ITT: New School Medians Revealed Forum

[Tiago Splitter]

From Cornell's Website

"Overview of Fall 2011 entering class:
5,556 applications were received.
Median LSAT score was 168, with the 25th and 75th percentiles for the class falling at 166 and 169, respectively.
Median GPA was 3.66, with the 25th and 75th percentiles falling at 3.51 and 3.77, respectively."

http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admiss ... ration.cfm

Damn, I'm stoked now. If I score over 170 I'll have a kickass shot at Cornell.

Scoring above 170 won't make a difference. Once you get to 169 all LSAT scores are created equally for Cornell. A 170 and a 174 will both have the same impact on their medians.

Looking at last year's graph they did waitlist a bunch of 169ers, but with decreased apps and falling medians I'd bet that 169 is safer this year than last.

[Mavraides87]

Vandy's numbers >>> Cornell's?

Not flaming but when will a Vandy or UT kick Cornell out of T14 status?

[birdlaw117]

Vandy's numbers >>> Cornell's?

Not flaming but when will a Vandy or UT kick Cornell out of T14 status?

After they kick out GTTTown

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

Vandy's numbers >>> Cornell's?

Not flaming but when will a Vandy or UT kick Cornell out of T14 status?

As soon as those numbers become the only criteria in the rankings, probably.

[tennisking88]

Maryland

276 enrolled (225 day, 51 evening)
162 median LSAT (+1)
3.6 median GPA (+.09)
54% female, 46% male
37% minority representation

[tennisking88]

Maryland

276 enrolled (225 day, 51 evening)
162 median LSAT (+1)
3.6 median GPA (+.09)
54% female, 46% male
37% minority representation

223/73 FT/PT in 2010. +2 in FT, -22 in PT

[WSJ_Law]

University of Alabama lists their medians at 165/3.8 on their site

[tennisking88]

Tulane doesn't list medians but ranges: http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsabout/index.aspx?id=528

25/75% LSAT: 158(-2)/163(-1)
25/75% GPA: 3.4/3.75 (same)

Class size up 2 from last year, at 262

37.7% acc. rate (1050/2783)

[tennisking88]

Wake Forest doesn't list medians but ranges: http://admissions.law.wfu.edu/about/fast-facts/

Class Size: 185 (+20)
GPA 25th/75th percentile: 3.2(-.1)/3.8(+.1)
LSAT 25th/75th percentile: 160/164 (same)
# of states represented: 36 and 2 foreign countries
# of schools represented: 118
% women: 41%
% minority: 30%
average age: 24

[tennisking88]

UC Hastings: --LinkRemoved--

Fall 2011 Entering Class Profile
Class Size: 414 (+31(!))
Median Undergraduate GPA: 3.60 (same)
25%/75% GPA: 3.38(-.07)/3.73(+.02)
Median LSAT Score: 162 (-2)
25%/75% GPA: 157(-3)/165(same)

[tennisking88]

American: http://www.wcl.american.edu/admiss/profile.cfm

Class Size (FT): 388 (-37)
Medians: 3.45(+.06)/162(-1)
25/75 GPA: 3.24(+.11)/3.59(+.01)
25/75 LSAT: 159(+1)/163(-1)

Class Size (PT): 87 (+10)
Medians: 3.44(-.04)/160(-1)
25/75 GPA: 3.15(+.02)/3.60(same)
25/75 LSAT: 157(-2)/162(-2)

[tennisking88]

Pepperdine: http://law.pepperdine.edu/admissions/learn-more/facts/

LSAT Median 163 (same)
75th% 165 (same)
25th% 158 (-1)

GPA Median 3.63 (+.01)
75th% 3.78 (+.03)
25th% 3.33 (+.01)

Class size: 205 (-17)

[Aberzombie1892]

Vandy's numbers >>> Cornell's?

Not flaming but when will a Vandy or UT kick Cornell out of T14 status?

As soon as those numbers become the only criteria in the rankings, probably.

Bingo. Numbers are a small part of a (somewhat) complex ranking system. While Vanderbilt's numbers have been above Cornell's for 2-4 years, Cornell most likely owns (as they say) Vanderbilt in many of the other categories (reputation/expenditures/etc.).

Also, thanks tennisking88.

[zdamico]

167 3.72 for BU up 1 for LSAT, same GPA

[Robespierre]

Emory's new medians are 165 (-1) and 3.7(+.16) with a class of 245, which I believe shrunk by about 40 kids but is still larger than any other class size before that.

OMG, did you see their LSAT 25th?

http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-la ... lance.html

[Blindmelon]

Emory's new medians are 165 (-1) and 3.7(+.16) with a class of 245, which I believe shrunk by about 40 kids but is still larger than any other class size before that.

OMG, did you see their LSAT 25th?

http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-la ... lance.html

Yarr the ship be sinkin'.

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

Emory's new medians are 165 (-1) and 3.7(+.16) with a class of 245, which I believe shrunk by about 40 kids but is still larger than any other class size before that.

OMG, did you see their LSAT 25th?

http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-la ... lance.html

Yarr the ship be sinkin'.

No.

[Blindmelon]

Emory's new medians are 165 (-1) and 3.7(+.16) with a class of 245, which I believe shrunk by about 40 kids but is still larger than any other class size before that.

OMG, did you see their LSAT 25th?

http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-la ... lance.html

Yarr the ship be sinkin'.

No.

Was a joke, hence the pirate-talk. Ease of admission /=/ strength of law school.

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

Was a joke, hence the pirate-talk. Ease of admission /=/ strength of law school.

:/ sorry. My nerves were irreparably frazzled last spring.

[somewherewarm]

BU Law:
•Median LSAT: 167 (range 154–175)
•Median GPA: 3.72 (range 2.75–4.00)

They cut their class size by about 30 it seems too.

http://www.bu.edu/law/prospective/jd/class_profile/

Does anyone know what BU's 25th and 75ths are? The use of the term "range" is awfully fishy when other schools are posting quartiles. I'm curious as to what this may mean for their spread.

[Flash]

Did Stanford ever release their new medians?

[CanadianWolf]

Emory's 25% LSAT fell to 159. The 75% LSAT = 166. Underrepresented % of students seems to be 29%, not 39% as shown on their website.
Medians, as noted in above posts, are 165/3.7.
Expect many tier one law schools to report lower 25% LSATs in light of the Illinois & Villanova misreporting practices & also due to fewer applications received.

[CanadianWolf]

Minnesota's medians are 167/3.8.

LSAT 25% is 157 & LSAT 75% is the same as the median (167) according to Minnesota admissions.

GPA 25%/75% is 3.41/3.9.

P.S. 25% LSAT may be in 156 territory, but reported as a 157 due to rounding. Initially I was told that the 25% LSAT was 156/157.

[KevinP]

University of Washington: 164 (+1), 3.66 (No Change)

[coldshoulder]

University of Utah:
"Median UGPA was 3.63, and median LSAT was 161 for the Class of 2013. The 25th and 75th percentile distribution for the Class of 2013 were 3.46-3.82 and 157-164, respectively."