C/O 2016 Class Profiles Forum

[bouleversement]

all the "lol @ 0Ls" comments finally make so much sense

Is it more than the fact people don't want to be reminded they aren't going to the school ranked just ahead of them? If so, elaborate.

No... you really just don't care anymore. It's not like me or sinfiery are going to shitty schools or anything. It's probably just you have much more important shit to worry about.

I think USNWR correlates quite well with career outcomes (with Mono's qualifications upthread) and so it is only natural for us to fixate on medians at this stage. We are, for the most part, looking to get into the best school we can. At the same time, I understand why you would no longer care about this topic once you are in a program. You have made your choice, doubtless done the best you could to get in to the best school you could, and now need nothing more than to excel at the school at which you find yourself. It is the primary factor you still have control over. For the vast majority (everyone except transfers), school selection at that point is history.

But that doesn't mean it can't be interesting. The presence here of non-0Ls I suppose proves as much.

[NoodleyOne]

all the "lol @ 0Ls" comments finally make so much sense

Is it more than the fact people don't want to be reminded they aren't going to the school ranked just ahead of them? If so, elaborate.

No... you really just don't care anymore. It's not like me or sinfiery are going to shitty schools or anything. It's probably just you have much more important shit to worry about.

I think USNWR correlates quite well with career outcomes (with Mono's qualifications upthread) and so it is only natural for us to fixate on medians at this stage. We are, for the most part, looking to get into the best school we can. At the same time, I understand why you would no longer care about this topic once you are in a program. You have made your choice, doubtless done the best you could to get in to the best school you could, and now need nothing more than to excel at the school at which you find yourself. It is the primary factor you still have control over. For the vast majority (everyone except transfers), school selection at that point is history.

But that doesn't mean it can't be interesting. The presence here of non-0Ls I suppose proves as much.

I haven't seen a non-0L say anything substantive, it's just normally a busy topic.

The thing you SHOULD be worried about instead of medians, which contrary to your point doesn't correlate that well at all, is when the ABA releases it's data on employment. This stuff is relevant to admissions, sure, but beyond that, don't stress about what this means for employment.

[DrStudMuffin]

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[sinfiery]

I think USNWR correlates quite well with career outcomes (with Mono's qualifications upthread) and so it is only natural for us to fixate on medians at this stage. We are, for the most part, looking to get into the best school we can. At the same time, I understand why you would no longer care about this topic once you are in a program. You have made your choice, doubtless done the best you could to get in to the best school you could, and now need nothing more than to excel at the school at which you find yourself. It is the primary factor you still have control over. For the vast majority (everyone except transfers), school selection at that point is history.

But that doesn't mean it can't be interesting. The presence here of non-0Ls I suppose proves as much.

It's more that the central idea does still matter to us, ie a decent USNWR rank and to a much more important point, employment statistics as noodely said, but as someone who has done much pontificating at the margins, how much you care about every silly little difference really just falls off a cliff /you just don't think it's worth the time to care about the small distinctions between most of the T14 schools anymore.

[crestor]

So because FSU is willing to play the ranking game and lower class size and take highest LSAT and offer more scholarships for high LSAT students, FSU is going to shit kick UF in the rankings soon enough AND have better looking girls.

[Cicero76]

So because FSU is willing to play the ranking game and lower class size and take highest LSAT and offer more scholarships for high LSAT students, FSU is going to shit kick UF in the rankings soon enough AND have better looking girls.

[img]mr%20burns[/img]

Yes. But it's fine, because UF will still shit-kick FSU up and down the length of the Swamp come November.

[Lord Randolph McDuff]

CU brought in its "largest class ever," per my 1L source at orientation. Pretty sure this was a total accident and our medians were kicked in the tits. They haven't posted yet but I'll check back when they do.

[crestor]

CU brought in its "largest class ever," per my 1L source at orientation. Pretty sure this was a total accident and our medians were kicked in the tits. They haven't posted yet but I'll check back when they do.

as you go to CU, i assume campos must be a pariah among his colleagues lol. it would be epic to have class with him though.

[indo]

I don't understand why everyone is so giddy.

I'm excited because I'm hoping some TTTs will close and stop preying on the misinformed.

+1 .

[Steveloblaw]

Received a packet from Michigan, which included the following stats about the incoming 2013 class:

Applied: 4,900
Enrolled: 315
Women: 48%
Minorities: 23%
GPA: 3.53/3.72/3.83
LSAT: 165/168/170
Mean Age: 24
75% 1+ years out of Undergrad

[jingosaur]

Received a packet from Michigan, which included the following stats about the incoming 2013 class:

Applied: 4,900
Enrolled: 315
Women: 48%
Minorities: 23%
GPA: 3.53/3.72/3.83
LSAT: 165/168/170
Mean Age: 24
75% 1+ years out of Undergrad

Well I guess people who go to Michigan won't be saying that they go to a Top 10 law school anymore...

[bouleversement]

Received a packet from Michigan, which included the following stats about the incoming 2013 class:

Applied: 4,900
Enrolled: 315
Women: 48%
Minorities: 23%
GPA: 3.53/3.72/3.83
LSAT: 165/168/170
Mean Age: 24
75% 1+ years out of Undergrad

Interesting. tyft.

Applications pretty steady but enrollment down sharply.


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[jbagelboy]

Received a packet from Michigan, which included the following stats about the incoming 2013 class:

Applied: 4,900
Enrolled: 315
Women: 48%
Minorities: 23%
GPA: 3.53/3.72/3.83
LSAT: 165/168/170
Mean Age: 24
75% 1+ years out of Undergrad

Well I guess people who go to Michigan won't be saying that they go to a Top 10 law school anymore...

