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Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:05 pm
by itachiuchiha
Why does it seem that each one of those people have a TLS account? The amount of people who have 170+ on here is insane.
Hopefully I can join club 170+.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:07 pm
by TripTrip
itachiuchiha wrote:Why does it seem that each one of those people have a TLS account? The amount of people who have 170+ on here is insane.
Hopefully I can join club 170+.
Primarily because those of us who are dedicated enough to get 170+ are also dedicated enough to do the research... and end up here. Conversely, those who don't do research and don't find TLS also don't take the LSAT seriously.
To be fair, though, I think there were 2,000 people who got 170+ this year.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:09 pm
by itachiuchiha
TripTrip wrote:itachiuchiha wrote:Why does it seem that each one of those people have a TLS account? The amount of people who have 170+ on here is insane.
Hopefully I can join club 170+.
Primarily because those of us who are dedicated enough to get 170+ are also dedicated enough to do the research... and end up here. Conversely, those who don't do research and don't find TLS also don't take the LSAT seriously.
To be fair, though, I think there were 2,000 people who got 170+ this year.
you are right, I think it is 2%, so that would be 2k
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:11 pm
by TripTrip
itachiuchiha wrote:TripTrip wrote:itachiuchiha wrote:Why does it seem that each one of those people have a TLS account? The amount of people who have 170+ on here is insane.
Hopefully I can join club 170+.
Primarily because those of us who are dedicated enough to get 170+ are also dedicated enough to do the research... and end up here. Conversely, those who don't do research and don't find TLS also don't take the LSAT seriously.
To be fair, though, I think there were 2,000 people who got 170+ this year.
you are right, I think it is 2%, so that would be 2k
So shoot for 174.

Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:11 pm
by bluepenguin
There's also people from a lot of test years here. Mine's from 2009.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:13 pm
by 20130312
TOP-law-schools
HTH.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:25 pm
by CyanIdes Of March
Also this forum probably has inflated the number of people that get 170s by giving them better tools to achieve it, as I'm pretty sure it did for me.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:58 pm
by fallingup
if it's true that only around 2000 people get 170+ every year...how many 170+ applicants do you estimate there to be to T14 schools in a given cycle? 2000? 3000? 4000?
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:29 pm
by 2014
It's all about dat 99th percentile, 170 is shit
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:35 pm
by 02889
2014 wrote:It's all about dat 99th percentile, 170 is shit
So true.

Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:51 pm
by manofjustice
2014 wrote:It's all about dat 99th percentile, 170 is shit
99th %tile usually starts at around 172/3
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:28 pm
by 02889
manofjustice wrote:2014 wrote:It's all about dat 99th percentile, 170 is shit
99th %tile usually starts at around 172/3
That was his point. 170 is 97th.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:27 pm
by Cellar-door
Well it is way more than 1,000.
2010 was 4500+
2011 was 4000+
I can't find a 2012 that isn't a projection (projected was ~3300)
I used the graphs in this post :
http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/ad ... asier.html
which was based off he LSAC data.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:05 am
by doing_it_in_a_car
This was a really helpful analysis of 170 scorers that was unfortunately buried:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 6&t=145700
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:05 pm
by fallingup
thank you so much for linking this. i found it very interesting, although ultimately pointless since they couldnt account for almost half of 170+ scorers.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:06 pm
by ph14
It's because posting on TLS adds 3-6 points to your LSAT score.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:16 pm
by TripTrip
ph14 wrote:It's because posting on TLS adds 3-6 points to your LSAT score.
Actually I think there may some objective truth to that. The guides here are good at increasing LSAT scores and encouraging people in increase their LSAT scores.
Similarly, reading TLS will aid you in the applications process. And
submitting your scores to LSN more than doubles your chances of admission to some schools.
Either that or these people are bullshitting us to make themselves feel better.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:19 pm
by wert3813
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Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:23 pm
by suralin
ph14 wrote:It's because posting on TLS adds 3-6 points to your LSAT score.
It certainly helps--w/r/t to motivation, etc.--to be "involved" in a community that shares many of the same values and goals as you, particularly when it comes to LSAT prep and the value of it.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:15 pm
by fallingup
wert3813 wrote:fallingup wrote:
thank you so much for linking this. i found it very interesting, although ultimately pointless since they couldnt account for almost half of 170+ scorers.
If you had just scrolled you would have found an updated one that if far less useless. Shameless plug.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=201994
i read this yesterday. both threads reached a very similar conclusion. 2000-2500 people with 170+ end up in T14, the other 1500-1800 remain unaccounted for.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:21 pm
by wert3813
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Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:05 am
by 20130312
Suralin wrote:ph14 wrote:It's because posting on TLS adds 3-6 points to your LSAT score.
It certainly helps--w/r/t to motivation, etc.--to be "involved" in a community that shares many of the same values and goals as you, particularly when it comes to LSAT prep and the value of it.
Works for 1L grades too.
Disclaimer: YMMV.
Re: Out of the 1k people who get a 170+ every year
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:26 pm
by wert3813
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