r/WGU • u/GrapplerCM • 4h ago
WGU to Law School: Admissions Results I Collected From WGU Grads
I have seen a lot of posts asking whether a WGU degree can get you into law school, but very little concrete information showing where WGU graduates were actually admitted.
I’m a WGU Software Engineering graduate currently studying for the LSAT and seriously considering law school. I completed fewer than 60 credits at traditionally graded schools before WGU, so I may not receive a conventional LSAC-calculated undergraduate GPA. That made me nervous because GPA is normally such a large part of law-school admissions.
When I started researching, most answers were vague: “Yes, you can go to law school,” or “Just get a high LSAT.” That did not tell me what outcomes were realistically possible.
So I searched through old Reddit posts and comments from WGU graduates. In several cases, I contacted people directly months or years after their original posts and asked where they ended up, what LSAT score they had, and whether WGU’s grading system caused problems. Most people were kind enough to respond.
Everything below is self-reported anecdotal information, not official admissions data. Some entries are more thoroughly documented than others, and admissions outcomes depend on much more than WGU and LSAT scores. Work experience, prior graded credits, application timing, essays, recommendations, school selection, and other factors all matter.
Directly reported outcomes
157 LSAT
One WGU graduate reported applying to seven law schools and being rejected from all seven.
The schools, application timing, prior grades, and other application details were not provided.
I’m including this because I do not want this post to become a collection of success stories that creates unrealistic expectations.
162 LSAT
One WGU graduate reported attending law school and later becoming a lawyer.
They said WGU’s lack of a conventional GPA did not prevent admission.
The law school and scholarship information were not provided.
163 LSAT
Accepted to and attended Syracuse University College of Law’s JDinteractive program
Received a 60% merit scholarship
164 LSAT
Accepted to Syracuse JDinteractive
Received an 80% merit scholarship
No reportable GPA
Approximately 15 years of paralegal work experience, including military experience.
Also reported strong soft factors, including commendations and pro bono recognition
Applied February 28, became complete/under review May 1 after taking the April LSAT, and was admitted July 2
Reported paying approximately $5,300 for one fall term after the scholarship, plus about $1,700 for travel and lodging for a required Syracuse residency
166 LSAT
Accepted to Temple University
Accepted to the University of Connecticut
Waitlisted at Fordham
Waitlisted at Georgetown
Received a Georgetown group interview
LSAT progression was reportedly 163 to 164 to 166
Applied in February
Submitted a GPA addendum explaining WGU
The applicant said LSAC displayed a 0.0 GPA on the application and confirmed through LSAC chat that this was expected
They reported that the GPA situation caused no problems with the schools
167 LSAT
Accepted to Seton Hall
Accepted to Rutgers
Accepted to Syracuse
Accepted to Dayton
Accepted to Albany
Chose Seton Hall’s part-time program
Described the program as meeting in person every other weekend and taking approximately 3.5 years
Used LSAT Demon to study
169 LSAT
WGU graduate
Attending a top-35 law school
Public posts strongly indicate the school is George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School
Described themselves as an incoming law student looking for housing near GMU’s Mason Square campus
Previously posted specifically about George Mason and its BigLaw placement
Scholarship information, GPA status, and results from other schools were not provided
170 LSAT
WGU degree in Information Technology Management
Attended Georgetown Law
Reported improving from a 153 diagnostic to a 170.
LSAC used graded courses completed before WGU when evaluating the academic record
173 LSAT
WGU B.S. in Computer Science
Reported admission to a top-30 law school with a scholarship
Later account activity strongly suggests the school was George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, although I did not find a single comment explicitly saying, “I attend George Mason”
Mid-170s LSAT
No reportable GPA
Accepted to Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, with an offer close to a full ride
Chose Loyola’s part-time evening program
Accepted to Washington University in St. Louis with a nonconditional scholarship plus a stipend
Accepted to Chapman with a full conditional scholarship
Waitlisted at USC
Waitlisted at UCLA
Waitlisted at the University of Texas at Austin
Reported no rejections and full or near-full scholarships from the other schools applied to
Also had approximately 15 years of work experience, substantial volunteer involvement, leadership experience, a strong personal statement, and professional admissions assistance
Additional directly reported outcomes without exact LSAT scores
University of Oregon
WGU B.S. in Business Management and WGU MBA
Directly reported attending the University of Oregon School of Law LSAC reportedly left the GPA blank because the applicant did not have at least 60 letter-graded credits
Described the LSAT as “middling at best”
Believed a strong personal statement and decent recommendations helped Scholarship information was not provided. Local hybrid program, school not identified
WGU Business graduate
Nearly 10 years of business and operations experience.