168. Ouch.

[zbollenb]

Wow, I just submitted my application to Michigan. I'm only 1 point below median now!

[04102014]

What's crazy is that 168 comes with a not insignificant cut in class size.

[04102014]

Received a packet from Michigan, which included the following stats about the incoming 2013 class:

Applied: 4,900
Enrolled: 315
Women: 48%
Minorities: 23%
GPA: 3.53/3.72/3.83
LSAT: 165/168/170
Mean Age: 24
75% 1+ years out of Undergrad

Well I guess people who go to Michigan won't be saying that they go to a Top 10 law school anymore...

You're silly.

[SteelPenguin]

Any chance one of Columbia, NYU, or Penn take an LSAT median hit?

[Steveloblaw]

Any chance one of Columbia, NYU, or Penn take an LSAT median hit?

Also interested in this...considering UVA, Duke, and now Michigan took a hit, it seems likely Penn will as well, though perhaps they played the game better (and UVA, for example, has to take a significant amount of in-state applicants). So we will see.

I somehow doubt NYU and Columbia will though - they've played for higher LSAT's consistently in the past, so perhaps their GPA will fall.

[04102014]

Any chance one of Columbia, NYU, or Penn take an LSAT median hit?

Also interested in this...considering UVA, Duke, and now Michigan took a hit, it seems likely Penn will as well, though perhaps they played the game better (and UVA, for example, has to take a significant amount of in-state applicants). So we will see.

I somehow doubt NYU and Columbia will though - they've played for higher LSAT's consistently in the past, so perhaps their GPA will fall.

I'd be shocked if NYU doesn't drop a point. Large class size, and they admitted an atypical # of 168s last cycle.

[Steveloblaw]

Any chance one of Columbia, NYU, or Penn take an LSAT median hit?

Also interested in this...considering UVA, Duke, and now Michigan took a hit, it seems likely Penn will as well, though perhaps they played the game better (and UVA, for example, has to take a significant amount of in-state applicants). So we will see.

I somehow doubt NYU and Columbia will though - they've played for higher LSAT's consistently in the past, so perhaps their GPA will fall.

I'd be shocked if NYU doesn't drop a point. Large class size, and they admitted an atypical # of 168s last cycle.

After looking at the data again, you're probably right...we also have the 25/75 #'s from NYU, and they're listed at 168 and 172 respectively. Statistically, that means it's likely to see a 170 median, which would be a 1 point drop.

Edit: Also, apparently Duke held it's median at 169, correction from my post above.

[longlivetheking]

Any chance one of Columbia, NYU, or Penn take an LSAT median hit?

Also interested in this...considering UVA, Duke, and now Michigan took a hit, it seems likely Penn will as well, though perhaps they played the game better (and UVA, for example, has to take a significant amount of in-state applicants). So we will see.

I somehow doubt NYU and Columbia will though - they've played for higher LSAT's consistently in the past, so perhaps their GPA will fall.

I'd be shocked if NYU doesn't drop a point. Large class size, and they admitted an atypical # of 168s last cycle.

After looking at the data again, you're probably right...we also have the 25/75 #'s from NYU, and they're listed at 168 and 172 respectively. Statistically, that means it's likely to see a 170 median, which would be a 1 point drop.

Edit: Also, apparently Duke held it's median at 169, correction from my post above.

i just fapped to 170 nyu median.

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

Any chance one of Columbia, NYU, or Penn take an LSAT median hit?

CLS: I doubt it. Seemed like the guidelines for 170-172 remained roughly as they were in past years. But a big school that didn't really drop class size, so I suppose it's possible. They haven't told us anything regarding numbers.
NYU: Probably. I would've said maybe before based on the fact that they seemed quite eager to pull in 170s with GPAs they may not have taken in years past. Plus they're big enough so that smaller differences are magnified. But now that they have 168/172 splits, I'd say 170 seems likely to follow.
Penn: I doubt it, based on pretty robust rejection rates of 170+. But if Michigan and UVA both dropped, it's on the table.

Of course, clearly my predictive skills suck, so take my words with a grain of salt.

[longlivetheking]

Any chance one of Columbia, NYU, or Penn take an LSAT median hit?

CLS: I doubt it. Seemed like the guidelines for 170-172 remained roughly as they were in past years. But a big school that didn't really drop class size, so I suppose it's possible. They haven't told us anything regarding numbers.
NYU: Probably. I would've said maybe before based on the fact that they seemed quite eager to pull in 170s with GPAs they may not have taken in years past. Plus they're big enough so that smaller differences are magnified. But now that they have 168/172 splits, I'd say 170 seems likely to follow.
Penn: I doubt it, based on pretty robust rejection rates of 170+. But if Michigan and UVA both dropped, it's on the table.

Of course, clearly my predictive skills suck, so take my words with a grain of salt.

seriously though how is penn rejecting all those 170s? this has gotta be one of biggest mysteries of the 2012-2013 cycle.

[banjo]

Regulus actually compiled historical splits and medians for the T14: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub ... SlE&gid=31

CLS hasn't had a 171 median since c/o 2008. They've had a 172 median seven years in a row. They also cut their class size for c/o 2015. I am not sure how much financial aid they gave out this year, but I predict they maintain 170-172-174.

[bouleversement]

Somebody at SLS knows how to manage a wait list. Class size for c/o 2012-2015 hasn't deviated a single person from 180.