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doukycats wrote:fewer applicants will slow rising tuition costs (unlikely)

99.9luft wrote:http://www.lsac.org/LSACResources/Data/ ... stered.asp

So, 26,812 people took the test, which is a -18.7% drop, comparing to the 32,973 who took it in June 2010.

I bet this trend carries over to October, even if not in such record-breaking numbers.

99.9luft wrote:http://www.lsac.org/LSACResources/Data/ ... stered.asp

So, 26,812 people took the test, which is a -18.7% drop, comparing to the 32,973 who took it in June 2010.

I bet this trend carries over to October, even if not in such record-breaking numbers.

KevinP wrote:I think this upcoming cycle should be an interesting one. The drop in the number of test takers last year also coincided with a drop in the number of applicants across all LSAT scores ranges, not just those at the lower end.

LSAC did publish information on the number of 2010 versus 2011 number of applicants by LSAT score and they matched up accordingly with the drop in LSATs administered for the 2010-2011 cycle (LSAC did add a caveat because of the date of the report). I'm just hoping the pattern is unchanged this cycle as well.

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Source: http://lsac.org/LSACResources/Publicati ... EC2010.pdf

phillipjg wrote:There are a similiar amount of applicatants with scores under 145 as applications with scores over 170.

I understand there have to be people taking the test who score under median, but they still apply with those scores?

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doukycats wrote:It seems weird that 8% of test takers have a high score in the 98-99th percentile

KevinP wrote:Not all test takers apply to law school.

doukycats wrote:It seems weird that 8% of test takers have a high score in the 98-99th percentile

incompetentia wrote:I doubt it's going to be 18%, as Oct is typically the most reliable testing bloc, but I know that NYU isn't keeping that 172 median for too long.

faithinlaw wrote:Why 101%?
4+6+11+16+19+19+15+9+2=101

incompetentia wrote:Note that these are also year-to-date numbers as of December - I would imagine that the gunners who apply early are more likely to be high scorers (the lower scorers would also likely be waiting until Oct/Dec for a potential retake).

Samara wrote:

incompetentia wrote:Note that these are also year-to-date numbers as of December - I would imagine that the gunners who apply early are more likely to be high scorers (the lower scorers would also likely be waiting until Oct/Dec for a potential retake).

Yeah, according to LSAT Blog, June has the toughest curve. Partially, this is probably because it just has a lot more test takers, being in the summer and in the afternoon, but yeah, I agree on the effect of gunners.