In this episode, Mike gives an update on the data for the 2021-2022 cycle as of early February. He discusses what to expect with medians after this cycle, what's going to happen this waitlist season, what to expect for transfer admissions, and some early preliminary predictions for next cycle.
Read full postWe wanted to provide a bit of a wider view on current law school applicant data trends.
Read full postLSAC has recently stopped displaying percentage changes with their volume data, so we wanted to publish these figures for anyone who may find this information useful.
Read full postIn this episode, we talk about where this current admissions cycle (2021-2022) stands so far in terms of applicant volume, what that means, what we predict for the rest of the cycle, and some actionable admissions advice based on what we know so far.
Read full postWe're not sure where the time has gone, but it's already November 1st, and we're a couple months into our 2021-2022 application cycle.
Read full postDisclaimer: It's still early. Data is most volatile early and things can change. But I suspect, highly, this cycle won't look like last cycle in respect to number of high scorers 170+, and I also think it is likely applicants (maybe not applications though) will end up down from last year.
Read full postLSAC has posted our first look at 2021-2022 applicant volume. As of today, there are 12.6% more law school applicants so far this cycle than there were at this time last year. For comparison, at this time last year there were 32.8% more applicants than the cycle before that.
Read full postWe have our first glimpse at 2021-2022 cycle volume. As of 9/23 there were about 6,000 law school applicants so far this year. That's about 15% more than last cycle's ~5,100, and 50% more than the 2019-2020 cycle's ~3,900.
Read full postIf you're here looking for new law school medians, they're in this document!
Read full postRegistration for the August 2021 LSAT closes today. Right now there are about 33,000 registrants, but we should note that we've been seeing an unusual number of dropouts and/or date switches lately, so that number will probably go down, and perhaps a great deal.
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