Law schools not offering admission grid - why?
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:39 pm
So when looking around LSAC at admissions stats for schools, you'll often find this:
https://www.law.hawaii.edu/sites/www.la ... rofile.jpg
Or this
http://www.deloggio.com/lsat/profilebar.jpg
And I'm wondering - does anyone actually think that these schools are that different in their process than ones that offer it? It just seems odd to me that schools would withhold this information except to get students with low numbers to think "there's a chance" and they might be the lucky one (since part of the USNews rankings system is acceptance rate, and you've got to be able to reject students to have a lower acceptance rate). Is anyone here aware of why schools actually withhold this information? Does anyone think these schools run the admissions process any different? I highly doubt that any of these schools really run the process any different, except for a tiny handful. I've heard Cornell and Michigan mentioned as schools that really do a "wholistic" admissions process and actually mean it, but I seriously doubt their admissions figures would be significantly different from other top 20 schools. Even in the cases of ones that are "really" different, like Michigan and Cornell (again, that's just what I've heard), I doubt that makes a significant difference - I imagine they look a little more at soft factors and a little less at hard factors, but that they're still pretty much doing it the same.
Final Q in a series of Qs - anyone else annoyed by these kinds of responses when you're looking for admissions grids? I've found these admissions grids to be really useful, certainly more useful than just the 25th/75th percentiles. I mean, these kinds of grids have really helped me figure out the difference between what, for me, are reach schools and what are just silly fantasies.
Instead of grids, like this:Admission to Cornell Law School is very competitive. Members of the most recent entering class had a median undergraduate grade-point average of 3.68 and a median LSAT score of 167. But we do not evaluate candidates by the numbers alone. The admissions committee carefully considers such nonquantifiable factors as extracurricular and community activities, life experience and work background, and recommendations. The law school subscribes to the university's long-standing tradition of affirmative action, and members of traditionally underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to mention their status where they think it is relevant. The decision to offer admission ultimately rests on whether the committee is convinced that the applicant will be an energetic, productive, and successful member of the Cornell Law School community and, eventually, the legal profession.
https://www.law.hawaii.edu/sites/www.la ... rofile.jpg
Or this
http://www.deloggio.com/lsat/profilebar.jpg
And I'm wondering - does anyone actually think that these schools are that different in their process than ones that offer it? It just seems odd to me that schools would withhold this information except to get students with low numbers to think "there's a chance" and they might be the lucky one (since part of the USNews rankings system is acceptance rate, and you've got to be able to reject students to have a lower acceptance rate). Is anyone here aware of why schools actually withhold this information? Does anyone think these schools run the admissions process any different? I highly doubt that any of these schools really run the process any different, except for a tiny handful. I've heard Cornell and Michigan mentioned as schools that really do a "wholistic" admissions process and actually mean it, but I seriously doubt their admissions figures would be significantly different from other top 20 schools. Even in the cases of ones that are "really" different, like Michigan and Cornell (again, that's just what I've heard), I doubt that makes a significant difference - I imagine they look a little more at soft factors and a little less at hard factors, but that they're still pretty much doing it the same.
Final Q in a series of Qs - anyone else annoyed by these kinds of responses when you're looking for admissions grids? I've found these admissions grids to be really useful, certainly more useful than just the 25th/75th percentiles. I mean, these kinds of grids have really helped me figure out the difference between what, for me, are reach schools and what are just silly fantasies.
