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http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/data/ ... ministered

Percentage of test takes in Feb 2015 increased 4.4%. Haven't had an increase of more than 1.1% since December 2009.

Year on year, 2014-2015 saw 101,000 test takers - lowest in at least 30 years. % decrease for the year was 3.3% compared with 6% in 2013 and 13% before with another 16% before that.

Looks like the declines are slowing and next year may be the first increase in takers.

February doesn't mean shit. Let me know when June increases.

Traynor Brah wrote:February doesn't mean shit. Let me know when June increases.

um it increased in dec too

December's increase *might* be a fluke because of Dec 2013's weird weather stuff/test center closings that never got rescheduled. I'd probably want to wait until June before making any predictions

xylocarp wrote:December's increase *might* be a fluke because of Dec 2013's weird weather stuff/test center closings that never got rescheduled. I'd probably want to wait until June before making any predictions

Does it concern anyone that the 2015 Feb. increase was on top of inflated 2014 numbers, due to the above?

starry eyed wrote:um it increased in dec too

December doesn't mean shit. Let me know when October increases.

LSAT doesn't mean shit. Let me know when number of applicants increases.

Look at aggregates. http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/data/ ... ministered

Test takers for 2014-2015 were the lowest ever. There has been somewhat of a stabilization at these crazy low levels; think of it as climbing out of the recession: The unemployment rate going from 9.2% to 9.1% is good news insofar as we aren't headed towards serfdom. Expect test-takers to be very low next year relative to past cycles. Test-takers should remain about the same or higher; it is hard to imagine any significant (5-10%) decrease next year.

I had to read the thread title three times because I was confused. It's been so longer since I've heard about an increase my mind kept reading this as 'decreased most since'

Hikkomorist wrote:

xylocarp wrote:December's increase *might* be a fluke because of Dec 2013's weird weather stuff/test center closings that never got rescheduled. I'd probably want to wait until June before making any predictions

Does it concern anyone that the 2015 Feb. increase was on top of inflated 2014 numbers, due to the above?

Eh February is February. I wouldn't be surprised to see an increase in June, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a decrease either

cannibal ox wrote:LSAT doesn't mean shit. Let me know when number of applicants increases.

Can't tell if serious. But what else are we supposed to use as a metric for predicting number of applicants?

starry eyed wrote:

cannibal ox wrote:LSAT doesn't mean shit. Let me know when number of applicants increases.

Can't tell if serious. But what else are we supposed to use as a metric for predicting number of applicants?

There's no need to proxy with LSATs administered. LSAC publishes the number of ABA applications, applicants, and LSATs administered for each cycle.

ETA: link for the lazy http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/data/ ... me-summary

stoopkid13 wrote:

starry eyed wrote:

cannibal ox wrote:LSAT doesn't mean shit. Let me know when number of applicants increases.

Can't tell if serious. But what else are we supposed to use as a metric for predicting number of applicants?

There's no need to proxy with LSATs administered. LSAC publishes the number of ABA applications, applicants, and LSATs administered for each cycle.

ETA: link for the lazy http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/data/ ... me-summary

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