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21% decline in law school applicants with 170-174 range scores

http://balkin.blogspot.com/2012/04/law-school-crunch-is-here...
Transparent Indian Lodge
  04/09/12
not surprising considering that smart people are the quickes...
Sapphire Provocative Dysfunction Parlor
  04/09/12
on the other hand, now might not be a terrible time to apply...
Sepia hyperventilating mexican
  04/09/12
lol moron
Contagious Regret Pisswyrm
  04/09/12
this is the prevailing wisdom on TLS. its now shrewd to app...
walnut harsh chapel
  04/09/12
What a bunch of fucktards
Contagious Regret Pisswyrm
  04/09/12
180 The scary news: Many law schools will face severe fin...
soul-stirring lodge
  04/09/12
they're just going to accept the dudes with 130s now. there...
Opaque hell half-breed
  04/09/12
We should open a law school that accepts people in the 130s....
exhilarant vermilion point
  04/09/12
you will be in FIERCE competition with Cooley and Thomas Jef...
Slap-happy fragrant kitchen masturbator
  04/09/12
the problem with that is you need to have a certain % of bar...
razzle-dazzle yarmulke brunch
  04/09/12
when does it start to dip? LSAT = 150?
Spruce territorial antidepressant drug
  04/09/12
You need a % to get accredited. After that the ABA is too c...
Ebony locus
  04/09/12
cr. the profession will be a complete toilet.
soul-stirring lodge
  04/09/12
awesome that people are wisening up to this scam, unfortunat...
outnumbered fat ankles space
  04/09/12
I love how co 2011 is right in between - fucked by ITE but w...
Contagious Regret Pisswyrm
  04/09/12
Yeah, C/O 2011 is the Lost Generation.
Lemon filthy theater stage friendly grandma
  04/09/12
What on earth was obamas reason for cutting them off from th...
Contagious Regret Pisswyrm
  04/09/12
applicants in the 140-144 range are only down 6.2%, applican...
Sepia hyperventilating mexican
  04/09/12
People in the 170-74 range can get other jobs.
Vigorous grizzly mediation
  04/09/12
tint cream
Amethyst whorehouse
  04/09/12
(guy who has been in a coma since 1994)
soul-stirring lodge
  04/09/12
but I think the 170plus pool is self selecting. Aren't they...
lascivious infuriating orchestra pit
  04/09/12
No. Many are seniors in college and using law as a back up i...
exhilarant vermilion point
  04/09/12
Many are also seniors in college at random state schools who...
embarrassed to the bone abnormal knife
  04/09/12
Not if they are finance bros
exhilarant vermilion point
  04/09/12
Obviously. But most prospective law students are in the hum...
embarrassed to the bone abnormal knife
  04/09/12
If you go to bigstate and major in liberal arts then just LO...
exhilarant vermilion point
  04/09/12
The point is, humanities and social science majors from non-...
embarrassed to the bone abnormal knife
  04/09/12
Cr
Contagious Regret Pisswyrm
  04/09/12
how dumb is someone who scores below 150?
soul-stirring lodge
  04/09/12
Pretty fucking dumb, but I'd posit that the idiots scoring a...
lavender hall indirect expression
  04/09/12
really? are there that many dumb people around?
very tactful yapping church building
  04/09/12
Well 150 is average, and I have to guess the avg lsat taker ...
Contagious Regret Pisswyrm
  04/09/12
don't think it's raw intelligence. those who do not take it ...
very tactful yapping church building
  04/09/12
did number of scores in that range decline?
Spruce territorial antidepressant drug
  04/09/12


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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:01 PM
Author: Transparent Indian Lodge

http://balkin.blogspot.com/2012/04/law-school-crunch-is-here-finances-and.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424195)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:04 PM
Author: Sapphire Provocative Dysfunction Parlor

not surprising considering that smart people are the quickest to perceive what a shit bargain LS has become

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424220)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:07 PM
Author: Sepia hyperventilating mexican

on the other hand, now might not be a terrible time to apply places with a 169

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424237)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:42 PM
Author: Contagious Regret Pisswyrm

lol moron

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424630)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:48 PM
Author: walnut harsh chapel

this is the prevailing wisdom on TLS. its now shrewd to apply with LS! especially top schools!

gtfo with that shit. It was shrewd in 1970. You missed the boat. You'll never make up for your failure to understand that the money is in Silicon Valley or Wall Street

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424657)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 2:51 PM
Author: Contagious Regret Pisswyrm

What a bunch of fucktards

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20425083)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:06 PM
Author: soul-stirring lodge

180

The scary news: Many law schools will face severe financial difficulty this coming year, and if this decline continues some law schools will close.

