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Why unranked schools fail student's?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:07 pm
by Sarahamelia
I've been researching law schools to apply to and i see alot of people talking about third tier and unranked law schools. So far this is what I found out:
1. The grading curve is low so students lose scholarships
2. Low GPA means it's harder to transfer
3. Bad job prospects

But I saw someone say unranked schools fail alot of people and sometimes no one gets an A in a class. I don't understand why they want to fail people?

I haven't graduated or taken the lsat yet. I was thinking of staying at home and going to the law school in my town but it's unranked and I didn't realize how bad it was...So I guess I won't be applying.

Excuse typos at work and don't feel like editing

Re: Why unranked schools fail student's?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:46 pm
by BrainsyK
If they let people graduate, those people go on to take and (probably) fail the bar, which risks the school's accreditation.

Re: Why unranked schools fail student's?

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:35 pm
by QContinuum
Sarahamelia wrote:I haven't graduated or taken the lsat yet. I was thinking of staying at home and going to the law school in my town but it's unranked and I didn't realize how bad it was...So I guess I won't be applying.
What's your GPA? Unless you have something in the 1.x range, you should be able to get into a T1/T2 school with a good enough LSAT score... and the LSAT's a very learnable test.