Being at 25th GPA and 75th LSAT Forum

[SouthCalLaw2016]

Just wondering as a general rule if you are exactly at or very close to last years 25th GPA percentile and 75th LSAT percentile for a school how likely are you to be admitted. Is it closer to a lock or 50/50? Since USNews only takes medians in account for rankings are the past year's percentiles pretty arbitrary when it comes to admissions? For what its worth, the main school I am considering applying to does not show up on mylsn.info for whatever reason.

[cavalier1138]

It depends on the school and how splitter-friendly they are. Some schools (i.e. Berkeley) place more weight on GPA than others. Other schools, (i.e. UVA) will take someone with an LSAT over their 75th and a GPA well below the 25th. It just depends on what their strategy is for gaming the medians.

[SouthCalLaw2016]

It depends on the school and how splitter-friendly they are. Some schools (i.e. Berkeley) place more weight on GPA than others. Other schools, (i.e. UVA) will take someone with an LSAT over their 75th and a GPA well below the 25th. It just depends on what their strategy is for gaming the medians.

Good to know, thanks for the info

[Incrementalist]

You never know. I would even take it a step further and say apply anyway. The only thing the school can say is no. That is if you are able to get a fee waiver because the process does get costly. I say try your hand and see what happens.

[dwyf]

This was me for most of the t14 (LSAT about 75th, GPA around 25th). My cycle was all over the map.

Just apply broadly and then drink a lot until you hear back.