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History of LSAT?
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Date: November 6th, 2005 3:16 PM Author: anal wonderful stage I am curious when the LSAT was introduced, the evolution of the test, etc.
Also, I have read that law school is much more competitive today than in the 1990s, 1980s, and 1970s. Each decade gets progressively more competitive, or what? |
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Date: November 7th, 2005 9:39 PM Author: translucent curious brunch I want to know this to. Specifically what the admissions process was like 20 years ago, i.e. Would a 3.7, 160 LSAT get into Harvard 20 years ago? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4238150) |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 9:55 AM Author: Supple bat shit crazy area ape The test was on a different scale. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4241228) |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 10:16 AM Author: Electric house-broken boiling water i'd guess that 160 equates to around a 37 on the old 10-48 scale. and if you look back at old law school guides, the median scores for harvard, yale, and stanford were around 44 -- the 95th percentile or so, thus around a 166, i suppose. obviously, that's quite a bit easier than now. additionally, the fact of fewer applicants suggests there may have been fewer within the viable range. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4241357) |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 10:18 AM Author: bateful field ratface Then again, people study more for the LSAT now than they did then. So maybe the results today are shifted more towards smart hard workers than just pure natural intelligence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4241372) |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 10:19 AM Author: Electric house-broken boiling water or even dumb hard workers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4241385) |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 3:58 PM Author: concupiscible internal respiration Or even people with the money to take a prep class... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4243722) |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 4:07 PM Author: contagious slimy piazza community account Something tells me that if you have to take a prep class for the LSAT, you aren't getting into HYS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4243770) |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 4:10 PM Author: Garnet Talented University Milk "Something tells me that if you have to take a prep class for the LSAT, you aren't getting into HYS."
I bet plenty of HYS students wouldn't have gotten in if they hadn't done lots of LSAT prep. |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 4:11 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy metal dog poop Right. That's like saying, "Something tells me if you have to train for the Olympics, you're not going to qualify." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4243795) |
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Date: November 8th, 2005 4:13 PM Author: Garnet Talented University Milk Yep. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4243807) |
Date: November 8th, 2005 4:07 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy metal dog poop When Clinton took it in the 60s, I think the scale was the same as the SAT (200?-800). According to an ancient prep book I've seen, the LSAT around that time had a legal reasoning section -- to see if you were a natural lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=293126&forum_id=2#4243769) |