What are the most DIFFICULT schools?

Sam_Lee
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:23:18 +0000

I have had a short discussion with sakky on this before in another thread. If one of you wants, I can probably try to find that thread.

In that thread, sakky posted links showing GPA and LSAT of law school admits from Stanford and Berkeley. If one examines GPAs vs LSAT scores for both groups and compare LSAT scores of those with the same GPAs, one actually finds the unexpected–the Stanford group usually has higher LSAT scores. For example, the students with 3.5 GPA at Stanford generally score higher on LSAT than those with 3.5 GPA at Berkeley. If GPA and LSAT are closely correlated, a Stanford student with a 3.5 GPA can expect to get >= 3.5 at Berkeley on average. I guess grade inflation is more complex than people think. The Harvard professors who defend their “generous” grading may have their point after all.