<p>Keep in mind that this was just your school, though, and the (high school GPA) difference, at least, doesn’t appear to be that significant. </p>
<p>To the extent that any program DOES have clear evidence of more rigorous entrance standards, law schools should certainly take that into consideration, to an extent proportionate with the actual differential in requirements. That, along with any difference in mean grade, should then be used to calculate an “accurate” comparative class rank. </p>
<p>I’m not sure how anyone could argue with that. </p>
<p>However, in the absence of actual evidence, we can’t simply assume this to be true of all, or even most, schools. There were certainly plenty of dumb engineers at my school.</p>