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Mean LSAT Score from your UG college

Post by ilovemulch » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:44 am

my academic summary report was just done on LSAC but I don't see where I can find the mean LSAT score of people at my UG?? (there's a table that says what percent are in each LSAT percentile, but it doesn't give a mean score...)

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Post by Entchen » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:52 am

ilovemulch wrote:my academic summary report was just done on LSAC but I don't see where I can find the mean LSAT score of people at my UG?? (there's a table that says what percent are in each LSAT percentile, but it doesn't give a mean score...)
It's below that, in the "Transcript Analysis" section, immediately below "College Code."

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Post by ilovemulch » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:49 am

Entchen wrote:
ilovemulch wrote:my academic summary report was just done on LSAC but I don't see where I can find the mean LSAT score of people at my UG?? (there's a table that says what percent are in each LSAT percentile, but it doesn't give a mean score...)
It's below that, in the "Transcript Analysis" section, immediately below "College Code."
Ahhh, i see it...thank you!

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Post by tipler4213 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:08 am

What is the purpose of this as far as selection is concerned? Is it in your favor to go to a school with a high mean? What is considered a good mean score?

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Post by rundoxierun » Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:26 am

tipler4213 wrote:What is the purpose of this as far as selection is concerned? Is it in your favor to go to a school with a high mean? What is considered a good mean score?
I believe some schools used to use it for constructing a type of formula to indicate undergrad quality... currently though, no one really knows if its used or not.

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Post by bofaem » Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:28 am

how long did it take from when you sent in your transcripts to lsac to the acadmemic summary report being completed?

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Post by ilovemulch » Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:51 am

bofaem wrote:how long did it take from when you sent in your transcripts to lsac to the acadmemic summary report being completed?
About 2 weeks (but there was a july 4th holiday weekend in there)

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Post by Barbie » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:07 pm

tipler4213 wrote:What is the purpose of this as far as selection is concerned? Is it in your favor to go to a school with a high mean? What is considered a good mean score?
Idk but my UG hasn't had very many takers-- we don't have a pre-law program at all and there is only 1 guy who has a JD teaching at our school. The mean is 148!!!!! When I saw this I almost died because I thought they had MY LSAT wrong. I can't tell how this will effect my chances, but no on like to see that number on your paper work....

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Post by 09042014 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:11 pm

darby girl wrote:
tipler4213 wrote:What is the purpose of this as far as selection is concerned? Is it in your favor to go to a school with a high mean? What is considered a good mean score?
Idk but my UG hasn't had very many takers-- we don't have a pre-law program at all and there is only 1 guy who has a JD teaching at our school. The mean is 148!!!!! When I saw this I almost died because I thought they had MY LSAT wrong. I can't tell how this will effect my chances, but no on like to see that number on your paper work....
It won't hurt you at all.

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Post by NancyBotwin » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:12 pm

darby girl wrote:
tipler4213 wrote:What is the purpose of this as far as selection is concerned? Is it in your favor to go to a school with a high mean? What is considered a good mean score?
Idk but my UG hasn't had very many takers-- we don't have a pre-law program at all and there is only 1 guy who has a JD teaching at our school. The mean is 148!!!!! When I saw this I almost died because I thought they had MY LSAT wrong. I can't tell how this will effect affect my chances, but no on like to see that number on your paper work....
Assuming your score is higher than that, it is actually a good thing for you that the mean is so low. It tells the schools to which you are applying that you did that much better than the other people at your school.

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Post by 09042014 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:14 pm

NancyBotwin wrote:
darby girl wrote:
tipler4213 wrote:What is the purpose of this as far as selection is concerned? Is it in your favor to go to a school with a high mean? What is considered a good mean score?
Idk but my UG hasn't had very many takers-- we don't have a pre-law program at all and there is only 1 guy who has a JD teaching at our school. The mean is 148!!!!! When I saw this I almost died because I thought they had MY LSAT wrong. I can't tell how this will effect affect my chances, but no on like to see that number on your paper work....
Assuming your score is higher than that, it is actually a good thing for you that the mean is so low. It tells the schools to which you are applying that you did that much better than the other people at your school.
But it makes her GPA look worse because its filled with toileteers.

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Post by NancyBotwin » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:15 pm

Desert Fox wrote:
NancyBotwin wrote: Assuming your score is higher than that, it is actually a good thing for you that the mean is so low. It tells the schools to which you are applying that you did that much better than the other people at your school.
But it makes her GPA look worse because its filled with toileteers.
That too.

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Post by 09042014 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:16 pm

NancyBotwin wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
NancyBotwin wrote: Assuming your score is higher than that, it is actually a good thing for you that the mean is so low. It tells the schools to which you are applying that you did that much better than the other people at your school.
But it makes her GPA look worse because its filled with toileteers.
That too.
Schools don't really care.

