CLASS OF 2018 MEDIANS! (LSAT/GPA/Class Size) Forum

kingpin101 · Post by **kingpin101** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:14 pm

Well UVA's admissions office fucked up this cycle, so yeah, definitely possible.

swampman · Post by **swampman** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:20 pm

kingpin101 wrote:Well UVA's admissions office fucked up this cycle, so yeah, definitely possible.

How so?

monsterman · Post by **monsterman** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:27 pm

swampman wrote:
kingpin101 wrote:Well UVA's admissions office fucked up this cycle, so yeah, definitely possible.
How so?

also curious about this. i know they fucked up last cycle, admitting only like 36% women or some shit, but i haven't heard anything they messed up on in this cycle...

swampman · Post by **swampman** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:29 pm

monsterman wrote:
swampman wrote:
kingpin101 wrote:Well UVA's admissions office fucked up this cycle, so yeah, definitely possible.
How so?
also curious about this. i know they fucked up last cycle, admitting only like 36% women or some shit, but i haven't heard anything they messed up on in this cycle...

Yeah, I can actually see them taking a LSAT hit in order to get a more diverse class, which could be seen as "fucking up" from the outside.

monsterman · Post by **monsterman** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:31 pm

swampman wrote:
monsterman wrote:
swampman wrote:
kingpin101 wrote:Well UVA's admissions office fucked up this cycle, so yeah, definitely possible.
How so?
also curious about this. i know they fucked up last cycle, admitting only like 36% women or some shit, but i haven't heard anything they messed up on in this cycle...
Yeah, I can actually see them taking a LSAT hit in order to get a more diverse class, which could be seen as "fucking up" from the outside.

that makes more sense. i know it was a priority to try and fix that.

Tiago Splitter · Post by **Tiago Splitter** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:31 pm

Weren't they pushing deferrals pretty hard this year?

fredfred · Post by **fredfred** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:32 pm

Tiago Splitter wrote:Weren't they pushing deferrals pretty hard this year?

I was deferred in June after asking for reconsideration. The Dean himself specifically said the class is overenrolled pretty badly. It seems most of the t14 after speaking to him overenrolled for whatever reason.

RareExports · Post by **RareExports** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:48 pm

UVA should drop to 168 -- I suspect they were counting on this anyway and their targeted admission strategy made it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

PeanutsNJam · Post by **PeanutsNJam** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:14 pm

MikeSpivey wrote:
Kinky John wrote:Berkeley's numbers weren't that different from UCLA's already, it'll be interesting to see what happens there
I suspect we are soon going to see a host of the 167 schools drop down the 166. Not all of them, but more of them.

Do you think the LSAT will soon become a much less significant factor in admissions, or will the inertia of the US News ranking system power through the slump?

Kinky John · Post by **Kinky John** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:45 pm

fredfred wrote:It seems most of the t14 after speaking to him overenrolled for whatever reason.

Ehh I find that hard to believe but this is a great thread for baseless speculation so I'll go ahead and confirm Georgetown to 160

fredfred · Post by **fredfred** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:02 pm

Kinky John wrote:
fredfred wrote:It seems most of the t14 after speaking to him overenrolled for whatever reason.
Ehh I find that hard to believe but this is a great thread for baseless speculation so I'll go ahead and confirm Georgetown to 160

Believe whatever you want. Just telling you my conversation with him a few weeks ago.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:15 pm

Kinky John wrote:
fredfred wrote:It seems most of the t14 after speaking to him overenrolled for whatever reason.
Ehh I find that hard to believe but this is a great thread for baseless speculation so I'll go ahead and confirm Georgetown to 160

There we go. This guy gets it.

ms9 · Post by **ms9** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:38 pm

UCONN class size down significantly.

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog ... -2014.html

I believe someone told me recently their dean of admissions was let go, and if true, she had been there for a long time.

MikeJD · Post by **MikeJD** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:08 pm

Berkeley increased its class size by 10% and fell to 166. That doesn't bode well for UCLA/USC, they probably took a ton from them.

Fiddlesticks · Post by **Fiddlesticks** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:46 pm

Berkeley increased class size, and lost just 1 LSAT point. Will Berkeley fall out of T14?!?

jetsfan1 · Post by **jetsfan1** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:51 pm

Fiddlesticks wrote:Berkeley increased class size, and lost just 1 LSAT point. Will Berkeley fall out of T14?!?

Not if Georgetown doesn't, and I can't see two falling out in one year (let alone 2 schools doing well enough to move into those places).

Aquila · Post by **Aquila** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:52 pm

jetsfan1 wrote:
Fiddlesticks wrote:Berkeley increased class size, and lost just 1 LSAT point. Will Berkeley fall out of T14?!?
Not if Georgetown doesn't, and I can't see two falling out in one year (let alone 2 schools doing well enough to move into those places).

2 doing better is the key!

jetsfan1 · Post by **jetsfan1** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:59 pm

Aquila wrote:
jetsfan1 wrote:
Fiddlesticks wrote:Berkeley increased class size, and lost just 1 LSAT point. Will Berkeley fall out of T14?!?
Not if Georgetown doesn't, and I can't see two falling out in one year (let alone 2 schools doing well enough to move into those places).
2 doing better is the key!

Who would it even be though? UT definitely would be the first, they've been knocking on the door for a while now, but like someone above said, I can't imagine UCLA maintaining their medians if Boalt is taking more AND dropping to 166, and I just can't picture Vandy as a T14 (sorry Spivey

) I know y'all were probably half joking, but still interesting to think about.

Aquila · Post by **Aquila** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:15 pm

jetsfan1 wrote:
Aquila wrote:
jetsfan1 wrote:
Fiddlesticks wrote:Berkeley increased class size, and lost just 1 LSAT point. Will Berkeley fall out of T14?!?
Not if Georgetown doesn't, and I can't see two falling out in one year (let alone 2 schools doing well enough to move into those places).
2 doing better is the key!
Who would it even be though? UT definitely would be the first, they've been knocking on the door for a while now, but like someone above said, I can't imagine UCLA maintaining their medians if Boalt is taking more AND dropping to 166, and I just can't picture Vandy as a T14 (sorry Spivey ) I know y'all were probably half joking, but still interesting to think about.

UT then UCLA then Vandy

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:31 pm

Boalt going from 167 to 166 is not going to make them fall out of the T14 lol, there is much more to ranking than medians. UCLA and others have historically been ahead of cornell in medians

snagglepuss · Post by **snagglepuss** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:46 pm

The T14 is an unshakeable institution. It's like a closed version of the EU where the reputation of the whole is tarnished by the behavior of the lesser states, except it has three Greeces (Georgetown, Michigan, and Berkeley).

Generally · Post by **Generally** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:46 pm

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chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:47 pm

Rankings also don't make a T14. See, e.g. Texas in 2011.

BACK TO MEDIANS.

basedvulpes · Post by **basedvulpes** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:53 pm

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Fiddlesticks · Post by **Fiddlesticks** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:04 pm

Do most schools tell students the incoming class profile during orientation? If so, how come it seems every year we are waiting until like October for some schools?