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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by gahthelaw » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:10 pm

justice4me wrote:here's one trickle in: just got the acceptance letter via e-mail!

3.7 and 172
congratulations! are you ED? also, are you incredibly awesome in baby-saving, cancer-curing ways?

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by GlobeTrotter » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:10 pm

ahhh freaking out, really?

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by justice4me » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:13 pm

Yup, ED. I did once save a baby, and cure it of cancer, but i neglected to mention that on my application!

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by rx3r » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:17 pm

Congrats!

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by rrd8823 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:46 pm

Congratulations. Hopefully my 173 and 3.72 hold up ED

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by GlobeTrotter » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:53 pm

Yeah, congrats. I don't know if I can handle the trickle. Why can't they just send a large amount of acceptances at once, like other schools? 2 more weeks of trickling might make me flip

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by Helmholtz » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:00 pm

GlobeTrotter wrote:Yeah, congrats. I don't know if I can handle the trickle. Why can't they just send a large amount of acceptances at once, like other schools? 2 more weeks of trickling might make me flip
If you have read the Columbia 2009 thread, you will realize that "flipping" is not an uncommon occurrence during the trickle.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by GlobeTrotter » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:15 pm

I fear the trickle. I need to understand it. Are we talking only 1 trickle a day? Then I can close gmail now....a few tickles a week? A trickle in the morning, one after lunch? A trickly a day keeps the doctor away?

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by oneforship » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:55 pm

GlobeTrotter wrote:I fear the trickle. I need to understand it. Are we talking only 1 trickle a day? Then I can close gmail now....a few tickles a week? A trickle in the morning, one after lunch? A trickly a day keeps the doctor away?
A trickle.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by aFish6 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:57 pm

Looks like that's the end of the day's trickle. :?

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by kittenmittons » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:58 pm

aFish6 wrote:Looks like that's the end of the day's trickle. :?
Someone please make a pee joke. I'm too high-brow for that.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by gahthelaw » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:59 pm

kittenmittons wrote:
aFish6 wrote:Looks like that's the end of the day's trickle. :?
Someone please make a pee joke. I'm too high-brow for that.
seconded.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by puppleberry finn » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:00 pm

I was making a chart of 25/median/75s today. CLS has such a low 75% GPA compared to other schools in that range.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by kittenmittons » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:01 pm

puppins wrote:I was making a chart of 25/median/75s today. CLS has such a low 75% GPA compared to other schools in that range.
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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by aFish6 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:02 pm

puppins wrote:I was making a chart of 25/median/75s today.
The trickle makes you crazy.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by puppleberry finn » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:08 pm

kittenmittons wrote:
puppins wrote:I was making a chart of 25/median/75s today. CLS has such a low 75% GPA compared to other schools in that range.
Hope!
I was also looking at the USNWR rankings methodology and noticed that only medians count, not 25/75%. Why does everyone constantly talk about 25/75 instead of median?

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by puppleberry finn » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:12 pm

aFish6 wrote:
puppins wrote:I was making a chart of 25/median/75s today.
The trickle makes you crazy.
I'm not even ED, so I can't really blame the crazy on the trickle.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by kittenmittons » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:12 pm

puppins wrote:
kittenmittons wrote:
puppins wrote:I was making a chart of 25/median/75s today. CLS has such a low 75% GPA compared to other schools in that range.
Hope!
I was also looking at the USNWR rankings methodology and noticed that only medians count, not 25/75%. Why does everyone constantly talk about 25/75 instead of median?
Better gauge imo. You know what the middle 50% of the class is like instead of just the middle student.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by puppleberry finn » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:16 pm

kittenmittons wrote:
puppins wrote: I was also looking at the USNWR rankings methodology and noticed that only medians count, not 25/75%. Why does everyone constantly talk about 25/75 instead of median?
Better gauge imo. You know what the middle 50% of the class is like instead of just the middle student.
True. But when people talk about rankings being the only reason for a numbers-centric admissions process, well, only medians would count then. From a rankings perspective, everyone who is above both medians at all is helpful, regardless of being below 75%; likewise, everyone below median hurts, even if it is above 25%. It just seems like a lot of people act like being above the 25%, even if below median, is beneficial to their app. I'm not sure if that's true?

