Are "medians" for law school admissions accurate? Forum

[ilikebaseball]

I'm new here, but from what I've read in various threads, it seems to be that not only are people getting in, but people are getting significant financial help even if they are at the median. I always had the idea that in order to receive good $$$ you had to have above 75% in one of the two categories. For example... SMU's LSAT is like 162-median and 164-75th percentile. So I always guessed that the best way to get money from there would be to get a 165 or above. That's why, even though I have a 168 right now, I want to apply to places like SMU and Maryland... Because these schools will give me good aid. But when I posted that, multiple people told me to aim higher because I'll still get aid. So I guess what I'm asking is this,

Are medians really all that accurate, or are they just there to improve the reader's initial first impression of the schools admissions?

[Nova]

medians are what usnwr uses in their formula to rank schools so that's the number adcomms care about more than anything else

[ilikebaseball]

but does it stand that scoring the median will likely get you money from a school?

[BigZuck]

but does it stand that scoring the median will likely get you money from a school?

Depends on the school.

Check out http://www.mylsn.info

[jbagelboy]

with declining applications, meeting both of a school's past year medians should net a substantial scholarship