<p>Well, modestmelody - I just wanted to point out that the WSJ feeder ranking so often touted by Brunonians is statistical claptrap.</p>
<p>Brown’s placement, so often praised, seems no better than any other “middle-Ivy” - especially in light of the following data:</p>
<p>1) Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth and Brown all have the same mean LSAT score (163)
2) Penn has by far the most kids at Harvard than any middle Ivy, and even Princeton.
3) Penn got 9 kids into Yale law last year; Brown had 7 (couldn’t find data for Columbia and Dartmouth, but based on the total number they had at Yale it seems they had 8 and 6, respectively)</p>
<p>You might say argue that Penn is bigger, but the only thing this reflects is the actual application pool - and Penn’s Harvard and Yale acceptances were both well above the national average, about double the true acceptance rate at both of those schools.</p>
<p>So, until a statistically accurate feeder study comes out, you should hold your breath - the studies don’t always tell the truth.</p>