Law School Discussion

I have finally assembled the 2007 numbers. It was a much more difficult process because LSAC has not published their data either.

I also took a look at Law School Numbers, but I noticed there is a big sampling problem - people tend to put their numbers up more often when they're accepted.  For example, for some schools in the T14, there are more accepted than rejected applicants on LSN.  This is a sampling bias that leads to disappointment.

In any case, I used both a statistical model and some computer science model-training techniques to come up with the 2007 numbers. It looks like LSAC might be putting up 2007 data this weekend as well. I can compare my results with theirs and I should be able to put up 2008 numbers soon after that. Stay tuned.

Not pretty yet, but if you know how to read it it's very useful:

Here's the graph for Harvard



For an explanation, go to http://www.chiashu.com/newsitems/show/4

Just updated the 2006 data.  Now there are calculations from 2002 to 2006 so you can see the trend for each school.

http://www.chiashu.com/law

You know the grids where schools list "GPA 3.5-3.75," "LSAT 170-175" - people accepted / people applied?

Now if you log into chiashu.com, you'll be able to expand the GPA and LSAT range to see such data for any school, and it would be centered around YOUR GPA and YOUR LSAT.

This is under the "Schools" tab after you log in, under the sub-headings of "ApplyWhere?" and "AcceptedWhere?"

http://www.chiashu.com/law

I know it won't help current applicants.... but you can still enter your data.  It's anonymous so people won't be able to see your actual LSAT/GPA nor the schools you list.

chiashu

http://www.chiashu.com/law

Now you can generate real time "HeatMaps" for any school using any search criteria.  For example, if you want to see the distribution of white applicants who applied to Georgetown during 2006, simply click on Georgetown and check the checkboxes 2006, Caucasian, Applied, Accepted, Rejected, etc. and click on "Filter."

The heatmap is generated in real time and displays the distribution of any search criteria you put in.

And as you can see I have made major changes to the website.  I've added my own blog and will promise to post random thoughts, sometimes completely unrelated to law school admissions or the law, to that space.