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Post by Assasindowntheavenue » Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:31 pm

With this discussion on WUSTL, assuming the improvements to their employment stats are happening/will happen, is it still a bad idea to go if you are biglaw or bust? Specially if you go on a full ride or close to it?

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Post by Rigo » Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:36 pm

Assasindowntheavenue wrote:With this discussion on WUSTL, assuming the improvements to their employment stats are happening/will happen, is it still a bad idea to go if you are biglaw or bust? Specially if you go on a full ride or close to it?
If you're biglaw or bust, you shouldn't go to a school where you're more likely to not get biglaw.

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Post by Assasindowntheavenue » Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:43 pm

Rigo wrote:
Assasindowntheavenue wrote:With this discussion on WUSTL, assuming the improvements to their employment stats are happening/will happen, is it still a bad idea to go if you are biglaw or bust? Specially if you go on a full ride or close to it?
If you're biglaw or bust, you shouldn't go to a school where you're more likely to not get biglaw.
Good point.

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Post by dyingdeclr » Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:26 am

Hastings:

LSAT - 156(+1)/159/161
GPA - 3.18(-0.10)/3.44(-0.06)/3.63(-0.01)
Class - 348 (+59)

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Post by Rigo » Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:26 am

dyingdeclr wrote:Hastings:
Class - 348 (+59)
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Post by Huskies13! » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:00 pm

Arizona Summit:
140/143/148
2.56(+.02)/2.96(+.08)/3.30(-.04)
143 Total (-124)
https://www.azsummitlaw.edu/userfiles/f ... -17-17.pdf

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Post by proteinshake » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:02 pm

Huskies13! wrote:Arizona Summit:
140/143/148
2.56(+.02)/2.96(+.08)/3.30(-.04)
143 Total (-124)
https://www.azsummitlaw.edu/userfiles/f ... -17-17.pdf
another 143 to go.

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Post by cannibal ox » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:05 pm

Huskies13! wrote:Arizona Summit:
140/143/148
2.56(+.02)/2.96(+.08)/3.30(-.04)
143 Total (-124)
https://www.azsummitlaw.edu/userfiles/f ... -17-17.pdf
All of these numbers are baffling, including the 143 people who chose to attend.

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Post by Rigo » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:14 pm

They have to be in financial trouble after such a sharp decrease, right?

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Post by vcap180 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:33 pm

proteinshake wrote:
Huskies13! wrote:Arizona Summit:
140/143/148
2.56(+.02)/2.96(+.08)/3.30(-.04)
143 Total (-124)
https://www.azsummitlaw.edu/userfiles/f ... -17-17.pdf
another 143 to go.
So 25% of the class scored 139 or below? How much is tuition here? And what's the bar passage rate?

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Post by cannibal ox » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:43 pm

vcap180 wrote:
proteinshake wrote:
Huskies13! wrote:Arizona Summit:
140/143/148
2.56(+.02)/2.96(+.08)/3.30(-.04)
143 Total (-124)
https://www.azsummitlaw.edu/userfiles/f ... -17-17.pdf
another 143 to go.
So 25% of the class scored 139 or below? How much is tuition here? And what's the bar passage rate?
No, at least 25% of the incoming class scored a 140 or below.

41.64% first time takers from Arizona Summit passed the (Arizona) bar (24.17% lower rate than the state average)

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Post by Huskies13! » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:43 pm

vcap180 wrote:
proteinshake wrote:
Huskies13! wrote:Arizona Summit:
140/143/148
2.56(+.02)/2.96(+.08)/3.30(-.04)
143 Total (-124)
https://www.azsummitlaw.edu/userfiles/f ... -17-17.pdf
another 143 to go.
So 25% of the class scored 139 or below? How much is tuition here? And what's the bar passage rate?
This: http://abovethelaw.com/2016/10/law-scho ... age-rates/

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Post by magnum_law » Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:03 pm

Semi-swooped but this article is good too. 30% pass rate in 2015, despite bribing students with $5000 to postpone their exams. Really sketch & pathetic.

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Post by goldenbear2020 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:17 pm

magnum_law wrote:Semi-swooped but this article is good too. 30% pass rate in 2015, despite bribing students with $5000 to postpone their exams. Really sketch & pathetic.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ ... pread_fail
Actually, their 30% pass rate likely outperforms statistical expectations given the 140-143-148 quartiles:

"The report categorizes LSAT scores of 147 to 149 as denoting a high risk of bar failure, scores of 145 and 146 as denoting a very high risk of bar failure, and scores of 120 to 144 as denoting an extreme risk of bar failure."

