schools' mean LSAT Forum

[Darth Topher]

Cool thread

[CyLaw]

U South Florida : 148
UMUC: 145
Iowa State U: 154

[yalie10]

Brandeis should be changed to a 159 (first post shows 158). My LSDAS report shows that as the mean for 2007.

[friaralum08]

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[polaris769]

Cornell checks in at 161.

[Dead Ringer]

I can't believe Yale and Harvard are only 165 and 166!

I think that is unbelievably impressive. Their mean is the 90th percentile of all LSAT takers. It shows that they really are selecting very bright people and/or motivated people. My UG's mean is 153, pathetic, but hardly surprising from what I saw of the work ethic there.

[yalie10]

I can't believe Yale and Harvard are only 165 and 166!

I think that is unbelievably impressive. Their mean is the 90th percentile of all LSAT takers. It shows that they really are selecting very bright people and/or motivated people. My UG's mean is 153, pathetic, but hardly surprising from what I saw of the work ethic there.

Actually, a 165 is 93.5% and a 166 is 95%.

[Jas]

My LSDAS has UF at 155.

[zonkadonk]

this is kind of making me feel better about my choke job on test day

[Sanchez]

Choke like Bob Knight...

[underdawg]

o rly?

[zonkadonk]

I was excited to have the mean LSAT at Yale, until I realized that these scores are brought down by UG URM's in the same way that law schools 25%'s are artificially low. dang.

[vasiok]

U South Florida : 148

Holy shit that's low

[RVP11]

U South Florida : 148

Holy shit that's low

People who have not yet taken a real LSAT should not be allowed to make a judgment on what is "low".

[vasiok]

People who have not yet taken a real LSAT should not be allowed to make a judgment on what is "low".

Well, considering that my cold diagnostic was 10 pt's higher I think that is low.

Besides I used to work at USF

Was just surprised it was that low.

[JustDude]

U South Florida : 148

Holy shit that's low

People who have not yet taken a real LSAT should not be allowed to make a judgment on what is "low".

Have to agree on that one

[jay115]

U South Florida : 148

Holy shit that's low

My undergrad is pretty low on the ladder too =/

[Ali]

so how exactly does the LSAC and law schools view these mean scores?
do they compare it to your individual score or something??

[afrikaans9]

William and Mary 160!! Higher than UVA 158!!! Shows you how much rankings mean.

[mcds]

I was excited to have the mean LSAT at Yale, until I realized that these scores are brought down by UG URM's in the same way that law schools 25%'s are artificially low. dang.

This is such an ignorant and racist statement.

Less than 10% of any Ivy's application pool is composed of URMs.

The valedictorian of Dartmouth got a 165 and they were certainly not a URM.

Stop assuming blacks and latinos drag everyones numbers down.

[drew]

scanned, didn't see, anyone find out S. Carolina's mean? (i'm sure its low)

thanks

[sher85]

sooo ... if i went to a school that has one of the top 5 highest mean LSAT's, and I did pretty well there in terms of UGPA, that's a good thing right?

[RVP11]

sooo ... if i went to a school that has one of the top 5 highest mean LSAT's, and I did pretty well there in terms of UGPA, that's a good thing right?

If you have to ask an internet message board, it does make that accomplishment seem a lot less impressive.

[sher85]

sooo ... if i went to a school that has one of the top 5 highest mean LSAT's, and I did pretty well there in terms of UGPA, that's a good thing right?

If you have to ask an internet message board, it does make that accomplishment seem a lot less impressive.

haha ... I guess I meant is it an advantage in the process (obv its a good thing, duh). Just because I know some schools are always worried about their rankings. I was wondering if say a 3.85 from a school with a much lower mean LSAT = 3.77 from a school with a really high mean LSAT. roughly.

[mcds]

sooo ... if i went to a school that has one of the top 5 highest mean LSAT's, and I did pretty well there in terms of UGPA, that's a good thing right?

If you have to ask an internet message board, it does make that accomplishment seem a lot less impressive.

haha ... I guess I meant is it an advantage in the process (obv its a good thing, duh). Just because I know some schools are always worried about their rankings. I was wondering if say a 3.85 from a school with a much lower mean LSAT = 3.77 from a school with a really high mean LSAT. roughly.

It depends on a lot. I think all the schools with 163+ get boosts for some schools, but not at all of them