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Law schools do not compare the GPA your university prints. LSAC recalculates it on its own rules, and for anyone who retook a course the two numbers are not close. This works out both, and the gap between them.
1 replaced attempt still count toward your LSAC GPA. Your school dropped it; LSAC does not.
- Graded credits in the average
- 13
- Pass/fail credits (earned, not averaged)
- 0
- Excluded (graduate work)
- 0
Nothing you type here is sent anywhere — the calculation runs in your browser. An estimate. LSAC converts grades using the official key for your institution, not a universal table, so a school with no A+, a different scale, or narrative evaluations will convert differently. The only authoritative number is the one on your own Academic Summary Report. How the recalculation works.
The four rules that move the number
Every attempt at a repeated course counts
This is the one that moves the number. Many universities practice grade replacement — you retake a course and the new grade supersedes the old one. LSAC includes all attempts where the transcript shows the units and the grade, so a D you carefully replaced with an A arrives at a law school as a D and an A.
A pass helps nothing; a fail still hurts
Passing grades in one- or two-grade systems — Pass/Fail, Credit/No Credit, Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory — are reported separately as unconverted credits and left out of the average entirely. But any notation signifying failure converts to zero on the 4.0 scale. Pass/fail is a one-way door: it can only leave your GPA where it was or drag it down.
Graduate work does not rescue it
Grades from graduate and professional work taken after your bachelor's was conferred are not part of your LSAC GPA. A master's taken to repair an undergraduate record does not move the number law schools compare, however well you did in it.
College credit from high school: counts this cycle, not the next
LSAC announced that grades from college courses taken in high school (dual enrollment) would leave the LSAC GPA on 28 July 2026, then postponed the change. For the 2026–2027 cycle those grades still count. Starting with the 2027–2028 cycle, LSAC excludes grades from all college credit earned in high school, including AP and CLEP. AP credit is never averaged in either cycle — LSAC reports it separately. Set the cycle you are applying in at the top of the calculator.
Common questions
Why is my LSAC GPA lower than my college GPA?
Almost always retaken courses. Your school's grade-replacement policy drops the earlier attempt; LSAC does not. Pass/fail and a school-specific conversion scale account for most of the rest.
Can I fix a low LSAC GPA?
Not directly — it is calculated from undergraduate work that has already happened, and graduate coursework is excluded. What you can still change is the LSAT score, which is why it carries more weight for applicants with a weak or distant undergraduate record.
Does a W or an incomplete count?
A withdrawal that carries no grade is not converted. But a notation signifying failure — Withdraw/Fail, Incomplete/Fail, No Credit — converts to zero. The wording on your transcript decides it, which is why the authoritative number is the one on your own Academic Summary Report.
Is this the official number?
No. LSAC converts using the official key for your institution rather than a universal table, so a school with no A+, a different scale, or narrative evaluations converts differently. This is an estimate built from LSAC's published rules — useful for planning a school list, not a substitute for your report.
Rules from LSAC’s transcript summarization policy. Counsel is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Law School Admission Council. See the source, and our full explainer.