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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by wmbuff » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:26 pm

newyork14 wrote:Is there any way to get this thread pinned like the versions from past cycles?
Only with mod intervention.
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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by heyduchess » Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:01 pm

rowdy wrote:I'm just here to see every person mark their softs as average or better.
Still v. unclear as to how to gauge softs, but I just used that Reddit post as a guide cuz I always believe what I read on the internet!

Also, should we have caliber of UG institution? Like Ivy/Top 20/Top Public, etc.

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by rowdy » Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:08 pm

heyduchess wrote:
rowdy wrote:I'm just here to see every person mark their softs as average or better.
Still v. unclear as to how to gauge softs, but I just used that Reddit post as a guide cuz I always believe what I read on the internet!

Also, should we have caliber of UG institution? Like Ivy/Top 20/Top Public, etc.
IMHO all softs fall under the category of "Popeye," that is, "I Yam What I Yam."

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by wmbuff » Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:53 pm

heyduchess wrote:
rowdy wrote:I'm just here to see every person mark their softs as average or better.
Still v. unclear as to how to gauge softs, but I just used that Reddit post as a guide cuz I always believe what I read on the internet!

Also, should we have caliber of UG institution? Like Ivy/Top 20/Top Public, etc.
Do we have a reliable guide for how admissions folks break these schools into groupings? Is a Stanford or Duke or Chicago degree viewed significantly differently from one from Brown, Dartmouth, or Cornell? Which public schools make the cut as "top public"? I agree that the type of school you come from matters, and we've got some evidence that the admissions folks at the top law schools care, but I'd prefer we get something that corresponds to their thinking rather than guess at it. There's a great potential to introduce noise, here.
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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by heyduchess » Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:55 pm

wmbuff wrote:
heyduchess wrote:
rowdy wrote:I'm just here to see every person mark their softs as average or better.
Still v. unclear as to how to gauge softs, but I just used that Reddit post as a guide cuz I always believe what I read on the internet!

Also, should we have caliber of UG institution? Like Ivy/Top 20/Top Public, etc.
Do we have a reliable guide for how admissions folks break these schools into groupings? Is a Stanford or Duke or Chicago degree viewed significantly differently from one from Brown, Dartmouth, or Cornell? Which public schools make the cut as "top public"? I agree that the type of school you come from matters, and we've got some evidence that the admissions folks at the top law schools care, but I'd prefer we get something that corresponds to their thinking rather than guess at it. There's a great potential to introduce noise, here.
top public is: berk, ucla, mich, uva, unc historically.
i think it's like hyps, ivy, etc.
I'd leave it open for write in's. last year, people wrote in specific schools.

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by wmbuff » Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:59 pm

heyduchess wrote:
wmbuff wrote:
heyduchess wrote:
rowdy wrote:I'm just here to see every person mark their softs as average or better.
Still v. unclear as to how to gauge softs, but I just used that Reddit post as a guide cuz I always believe what I read on the internet!

Also, should we have caliber of UG institution? Like Ivy/Top 20/Top Public, etc.
Do we have a reliable guide for how admissions folks break these schools into groupings? Is a Stanford or Duke or Chicago degree viewed significantly differently from one from Brown, Dartmouth, or Cornell? Which public schools make the cut as "top public"? I agree that the type of school you come from matters, and we've got some evidence that the admissions folks at the top law schools care, but I'd prefer we get something that corresponds to their thinking rather than guess at it. There's a great potential to introduce noise, here.
top public is: berk, ucla, mich, uva, unc historically.
i think it's like hyps, ivy, etc.
I'd leave it open for write in's. last year, people wrote in specific schools.
Yeah, we can add a column like that, but it won't collect data for analysis, just user review.
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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by wmbuff » Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:33 am

wmbuff wrote:
heyduchess wrote:
wmbuff wrote:
heyduchess wrote:
rowdy wrote:I'm just here to see every person mark their softs as average or better.
Still v. unclear as to how to gauge softs, but I just used that Reddit post as a guide cuz I always believe what I read on the internet!

