I have called LSAC many times. If you are from a country whose language is non-English, has LSAC asked you for your official transcript in the original language in the sealed university envelop? @amicuslsat
... instruction) and LSAC accepted my transcript fine. I also had to ... submit another transcript from other university which has ... university sent LSAC the original transcript (the one in Spanish) and ...
Just to add some confusion to how fee-waivers are decided; I don't have a reportable GPA (foreign) and I've received unsolicited fee waivers from Penn, Cornell, Vanderbilt, UCLA, as well as some lower-ranked schools.
... LSAC with any physically mailed transcript, there were instructions saying to ... request the transcript as "hold for pick up ... do with my 1 Parchment transcript. It was still being mailed ...
Yes, from what I have heard from admission officers, they do look at your complete transcript. They emphasize on the classes you took and grade trends. You can always include an addendum if you want to explain further about a class or grade.
Foreign GPAs don’t get reported, so it means you basically don't have a GPA. You can't compare your uGPA to the new median. Your uGPA won't help you, so you should only look at their LSAT median.
Thanks, @Kermit750 . I'm not sure if htis applies to me, because this says "more than a year"...but I was only there one year. It is showing on my undergrad transcript, just not in LSAC. How confusing!
I think you are supposed to get a transcript for any place you took *any* classes for credit. I had to request a transcript for 1 class I dual enrolled in during high school. So I would suggest starting the process of getting that transcript pretty soon.
They look at your transcript. So an upward trend is better than consistently performing at a low level. But they certainty aren't going to treat you the same as someone else that held a consistently high GPA.