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The 7Sage Podcast · August 19 · 7 min

Special Episode: LSAC GPA Change

Alex and Ethan come to you with a special announcement: LSAC is backtracking on a change to GPA calculation it announced just a couple of weeks ago. So what does this mean for you? Probably nothing, and if it was something that worried you, you can relax for at least another year. LSAC was planning to drop high school dual enrollment grades from its CAS GPA calculation starting July 28. Now it won't, at least not until summer 2027. According to LSAC, the delay is to let schools and candidates adequately prepare for the change. Here's what that actually means for you. If you're applying in the 2026-2027 cycle, your CAS GPA gets calculated exactly the way it always has, dual enrollment included. The change now lands on the 2027-2028 cycle and applies to everyone in it, new applicants and reapplicants both. And either way, law schools still see your full transcripts on the CAS report. Alex and Ethan break down who this helps, who it quietly hurts, and why you shouldn't be building an application strategy around a number that keeps moving.

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Alex and Ethan come to you with a special announcement: LSAC is backtracking on a change to GPA calculation it announced just a couple of weeks ago. So what does this mean for you? Probably nothing, and if it was something that worried you, you can relax for at least another year. LSAC was planning to drop high school dual enrollment grades from its CAS GPA calculation starting July 28. Now it won't, at least not until summer 2027. According to LSAC, the delay is to let schools and candidates adequately prepare for the change. Here's what that actually means for you. If you're applying in the 2026-2027 cycle, your CAS GPA gets calculated exactly the way it always has, dual enrollment included. The change now lands on the 2027-2028 cycle and applies to everyone in it, new applicants and reapplicants both. And either way, law schools still see your full transcripts on the CAS report. Alex and Ethan break down who this helps, who it quietly hurts, and why you shouldn't be building an application strategy around a number that keeps moving.

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