USNWR Rankings Released...Seriously Forum

[terpette]

just found this...so fun!

[amputatedbrain]

Rough year for Washington state . . . UW drops a couple slots, Seattle U almost 10, and Gonzaga falls of the face of the Earth

[horriblegb]

I find it hard to believe that miami moved up so much, fwiw

edit: and Hawai'i moved from approx. 103 to 72?

[OGR3]

Rough year for Washington state . . . UW drops a couple slots, Seattle U almost 10, and Gonzaga falls of the face of the Earth

I'm from Washington, and I'm very glad I didn't apply to any of the schools in my state. I would never apply to GU, UW is too elitist, and I didn't particularly like Seattle U. Though I'm sure a bunch of my friends are freaking out right now.

[09042014]

Rough year for Washington state . . . UW drops a couple slots, Seattle U almost 10, and Gonzaga falls of the face of the Earth

Since it's all relative who cares.

[thecilent]

Really upset I just dropped $400 on Cardozo this morning.

[strike]Don't be. It's not like the rankings make it a worse schoo[/strike]l.

[honestabe84]

When determining the ranking of a particular school, there is a certain amount of weight that is put on the LSAT (.35?). Does anyone know how USNWR handles multiple LSAT scores? Does it average scores? For example, as far as rankings are concerned, would it matter if each applicant admitted had taken the test three times with scores 150, 157, and a 180 as opposed to if each applicant had only taken the test once and got 180?

[OGR3]

It's on ATL now...

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[D. H2Oman]

I find it hard to believe that miami moved up so much, fwiw

edit: and Hawai'i moved from approx. 103 to 72?

Dude, for all practical purposes like 50th through 120th is a 70 way tie.

[thecilent]

It's on ATL now...

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I love how it was on TLS before anywhere else

[horriblegb]

I find it hard to believe that miami moved up so much, fwiw

edit: and Hawai'i moved from approx. 103 to 72?

Dude, for all practical purposes like 50th through 120th is a 70 way tie.

good point, but I just want to understand the logic behind it, sigh

[holybartender]

My flickr account's views are skyrocketing.

[booboo]

When determining the ranking of a particular school, there is a certain amount of weight that is put on the LSAT (.35?). Does anyone know how USNWR handles multiple LSAT scores? Does it average scores? For example, as far as rankings are concerned, would it matter if each applicant admitted had taken the test three times with scores 150, 157, and a 180 as opposed to if each applicant had only taken the test once and got 180?

The reason most schools take the highest LSAT now is because the ABA is okay with schools reporting the highest LSAT score for matriculants. Therefore, the 150, 157, 180 person would effectively work as a 180 for whatever school the person wished to attend.

[soullesswonder]

an even better picture from Visualize Law, showing the gaps in the scores for the T25:

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[honestabe84]

I find it hard to believe that miami moved up so much, fwiw

edit: and Hawai'i moved from approx. 103 to 72?

Dude, for all practical purposes like 50th through 120th is a 70 way tie.

TITCR, except it probably holds true from 35 through 200.

[honestabe84]

When determining the ranking of a particular school, there is a certain amount of weight that is put on the LSAT (.35?). Does anyone know how USNWR handles multiple LSAT scores? Does it average scores? For example, as far as rankings are concerned, would it matter if each applicant admitted had taken the test three times with scores 150, 157, and a 180 as opposed to if each applicant had only taken the test once and got 180?

The reason most schools take the highest LSAT now is because the ABA is okay with schools reporting the highest LSAT score for matriculants. Therefore, the 150, 157, 180 person would effectively work as a 180 for whatever school the person wished to attend.

Yes, I understand that, but as far as the USNWR rankings are concerned, does it make it sense for a school to admit the latter (180) as opposed to the former (150, 157, 180)?

[hiromoto45]

What happened to SUNY-Buffalo?

[OGR3]

What happened to SUNY-Buffalo?

USNWR realized that it's in Buffalo...

[Mr. Matlock]

What happened to SUNY-Buffalo?

You didn't hear??????

[honestabe84]

What happened to SUNY-Buffalo?

Tier 2s changed BIG TIME.

[D. H2Oman]

What happened to SUNY-Buffalo?

The new weather metric seems to have hurt them.

[OGR3]

What happened to SUNY-Buffalo?

The new weather metric seems to have hurt them.

Was that adopted from Cooley's system?

[hiromoto45]

What happened to SUNY-Buffalo?

USNWR realized that it's in Buffalo...

But what's its rank now? I don't think Syracuse is better than Buffalo for that region.

[johnstuartmill]

an even better picture from Visualize Law, showing the gaps in the scores for the T25:

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FTFY

[StoneontaState]

It's a TTT.