Survey of Job Outcome and Grades compared to LSAT Score Forum

[LittleLionMan]

Since all the posts floating around these days are "What are my chances with [LSAT Score]?" I was curious to see what job outcomes and grades TLS folks got based on their LSAT. For simplicity's sake with jobs, I'm referring to first job, because we all know that everyone, through hustle, grit, and determination, can still reach their dream job if they try hard enough.

JUST POST:
1) Job Outcome (select from categories below)
2) LSAT score
3) School range and GPA (T14, Top 50, Top 100, TTTT)



Mods: posted here for anonymity's sake and since it is job-related.

1) Biglaw
2) 175
3) tier 1; top 1%

This thread seems to really be about :LSAT correlation to grades (since outside the very top schools grades=jobs), which a thread like this would never be able to answer. But for some more anecdotal evidence, at my tier 1 school--as far as a I know--I am the only "splitter" at the very top of our class; the other top of the class students had great undergrad GPAs.

[Anonymous User]

1. BigLaw - Secondary market but still $160k
2. LSAT - 163
3. T100 - around top 10%

[Anonymous User]

Volunteer at Legal Aid
164
BC/BU Bottom Half

[Anonymous User]

1. V50
2. 174
3. Median at CCN

[Anonymous User]

V5
159
T30 top third transferred to T13 and now top 25%

[84651846190]

V5
159
T30 top third transferred to T13 and now top 25%

lol

[jselson]

V5
159
T30 top third transferred to T13 and now top 25%

lol

Who would want to be associated with GeorgeTTTTown?

[Elston Gunn]

V5
159
T30 top third transferred to T13 and now top 25%

lol

Who would want to be associated with GeorgeTTTTown?

That's definitely not the part that's lol-worthy.

[jselson]

V5
159
T30 top third transferred to T13 and now top 25%

lol

Who would want to be associated with GeorgeTTTTown?

That's definitely not the part that's lol-worthy.

Then I'm missing the joke, unless it's low-LSAT plus striver details about transferring/class rank. Or something about law school admissions/hiring being a sham. Or idk.

[Elston Gunn]

Then I'm missing the joke, unless it's low-LSAT plus striver details about transferring/class rank. Or something about law school admissions/hiring being a sham. Or idk.

Just an extra-special snowflake.

[jselson]

Then I'm missing the joke, unless it's low-LSAT plus striver details about transferring/class rank. Or something about law school admissions/hiring being a sham. Or idk.

Just an extra-special snowflake.

Anyone can do it if they work hard.

[Anonymous User]

V50
159
Top 50....3.8 (Top 2%)

[Anonymous User]

1) clerking in major market
2) 159 IIRC
3) DCNG - school doesn't rank but 3.69 gpa

[bk1]

What is this information even supposed to be helpful for? Like even if you had this data for every individual ever, what decision would be informed by such data?

[fats provolone]

shhh

[Anonymous User]

1. No job (haven't graduated yet but struck out as a 2L)
2. ~175
3. Median at CCN

[84651846190]

Then I'm missing the joke, unless it's low-LSAT plus striver details about transferring/class rank. Or something about law school admissions/hiring being a sham. Or idk.

Just an extra-special snowflake.

Anyone can do it if they work hard.

Bootstraps!

[Manhattan]

1) clerking in major market
2) 159 IIRC
3) DCNG - school doesn't rank but 3.69 gpa

Obviously not N because that GPA would be in the bottom 10% at Northwestern.

[Anonymous User]

1) Big law (V50 - 160k)
2) 171
3) T14 - top third / top quarter (we don't rank).

[OneMoreLawHopeful]

What is this information even supposed to be helpful for? Like even if you had this data for every individual ever, what decision would be informed by such data?

This was covered on the first page:

The reason is LSAT tracks schools. The only way this thread becomes interesting is if lots of high LSAT folks at TTTs start posting AND state whether they had jobs lined up before law school or not.

There's an endless debate on TLS about whether people with "high stats" could kill it at a TTT and end up at the top of their class.

If it turns out that the kids with 170+ scores who nonetheless went to schools outside of the t14 all ended up at v100 firms, then that has real meaning in terms of that debate.

However, I will readily acknowledge that the way this info is being collected could never reasonably get at that conclusion.

[84651846190]

1) clerking in major market
2) 159 IIRC
3) DCNG - school doesn't rank but 3.69 gpa

Not trying to be a dick, but I'm genuinely curious: How in the fuck did you get a 159 on the LSAT? You are obviously very intelligent. Did you have a seizure during one of the test sections or something?

[Anonymous User]

1. Art. III clerk in semi-flyover land.
2. 162.
3. A bit above median at T40.

[Manhattan]

1) clerking in major market
2) 159 IIRC
3) DCNG - school doesn't rank but 3.69 gpa

Not trying to be a dick, but I'm genuinely curious: How in the fuck did you get a 159 on the LSAT? You are obviously very intelligent. Did you have a seizure during one of the test sections or something?

Wow. This is an unnecessary and douchey comment. This poster's 159 is probably higher than the LSAT score of every single person attending Indiana Tech Law School, and it is only two points lower than the median LSAT score of BYU.

[jselson]

Then I'm missing the joke, unless it's low-LSAT plus striver details about transferring/class rank. Or something about law school admissions/hiring being a sham. Or idk.

Just an extra-special snowflake.

Anyone can do it if they work hard.

Bootstraps!

Every single person at a TTTT could be number 1 if they all tried hard. If you let math stand in your way, then you didn't try hard enough. #2 deserves unemployment.

[Elston Gunn]

What is this information even supposed to be helpful for? Like even if you had this data for every individual ever, what decision would be informed by such data?

This was covered on the first page:

The reason is LSAT tracks schools. The only way this thread becomes interesting is if lots of high LSAT folks at TTTs start posting AND state whether they had jobs lined up before law school or not.

There's an endless debate on TLS about whether people with "high stats" could kill it at a TTT and end up at the top of their class.

If it turns out that the kids with 170+ scores who nonetheless went to schools outside of the t14 all ended up at v100 firms, then that has real meaning in terms of that debate.

However, I will readily acknowledge that the way this info is being collected could never reasonably get at that conclusion.

There is at least 1, possiby multiple academic studies of the correlation between LSAT scores and law school GPA. ..