Also, should we have caliber of UG institution? Like Ivy/Top 20/Top Public, etc.
Do we have a reliable guide for how admissions folks break these schools into groupings? Is a Stanford or Duke or Chicago degree viewed significantly differently from one from Brown, Dartmouth, or Cornell? Which public schools make the cut as "top public"? I agree that the type of school you come from matters, and we've got some evidence that the admissions folks at the top law schools care, but I'd prefer we get something that corresponds to their thinking rather than guess at it. There's a great potential to introduce noise, here.
top public is: berk, ucla, mich, uva, unc historically.
i think it's like hyps, ivy, etc.
I'd leave it open for write in's. last year, people wrote in specific schools.
Yeah, we can add a column like that, but it won't collect data for analysis, just user review.
And added, for those who want to compare degrees. No analysis on these new columns but what you do in your head.
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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by legalbeegul » Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:19 pm

What does the "WE" column in the spreadsheets mean?

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by wmbuff » Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:54 pm

legalbeegul wrote:What does the "WE" column in the spreadsheets mean?
As stated last time this was asked, Work Experience.
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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by wmbuff » Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:12 pm

I've added an interview field and dates for the request and the interview to Virginia, Northwestern, Cornell, Texas, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, and Wash U. Do any of the others do interviews often enough to be worth collecting that data?
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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by jel2184 » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:12 pm

Im a newbie to these but what does LS22 index mean? Obviously its an index of your gpa and lsat but what is the scale and does a certain threshold mean anything? Thanks

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by wmbuff » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:20 pm

jel2184 wrote:Im a newbie to these but what does LS22 index mean? Obviously its an index of your gpa and lsat but what is the scale and does a certain threshold mean anything? Thanks
It's just an index that lawschool22 developed to help us get an idea of our relative strengths as applicants. It doesn't represent anything on the schools' end necessarily, but may serve as a proxy for the indexes some of them use.
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Post by AvatarMeelo » Wed Dec 27, 2017 6:10 pm

Was looking for this - bumping this back to the first page. Keep up the good work homie!

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

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bump/asking if there's any chance the mods can sticky this

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by jellymuffin » Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:01 pm

Could anybody tell me how I can get access to the spreadsheets? :(

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by awsomealesha » Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:22 pm

Also looking for how to access the spreadsheets, they seem like they would be really helpful. :D

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by SUHASINI14 » Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:55 pm

Can you provide permission for vieweing these spreadsheets. Much appreciated!

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by jenni12043 » Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:57 pm

wmbuff wrote:Four cycles ago, lawschool22 created these incredible spreadsheets. The past three cycles, Xylocarp, BenWyatt, and GoBucks6612 updated them and I've taken it upon myself to do it this cycle. Twiix was originally planning to take on the task this cycle, but when I contacted him with an offer to help do some for the UT-USC portion of the rankings, he said he's been on a break from the forums, and asked if I wanted to o ahead and do them. I have chosen to extend the list down to USC, since the rankings groups through them seem to have solidified, and I am personally applying to several of them (and it solves the question of adding UT vs. dropping GULC neatly).

They're a great way for us to get some helpful information and analysis about our fellow TLS applicants and get a sense for where we fall within the pack. These spreadsheets are only useful if we keep them updated with accurate information and the more information we have, the better!

Please ensure all dates are correct and that you choose from the appropriate dropdown menus (i.e. choosing "Pending" instead of typing "pending"). Not doing so or entering incorrect dates can cause formulas to break down.

OPs of relevant admissions threads, I'd suggest adding these to the post so they're easy to reference.

Let me know if you notice any issues with the spreadsheets so I can fix them as needed.

Please don’t edit anything other than your own line of info, including sorting the data or filtering it in any way! If you want to do those things, go to file → make a copy, and then do whatever you want to your copied version.

I'm still tinkering with the formatting on these, but intend to add interview and Why X data where appropriate. If you have any other suggestions, I may try to accommodate them, depending on feasibility.

2017-2018 TLS Admissions Spreadsheets
Yale
Stanford
Harvard
Chicago
Columbia
NYU
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Virginia
Duke
Northwestern
Berkeley
Cornell
Texas
Georgetown
UCLA
Vanderbilt
Washington University
USC

(* indicated GPA/LSAT data was incomplete, but all are fixed now)
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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by smadha01 » Wed May 22, 2019 4:53 pm

Did anyone figure out how to get access? Thanks!

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Re: 2017-2018 Admissions Spreadsheets

Post by shefra » Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:14 pm

How do we gain access to Admissions Spreadsheets and are they no longer being updated?
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