Data

15 Dec 2018

Breaking Down the 2018 Law School Data

You can see the full data here [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sFeqvSqCJGyk9o4fYJjpW_sUq0hR7NQU-bOhUHh5eVc/edit#gid=1117512034] . LSAT median changes for the fall 2018 entering class: No Change 1 point increase 2 point increase 3+ point increase Decrease Top 14 Ranked Schools 8 (57%) 6 (42%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) Top 20 Ranked Schools 10 (50%) 10 (50%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) Top 100 Ranked Schools 39 (39%) 50 (50%) 5 (5%) 0 (0%) 6 (6%) Top 150 Ranked Schools 63 (41%) 68 (45%) 6 (4%) 3 (2

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05 Dec 2018

This will be a slow cycle, a flat cycle, and a less competitive cycle than last year

All cycles are different – for those that have been following us for a while you will recall the term "counter-cycle" for example – but last year, the 2017/2018 cycle, was truly an outlier. We have well over 100+ years of law school admissions experience on our team, and we have never seen a year with such little waitlist movement. It caught most schools off guard too, but the simple fact of the matter is that if the schools above you are not admitting people off the waitlist, then you aren't ei

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03 Nov 2018

First Look at 2018/2019 Cycle Data

LSAC has publicly released applicant data for the first time this early in the cycle — in past years, data has been distributed only to a small group and only beginning in December or so. Below, we have posted a breakdown of this data as of November 1, 2018 (compared to last year's data as of November 2, 2017). So far, overall applicants are up 17.6%, and applications are up 14.6% as compared to last year — before you let this stress you out too much, however, we were anticipating [https://blo

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31 Oct 2018

LSAT Median Changes and Final Data from 2017/2018

Since the data began coming out in late summer/early fall, we have been collecting the LSAT and GPA statistics of the 2018 entering classes of every ABA-approved law school, primarily on Reddit here [https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/978z9u/link_to_new_medians] (and feel free to comment on that post if you have any new data we can add to the full spreadsheet [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/157-bOhUHh5eVc/edit#gid=1117512034] of 25th/75th percentiles and medians). Ple

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31 Aug 2018

June, July, September 2018 LSAT Registrant Data

LSAT Administration2017 Registrants2018 Registrants2018 First Time Test Takers June30,33324,90916,707 (67%)July12,5658,373 (67%)September45,76334,87520,521 (59%)TOTALS76,09672,349DIFFERENCE-3,747(-4.9%)

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09 Aug 2018

Class of 2021 Entry Statistics and Changes

As law schools start to round out their final classes to begin this fall, we wanted to keep track of incoming classes’ GPA/LSAT stats and look at how they changed from last year. In past years, law school discussion forums have crowdsourced this data, but since we haven’t seen a similar effort take place yet this year, we put together a spreadsheet that can be added to and kept up-to-date, we hope, from members of numerous different online law admissions discussion communities. We’re posting it

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03 Aug 2018

Final 2017/2018 Cycle Data as of 8/1/2018

This is the final cycle data as of August 1, 2018. Applicants are up 8.1%, and applications are up 8.7% compared to last year's data as of August 2, 2017. Detailed data below. Highest LSAT# Applicants% Change YTD< 1404,3481.9%140-1445,9421.1%145-1499,775 2.3%150-15411,5984.3%155-15910,5406.6%160-1648,28314.7%165-1695,12327.2%170-174 2,38213.4%175-18068959.9%% Change in applications# SchoolsIncrease of 100% or more1Increase of 50% to 99%2Increase of 40% to 49%2Increase of 30% to 39%4 Increase o

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27 Jun 2018

2017/2018 Cycle Data as of 6/26/18

This is the new cycle data as of June 26, 2018. Applicants are up 8.1%, and applications are up 8.9% compared to last year's data as of June 27, 2017. Detailed data below. Highest LSAT# Applicants% Change YTD< 1403,971-2.0%140-1445,483-0.1%145-1498,962 4.2%150-15410,9476.6%155-15910,1486.9%160-1648,11715.9%165-1695,04229.0%170-174 2,35716.9%175-18068369.9%% Change in applications# SchoolsIncrease of 100% or more1Increase of 50% to 99%1Increase of 40% to 49%4Increase of 30% to 39%5 Increase of

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21 May 2018

Law School Admissions Help

2017/2018 Cycle Data as of 5/21/18 and consulting capacity update. Key figures: applicants are up 8.8% and applications are up 9.2% as compared to this time last year. Also please note that at this time last year, we had 92% of the final data count. See below for more detailed data. Highest LSAT# Applicants% Change YTD< 1403,7081.7%140-1445,1960.2%145-1498,625 -0.2%150-15410,6892.7%155-15910,0154.9%160-1648,07413.5%165-1695,03625.8%170-174 2,35312.3%175-18068356.7%Category# SchoolsIncrease of

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02 May 2018

2017/2018 Cycle Data as of 5/1/18

Key figures: applicants are up 8.4% and applications are up 9.0% as compared to this time last year. See below for more detailed data. Highest LSAT# Applicants% Change YTD< 1403,536-2.2%140-1445,000-0.6%145-1498,391 3.6%150-15410,4745.9%155-1599,8956.5%160-1648,03115.9%165-1695,02729.2%170-174 2,34616.5%175-18068270.1%Category# Schools Total Schools 202Increase of 50% or greater1Increase of 40% to 49%-Increase of 30% to 39%-Increase of 20% to 29%5 Increase of 10% to 19%8Increase of 1% to 9%38No

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