December LSAT Admin. Down 15.6%, Applicants Down 22.1% Forum

[onionz]

There is no way 25,000 more people are going to apply in the next few weeks. It looks like law schools (including the T-14) are going to be soiling themselves over the huge drop. Happy days are here today.

i think it's possible to hit 50k applicants by mid-march, after most schools' deadlines have passed (there are still some april 1+ deadlines). We must also account for the influx of Feb lsat takers.

I'll call it now, just for fun: this cycle will have at least 10k less applicants than last. That means a total of 58k or less (last year was 68k).

This is exciting, indeed.

It's projected to have around 53k applicants, so you have a really safe bet there.

Of note is info from a Duke post: 86 schools have an applicant decrease of more than 30%, the majority have a 10%+, and only 7 schools have more applicants by now than this time last year: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=719 ... hare=b43b6

[99.9luft]

There is no way 25,000 more people are going to apply in the next few weeks. It looks like law schools (including the T-14) are going to be soiling themselves over the huge drop. Happy days are here today.

i think it's possible to hit 50k applicants by mid-march, after most schools' deadlines have passed (there are still some april 1+ deadlines). We must also account for the influx of Feb lsat takers.

I'll call it now, just for fun: this cycle will have at least 10k less applicants than last. That means a total of 58k or less (last year was 68k).

This is exciting, indeed.

It's projected to have around 53k applicants, so you have a really safe bet there.

Of note is info from a Duke post: 86 schools have an applicant decrease of more than 30%, the majority have a 10%+, and only 7 schools have more applicants by now than this time last year: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=719 ... hare=b43b6

Oh really? projected where/by whom?

Thanks for the Duke info, that's very interesting (i am surprised that Duke is one of the 7 increases).

[onionz]

There is no way 25,000 more people are going to apply in the next few weeks. It looks like law schools (including the T-14) are going to be soiling themselves over the huge drop. Happy days are here today.

i think it's possible to hit 50k applicants by mid-march, after most schools' deadlines have passed (there are still some april 1+ deadlines). We must also account for the influx of Feb lsat takers.

I'll call it now, just for fun: this cycle will have at least 10k less applicants than last. That means a total of 58k or less (last year was 68k).

This is exciting, indeed.

It's projected to have around 53k applicants, so you have a really safe bet there.

Of note is info from a Duke post: 86 schools have an applicant decrease of more than 30%, the majority have a 10%+, and only 7 schools have more applicants by now than this time last year: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=719 ... hare=b43b6

Oh really? projected where/by whom?

Thanks for the Duke info, that's very interesting (i am surprised that Duke is one of the 7 increases).

Projected by math:

If there were ~68k applicants last year, a 20-21% reduction is ~53/54k.
To look at it another way, if we already have 27891 applicants accounting for 51% of applicants, that's 54k applicants.

Yay math.

[justonemoregame]

Get ready for some truly egregious shit w/r/t "constructive open admissions." LSAT 25ths to the 130s - it's gonna happen. If it hasn't already, when are the numbers getting published?!?

[skri65]

There is no way 25,000 more people are going to apply in the next few weeks. It looks like law schools (including the T-14) are going to be soiling themselves over the huge drop. Happy days are here today.

i think it's possible to hit 50k applicants by mid-march, after most schools' deadlines have passed (there are still some april 1+ deadlines). We must also account for the influx of Feb lsat takers.

I'll call it now, just for fun: this cycle will have at least 10k less applicants than last. That means a total of 58k or less (last year was 68k).

This is exciting, indeed.

It's projected to have around 53k applicants, so you have a really safe bet there.

Of note is info from a Duke post: 86 schools have an applicant decrease of more than 30%, the majority have a 10%+, and only 7 schools have more applicants by now than this time last year: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=719 ... hare=b43b6

Oh really? projected where/by whom?

Thanks for the Duke info, that's very interesting (i am surprised that Duke is one of the 7 increases).

Just do the math. As of 1/18/13, there were 27,891 applicants. As of this point last year, LSAC had 51% of the total lsac applicant count.


Predicted Total Applicant Count * 0.51= 27,891
27891 / 0.51 = predicted 54,688 applicants

[99.9luft]

oninz and skri65:

thanks, it's funny my mind didn't even go in the direction of calculating it myself.

Yeah then i can see how my 58k prediction is really safe...hmmm. Could it be less than 50k? that would be wonderful.

[99.9luft]

Even Cooley's getting desperate.

nice.

What's up Worm! how is your cycle?

[bandenjamin]

Even Cooley's getting desperate.

nice.

What's up Worm! how is your cycle?

It's clearly epic. He got in to the #2 school in the nation w/an honors scholarship!

[99.9luft]

Even Cooley's getting desperate.

nice.

What's up Worm! how is your cycle?

It's clearly epic. He got in to the #2 school in the nation w/an honors scholarship!

WHOA. Amazing! So proud of Worm-daddy

[scottyc66]

What's up Worm! how is your cycle?

In at Harvard and fully at UVA. Still waiting on other schools.

Damn that must feel good to say, in at Harvard. Congrats, man.

[99.9luft]

What's up Worm! how is your cycle?

In at Harvard and fully at UVA. Still waiting on other schools.

[bandenjamin]

What's up Worm! how is your cycle?

In at Harvard and fully at UVA. Still waiting on other schools.

Well so it should have been EPIC!! Nice work!