Hi:

I should introduce myself. I, too, am looking into doing an LLM in an American University. Have gone to law school in Australia.

I'm currently trying to make sense of admission standards and requirements. Does anyone know what GPA a 74 (high Credit) or 75 (Distinction) in Australia would be in the US? I've been told that a 75 is an "A", which is also about a 3.7. Have I been fed the right information?

Also, what GPA do top tier law schools accept for admission to their LLMs?

Thanking you in advance

Hi:

I should introduce myself. I, too, am looking into doing an LLM in an American University. Have gone to law school in Australia.

I'm currently trying to make sense of admission standards and requirements. Does anyone know what GPA a 74 (high Credit) or 75 (Distinction) in Australia would be in the US? I've been told that a 75 is an "A", which is also about a 3.7. Have I been fed the right information?

Also, what GPA do top tier law schools accept for admission to their LLMs?

Thanking you in advance

Hi Baby_Luck:

Thanks for the information. Yes, I do know that I need to get them evaluated but I was wondering if anyone had some idea of what GPA they translate to in the US. I'm pretty sure that one of the universities (I have forgotten which one) had on their website that a B or 3.0 in the US was equivalent to a 65% or Credit in Australia, and that this was the admission requirement for acceptance to the LLM.

Anyone with knowledge of Australian and US grades who can enlighten me before I embark on the whole admission procedure? I would really like to know whether a Distinction (or A) is equivalent to a 3.7 or thereabouts, and whether this is a good GPA.

Much appreciated, kind regards
LLM in US

Try to look at your class rank. Is a 75 in the top 10%? Top 5%? Either of those are good places to be.

I agree with hcase. It's difficult to make a straight conversion from your grades to a US GPA. Do you know how your 75 compares to the rest of your classmates and the rest of law school students in Australia? That information might be helpful.

I believe that the LSAC report will analyze your grades and determine a UGPA score that is passed on to law schools. I think the LSAC report just analyzes your numerical scores and does not factor in the difficulty of your school (compared to other schools). However, many/most law schools will take that into consideration when they look at the report.

Also, it is similarly difficult to convert your grades to a "US GPA." Many schools have varying degrees of difficulty (or even varying grade scales) and a 3.7 at school A may be similar to a 3.3 at school B.

Hope that helps.

The USA standards that I am aware of are the following:

A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 1.7
D+ = 1.3
D = 1.0
D- = 0.7
F = 0.0

A lot of law schools in the USA have a bell curve grading system with the middle of the curve (50%) at 3.0 or so. My law school was a tad higher than that (3.05). To crack the top 10% at my school, one needed a 3.62. To crack the top 20%, one needed a 3.48. The top student in my class had a 3.93. The top student in the next year's class had a 3.77. I don't know if this helps you.

Hi all:

Thank you for your replies. The information was most useful, it does give me some idea.

Another questions, do all law schools use the bell curve of simply hand out marks according to merit. That is, are marks scaled?

Kind regards,
LLM in US

oops, sorry, I didn't read the last post properly. Thanks for the information

Kind regards,
LLM in US