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This GPA Change Could Help You (Ep. 571)

8/10/2026
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LSAC has changed how it calculates an applicant's undergraduate GPA: college courses taken during high school will no longer count toward the UGPA. Ben and Nathan discuss how this could benefit many applicants and how students can get their UGPA updated.


Also in this episode:

- A viewer who is applying to law school for the third time

- Washington cancelling their bar exam after technical difficulties

- The next contestant on the Personal Statement Gong Show


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0:00 LSAC UGPA Change

4:14 Avoiding Strike Three on Law Applications

11:24 Washington Cancelled Bar Exam

18:32 Test D Question — Linguistic anthropologist 

32:58 Exit Survey on Demon Explanations

38:55 Ask Button Secret Feature

42:18 Personal Statement Gong Show

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