Top Law Schools

Understandably a rise in rankings makes the admissions process presumably more selective. However, how does a drop in rankings (more specifically from the low tier 2 to outside the top 100) effect rankings. Do they become more selective to regain their past rankings or do they tend to become less selective reflecting their new rankings?

dfcarenza wrote:Understandably a rise in rankings makes the admissions process presumably more selective. However, how does a drop in rankings (more specifically from the low tier 2 to outside the top 100) effect rankings. Do they become more selective to regain their past rankings or do they tend to become less selective reflecting their new rankings?

Probably not very much at all either way. I would say sliiiiightly more competitive due to more applicants in recent years, but that's about it.

dfcarenza wrote:Understandably a rise in rankings makes the admissions process presumably more selective. However, how does a drop in rankings (more specifically from the low tier 2 to outside the top 100) effect rankings. Do they become more selective to regain their past rankings or do they tend to become less selective reflecting their new rankings?

Not going to make a difference. Schools take what they can get. Most schools would have to decrease their class size substantially in order to effectively implement the type of strategy you're talking about.

This is more common with undergraduate schools than for law schools.