GPA/LSAT are not all that matters

HappyAlumnus
Mon, 07 Sep 2015 20:24:24 +0000

Whatever Demosthenes is saying, if Joyce Curll and Anna Ivey, former admissions deans of two top-5ish law schools, say one thing (that where you go to college and other soft matters matter somewhat) and if Demosthenes says another (that GPA/LSAT are all that matters), I’ll place my bets on Joyce Curll and Anna Ivey.

First, they say similar things; if law school admissions deans really cared only about numbers, then it is unlikely that they’d all be in cahoots with each other and would falsely claim that numbers alone mattered.

Second, if they were going around lying (or otherwise distorting what happens in law school admissions), there would be a large reputational risk to them of being caught in their lies, which would harm their consulting businesses.

Third, what they say (that non-numeric factors matter most for candidates that are otherwise not off the charts) syncs with what the lawschoolnumbers.com scattergrams show.

Fourth, Demosthenes needs to find ways to cast doubt on their assertions, since otherwise Demosthenes’ years of posts are completely contradicted by them.