Reproduce your LSAC CAS GPA: the 4.33 scale, every attempt of a repeated course counted, quarter hours converted at 0.67 and graduate work excluded.
| Grade | Semester credit hours |
|---|
Enter every graded undergraduate course from every institution you attended, including community college, dual enrolment and both attempts of any repeated course. Enter semester credit hours — multiply quarter credits by 0.67 first.
| Grade | Grade points | What counts |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 4.33 | Above the 4.0 cap most schools use — the reason LSAC GPAs can exceed 4.0 before normalisation |
| A | 4.00 | Standard top grade |
| A− | 3.67 | Kept as plus/minus |
| B+ | 3.33 | Kept as plus/minus |
| B | 3.00 | Standard |
| B− | 2.67 | Kept as plus/minus |
| C+ | 2.33 | Kept as plus/minus |
| C | 2.00 | Standard — a C− is worth less |
| C− | 1.67 | Kept as plus/minus |
| D+ | 1.33 | Kept as plus/minus |
| D | 1.00 | Standard |
| D− | 0.67 | Kept as plus/minus |
| F | 0.00 | Also any notation signifying failure |
| WF / WU | 0.00 | Punitive withdrawal — counted as a failure |
| W / WP | — | Non-punitive withdrawal — excluded |
| P / CR / S | — | Passing pass/fail grades — reported as credit, never in the GPA |
| Input | Result |
|---|---|
| 12 courses, all A (3cr each) | 4.00 / 4.33 |
| Two attempts of a 4cr course: F then A− | 1.84 from those two rows alone |
| 9 A+ grades and 3 A grades, 3cr each | 4.25 / 4.33 before normalisation |
| A (3cr) + B (3cr) + C (4cr) | 2.90 / 4.33 |
The LSAC Credential Assembly Service does not trust your school's GPA. It collects a transcript from every institution you attended, converts each grade to a 4.33 scale, and recalculates from the raw rows. Three policies do most of the damage to applicants' expectations:
| Policy | Effect |
|---|---|
| Every attempt counts | If you failed a course and repeated it, both grades enter the average — even if your university applied grade replacement and dropped the first one |
| All institutions combined | Community college courses, summer transfers and dual enrolment a decade ago are all in the same pot as your degree-granting school |
| Plus and minus preserved | An A− stays 3.67 rather than being rounded up to an A |
| Quarter credits | Semester equivalent (× 0.67) |
|---|---|
| 4 quarter credits | 2.67 semester credits |
| 5 quarter credits | 3.35 semester credits |
| 3 quarter credits | 2.01 semester credits |
| 12 quarter credits | 8.04 semester credits |
Most University of California campuses, Stanford and the University of Washington run on quarters. The CAS report shows the converted figures, which is why a 180-quarter-credit degree appears as roughly 120 semester credits.
| Included | Excluded |
|---|---|
| Every undergraduate course completed before your first bachelor's degree | Coursework after the first bachelor's degree, including graduate work |
| Both attempts of a repeated course | Non-punitive withdrawals (W, WP) |
| Community college, transfer and study-abroad grades on a domestic transcript | Passing pass/fail grades (P, CR, S) |
| Punitive withdrawals (WF, WU) as 0.00 | Remedial courses clearly marked as such |
| Dual enrolment grades — for the 2026–2027 cycle | Dual enrolment grades — from the 2027–2028 cycle onward |
The 4.33 conversion table, the treatment of repeated courses, punitive and non-punitive withdrawals, and the credit-hour conversion for quarter systems come from the LSAC transcript summarisation policy. A practical consequence of the 4.33 scale is that a record full of A+ grades lands above 4.0 before normalisation, while a record full of A grades lands at exactly 4.0.
Almost always because of repeated courses. If you failed a course and retook it, your university may have replaced the first grade, but LSAC includes both attempts. Transfer, community college and dual enrolment courses that your school excluded are also folded back in.
On the LSAC conversion an A+ is worth 4.33 and an A is worth 4.00. That is different from UofT and many other schools, where an A+ is capped at 4.0. The distinction is why the LSAC GPA can be pushed above 4.0 before it is normalised for reporting.
No. Only undergraduate coursework completed through the date of your first bachelor's degree is included in the primary LSAC GPA. Graduate work appears in a separate section of the CAS report and does not change that figure.
Multiply quarter credit hours by 0.67 to get the semester-hour equivalent. A 4-credit quarter course becomes 2.67 semester credits. Convert every row before entering it, because the denominator drives the whole result.
Passing pass/fail grades (P, CR, S) are excluded — they add no quality points and no hours to the denominator. A failing outcome is different: an F or NC in a pass/fail course counts as 0.00 with its credit hours and pulls the average down.