I kinda laughed because there I was stressing over making sure my email was perfectly crafted, and they were just like “submit in Feb. thx.”


jjdude14 wrote:Y’all I LITERALLY just got my first acceptance, in at UCLA, I’m beyond excited right now!!!
Aspire wrote:Do y'all think waiting to hear back from schools is worse or waiting to find out your LSAT score?
LawShopeful wrote:Hey, is anyone else here interested in possibly going into Corporate/business law?
If not what areas of practice are you guys interested?
Aspire wrote:LawShopeful wrote:Hey, is anyone else here interested in possibly going into Corporate/business law?
If not what areas of practice are you guys interested?
Look at the poll lol
TLS wrote:Anybody find themselves unnecessarily frustrated when they're ghosted by their safety's even though they've gotten into a reach? I don't know why but I'm finding it incredibly vexing and then I feel stupid for caring. I swear this whole process has made me more self-conscious then middle school ever did.
principalagent wrote:A ~fun~ new poll!
KENYADIGG1T wrote:"Secure the Bag" Playlist
"I Get the Bag" - Gucci Mane ft. Migos
"Major Bag Alert" - DJ Khaled ft. Quavo
"Started from the Bottom" - Drake
"Used to This" - Future ft. Drake
"Trap N*ggas" - Future
"Digits" - Young Thug
"Bad and Boujee" - Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert
"Champions" - Kanye West ft. Quavo, Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti, Big Sean, 2 Chainz and Travis Scott
"Law" - Yo Gotti
"Handsome and Wealthy" - Migos
"All Me" - Drake ft. 2 Chainz and Big Sean
"Too Much Sauce" - DJ ESCO ft. Future and Lil Uzi Vert
Prudence wrote:principalagent wrote:A ~fun~ new poll!
Im hurt soca/dance hall was not a music option but I also can’t admit to it being less lit than the other options. Im conflicted lol
Aspire wrote:You all should check out what I posted in the Blacks and Law Schools: By the Numbers thread. What do you think about it?
jkander31 wrote:Aspire wrote:You all should check out what I posted in the Blacks and Law Schools: By the Numbers thread. What do you think about it?
I've seen the video with UVA law professor, Mr. Johnson. I wonder if they have ever concluded their studies and figured out why URM's and AA's, in particular, have a disparity in their scores even when controlling for variables.
I did some digging on my own and I read Richard Rothstein book, Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap. The book gave a great explanation of the disparities we see in education. One of it was the inability to fully account for factors that are not entirely quantifiable. I am really simplifying an explanation that needs to be understood in the context of the book.
I also took an interest in the relative correlation between your LSAT score and GPA to your first-year scores. I want to know more about the people under examination and their study habits. I can't wrap my mind around why the LSAT out of all standardized exams is the best predictor of success.
Excuse my spelling, grammatical, and sentence composition errors.
Aspire wrote:jkander31 wrote:Aspire wrote:You all should check out what I posted in the Blacks and Law Schools: By the Numbers thread. What do you think about it?
I've seen the video with UVA law professor, Mr. Johnson. I wonder if they have ever concluded their studies and figured out why URM's and AA's, in particular, have a disparity in their scores even when controlling for variables.
I did some digging on my own and I read Richard Rothstein book, Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap. The book gave a great explanation of the disparities we see in education. One of it was the inability to fully account for factors that are not entirely quantifiable. I am really simplifying an explanation that needs to be understood in the context of the book.
I also took an interest in the relative correlation between your LSAT score and GPA to your first-year scores. I want to know more about the people under examination and their study habits. I can't wrap my mind around why the LSAT out of all standardized exams is the best predictor of success.
Excuse my spelling, grammatical, and sentence composition errors.
What did you think of the figure he cites that around 125 blacks in a cycle score over 170? The common knowledge on TLS that I have seen is that fewer than 20 per cycle score over 170
KENYADIGG1T wrote:"Secure the Bag" Playlist
"I Get the Bag" - Gucci Mane ft. Migos
"Major Bag Alert" - DJ Khaled ft. Quavo
"Started from the Bottom" - Drake
"Used to This" - Future ft. Drake
"Trap N*ggas" - Future
"Digits" - Young Thug
"Bad and Boujee" - Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert
"Champions" - Kanye West ft. Quavo, Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti, Big Sean, 2 Chainz and Travis Scott
"Law" - Yo Gotti
"Handsome and Wealthy" - Migos
"All Me" - Drake ft. 2 Chainz and Big Sean
"Too Much Sauce" - DJ ESCO ft. Future and Lil Uzi Vert
principalagent wrote:Well the calculation in that thread is correct based off an understanding of normal distributions. It's just that there's a high chance that the distribution for African American LSAT scores isn't all that normal, and that normal distribution formula simply best fits the data, without being perfect or accounting for skews/bumps in the curve.
trafalgar wrote:principalagent wrote:Well the calculation in that thread is correct based off an understanding of normal distributions. It's just that there's a high chance that the distribution for African American LSAT scores isn't all that normal, and that normal distribution formula simply best fits the data, without being perfect or accounting for skews/bumps in the curve.
I 100% agree. With AA being such a small sample size compared to LSAT population as a whole, the confidence that you can have for this particular group fits a normal distribution is a lot less, BUT its still the best indicator of how the scores are distributed. My guess would be that for 170+ AA test takers for a given cycle is 20 < x < ALOT less than 125. I also have a feeling that TLS is not representative of people as a whole, because it naturally tends to attract higher test takers. I don't think if 125 black people got 170+ on the LSAT, the mean for our scores would be so low. If there's only 300-350 AA's in the T14(or 13 or 15 or whatever the fuck it is now), why are they reaching for 159-160 scores? There is waaayyyyy less than 125 at HYS alone , and even they are taking people in the mid-high 160's. I think the real number is somewhere around like 40.
trafalgar wrote:principalagent wrote:Well the calculation in that thread is correct based off an understanding of normal distributions. It's just that there's a high chance that the distribution for African American LSAT scores isn't all that normal, and that normal distribution formula simply best fits the data, without being perfect or accounting for skews/bumps in the curve.
I 100% agree. With AA being such a small sample size compared to LSAT population as a whole, the confidence that you can have for this particular group fits a normal distribution is a lot less, BUT its still the best indicator of how the scores are distributed. My guess would be that for 170+ AA test takers for a given cycle is 20 < x < ALOT less than 125. I also have a feeling that TLS is not representative of people as a whole, because it naturally tends to attract higher test takers. I don't think if 125 black people got 170+ on the LSAT, the mean for our scores would be so low. If there's only 300-350 AA's in the T14(or 13 or 15 or whatever the fuck it is now), why are they reaching for 159-160 scores? There is waaayyyyy less than 125 at HYS alone , and even they are taking people in the mid-high 160's. I think the real number is somewhere around like 40.
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