How exactly do admissions officers weigh your LSAT score and GPA? Well, it's complicated.Law School Admissions Index: LSAT vs. GPA
LSAC's website will help you calculate your chances at various law schools. It uses each law school's "admissions index" (a formula unique to each school weighing LSAT scores and GPAs).
Enter your undergraduate GPA and (presumed) LSAT score. Sort the results by likelihood in descending order to see at which schools you have the highest likelihood of success.
This tool is based on info that each law school submits about its admission index, so it's accurate as far as LSAT and GPA are concerned.
Factors that it doesn't consider are diversity, legacy, personal statement, recommendation letters, disciplinary record, etc. Obviously, LSAT and GPA are the big two, but the others have some impact as well.
Enjoy!
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There seem to be some missing schools though. For instance,the chances of getting into Stanford law is not offered though, am I correct? or am I missing something?
ReplyDeleteAnon, some schools don't publicly report their numbers so applicants don't really have any idea of whether they will get in or not. Yale is another school that is like this as well. They are said to take the "holistic" approach to evaluating applications.
ReplyDeleteI see. Thank you for your quick answer, David!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this, its a good tool, even if the results did freak me out. I'm taking the October LSAT, and planning to dedicate the next 4 months or so to vigorous studying, this site is incredibly, unbelievably helpful. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI started a blog to keep myself honest with study schedules, etc. If anyone's interested you can check it out at www.elusive180.blogspot.com Good luck to everyone studying for the June LSAT!