Basic chance questions Forum

[boaltlaw]

for the 3 questions, assume non-URM and no crazy softs

1. If someone is EXACTLY at median for a particular school's GPA and LSAT, is there chance of admission above, below, or equal to 50%

2. If someone has an LSAT and GPA above 75% for a particular school, what roughly is there chance at admission (a range is acceptable).

3. Is it better to be a super splitter or reverse super splitter

[Winston1984]

for the 3 questions, assume non-URM and no crazy softs

1. If someone is EXACTLY at median for a particular school's GPA and LSAT, is there chance of admission above, below, or equal to 50%

2. If someone has an LSAT and GPA above 75% for a particular school, what roughly is there chance at admission (a range is acceptable).

3. Is it better to be a super splitter or reverse super splitter

1: Probably above 50%
2: I would guess 80% (aside from YS and some YP)
3: Reverse super splitter because I could just retake

[Pneumonia]

For admissions purposes it's waaaaaayyyy better to be a splitter, but the above poster is right about it in the absolute.

[boaltlaw]

what is yp?

and thanks to both of you for informative answers

[03152016]

what is yp?

and thanks to both of you for informative answers

Yield protection. Law school rankings factor in what percentage of admitted students actually matriculate. That number is called the yield. Schools have an incentive to increase their yield, so some of them reject students with high numbers who are unlikely to attend. That's called yield protection.