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They've probably been falsely reporting data for years and it's just now catching up to them.muaythaifighter wrote:LOL wow, what happened? i thought their 25th was 163 last year. and that was an egregious act of data manipulation btw.
Mighty large one you pulled from your ass there.chimp wrote:They've probably been falsely reporting data for years and it's just now catching up to them.muaythaifighter wrote:LOL wow, what happened? i thought their 25th was 163 last year. and that was an egregious act of data manipulation btw.
NancyBotwin wrote:It is.Jack Smirks wrote:This can't be real.blurbz wrote:New Medians:
163
3.70
I'm not happy.
muaythaifighter wrote:lol at least it will be easier for ppl to get into illinois now
There's nothing funny about taking out $180k in debt, then dealing with the prospect of unemployment. Grow up.muaythaifighter wrote:lol at least it will be easier for ppl to get into illinois now
dreakol wrote:muaythaifighter wrote:lol at least it will be easier for ppl to get into illinois now
i was WL there this year with 169 3.67
Sauer Grapes wrote:Wow. I wonder if they didn't react well enough to the drop in applications and ended up getting destroyed. I still hope it was an honest mistake, but that big of a discrepancy leads me to believe it probably wasn't.
I wonder if any other schools did the same? I'd be surprised if Illinois was the only one to drop that much, unless they have been lying on their numbers for years.
Jack Smirks wrote:Holy shit.blurbz wrote:http://www.law.illinois.edu/news/article/1614
Bets on how long before a student announces they're suing the school? I'd be really pissed. On the other hand, it's not functionally much different then them having a rough year for admissions later on which hits the school's reputation for employers. Well, aside from the ethics/credibility part. Hard to see how that really impacts hiring decisions.blurbz wrote:Sauer Grapes wrote:Wow. I wonder if they didn't react well enough to the drop in applications and ended up getting destroyed. I still hope it was an honest mistake, but that big of a discrepancy leads me to believe it probably wasn't.
I wonder if any other schools did the same? I'd be surprised if Illinois was the only one to drop that much, unless they have been lying on their numbers for years.
People who have followed my posts know that I tend to defend Illinois a decent amount. But right now I have a hard time believing that this was a mistake. I guess....Either our admissions department lied or they're incompetent. And I'm not happy about it either way.
Oh please. The prospect of unemployment has been around for years at schools in this range.Thirteen wrote:There's nothing funny about taking out $180k in debt, then dealing with the prospect of unemployment. Grow up.muaythaifighter wrote:lol at least it will be easier for ppl to get into illinois now
Perhaps not as badly as it will be now because of this shit. The guy is defending his friends at the school, junior.MrAnon wrote:Oh please. The prospect of unemployment has been around for years at schools in this range.Thirteen wrote:There's nothing funny about taking out $180k in debt, then dealing with the prospect of unemployment. Grow up.muaythaifighter wrote:lol at least it will be easier for ppl to get into illinois now
I normally roll my eyes at news of students talking about suing their law school, but I think I would give a free pass here. This is.....just....wow. 5 LSAT points and .11 GPA points? Holy christ almighty.tmon wrote:Bets on how long before a student announces they're suing the school? I'd be really pissed.blurbz wrote:Sauer Grapes wrote:Wow. I wonder if they didn't react well enough to the drop in applications and ended up getting destroyed. I still hope it was an honest mistake, but that big of a discrepancy leads me to believe it probably wasn't.
I wonder if any other schools did the same? I'd be surprised if Illinois was the only one to drop that much, unless they have been lying on their numbers for years.
People who have followed my posts know that I tend to defend Illinois a decent amount. But right now I have a hard time believing that this was a mistake. I guess....Either our admissions department lied or they're incompetent. And I'm not happy about it either way.
This shouldn't matter considering this year's class was (supposedly) much smaller than normal.Sauer Grapes wrote:Wow. I wonder if they didn't react well enough to the drop in applications and ended up getting destroyed. I still hope it was an honest mistake, but that big of a discrepancy leads me to believe it probably wasn't.
I wonder if any other schools did the same? I'd be surprised if Illinois was the only one to drop that much, unless they have been lying on their numbers for years.
Sounds like an office insider tipped the administration off.f7u12 wrote:Does anyone know how they got caught in the first place?
chrisbru wrote:Is there ANY chance that a website administrator mistakenly published the 75th percentile numbers as the medians? I feel like that would be the preferred mistake to have been made in this situation... At least it's forgivable and you can blame it on an hourly web tech instead of school administration?
No. It was not just the website.chrisbru wrote:Is there ANY chance that a website administrator mistakenly published the 75th percentile numbers as the medians? I feel like that would be the preferred mistake to have been made in this situation... At least it's forgivable and you can blame it on an hourly web tech instead of school administration?