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Post by NancyBotwin » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:17 pm

Desert Fox wrote:Schools don't really care.
Yeah, basically.

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Post by Barbie » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:18 pm

Desert Fox wrote:
NancyBotwin wrote:
darby girl wrote:
tipler4213 wrote:What is the purpose of this as far as selection is concerned? Is it in your favor to go to a school with a high mean? What is considered a good mean score?
Idk but my UG hasn't had very many takers-- we don't have a pre-law program at all and there is only 1 guy who has a JD teaching at our school. The mean is 148!!!!! When I saw this I almost died because I thought they had MY LSAT wrong. I can't tell how this will effect affect my chances, but no on like to see that number on your paper work....
Assuming your score is higher than that, it is actually a good thing for you that the mean is so low. It tells the schools to which you are applying that you did that much better than the other people at your school.
But it makes her GPA look worse because its filled with toileteers.
I went to a different UG for 3 years and their mean isn;t MUCH better. If they actually look at my class schedule, I took all really difficult courses-- even my electives for 4000 level phi courses.
But yeah hopefully they will see that. I don't know one person in our pre-law society (only ab 15 ppl) that did better than me on the LSAT, and I only got a 163. It is definitly not a law-oriented school. Which is why I find this site so helpful, because I have NO one to help guide me there.

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Post by 09042014 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:23 pm

darby girl wrote:
I went to a different UG for 3 years and their mean isn;t MUCH better. If they actually look at my class schedule, I took all really difficult courses-- even my electives for 4000 level phi courses.
But yeah hopefully they will see that. I don't know one person in our pre-law society (only ab 15 ppl) that did better than me on the LSAT, and I only got a 163. It is definitly not a law-oriented school. Which is why I find this site so helpful, because I have NO one to help guide me there.
Law schools really don't care, and any law school that is going to take a 163 definitely isn't going to care. They aren't even going to look at what classes you took.

They take 5 minutes to review your application.
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Post by NancyBotwin » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:25 pm

darby girl wrote:If they actually look at my class schedule, I took all really difficult courses-- even my electives for 4000 level phi courses.
This is going to sound harsh, but no. Philosophy classes are not considered "really difficult," or even moderately difficult. Schools will not think you are amazing for taking them. Now, if by really difficult classes you meant bioengineering or something like that, it'd be a different story.

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Post by Barbie » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:25 pm

Desert Fox wrote:
Law schools really don't care, and any law school that is going to take a 163 definitely isn't going to care. They aren't even going to look at what classes you took.

They take 5 minutes to review your application.
Definitely disagree with that. Just because a school accepts a 163 doesn't mean they just let anyone in. And for as long as that shit takes on status checker.. it seems like a LOT more than 5 min.

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Post by Barbie » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:27 pm

NancyBotwin wrote:
darby girl wrote:If they actually look at my class schedule, I took all really difficult courses-- even my electives for 4000 level phi courses.
This is going to sound harsh, but no. Philosophy classes are not considered "really difficult," or even moderately difficult. Schools will not think you are amazing for taking them. Now, if by really difficult classes you meant bioengineering or something like that, it'd be a different story.
In all, I meant I didn't take any fluff classes. You can hate on those classes if you wish but only 2 of us got an A in one particularly difficult one. With the right professor, some of those courses can be quite challenging. Anyways, I really just meant I never took any BS classes, like it seems most people I know do.

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Post by NancyBotwin » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:27 pm

darby girl wrote:And for as long as that shit takes on status checker.. it seems like a LOT more than 5 min.
Also no. You get about 5 minutes. That's it. The reason it takes so long on the status checker is because along with yours they review literally hundreds or other applications, and they have to decide who to take/waitlist/reject out of ALL of those. THEN they update your status checker.

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Post by NancyBotwin » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:28 pm

darby girl wrote:In all, I meant I didn't take any fluff classes. You can hate on those classes if you wish but only 2 of us got an A in one particularly difficult one. With the right professor, some of those courses can be quite challenging. Anyways, I really just meant I never took any BS classes, like it seems most people I know do.
Not hating on them - I took philosophy classes too. But just because they may have been difficult for you and your classmates does not mean anyone else is going to think they are difficult when compared to things like the hard sciences.

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Post by Grizz » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:31 pm

I didn't know my school had a pre-law society that met and whatnot until after my apps were already in. Oops.

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Post by Barbie » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:34 pm

rad law wrote:I didn't know my school had a pre-law society that met and whatnot until after my apps were already in. Oops.
the most helpful thing they did was tell me about this site (trial junky, actually, she was the pres of pre-law at our school last year)

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