LSN Reboot in T minus.. Forum

[Crowing]

The Browse Schools page lists UVA and Penn as both having 169 LSAT medians, but Michigan as having a 170. What?

the data are old, not reflective of the most recent USNWR rankings/ABA statistics

Penn hasn't had a 169 LSAT median since 2004 and UVA since 2005. (Courtesy of Regulus's chart: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub ... SlE&gid=34)

That is some very old and useless data that they're presenting as current.

yeah its really bad. the fact that they dont date it doesnt help at all either. also some shit is clearly screwed up (like claiming to know c/o 2016 MATRICULANT TOTALS wtf). plus all those advice articles are worthless at best and misinformation otherwise.

GG

[potterpirate04]

I approve of the new look. So pretty... But I can't even use it because it's so damn slow. Anyone having similar problems?

Yeah. It's ridiculously slow. The new look is great but relatively useless if everything takes 30 seconds to load.

30 seconds?? Try 5 minutes here. Literally.

[Crowing]

I approve of the new look. So pretty... But I can't even use it because it's so damn slow. Anyone having similar problems?

Yeah. It's ridiculously slow. The new look is great but relatively useless if everything takes 30 seconds to load.

30 seconds?? Try 5 minutes here. Literally.

JFC i thought 56k was invented so we didn't have to deal with this kinda shit

[rshw89]

The site is incredibly buggy and slow. I don't understand why they would make these changes during one of the busiest times in the cycle. It is like a bar on Bourbon St. deciding to renovate the weekend before Mardi Gras. It would be much smarter to make these changes during a weekend in July.

[EdBurke]

The site is incredibly buggy and slow. I don't understand why they would make these changes during one of the busiest times in the cycle. It is like a bar on Bourbon St. deciding to renovate the weekend before Mardi Gras. It would be much smarter to make these changes during a weekend in July.

[potterpirate04]

It would be much smarter to make these changes during a weekend in July.

Indeed. Or even in April, at the earliest. The timing is probably what makes this whole thing odd and even irksome.

[LSATSCORES2012]

From a marketing perspective, I think this would be the best time to do it. People were getting excited to see the new version, and the creator of LSN could potentially double his traffic for a period of a few days with a new website interface. Would you want to double the traffic during a slow time or a fast time? During a fast time, clearly.

Of course, this is all assuming that the website actually works - which right now it's not really working, partially due to speed, but also because it's buggy, as others have mentioned. It doesn't seem as though the user search is working either.

In any case, LSN is a free service, so while there could have been better times to do it, we should still be thankful that this massive repository of admissions data exists in the first place.

[bernaldiaz]

From a marketing perspective, I think this would be the best time to do it. People were getting excited to see the new version, and the creator of LSN could potentially double his traffic for a period of a few days with a new website interface. Would you want to double the traffic during a slow time or a fast time? During a fast time, clearly.

Of course, this is all assuming that the website actually works - which right now it's not really working, partially due to speed, but also because it's buggy, as others have mentioned. It doesn't seem as though the user search is working either.

In any case, LSN is a free service, so while there could have been better times to do it, we should still be thankful that this massive repository of admissions data exists in the first place.

In case LSN ever totally bugs out, do you have the data stored elsewhere than you use for myLSN? Idk if you could download into Excel or something (I literally know nothing about programming).

[LSATSCORES2012]

From a marketing perspective, I think this would be the best time to do it. People were getting excited to see the new version, and the creator of LSN could potentially double his traffic for a period of a few days with a new website interface. Would you want to double the traffic during a slow time or a fast time? During a fast time, clearly.

Of course, this is all assuming that the website actually works - which right now it's not really working, partially due to speed, but also because it's buggy, as others have mentioned. It doesn't seem as though the user search is working either.

In any case, LSN is a free service, so while there could have been better times to do it, we should still be thankful that this massive repository of admissions data exists in the first place.

In case LSN ever totally bugs out, do you have the data stored elsewhere than you use for myLSN? Idk if you could download into Excel or something (I literally know nothing about programming).

I do I also downloaded a complete copy of all the posts in the important TLS forums for law students (Content Competitions, FAQ, Forum for Law School Students, and Legal Employment)... just in case.

It's all backed up daily on a server in Miami and North Carolina, and I also have it on my home computer.

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[jym_dawg]

From a marketing perspective, I think this would be the best time to do it. People were getting excited to see the new version, and the creator of LSN could potentially double his traffic for a period of a few days with a new website interface. Would you want to double the traffic during a slow time or a fast time? During a fast time, clearly.

Of course, this is all assuming that the website actually works - which right now it's not really working, partially due to speed, but also because it's buggy, as others have mentioned. It doesn't seem as though the user search is working either.

In any case, LSN is a free service, so while there could have been better times to do it, we should still be thankful that this massive repository of admissions data exists in the first place.

In case LSN ever totally bugs out, do you have the data stored elsewhere than you use for myLSN? Idk if you could download into Excel or something (I literally know nothing about programming).

I do I also downloaded a complete copy of all the posts in the important TLS forums for law students (Content Competitions, FAQ, Forum for Law School Students, and Legal Employment)... just in case.

