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Hi all,

I hope everyone's law school applications are going well. I'm wishing everyone all the good luck.

While I know at this point is out of my control, I'm trying to understand if I would classify as a splitter at some of the T14 law schools - mainly HYS - and understand where I stand this cycle.

My LSAC GPA is 3.86 (which hovers between the 25th - 50th percentile for the top schools, below the 25th percentile for YLS) and my LSAT score is at/above the 75th percentile for all of these schools. I'm trying to understand which of these schools I should consider a stretch vs. a target.

Any/all thoughts are welcome and helpful. Thank you.

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    kimmelsara198
    Tuesday, Oct 12 2021

    I like this PS blogpost, it gives you an idea of how schools have typically treated splitters: https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/which-law-schools-are-splitter-friendly/

    It is older, so don't mind the rankings or numbers, but the color-coding is helpful, I think.

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    chloedlmiller568 OP
    Sunday, Oct 10 2021

    Thanks, I really appreciate the resource!!

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    jagbirh542
    Sunday, Oct 10 2021

    I think the broad definition for splitter is being under the 25th percentile for GPA, and above the 75th percentile for LSAT. A reverse splitter would be under the 25th percentile for LSAT and above the 75th percentile for GPA. Super Splitters would be people with a dramatic difference between their GPA and LSAT like below 3.0 GPA with an LSAT score above 170.At the end of the day classifying as a splitter depends on the school you apply to.

    Here is a good resource explaining splitters: https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/what-are-law-school-splitters-reverse-splitters-super-splitters/

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