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by bluejayk » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:28 pm

puppins wrote: True. But when people talk about rankings being the only reason for a numbers-centric admissions process, well, only medians would count then. From a rankings perspective, everyone who is above both medians at all is helpful, regardless of being below 75%; likewise, everyone below median hurts, even if it is above 25%. It just seems like a lot of people act like being above the 25%, even if below median, is beneficial to their app. I'm not sure if that's true?
Heh, I was just made aware of this yesterday too. Someone mentioned it in another thread, and I was so sure he was wrong I went and looked up the methodology to back up my withering dismissal and was amazed to see he was right. This actually has rocked my law school admissions world a good bit. I mean, schools still report their 25/75th percentile numbers, but they don't affect their USNWR rankings. It really throws a wrench in my assumption that schools are primarily ranking-whores, it turns out they're mostly just LSAT/GPA whores. Or something..

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by Lieut Kaffee » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:33 pm

puppins wrote:
kittenmittons wrote:
puppins wrote:I was making a chart of 25/median/75s today. CLS has such a low 75% GPA compared to other schools in that range.
Hope!
I was also looking at the USNWR rankings methodology and noticed that only medians count, not 25/75%. Why does everyone constantly talk about 25/75 instead of median?
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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by puppleberry finn » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:35 pm

bluejayk wrote:
puppins wrote: True. But when people talk about rankings being the only reason for a numbers-centric admissions process, well, only medians would count then. From a rankings perspective, everyone who is above both medians at all is helpful, regardless of being below 75%; likewise, everyone below median hurts, even if it is above 25%. It just seems like a lot of people act like being above the 25%, even if below median, is beneficial to their app. I'm not sure if that's true?
Heh, I was just made aware of this yesterday too. Someone mentioned it in another thread, and I was so sure he was wrong I went and looked up the methodology to back up my withering dismissal and was amazed to see he was right. This actually has rocked my law school admissions world a good bit. I mean, schools still report their 25/75th percentile numbers, but they don't affect their USNWR rankings. It really throws a wrench in my assumption that schools are primarily ranking-whores, it turns out they're mostly just LSAT/GPA whores. Or something..
I wonder if they even care about their 25/75, or if that is just incidental (or really, a window into what the class looks like without a ton of purposeful shaping by adcoms).

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by Lieut Kaffee » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:45 pm

puppins wrote:
bluejayk wrote:
puppins wrote: True. But when people talk about rankings being the only reason for a numbers-centric admissions process, well, only medians would count then. From a rankings perspective, everyone who is above both medians at all is helpful, regardless of being below 75%; likewise, everyone below median hurts, even if it is above 25%. It just seems like a lot of people act like being above the 25%, even if below median, is beneficial to their app. I'm not sure if that's true?
Heh, I was just made aware of this yesterday too. Someone mentioned it in another thread, and I was so sure he was wrong I went and looked up the methodology to back up my withering dismissal and was amazed to see he was right. This actually has rocked my law school admissions world a good bit. I mean, schools still report their 25/75th percentile numbers, but they don't affect their USNWR rankings. It really throws a wrench in my assumption that schools are primarily ranking-whores, it turns out they're mostly just LSAT/GPA whores. Or something..
I wonder if they even care about their 25/75, or if that is just incidental (or really, a window into what the class looks like without a ton of purposeful shaping by adcoms).
To the extent that law schools' obsession with rankings is just an elaborate form of advertising (to attract the best students and perpetuate the cycle), the fact that this list contains only the 25/75th, combined with TLS's growing influence, lends quite a bit of weight to these figures. I bet they care.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by puppleberry finn » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:47 pm

I think if TLS is an influence in any way on admissions decisions, schools would only gun for higher rankings and nothing more.

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Re: Columbia 2010

Post by Lieut Kaffee » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:59 pm

puppins wrote:I think if TLS is an influence in any way on admissions decisions, schools would only gun for higher rankings and nothing more.
I will say one thing. This revelation (and now I feel dumb for assuming USNWR used all three medians) definitely makes me think schools actually place significant weight on the predictive value of GPA and LSAT. I mean, I always knew that was the philosophy behind it, but now we can't attribute as 3.7's significant admissions advantage over a 3.2 to "medians."

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