It's all backed up daily on a server in Miami and North Carolina, and I also have it on my home computer.

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181 fur the foil

[02889]

LSN previously had the function of searching for specific applicants by school (so, for example, the ED applicants at Columbia or those with a 170 who applied to NYU). I can't find how to search that specifically in the new layout. Can someone help me figure that out?

[bernaldiaz]

Hmm so I think the new LSN deleted by profile. I show up on the graphs but when I click on my dot it says user does not exist.

Also, on the Stanford page it says Stanford LSAT median is a 173 and GPA median is a 3.94? Is this just from the users on LSN or are those their new medians? If so, Stanford kicked ass last year.

[suralin]

From a marketing perspective, I think this would be the best time to do it. People were getting excited to see the new version, and the creator of LSN could potentially double his traffic for a period of a few days with a new website interface. Would you want to double the traffic during a slow time or a fast time? During a fast time, clearly.

Of course, this is all assuming that the website actually works - which right now it's not really working, partially due to speed, but also because it's buggy, as others have mentioned. It doesn't seem as though the user search is working either.

In any case, LSN is a free service, so while there could have been better times to do it, we should still be thankful that this massive repository of admissions data exists in the first place.

In case LSN ever totally bugs out, do you have the data stored elsewhere than you use for myLSN? Idk if you could download into Excel or something (I literally know nothing about programming).

I do I also downloaded a complete copy of all the posts in the important TLS forums for law students (Content Competitions, FAQ, Forum for Law School Students, and Legal Employment)... just in case.

It's all backed up daily on a server in Miami and North Carolina, and I also have it on my home computer.

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Smart, now I don't have to do it too

[Cobretti]

Hmm so I think the new LSN deleted by profile. I show up on the graphs but when I click on my dot it says user does not exist.

Also, on the Stanford page it says Stanford LSAT median is a 173 and GPA median is a 3.94? Is this just from the users on LSN or are those their new medians? If so, Stanford kicked ass last year.

I noticed that all of the "medians" listed on the right side of the screen are the 75ths from the medians section. But it looks like all of the "real" medians in that section are also wrong (Penn listed as 169 as an example).

[Crowing]

Hmm so I think the new LSN deleted by profile. I show up on the graphs but when I click on my dot it says user does not exist.

Also, on the Stanford page it says Stanford LSAT median is a 173 and GPA median is a 3.94? Is this just from the users on LSN or are those their new medians? If so, Stanford kicked ass last year.

I noticed that all of the "medians" listed on the right side of the screen are the 75ths from the medians section. But it looks like all of the "real" medians in that section are also wrong (Penn listed as 169 as an example).

Yeah they're 75ths but not the most recent 75ths. They're from like at least 3 or 4 years ago.

ETA: I can't figure out how to search for users based on name now...

[LSATSCORES2012]

Hmm so I think the new LSN deleted by profile. I show up on the graphs but when I click on my dot it says user does not exist.

Also, on the Stanford page it says Stanford LSAT median is a 173 and GPA median is a 3.94? Is this just from the users on LSN or are those their new medians? If so, Stanford kicked ass last year.

Your profile is loading for me at http://lawschoolnumbers.com/bernaldiaz

[run26.2]

Thanks for listening on the graph features!

One other thing I would like to see in the graph is the ability to drag the graph once it is zoomed in.

[Balthy]

I went to the site a little while back and had no idea about the reboot. Needless to say, I was shocked. What am I supposed to use now to stalk other applicants all day long and see who has gotten accepted/dinged/WL?!

Your tar..

http://thedarkknightrises.tumblr.com/post/40759648076

[JXander]

The new site looks pretty, but it will not let me edit my dates. And some of them changed on me against my will.
*grumbles* ...stupid demon-possessed new site...

[djwjddl]

LSN previously had the function of searching for specific applicants by school (so, for example, the ED applicants at Columbia or those with a 170 who applied to NYU). I can't find how to search that specifically in the new layout. Can someone help me figure that out?

+1. i believe the feature was the ability to search "applications" rather than "users." that feature no longer appears to be available on the new LSN?

[onionz]

Anyone else think it's time for a new entry into the field? It's not really that hard to make a website that points to a MySQL database and graphs some dots on a chart.

le sigh.

[BlaqBella]

I like the new lay out, though its running rather slow as of late.

[bernaldiaz]

Hmm so I think the new LSN deleted by profile. I show up on the graphs but when I click on my dot it says user does not exist.

Also, on the Stanford page it says Stanford LSAT median is a 173 and GPA median is a 3.94? Is this just from the users on LSN or are those their new medians? If so, Stanford kicked ass last year.

Your profile is loading for me at http://lawschoolnumbers.com/bernaldiaz

Huh, it's still not working on my computer. Pretty odd. Works on my phone though. As long as its still accessible to other people, though, that's all that matters. I just didn't want to have to remake it.

[Rahviveh]

Im an idiot but how do you run searches through applications by school?

[djwjddl]

Im an idiot but how do you run searches through applications by school?

that's what 02889 and i are asking, but it seems as though that feature might have been deleted.