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Hello everyone,
Does anyone know how a CGPA is rounded? By all calculations my GPA is a 3.945. From what I have heard, they round to the nearest .01 which is a 3.95, but in LSAC it is reported as a 3.94. Can someone explain this, and if not is it worth contacting LSAC about it?
-Thanks!
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Hello!
LSAC do round to the nearest .01 place. However, that is not the only calculation they do for your final CAS GPA. On their Transcript Summarization page, LSAC explains exactly how they convert grades. Based on their rules, your GPA calculation might differ from theirs due to factors like how repeated courses are handled or your undergraduate institution using a slightly different numerical grading system.
You can check if your undergrad's calculation system aligns with the LSAC's on their Interpretive Guide Page.
There is also a great feature on 7Sage that calculates CAS GPA for you to try.
To answer your final question: it is usually not worth contacting LSAC to argue about rounding. However, if you read through the pages and you plug your exact transcript into the 7Sage calculator and realize LSAC made a genuine data-entry error, it would be worth to contact them to get it fixed. I hope this helps!
@SerinJeon this was so helpful thanks!
@SerinJeon Thanks, this was helpful, but it also said that my GPA is a 3.95, so I am still confused about exactly what happened. I think it has to do with which semesters/years I took classes. It is somewhat of a non-issue, though, because I think my GPA is 0.001 off from being rounded up to a 3.95, and I am taking summer classes, which should give me that boost. Thanks again for the help!