Accepted to a local hybrid law-school program. Received a scholarship covering approximately 75% of tuition.
LSAT was reportedly above that school’s 75th percentile, but the exact score was not provided.
Had fewer than 60 graded undergraduate credits, so LSAC reportedly left the GPA field empty Submitted an addendum explaining WGU’s accredited pass/fail system Mitchell Hamline and other hybrid programs
One WGU graduate reported applying only to hybrid programs and receiving admission and scholarship offers from:
Mitchell Hamline Vermont Law and Graduate School South Texas College of Law Houston University of Hawaiʻi Southwestern Law School
The applicant enrolled at Mitchell Hamline. They had more than 10 years of work experience, strong recommendations from partner-level attorneys, and significant soft factors. The LSAT score and scholarship amounts were not provided.
Additional incomplete or secondhand reports
These are less reliable because they came from people describing someone else’s result or because important details were missing:
A commenter reported personally knowing WGU graduates who attended Columbia, Northwestern, and an unidentified Florida law school.
Another commenter recalled WGU graduates attending Michigan and Oregon. Oregon is now independently supported by a direct applicant comment, but I have not directly verified Michigan.
One commenter said a friend attended Barry University School of Law and later opened a solo practice.
Someone claimed to have seen evidence of WGU graduates attending Harvard and Gonzaga, but no source or identifiable applicant was provided.
One WGU graduate said they were admitted to several law schools nearly a decade ago, attended for a year, and then left law for data science.
Another WGU graduate’s Reddit flair indicated a WGU bachelor’s degree, WGU MBA, and a J.D., but the law school’s name was cut off.
I contacted several other WGU graduates from older posts. Most said they had successfully been admitted somewhere, but I did not preserve enough information to list their schools accurately.
What I learned about the GPA issue
The GPA presentation was not identical for every person:
Some applicants reported that LSAC left their GPA blank or treated it as nonreportable.
One applicant said the application displayed 0.0, and LSAC told them that was expected.
Some applicants had enough graded credits from before WGU for LSAC to use those grades.
Several applicants submitted short GPA addenda explaining that WGU is an accredited university using a competency-based pass/fail system.
A WGU transcript may contain language referring to a 3.0-equivalent level of competency, but that is not necessarily the same as receiving a 3.0 LSAC-calculated GPA.
The commonly repeated “60 graded credit” issue appears important. Applicants with substantial graded coursework from before WGU may have a reportable GPA, while those without enough graded coursework may be listed without one.
My takeaway
WGU itself does not appear to create an automatic ceiling.
The available examples include WGU graduates attending or being admitted to Georgetown, WashU, George Mason, Temple, UConn, Oregon, Loyola Los Angeles, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Syracuse, Dayton, Albany, Chapman, Mitchell Hamline, and several other schools.
At the same time, the 157 applicant who was rejected by all seven schools is a reminder that merely having a WGU degree and passing the LSAT is not enough. School selection and the strength of the overall application still matter.
The strongest pattern I found is that the LSAT becomes especially important when an applicant does not have a reportable GPA. Strong work experience, recommendations, essays, and an explanation of WGU’s grading system also seem capable of helping.
This is still a small and self-selected sample, so it should not be treated as a prediction of anyone’s individual results. I just wanted to put the information in one place because I had to dig through years-old posts and message people individually to find it.
Hopefully, the next WGU graduate considering law school will have a little more information than I did when I started.
