by realistic i mean stuff like 'dont use any lsat or peer numbers' isn't really an option
if you have an idea go ahead and list it- here is mine
when having reputation scores filled out, let it be on a 10 point scale.
Why? Right now the rankings are so incredibly bunched up that there needs to be a little more seperation. Ranking from 1-5 is very difficult. Think about if you were filling the survey out. You would likely reserve a '1' for the tier 4 and a good amount of tier 3 schools. You would likely use the '5' on schools in the t14. A '4' in most of the rest of the top 40 or so, a 3 in the mid to end of tier 2 and a '2' in the remainder. Thing is there really isn't much room to really rank. For example what if i as a person being surveyed think ND is a better school then UNC (purely hypo). I want to give ND a better score then UNC but i can't justify putting ND in the same category as yale. At the same time i can't justify dropping UNC's score down. So I just give them the same score. Giving a 1-10 range allows for a much more accurate reflection of what the peer scores are. And since that is 40% of the ranking, i think it would play an important roll in stopping ties and giving a more accurate reflection of the method USNews seesm to like