PRELAW HANDBOOK - redentialC Assembly Service (LSDAS)

CREDENTIAL ASSEMBLY SERVICE (CAS)
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The CREDENTIAL ASSEMBLY SERVICE (CAS), previously Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). is available through the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) as a means of centralizing and standardizing your undergraduate academic records to simplify the law school admission process. Additional information about CAS is available from the Washburn School of Law.

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LSDAS LINKS

CALCULATING THE UNDERGRADUATE GRADE POINT AVERAGE

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The Law School Admission Council gives more information ABOUT THE LSDAS. _.
The Law School Admission Council answers some FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LSDAS. _.
LSDAS calculates a TRANSCRIPT SUMMARIZATION. _.
For LSDAS you must REQUEST TRANSCRIPTS. _.

The LSDAS NEWS SPOTLIGHT gives up-to-date information. _. _. _.

LSDAS
CALCULATING THE
UNDERGRADUATE GRADE POINT AVERAGE

The GPA determined by LSDAS may differ from the GPA determined by your college. This is because the policy of LSDAS and a college may differ on what courses to exclude from the calculation of the GPA and they may differ on w many grade points to award for a letter grade (for example, LSDAS awards 3.33 grade points for each credit of B+ whereas some colleges award 3.5 grade points for each credit of B+). _.
Note that if you attend a college which awards the grade A+, you UGPA could be as high as 4.33; if you do not attend a college that awards the grade A+, your UGPA could be only as high as 4.00. Is this fair? The answer is obvious but LSDAS does nothing about this inequality.