Sweet tar. And yeah, a 4.5 is a nice index to have For context, A 4.0 and 180 would get you to a 4.82 (according to LSP), whereas I with my 3.7 and 171 am sitting at 4.2 (which gives me a 25% chance or less of admittance to CLS, historically). Good luck!arkansawyer wrote:I just assumed the index number must be some way of comparing very similar scores. The bigger the betterr6_philly wrote:Ummm. It's an "index" number, not a "decision" number. Indexing means sorting the files. I really don't think they make decisions based on the index alone... they will look at your LSAT and then your GPA, so what difference does it make how how it goes?arkansawyer wrote:Well how high can the index number go? I'm trying to figure out how to calculate it with my fall grades added in...
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Sweet tar. And yeah, a 4.5 is a nice index to have For context, A 4.0 and 180 would get you to a 4.82 (according to LSP), whereas I with my 3.7 and 171 am sitting at 4.2 (which gives me a 25% chance or less of admittance to CLS, historically). Good luck![/quote]
I feel better with your 171/3.7 than my 170/3.9 (4.3).
Sweet tar. And yeah, a 4.5 is a nice index to have For context, A 4.0 and 180 would get you to a 4.82 (according to LSP), whereas I with my 3.7 and 171 am sitting at 4.2 (which gives me a 25% chance or less of admittance to CLS, historically). Good luck![/quote]
I feel better with your 171/3.7 than my 170/3.9 (4.3).
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Ugh, how the index is weighted is so weird. What I should really count on with my index (I'm guessing) is NOT hearing anything in the first wave of decisions.r6_philly wrote:I feel better with your 171/3.7 than my 170/3.9 (4.3).Excellence = a Habit wrote:
Sweet tar. And yeah, a 4.5 is a nice index to have For context, A 4.0 and 180 would get you to a 4.82 (according to LSP), whereas I with my 3.7 and 171 am sitting at 4.2 (which gives me a 25% chance or less of admittance to CLS, historically). Good luck!
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If it makes you feel better, the majority of us won't have either option, much less a decision to make between the two. I know I certainly won't!LinzerTorte wrote:Also, everyone talking about CCN schollys vs. HYS sticker is depressing me! Can we go back to just stressing about our index numbers (sorry philly!)?
These envelopes better come soon. I have ASWs to plan and I'd very much like to know whether I need to add another or not!
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NYC isn't so bad for me, but if all the places that I have to fly to don't give me decisions soon I won't be able to afford to go. Air fare just went up like a bunch it seems.eskimo wrote: These envelopes better come soon. I have ASWs to plan and I'd very much like to know whether I need to add another or not!
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This weekend is going to be horribly, horribly long. Whether or not the New Yorkers get vomit in their mailboxes on Friday/Saturday.
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Its true. If no one gets any vomit I predict complete, insane meltdown in this thread.kazu wrote:This weekend is going to be horribly, horribly long. Whether or not the New Yorkers get vomit in their mailboxes on Friday/Saturday.
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Friday will be so long. Waiting and waiting for vomit in NYC.kazu wrote:This weekend is going to be horribly, horribly long. Whether or not the New Yorkers get vomit in their mailboxes on Friday/Saturday.
No vomit --> Repeat on Saturday...
No vomit on Saturday --> zOMG early Feb fo realz!?!?#%?!?
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lolFresh wrote:Friday will be so long. Waiting and waiting for vomit in NYC.kazu wrote:This weekend is going to be horribly, horribly long. Whether or not the New Yorkers get vomit in their mailboxes on Friday/Saturday.
No vomit --> Repeat on Saturday...
No vomit on Saturday --> zOMG early Feb fo realz!?!?#%?!?
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FTFYLinzerTorte wrote:Its true. If no one gets any vomit I predict complete, insane meltdown in this thread by dulcatis.kazu wrote:This weekend is going to be horribly, horribly long. Whether or not the New Yorkers get vomit in their mailboxes on Friday/Saturday.
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WHAT. NOOOOOO. I am so broke.r6_philly wrote:Air fare just went up like a bunch it seems.
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FTFYdulcatis wrote:FTFLinzerTorte wrote:Its true. If no one gets any vomit I predict complete, insane meltdown in this thread by dulcatis.kazu wrote:This weekend is going to be horribly, horribly long. Whether or not the New Yorkers get vomit in their mailboxes on Friday/Saturday.YM
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whether its by envelope or induced by lack thereof, either way there will probably be vomit here when the postman comes and goes on saturday
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Is the index a CLS-specific thing? I don't think I've read about it in any other threads.
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Nope. It's just that we needed something new to freak out about after all the past freak out threadsprt86a wrote:Is the index a CLS-specific thing? I don't think I've read about it in any other threads.
