Law School Discussion

Decision Date Graphs

Yale: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/34
Harvard: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/54
Stanford: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/185
Columbia: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/97
NYU: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/144
Boalt: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/81
Chicago: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/93
Penn: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/160
Michigan: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/131
Virginia: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/18
NW: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/151
Cornell: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/99
Duke: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/110
Georgetown: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/decision_date_graph/47

Quote from: Jiashi on October 28, 2008, 05:47:22 PM

Quote from: Pardon Johnny Cash. on October 28, 2008, 04:15:52 PM

Hey, I don't know if the decision date stuff was uploaded into the file properly.  I see the header but not the actual graph.  Sounds like a great idea though!  Can't wait to see them!

What browser are you using?  I've tested it on Mac with Firefox and Safari.  I'll test it later today with IE and Firefox on Windows.  Thanks for letting me know.

IE

That might be the problem.  Do you have Firefox on your computer?  It really is a much better browser.  :-)  In any case, I'll try to see if I can fix it for IE.

I just created decision date graphs for all the schools, scroll down on these pages to see

Yale: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/34
Harvard: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/54
Stanford: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/185
Columbia: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/97
NYU: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/144
Boalt: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/81
Chicago: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/93
Penn: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/160
Michigan: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/131
Virginia: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/18
NW: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/151
Cornell: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/99
Duke: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/110
Georgetown: http://www.chiashu.com/schools/graphs/47

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