<p>Which of the following schools have the best placement into Ivy league law schools?
USC, Notre Dame, BC, Wake Forest, Johns Hopkins, and U Michigan</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php[/url]”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php</a></p>
<p>Wow, that’s definitely one-sided!</p>
<p>For law school, is the number more important or the percentile rank</p>
<p>i.e. I get a score of 160 but the percentile rank is 95. (not saying it would ever be that high for such a low score…using an extreme example)… would top law school frown because its a 160 or pay more attention to the high percentile rank</p>
<p>To the original question, the answer is that it makes absolutely no difference. None at all. No school is going to make any distinctions between those, and certainly not enough that it should impact your decision in any way.</p>
<p>To this:
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<p>I have no idea what you’re talking about. A 160 will never be in the 95th percentile. This would require some kind of massive revision of the entire LSAT scale (which isn’t going to happen), so it’s useless to speculate.</p>
<p>I have no idea what you’re talking about. A 160 will never be in the 95th percentile. This would require some kind of massive revision of the entire LSAT scale (which isn’t going to happen), so it’s useless to speculate.</p>
<p>I know it would never be… thats why I wrote the caution statement before it. I just used those numbers because I know that a 160 would never equate out to a 95 percetile rank. The main focus of my question is whether law schools pay attention to the score or to the percentile rank</p>
<p>Do you mean percentile rank for that particular lsat? If so, when the lsat is graded they take into account the overall difficulty of the exam and curve the scores somewhat. If you anwer 80 questions right you may get a 165, or a 162 if the test was found to be more difficult. </p>
<p>I think 90 percentile will always be the same though, like a 172. Once your score is given it is given and law schools won’t think about anything but the score they see.</p>
<p>I think 90 percentile will always be the same though, like a 172. Once your score is given it is given and law schools won’t think about anything but the score they see.</p>
<p>I believe a 172 is in the 99th percentile… 90th is around a 162-164</p>
<p>Let me attempt to clarify what I’m asking:</p>
<p>When you get back your LSAT score, you get a score (120-180) and a percentile rank (up to 99.99)… My question is what do law schools value more: The Percentile rank or the actual score</p>
<p>The point is that they are always correlated. A 165 will always be in about the 95th percentile or whatever.</p>
<p>Your point score on the LSAT always refers to the same percentile. A 180 is 99.9 percentile. A 170 is a 98.5 percentile.</p>
<p>A 160 is 85th percentile approximately.</p>
<p>When viewing that list, keep in mind that some schools are bigger than others, some have more/less students applying to law school, etc. You have to look up those numbers as well. All this shows you is if it’s possible to get in.</p>
<p>this is what i think:</p>
<p>they probably just look at the number, because (as Law School admissions commitees) they know how good a 165, or 172 is.</p>
<p>They don’t need the handy little key to tell them the percentile</p>