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UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:14 pm
by masked kavana
does this even matter?
do ad comms look at your school median and take into account that only a couple of people from your ug scored as high or higher?
if not whats it there for?
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:21 pm
by 03121202698008
No, not even a little bit. FWIW, my school didn't even have one as not enough people had taken it.
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:23 pm
by 20130312
Maybe if they've never heard of your UG, they'll use it. Otherwise, no.
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:46 pm
by AntipodeanPhil
I read an interview with a dean of admissions in which he said they use the LSAT median to interpret a student's GPA. Presumably, if your school has a low LSAT median, they might view a high GPA suspiciously - especially if your school has a high median GPA.
Of course, one has to view these claims critically, as what admissions staff say often doesn't seem to fit with what they do.
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:48 pm
by 20130312
AntipodeanPhil wrote:
Of course, admissions staff seem to say a lot of stuff like this, but then just make decisions on the basis of the numbers.
^ This. Their medians are extremely important to adcomms.
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:50 pm
by masked kavana
Thanks for the replies. I just never understood the need for it, but what everyone is saying definitely makes sense
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:51 pm
by Opie
I got the top score in my UG. Pretty sad considering I got a 164. I did use the data to petition my school's administration to beef up the critical thinking curriculum since they're redesigning it right now.
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:23 pm
by WSJ_Law
Opie wrote:I got the top score in my UG. Pretty sad considering I got a 164. I did use the data to petition my school's administration to beef up the critical thinking curriculum since they're redesigning it right now.
LOL
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:18 pm
by Veyron
To the extent that law schools take into account the quality of your undergrad, they do it on the basis of UG lsat median, not USNWR ranking. Cornell's dean was pretty explicit about that.
However, it doesn't matter to any great extent for the vast majority of UGs.
Re: UG lsat median
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:17 pm
by Opie
Veyron wrote:To the extent that law schools take into account the quality of your undergrad, they do it on the basis of UG lsat median, not USNWR ranking. Cornell's dean was pretty explicit about that.
However, it doesn't matter to any great extent for the vast majority of UGs.
+1
There are basically three levels from what I've heard:
The really good schools: HYP, etc.
Pretty good schools: on down to the top 30 or so on USNews
Everybody else.