Percentages vs Grade Letters for GPA Calculation

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  Rigid Designator Alum Member

  July 2017 edited July 2017 1091 karma

  Don't know how much this helps, but for the longest time I thought the LSAC was going to convert my UK grades in to a US-style GPA. However, all my transcripts have now been processed and I'm told that since it's a foreign transcript they simply don't calculate a GPA for me, even though my school provides letter grade equivalents for my numerical scores. So I just don't have a GPA reported to Law Schools. Obviously they still get my transcripts though.

  I spent a lot of time worrying how my UK degree was going to convert in to a GPA, but now it seems it's a non-issue. I emailed about 8 T-14 schools and the general answer from all but one was "don't worry, we get that other systems are different and we will look at your grades in their proper context." The outlier was that one school pretty much said don't worry about your degree grades and focus on getting a median LSAT score or better since the LSAT will carry more weight given your foreign education.
• __emsss__ Alum Member

  July 2017 65 karma

  That's really interesting to hear. Thanks for the information!
• Alex Alum Member ⭐

  July 2017 23929 karma

  @"Rigid Designator" interesting... I suppose it is a good thing they'll be looking into the grades in their proper context.