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helenlober798
Thursday, Jan 14 2016

Thanks again!

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helenlober798
Thursday, Jan 14 2016

Thank you @! Very clear and helpful advice.

Another question (and of course no problem at all if you don't have the time to answer!):

It seems like there is a loose consensus that numbers above a school's 75% percentile give an applicant a very high chance of admission, and numbers at the median give an applicant an okay but not stellar chance of admission (barring serious misconduct issues, unpolished applications, terrible PS). But, re admissions, what happens at the top schools in the zones "around" the medians? (Assuming non-URM status, no large donations, etc)

Scenario A - Your LSAT and GPA are both slightly below (1-2 LSAT points or .01-.03 GPA points) a school's medians.

Scenario B - Your LSAT is exactly at the median and your GPA is slightly below the median.

Scenario C - Your LSAT is exactly at the median and your GPA is slightly above the median.

Scenario D - Your GPA is at the median and your LSAT is a point or two below.

Are the differences in these scenarios significant? Or, given the fact that subjective factors and luck play a bigger role in admissions at top schools, do these scenarios essentially all look the same to an admissions committee? ("the same" meaning that, numbers wise, in A-D schools simply see a student "at the medians"?

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helenlober798
Wednesday, Jan 06 2016

@ Is a cancel and two scores equivalent to three scores in the eyes of most law schools? Or is one of those situations better than the other? Thanks for any advice!

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