. Generally, if your LSAT score is below the 25th percentile, even though your GPA is above the 75th percentile, you are unlikely to be accepted. However, if your LSAT is at or around the 25th percentile, a very high GPA at or above the 75th percentile might be enough to compensate.

•Either way…

–If you have discrepant scores, the biggest thing you need to do is make sure to spread yourself out in applying to schools. Make your safe schools safer than others might and make your dream schools higher than others might, realizing that your high score (whether GPA or LSAT) might be able to make up for your low score (whether GPA or LSAT). But also make sure, when you are applying to your safety schools that your low number is well in the range (at least 25th percentile, but generally 50th percentile+), even if this means that your high number is well above even the 75th percentile range.