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Hi everyone!
I'm taking CLEP/DSST/TECEP tests etc. to get my BA. I would like to go to law school after I get my BA, but I am concerned as to how you calculate a GPA from these standardized tests? Does anyone have any comments/experience with this?
Sincerely,
Tyler
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05-09-2018, 04:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-09-2018, 04:08 PM by davewill.)
You don't get grades from those sources in most cases. Your GPA will be made up of whatever actual college courses you've taken, if any. How much that matters depends on where you want to go to law school. If you have a particular school in mind, you should research their admissions policies. If not, then don't worry as you are likely to get in somewhere.
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05-09-2018, 04:41 PM
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It depends somewhat on the school policies, but also look at the LSAC policies.
https://www.lsac.org/aboutlsac/policies/...marization
It says they won't calculate a cumulative GPA if you have less than 60 graded credits. I'm not positive, but it seems likely that some schools won't like the blank cumulative GPA. I think some schools might be ok with, say, 50 graded credits, yet not be ok with 3 graded credits.
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