GPA/LSAT are not all that matters

HappyAlumnus
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:15:28 +0000

bluebayou, fair points. “Undergrad matters” for people who don’t have test scores and grades way above the medians for the schools to which a person applies–and those people are most of the applicant pool. So if I need to start saying that “undergrad matters unless you have test scores and grades well above your school’s medians”, then I will do so.

What I’m getting at is that Demosthenes’ constant assertions that all that matter are GPA and LSAT numbers are not true for most people. I read CC via my phone and so Demosthenes’ posts were not blocked. Demosthenes says many things that are not true at all. For example, Demosthenes says that US News rankings are based on GPA and LSAT scores. That’s not true. GPA and LSAT scores constitute only 25% of a law school’s ranking (source: US News itself, at http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/law-schools-methodology?int=9d0608); other factors, such as placement (20%, which is nearly as important as GPA/LSAT), are influenced by undergrad school name and soft factors, such as work experience and prior studies.

So “undergrad matters unless you have test scores and grades well above your school’s medians”. GPA/LSAT alone do not matter exclusively unless they’re both off the charts and there is nothing else in your application that would disqualify you.

Enough with untruths that lead law school applicants astray.