How difficult, relatively, is it to get into these schools? Forum

[WalkingPlato]

Rank the following from most to least difficult:

1. UC Berkeley
2. U of Penn
3. U of Virginia
4. NYU
5. Columbia

[paratactical]

Rank the following from most to least difficult:

1. UC Berkeley
2. U of Penn
3. U of Virginia
4. NYU
5. Columbia

Are you joking?

[WalkingPlato]

Rank the following from most to least difficult:

1. UC Berkeley
2. U of Penn
3. U of Virginia
4. NYU
5. Columbia

Are you joking?

No. I was talking with friends and we disagreed on the answer.. I thought I'd ask TLS and see what other people think. The way I put them down is not what any of us think. It's just me writing them down so you can give numerical ordering instead of having to write out names..

[stillwater]

this is dumB (capital B)

[Cellar-door]

Rank the following from most to least difficult:

1. UC Berkeley
2. U of Penn
3. U of Virginia
4. NYU
5. Columbia

Are you joking?

No. I was talking with friends and we disagreed on the answer.. I thought I'd ask TLS and see what other people think. The way I put them down is not what any of us think. It's just me writing them down so you can give numerical ordering instead of having to write out names..

Basically the answer is that it isn't standardized, they fall in a different order depending on the candidate.
As an example, use mylsn.info.
For students getting a 4.0 or better GPA and a 170 or better LSAT you get a different order of % accepted than the same GPA with a 175 or better, and a different order for a 3.7 GPA etc etc. They are all in essentially the same band so it is impossible to predict them with any accuracy against each other.

[WalkingPlato]

Rank the following from most to least difficult:

1. UC Berkeley
2. U of Penn
3. U of Virginia
4. NYU
5. Columbia

Are you joking?

No. I was talking with friends and we disagreed on the answer.. I thought I'd ask TLS and see what other people think. The way I put them down is not what any of us think. It's just me writing them down so you can give numerical ordering instead of having to write out names..

Basically the answer is that it isn't standardized, they fall in a different order depending on the candidate.
As an example, use mylsn.info.
For students getting a 4.0 or better GPA and a 170 or better LSAT you get a different order of % accepted than the same GPA with a 175 or better, and a different order for a 3.7 GPA etc etc. They are all in essentially the same band so it is impossible to predict them with any accuracy against each other.

That's what I said!

[TripTrip]

That's what I said!

Then you and your friends didn't disagree on the answer, you disagreed on the question.

...then you came here and posted the terrible version of the question to prove a point?

[sinfiery]

1: Columbia
2: NYU
T3: Berkeley, UVA, Penn

[bowser]

I'm biased, because I go to Columbia. But why not:

1: Columbia
2: NYU/Penn/Berkeley/UVA

So maybe my answer makes me seem like an asshole, but hey whatever. The 2nd place tie because:

NYU requires numbers roughly at the level of Columbia, but once you hit the right numbers you're almost certain to get in (Columbia doesn't get as predictable until your numbers are quite high)
Penn is legitimately GPA-snobby, and will reject super-high LSATs with just okay GPAs, unlike NYU/Columbia.
Berkeley is easily the least predictable numbers-wise; they legitimately seem to consider the entire application.
UVA because their ED lets in boatloads of super-splitters and reverse splitters in highly predictable fashion, but RD seems like a crapshoot.

[rad lulz]

lawschoolnumbers.com

[epiphinous7]

It goes HYS then TTT

[09042014]

Rank the following from most to least difficult:

1. UC Berkeley
2. U of Penn
3. U of Virginia
4. NYU
5. Columbia

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