Admissions Chances for Splitters | LSAT Demon Daily, Ep. 691 

Law schools receive an academic summary report within your CAS report that provides a few different metrics: First, it provides the GPA distribution of undergraduates at your institution while you attended. That provides the admissions offices (and they do look at this) insight into whether the school inflates or deflates grades and where you stand in that distribution. Second, it provides the LSAT distribution of students who attended your undergraduate institution going back to 1991. That provides further insight into your academic ability relative to your peers and alumni, which is especially helpful if your institution inflates grades. It's an unfortunate situation, I know, but remember to control the things you can control.

@@LSATDemonThank you for the response. So it sounds like this is a well known issue the academic community as to which schools hand out A's, and other schools (like UC Berkeley) that make you earn your A.

@@adirtykid Yep. They're well aware.

There was an interesting story in today's New York Times about how important test scores are for leveling the playing field in undergraduate admissions. Schools use the LSAT similarly in law school admissions. Don't give up just because you have a lower GPA. A good LSAT goes a long way.

There aren't many schools with a GPA median that low. But you should still get plenty of scholarship offers if you apply broadly with the right LSAT.

Not if you apply broadly with the right LSAT. Check out lsatdemon.com/scholarships for our best estimate of your scholarship chances given your GPA and LSAT.