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[somewhatwayward]

Wait, so are those the LSAT and GPA means or medians? I am a 3L (valid question might be why I am even reading this but putting that aside...) so I don't have access to LSAC anymore AFAIK, but I thought LSAC provided medians, not means.

I am surprised that Harvard's GPA mean (or median) is at 3.5 although I guess Stanford and Yale are worse (almost a 3.6!). A couple lawyers have expressed the sentiment that when they see HYPS undergrads who don't go to HYS for law school, they kind of wonder what went wrong, but a non-URM 167/3.5 is not getting HYS even with the small HYPS bump. I didn't get HYS (albeit in the competitive '09-'10 cycle) with a 171/3.9, which, combined, must've been at the very least 80th percentile overall for Harvard grads.

[mg7]

Wait, so are those the LSAT and GPA means or medians? I am a 3L (valid question might be why I am even reading this but putting that aside...) so I don't have access to LSAC anymore AFAIK, but I thought LSAC provided medians, not means.

I am surprised that Harvard's GPA mean (or median) is at 3.5 although I guess Stanford and Yale are worse (almost a 3.6!). A couple lawyers have expressed the sentiment that when they see HYPS undergrads who don't go to HYS for law school, they kind of wonder what went wrong, but a non-URM 167/3.5 is not getting HYS even with the small HYPS bump. I didn't get HYS (albeit in the competitive '09-'10 cycle) with a 171/3.9, which, combined, must've been at the very least 80th percentile overall for Harvard grads.

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[cowmater]

wow St. John's is shitty for a school with a "decent" law school. Not that that should matter, just surprising.

The St. John's with a 163 average is not St. John's University, but St. John's College - a small liberal arts college with a curriculum based on study of the classics and canonical works.

[alwayssunnyinfl]

wow St. John's is shitty for a school with a "decent" law school. Not that that should matter, just surprising.

The St. John's with a 163 average is not St. John's University, but St. John's College - a small liberal arts college with a curriculum based on study of the classics and canonical works.

163 is pretty good.

[shntn]

wow St. John's is shitty for a school with a "decent" law school. Not that that should matter, just surprising.

The St. John's with a 163 average is not St. John's University, but St. John's College - a small liberal arts college with a curriculum based on study of the classics and canonical works.

163 is pretty good.

Yeah...my undergrad has a fairly decent law school and the same LSAT mean (as of when my academic report was compiled, anyway.)