Medians LSAT and GPA for Virginia and Texas residence. Forum

[indo]

We know that University of Texas and Virginia have to accept certain percentage of Texas and Virginia residence.

I am wondering if anyone know what the medians LSAT and GPA for residence in those schools ?

I am pretty sure their medians are lower than for NON residence of those states.

Thanks.

[LoganCouture]

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[ilikebaseball]

I'm not so sure if medians are lower for ISS vs OSS, but I know Texas accepts 65% (At least) ISS. But then again, you have to understand that the majority of people applying are going to be from Texas. Its not that they are more leniant with accepting them, its that they have a much higher # to choose from. At least to my knowledge.

Perhaps later in the cycle if they havent hit their ISS mark, they may have to reach a little lower, but I'm pretty sure medians are medians

[indo]

What makes you think they would be different in any statistically significant way?

AFAIK UVA has no "resident" quota, but they do receive many more applications from residents than nonresidents.

You are so wrong.
Virginia have to have at least 35 % be resident of Virginia.
Texas have to have at least 60 % be resident of Texas.

[dwil770]

I think it helps with yield protection, but i don't think it is likely that the medians would be significantly different. It isn't like people with the numbers for Virginia and it's peers would accept a worse deal from V because they know they are OOS.

[LoganCouture]

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[Mullens]

What makes you think they would be different in any statistically significant way?

AFAIK UVA has no "resident" quota, but they do receive many more applications from residents than nonresidents.

You are so wrong.
Virginia have to have at least 35 % be resident of Virginia.
Texas have to have at least 60 % be resident of Texas.

Where are you getting these numbers from? Just curious.

[smile0751]

For UVA the below interview with Dean Jason Trujillo.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/jason-tr ... rview.html

TLS: How do you view applications from Virginia residents? Do Virginia residents receive a boost over residents of other states?

There is no particular “boost” given to residents. But residents have mathematics on their side. We receive over nine nonresident applications for every resident application – people are really shocked by this figure. Yet nonresidents get only 1.5 seats for every resident seat in the entering class – 60 percent nonresidents to 40 percent residents. I often joke that getting in as a nonresident is ridiculously difficult (for nonresidents) rather than just being plain hard (for residents).

The next follow-up question I normally receive is whether the enrolled residents have lower numerical indicators than the nonresidents who matriculate. The answer is no. The medians between the pools are not statistically distinguishable. The reason for that makes sense when you think about it. Thankfully, there are a large number of bright recent college graduates interested in law school throughout the Commonwealth, but particularly a large number who move to and work (and live) for a year or two in and around Washington, D.C. The smart ones live in Arlington or Alexandra and become residents.

[darth lulz]

I'm not so sure if medians are lower for ISS vs OSS, but I know Texas accepts 65% (At least) ISS. But then again, you have to understand that the majority of people applying are going to be from Texas. Its not that they are more leniant with accepting them, its that they have a much higher # to choose from. At least to my knowledge.

Perhaps later in the cycle if they havent hit their ISS mark, they may have to reach a little lower, but I'm pretty sure medians are medians

it's definitely easier for residents to get in to UT, there is no question

[smile0751]

For UT-

http://www.utexas.edu/law/admissions/application/

General Requirements

Admission to the J.D. program at Texas Law is competitive. For the class entering in fall 2013, approximately 4,200 applicants competed for the 320 seats in the entering class. In addition, the Texas Legislature has limited nonresident enrollment to 35 percent of the student body.

[golden44]

I think you're correct on Texas. However, it was mentioned during a recent visit to Virginia something along the lines of they would try to maintain traditional percentages of res/nonres as mentioned in the interview (from 2009), but that due to recent funding changes or something they were no longer legally bound to do so.

[LoganCouture]

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[sprezz]

yup. trujillo q&a is several deans of admissions (and several legislative skirmishes over higher ed funding) ago. uva undergrad applicants get a sizeable boost for being in state relative to out of state, but that's no longer true for the LS. certainly not to the extent mentioned in that interview.