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Every school has its own index number system for applicants. But the whole 4.3/4.4/4.5 breakdown is exclusive to CLS.Fresh wrote:Nope. It's just that we needed something new to freak out about after all the past freak out threadsprt86a wrote:Is the index a CLS-specific thing? I don't think I've read about it in any other threads.
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Also, and I'm not trying to give anyone false hope here or anything, but the above breakdown is something collectively generated from LSN and TLS data-mining, right? It isn't something that like, Columbia's adcomms have announced.c_dubya_s wrote:Every school has its own index number system for applicants. But the whole 4.3/4.4/4.5 breakdown is exclusive to CLS.Fresh wrote:Nope. It's just that we needed something new to freak out about after all the past freak out threadsprt86a wrote:Is the index a CLS-specific thing? I don't think I've read about it in any other threads.
In other words, there will be exceptions to the 4.2 = rule, right? RIGHT!?!?!?!
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YupLinzerTorte wrote:
In other words, there will be exceptions to the 4.2 = rule, right? RIGHT!?!?!?!
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Yes, it's basically a way to sort yourself into a relative chances group, based on how CLS perceives your numbers. Not all 4.4s will get in, and not all 4.2s will be WL/rejected, but as a whole the 4.4s will do better than the 4.2s. Although this sounds just like common sense (as in, higher numbers do better than lower numbers, which is obvious) I guess it's more of a way to see how Columbia views your numbers together and not as a separate LSAT/GPA. There aren't any cutoffs or announcements by CLS, it's just how applicants with certain indices have fared over the years (according to TLS/LSN).LinzerTorte wrote:Also, and I'm not trying to give anyone false hope here or anything, but the above breakdown is something collectively generated from LSN and TLS data-mining, right? It isn't something that like, Columbia's adcomms have announced.
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It's a LSN data-mining thing. I agree with what was said a few pages back--it's what they use to group files, not to make admissions decisions. So there will probably be exceptions to the whole index breakdown, which is VERY general. If you really want to go see where you stand, go back and find the graphs in this thread (sorry, I'm at work--otherwise I would do it myself). I'm a 4.4 rounded index, but my spot on the index graphs (which plot index vs. your LSAT) is split between admits and WLs.LinzerTorte wrote:Also, and I'm not trying to give anyone false hope here or anything, but the above breakdown is something collectively generated from LSN and TLS data-mining, right? It isn't something that like, Columbia's adcomms have announced.c_dubya_s wrote:Every school has its own index number system for applicants. But the whole 4.3/4.4/4.5 breakdown is exclusive to CLS.Fresh wrote:Nope. It's just that we needed something new to freak out about after all the past freak out threadsprt86a wrote:Is the index a CLS-specific thing? I don't think I've read about it in any other threads.
In other words, there will be exceptions to the 4.2 = rule, right? RIGHT!?!?!?!
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If its just based on LSN data, why does each school seem to have a different index scale? Do we know if Columbia actually uses a scale similar to the LSP 4.x one?
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Each school publishes their own index. If you look at the index column on LSP you'll see they're all different, with some being low as 3.x and others higher than 200. the 4.x one is Columbia's official index.prt86a wrote:If its just based on LSN data, why does each school seem to have a different index scale? Do we know if Columbia actually uses a scale similar to the LSP 4.x one?
Also I don't know if someone posted the actual index formula, but I didn't see it so if y'all are curious:
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0.045 (multiply by LSAT)
0.559 (multiply by GPA)
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Well yeah, I understand all of that. I was half-joking about my own situation, but I think it can be important for people to remember that we are nothing close to a representative sample of applicants and admissions.eskimo wrote:Yes, it's basically a way to sort yourself into a relative chances group, based on how CLS perceives your numbers. Not all 4.4s will get in, and not all 4.2s will be WL/rejected, but as a whole the 4.4s will do better than the 4.2s. Although this sounds just like common sense (as in, higher numbers do better than lower numbers, which is obvious) I guess it's more of a way to see how Columbia views your numbers together and not as a separate LSAT/GPA. There aren't any cutoffs or announcements by CLS, it's just how applicants with certain indices have fared over the years (according to TLS/LSN).LinzerTorte wrote:Also, and I'm not trying to give anyone false hope here or anything, but the above breakdown is something collectively generated from LSN and TLS data-mining, right? It isn't something that like, Columbia's adcomms have announced.
EDIT: Holy crap, Eskimo, that's you! I don't know how I feel about that new tar.
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That's why I was trying to book before the new year but I didn't get no acceptances. It's like $480+fees Philly-SF now. It was close to 400 when I traveled 2 weeks ago, and this is 3 months in advance.eskimo wrote:WHAT. NOOOOOO. I am so broke.r6_philly wrote:Air fare just went up like a bunch it seems.
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