Hey guys! I had a question about how law schools view gpa's for students that transferred during their undergrad. I understand that the gpa that they report for rankings and such are calculated cumulatively, but I was wondering how much attention they paid to the individual gpa's from each school a student attends. I transferred from a tiny local university to Penn this past year and, not surprisingly, my gpa did take a hit. I went from a 4.0 at my old school to hovering around a 3.6 at my current university. Granted, I transferred as a junior, so I was not only going to a school with harder courses, but I was jumping into higher level courses right off the bat rather than taking the introductory courses that made up most of my career my first 2 years of college. In addition, my gpa has had an upward trend since I have arrived at Penn.Do you guys think admissions officers might see the gpa drop post-transfer as a disadvantage, or will they be more concerned with the overall gpa calculated from my grades at both schools? I have seen a lot of threads with people in the opposite situation, with bad early grades and improving performance, but can't seem to find any info about someone who, like me, is in the opposite of that situation. I appreciate any insight y'all might have for me!
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