The good news: Law students should get higher scholarship offers this year. After going up for decades, we may finally witness a decline in real tuition (the scholarship discounted rate).

The bad news: Law schools will still produce far more graduates than available jobs (BLS stats here). To get a closer match between supply and demand for new lawyers, law schools must enroll about 35,000 first years (still above openings, but attrition after 1st year will bring this down). The last time enrollment was that low was in the early 1970s, when there were 50 fewer accredited law schools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424230)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:33 PM
Author: Opaque hell half-breed

they're just going to accept the dudes with 130s now. there is a never-ending stream of brainless idiots that want to go to law school and are willing to take out six figures of federal debt to do so

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424375)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:37 PM
Author: exhilarant vermilion point

We should open a law school that accepts people in the 130s. Charge 40k a year in tuition.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424395)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:09 PM
Author: Slap-happy fragrant kitchen masturbator

you will be in FIERCE competition with Cooley and Thomas Jefferson

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424508)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:31 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle yarmulke brunch

the problem with that is you need to have a certain % of bar-passers to keep your accreditation, and bar passage rates are abysmal for people in that range.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424570)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:38 PM
Author: Spruce territorial antidepressant drug

when does it start to dip? LSAT = 150?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424604)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 2:12 PM
Author: Ebony locus

You need a % to get accredited. After that the ABA is too chickenshit to do anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424808)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:58 PM
Author: soul-stirring lodge

cr. the profession will be a complete toilet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424466)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:07 PM
Author: outnumbered fat ankles space

awesome that people are wisening up to this scam, unfortunately its too late for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424239)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:47 PM
Author: Contagious Regret Pisswyrm

I love how co 2011 is right in between - fucked by ITE but wasnt our fault bc we enrolled at t14 before ite, BUT we are also shut out of better ibr terms and didnt get any tuition decreases.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424651)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:49 PM
Author: Lemon filthy theater stage friendly grandma

Yeah, C/O 2011 is the Lost Generation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424661)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:51 PM
Author: Contagious Regret Pisswyrm

What on earth was obamas reason for cutting them off from the better ibr terms?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424678)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:09 PM
Author: Sepia hyperventilating mexican

applicants in the 140-144 range are only down 6.2%, applicants from 175-180 down 13.6%

http://www.lsac.org/Members/Data/PDFs/Current-Volume-033012.pdf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424252)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:17 PM
Author: Vigorous grizzly mediation

People in the 170-74 range can get other jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424285)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:38 PM
Author: Amethyst whorehouse

tint cream

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424398)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:58 PM
Author: soul-stirring lodge

(guy who has been in a coma since 1994)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424467)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:29 PM
Author: lascivious infuriating orchestra pit

but I think the 170plus pool is self selecting. Aren't they taking the lsat because they are unhappy with their professional lot to begin with?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424351)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:36 PM
Author: exhilarant vermilion point

No. Many are seniors in college and using law as a back up if they don't get banking/consulting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424392)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:37 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone abnormal knife

Many are also seniors in college at random state schools who've never heard of banking or consulting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424397)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:39 PM
Author: exhilarant vermilion point

Not if they are finance bros

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424407)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:51 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone abnormal knife

Obviously. But most prospective law students are in the humanities and social sciences.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424441)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:52 PM
Author: exhilarant vermilion point

If you go to bigstate and major in liberal arts then just LOL @ you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424444)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:54 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone abnormal knife

The point is, humanities and social science majors from non-elite schools make up the vast majority of law students and prospective law students, including many 170+ scorers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424451)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:48 PM
Author: Contagious Regret Pisswyrm

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424655)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 12:59 PM
Author: soul-stirring lodge

how dumb is someone who scores below 150?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424469)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:06 PM
Author: lavender hall indirect expression

Pretty fucking dumb, but I'd posit that the idiots scoring a 149 are still smarter than two-thirds of the American population. Scary, huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424500)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:20 PM
Author: very tactful yapping church building

really? are there that many dumb people around?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424538)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:50 PM
Author: Contagious Regret Pisswyrm

Well 150 is average, and I have to guess the avg lsat taker is significantly above the avg gen. pop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424670)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:53 PM
Author: very tactful yapping church building

don't think it's raw intelligence. those who do not take it simply will not prepare for it.

it does not mean that the average joe who has spent, say, 2 months prepping for it will get a below-150.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424688)



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Date: April 9th, 2012 1:13 PM
Author: Spruce territorial antidepressant drug

did number of scores in that range decline?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1919602&forum_id=2#20424515)