Survey of Job Outcome and Grades compared to LSAT Score Forum

[fats provolone]

looks like a super representative sample so far

[Anonymous User]

1) BigLaw
2) 168
3) T14, Top 5%

[Anonymous User]

V50
158
T100 (top 15%) to Lower T14

[Anonymous User]

Small firm
167
T-30, top 40%ish

[Anonymous User]

Biglaw
176
Slightly below median @ CCN

[Elston Gunn]

What even is this thread? You know there are, like, genuine studies of how well LSAT scores predict law school grades, right? (Answer: better than other standardized tests, but not enough to predict much about any individual at any given school.)

Unless you have some theory that an LSAT score somehow gets you a job even if your grades are bad, I'm very confused.

EDIT: Reread the OP, so I at least get what you're going for, but you're basically just asking how often people at lower schools get good outcomes. That's what LST is for. The sample is (quite clearly already) going to be unrepresentative.

[Anonymous User]

Job - V20
LSAT - 159
School - T2 (Top 100) - Top 5% of class

[fats provolone]

What even is this thread? You know there are, like, genuine studies of how well LSAT scores predict law school grades, right? (Answer: better than other standardized tests, but not enough to predict much about any individual at any given school.)

Unless you have some theory that an LSAT score somehow gets you a job even if your grades are bad, I'm very confused.

I think it's a social experiment that appears to be working brilliantly

[Elston Gunn]

Based on this enlightening survey, it seems I was wrong to advise people with bad LSAT scores to not go to law school.

[Anonymous User]

Based on this enlightening survey, it seems I was wrong to advise people with bad LSAT scores to not go to law school.

I'm sure there's a huge selection bias in this thread. No one wants to brag about being unemployed.

[Anonymous User]

1) V5
2) 158
3) T20 - Top 1%

[Elston Gunn]

Based on this enlightening survey, it seems I was wrong to advise people with bad LSAT scores to not go to law school.

I'm sure there's a huge selection bias in this thread. No one wants to brag about being unemployed.

woosh

[Anonymous User]

1) Big Law (been here several years)
2) 164
3) T100 (top 5-10% after 1L - can't remember where I finished)

[Anonymous User]

District Court Clerkship, then Biglaw
175
HYS, top 20% or so

[scrowell]

153
TT
In-house (very big company)

[Anonymous User]

1. V50
2. 165
3. CLS top 1/3 (transferred from T50, where I was top 10%).

[AReasonableMan]

Just want to say how easy it would be for LSAC and/or the ABA to compile this information if they cared about the profession half as much as they cared about law school profits.

[Elston Gunn]

Yep, if only LSAC compiled this data we would finally know if it's a good idea to go to law school with a 157.

[Anonymous User]

V10
174
T14 - Median

[Anonymous User]

Yep, if only LSAC compiled this data we would finally know if it's a good idea to go to law school with a 157.

This makes me feel inadequate.

[GOATlawman]

Yep, if only LSAC compiled this data we would finally know if it's a good idea to go to law school with a 157.

This makes me feel inadequate.

look ppl can get you down sometimes. but one of my boys actually got a 157 and he ended up at a higher T14 w/ me. he ended up basically runnin this shit tho. he did SEO before law school started and then went on to do some big things. at places like that his ticket was pretty much written. so just do u bro

[84651846190]

Based on this enlightening survey, it seems I was wrong to advise people with bad LSAT scores to not go to law school.

Just let them play their little game. It's cute.

[Elston Gunn]

Yep, if only LSAC compiled this data we would finally know if it's a good idea to go to law school with a 157.

This makes me feel inadequate.

Well, when mental health is considered, it seems like it's not a great idea to go to law school with a 173 either, so don't feel too inadequate. It also (I hope obviously) has nothing to do with anyone's worth as a person. It's just a terrible financial gamble that will likely leave you with regrets, despite all the special snowflakes posting ITT.

[Anonymous User]

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

1) V5 Senior Associate
2) 180
3) HYS

Unicorns are awesome, but I gotta be honest with you, but of the folks who are left, there are a lot more like me than there are unicorns. A lot more.

[Anonymous User]

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

1) V5 Senior Associate
2) 180
3) HYS

Unicorns are awesome, but I gotta be honest with you, but of the folks who are left, there are a lot more like me than there are unicorns. A lot more.

You're the unicorn in any case. People like me (relatively low LSAT, top class rank at a top school, preftigious firm offer) are probably more common....

edit: or maybe by unicorns you mean that guy from NYLS who is gone after six months