ABA Legal Ed council approves proposed rule change to end admission test requirement

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  Alex Alum Member ⭐

  August 2018 23929 karma

  That's an older article from May I believe. Here's the most recent update:

  http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plan_to_drop_law_school_entry_exam_requirement_withdrawn_before_house_vote
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  AudaciousRed Alum Member

  August 2018 edited August 2018 2689 karma

  Thanks for the update on this, @Alex . Being a reverse splitter, I'm kinda bummed by this turn of events. LoL. I was hoping maybe GPA would begin to play a stronger role in admissions decisions.
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  studyingandrestudying Core Member

  August 2018 5254 karma

  Hopefully one of the next ThinkingLSATs will discuss.
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  eRetaker Free Trial Member

  August 2018 2043 karma

  @AudaciousRed I actually think both reverse splitters and regular splitters should be happy about this. Dropping the test req. wouldn't make the top law schools devalue the LSAT since USNEWS rankings will still be their main concern. The drop will just bring in a flood of applicants who took the GRE, GMAT, etc. with a decent portion of them having high GPAs which will dilute the pool of high GPA students.
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  smartaone2 Alum Member

  August 2018 513 karma

  @Alex said:
  That's an older article from May I believe. Here's the most recent update:

  http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plan_to_drop_law_school_entry_exam_requirement_withdrawn_before_house_vote

  Ok great. Thanks for the update!