Do I need to send LSDAS a transcript from every school I attended, including the Community College where I took just one class over the summer?
Yes! Yes! Yes! Any college credit you earned must be reported to the LSDAS. You need to send transcripts from all undergraduate institutions—no exceptions! Failure to inform the LSDAS of all of you institutions is considered academic fraud; in fact, it is the most common type of academic fraud. The LSDAS calculates your GPA based on all of your grades. If you leave out a few grades, your GPA calculation will be incorrect. If you attended college 20 years ago and flunked out, and today are a stellar straight-A student, you still must report all of your grades. The law school will receive your transcripts and will know what happened, or you can choose to explain your old low grades in you personal statement or a separate attached statement. The law schools will understand this situation—it is common. What they will not understand or accept is someone who tries to hide (or forgets to report) certain grades. You must report all institutions you attended and provide the transcripts from eac
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