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Post by ooglygoogly » Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:39 am

ASU:

158/161/163
3.39/3.63/3.8
Class Size: 230 (+15)

Seems like everything stayed the same besides the class size.

https://www.law.asu.edu/about/jd-facts-figures

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Post by Huskies13! » Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:34 pm

ooglygoogly wrote:ASU:

158/161/163
3.39/3.63/3.8
Class Size: 230 (+15)

Seems like everything stayed the same besides the class size.

https://www.law.asu.edu/about/jd-facts-figures
Looks like they were posted too early. They've updated:
158/161/163 (no change)
3.34(-.05)/3.64(+.01)/3.80

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Post by TXguy2016 » Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:01 am

Does is it scare anyone the rampant grade inflation going on at universities?

Here are copies to old 509's http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/publi ... e-archives

As one example look at Cornel in 2012l: when there were 6,269 applicants the GPA25/50/75 was 3.55/3.65/3.80 .....in 2015 with 3,899 apps the GPA 25/50/75 was 3.62/3.74/3.82......with nearly 2,500 fewer apps you got significantly higher GPA's at the 25/median mark. (this is not just a Cornell thing, I have seen this trend too at other schools where the GPAs of today's decreased applicant pool are higher than when law schools were seeing their heyday of applications.

(and before you say I benefited from the system of today's grade inflation- I did not- my school's grade distribution is similar to a TTT)

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Post by TXguy2016 » Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:05 am

I personally feel that A's should be handed out very infrequently and only to the best so I find this current trend disturbing......I would hate for the day 10-15 years down the road when a school ranked 10-14 has a 25/50/75 of 3.88/3.95/4.0

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Post by proteinshake » Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:08 am

didn't Cornell have a 168 LSAT median back then? they have a 167 now, so that would explain that - they settled for a slightly lower LSAT to raise their GPA median and be more balanced.

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Post by goldenbear2020 » Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:07 pm

With the recent declines in high-LSAT applicants, law schools are opting to raise their median GPA by taking more reverse splitters while holding on to median LSAT as much as possible. From 2012 to 2015, Cornell's median GPA went from 3.68 to 3.74 while median LSAT stayed constant at 167, but 25th LSAT dropped from 166 to 164.
http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/cornell/

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Post by goldenbear2020 » Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:30 pm

Georgetown: 3.78 (+0.02) / 167
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Post by TXguy2016 » Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:54 pm

TXguy2016 wrote:Does is it scare anyone the rampant grade inflation going on at universities?

Here are copies to old 509's http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/publi ... e-archives

As one example look at Cornel in 2012l: when there were 6,269 applicants the GPA25/50/75 was 3.55/3.65/3.80 .....in 2015 with 3,899 apps the GPA 25/50/75 was 3.62/3.74/3.82......with nearly 2,500 fewer apps you got significantly higher GPA's at the 25/median mark. (this is not just a Cornell thing, I have seen this trend too at other schools where the GPAs of today's decreased applicant pool are higher than when law schools were seeing their heyday of applications.

(and before you say I benefited from the system of today's grade inflation- I did not- my school's grade distribution is similar to a TTT)
Btw I am not criticizing any current undergraduates and/or law school applicants for this situation.....it is the fault of universities and professors so please don't take it personally

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Post by TXguy2016 » Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:02 pm

proteinshake wrote:didn't Cornell have a 168 LSAT median back then? they have a 167 now, so that would explain that - they settled for a slightly lower LSAT to raise their GPA median and be more balanced.
But wouldn't you think with nearly 2,500 fewer applicants in 2015 than 2010 both LSAT and GPA would drop? It's not like we are talking about 300 fewer apps...I would imagine with over a third of the applicant pool decreasing there would be a more substantial hit to the numbers

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Post by ATLgroupie » Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:09 pm

goldenbear2020 wrote:Georgetown: 3.78 (+0.02) / 167
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Surprised. Looked like they were going for 168 median based on Law School Numbers . . .

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Post by Rigo » Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:11 pm

TXguy2016 wrote:
proteinshake wrote:didn't Cornell have a 168 LSAT median back then? they have a 167 now, so that would explain that - they settled for a slightly lower LSAT to raise their GPA median and be more balanced.
But wouldn't you think with nearly 2,500 fewer applicants in 2015 than 2010 both LSAT and GPA would drop? It's not like we are talking about 300 fewer apps...I would imagine with over a third of the applicant pool decreasing there would be a more substantial hit to the numbers
Maybe they became more generous. Maybe the drop in apps was mainly dumbs. Who knows.

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