Law school admission and elite colleges

Data10
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:01:33 +0000

tsbna44:

What if 20 applicants came from Boise State and they had a higher GPA/LSAT than the Ivy students - would they get in b4 the Ivy students?

What you’re seeing is - that Ivy kids perform best - same way they performed best at undergrad - so they are getting the spots.

But if other kids somehow outscored them - would they get the spots?

A comparison of average stats among Boise States undergrad applicants and Yale undegrad applicants for the year 2016 is below. Note that average applicant from Yale undergrad had a higher LSAT than anyone in all of Boise State undergrad. T14 law schools start at a median LSAT of 168 and go up to 173-174. Only 1 kid in all of Boise State undergrad scored the median LSAT for Cornell Law, and nobody scored the median LSAT for any T14 law school except Cornell. This obviously does not bode well for Boise State kids in T14 law school admissions.

Boise State – Mean LSAT = 150.8, Highest LSAT = 168, Mean GPA = 3.23
Yale – Mean LSAT = 168.9, Highest LSAT = 180, Mean GPA = 3.76

If by some miracle, next year the stats for Bose State and Yale were swapped and Boise state had a mean LSAT of 168.9, mean GPA of 3.76, with some kids scoring as high as a perfect 180; I think it’s a safe bet that Bose State would have a high admit rate to T14 law schools. I’d expect similar or above Ivies. However, this is all theoretical. Similarly it’s a safe bet that Yale would not do well in law school admissions if Yale kids had a mean LSAT of 150.8, mean GPA of 3.23, and nobody in the full class scoring above 168, like the Boise State kids.