Joe and SuperCrap (despite spelling mistakes and a ridiculous alias) are correct.
The GPA you have reflects how well you did compared to your class. A curve set lower makes it so a higher proportion of students have GPAs that are numerically lower than schools with the curve set higher. Now, certain law schools are simply correcting the GPA to allow the students to compete PROPERLY with students from schools with higher curves.
Stating that Loyola's average GPA is 2.66 does not mean that Loyola students are lacking in intelligence, yet the article linked by Mickey seems to imply such. That's idiocy. Loyola simply decided to set the average as 2.66, so no matter how well the students do the average will always be 2.66. Get it? If you took the smartest people in the world who are awesome at law and put them in a school where the curve is set to have 2.66 as the average GPA, there will be many with 2.66 GPA and people with GPAs that are lower yet. But those people with 2.0 GPAs there would still likely be smarter than the rest of the world and better able to practice law.
I personally think all ABA schools should agree on a curve and go with that. Too bad it'll never happen.
The GPA you have reflects how well you did compared to your class. A curve set lower makes it so a higher proportion of students have GPAs that are numerically lower than schools with the curve set higher. Now, certain law schools are simply correcting the GPA to allow the students to compete PROPERLY with students from schools with higher curves.
Stating that Loyola's average GPA is 2.66 does not mean that Loyola students are lacking in intelligence, yet the article linked by Mickey seems to imply such. That's idiocy. Loyola simply decided to set the average as 2.66, so no matter how well the students do the average will always be 2.66. Get it? If you took the smartest people in the world who are awesome at law and put them in a school where the curve is set to have 2.66 as the average GPA, there will be many with 2.66 GPA and people with GPAs that are lower yet. But those people with 2.0 GPAs there would still likely be smarter than the rest of the world and better able to practice law.
I personally think all ABA schools should agree on a curve and go with that. Too bad it'll never happen.