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Ran here.

D Brooks wrote:Ran here.

Seriously, though, there's no quantifiable boost coming from URM status. Schools treat it differently and don't just uniformly "add to the LSAT" (I've never seen any evidence that any school deals with URM status by just adding to the applicant's numbers).

Wouldn't common sense lead you to think that NA would be typically larger?

Why? The average LSAT score for a Native American is about 4 points lower than for a Caucasian, while African-Americans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans all have lower average scores than Native Americans (in the case of African-Americans and Puerto Ricans, by a substantial margin), which means that Native Americans are less disadvantaged in law school applications by the LSAT than those other URM groups

Also, the point of URM boosts is to bring law student racial/ethnic demographics into proportion with the US racial/ethnic demographics. Native Americans only make up 0.8% of the US population, meaning it takes fewer of them to bring a law school's population into proportion as far as Native American students go. Native Americans account for a little over 0.8% of all LSAT takers, while African-Americans and Hispanics account for smaller percentages of LSAT takers than they do of the total population. So, law schools need about 0.8% Native American students to make them proportionally represented, and a little over 0.8% of LSAT takers are Native American, which makes it easier for law schools to be selective because they have enough to choose from. Compare that to African-Americans and Hispanics, who account for a much smaller percentage of test takers than they do for total US population, and you see that Law Schools have to go even lower within the test-taking populations of these races/ethnicities to fill their ranks, meaning they have to give them a larger boost in the admissions process.



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It depends on each school. There is no uniform point-based rule for every school. However, AA seem to get substantial boosts, while MX/PR/NA get more modest but still solid boosts. People also get boosts for being LGBT or for being Cuban, DR, etc. These boosts tend not to be as large as the traditional URM boosts, though.

Core wrote:It depends on each school. There is no uniform point-based rule for every school. However, AA seem to get substantial boosts, while MX/PR/NA get more modest but still solid boosts. People also get boosts for being LGBT or for being Cuban, DR, etc. These boosts tend not to be as large as the traditional URM boosts, though.

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delBarco wrote:

Core wrote:It depends on each school. There is no uniform point-based rule for every school. However, AA seem to get substantial boosts, while MX/PR/NA get more modest but still solid boosts. People also get boosts for being LGBT or for being Cuban, DR, etc. These boosts tend not to be as large as the traditional URM boosts, though.

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Even if they can show they're bringing diversity & overcame hardship? Idk.

IBTL...usually how these threads end.

Bildungsroman wrote:

D Brooks wrote:Ran here.

Seriously, though, there's no quantifiable boost coming from URM status. Schools treat it differently and don't just uniformly "add to the LSAT" (I've never seen any evidence that any school deals with URM status by just adding to the applicant's numbers).

Wouldn't common sense lead you to think that NA would be typically larger?

Why? The average LSAT score for a Native American is about 4 points lower than for a Caucasian, while African-Americans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans all have lower average scores than Native Americans (in the case of African-Americans and Puerto Ricans, by a substantial margin), which means that Native Americans are less disadvantaged in law school applications by the LSAT than those other URM groups

Also, the point of URM boosts is to bring law student racial/ethnic demographics into proportion with the US racial/ethnic demographics. Native Americans only make up 0.8% of the US population, meaning it takes fewer of them to bring a law school's population into proportion as far as Native American students go. Native Americans account for a little over 0.8% of all LSAT takers, while African-Americans and Hispanics account for smaller percentages of LSAT takers than they do of the total population. So, law schools need about 0.8% Native American students to make them proportionally represented, and a little over 0.8% of LSAT takers are Native American, which makes it easier for law schools to be selective because they have enough to choose from. Compare that to African-Americans and Hispanics, who account for a much smaller percentage of test takers than they do for total US population, and you see that Law Schools have to go even lower within the test-taking populations of these races/ethnicities to fill their ranks, meaning they have to give them a larger boost in the admissions process.



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Average test score for Puerto Ricans 138!

Core wrote:It depends on each school. There is no uniform point-based rule for every school. However, AA seem to get substantial boosts, while MX/PR/NA get more modest but still solid boosts.

This. (Although I sometimes hear that NA gets the biggest boost because it's the "rarest" form of LS applicant URM?)

Not too knowledgeable on the topic, but wouldn't it make sense to give a larger boost to whatever groups are less 'represented' in the law profession or law schools. Or is it based on how 'represented' a group is in the number of test takers compared to general demographic info? idk

What about Native Hawaiians, how rare are we? I have still yet to meet any on here or anywhere

Yea, i think native hawaiians are under-underrepresented. You should get at least a 30 pt lsat bump. Does it count if i kind of look hawaiian? lol

what is LGBT?

getitdone wrote:what is LGBT?

Lesbian, Gay, Bi, & Transgendered. People who are LGBT may see a diversity boost at some schools, but are not considered URMs, since URM is a specific legal construct with referring to certain racial groups.

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I just came across this passage as well- the author's name rhymes with Schmontauk right?
Anyway, I guess according to the LSAC data about URM's and the national trend of our LSAT scores, this "curve" would be about right. If Caucasians average a 152, Mexicans a 147 (although at 147.96 it's probably best to round up to 148), and AA ~142, the author of this book assumes that law school admissions officers simply tack on the +5 for Mexican Americans and a +10 for AA.

Whether or not that actually happens- who knows. Seems unlikely though.