Using Your UGPA and LSAT Score
Predicting the Likelihood of Admission to Law School
Logistic Regression
Results for the UGPA/LSAT search are computed using a logistic regression model employing Fall 2006 full-time application and admission data as reported by all ABA-approved law schools. The results presented represent a 95% probability that an applicant to a particular school for Fall 2006 would have had an actual chance of admission within the range indicated. Logistic regression assumes certain statistical patterns in the data and may slightly over- or under-represent the actual probability of admission of an applicant to that year's class if those patterns were not uniformly present. For instance, this model might overestimate the probability for admittance for applicants just under the lowest score that a school accepted in 2006, and it might underestimate the probability for admittance for applicants just above that score.
Guaging the Search Results
The results of searches on this data may or may not reflect current admission probabilities at a given law school for 2008 admission.
In the reporting of the data by the law schools, an average LSAT score was used for candidates who had multiple scores.
Law schools consider many factors in the admission process other than UGPA and LSAT score, including letters of recommendation, work experience, personal statements, extracurricular and civic activities, diversity of classes, and many others.
ABA site that uses LSAC admissions data from 2004 to tell you how likely you are to be admitted into all of the accredited and ABA approved law schools in the country. Since the data is a little old and the system only uses two (albeit the two most important) of the several factors that law schools consider when they review an application, the numbers are not 100% accurate. However, the program does give you a good idea about which schools you should be looking at.
What to do with this info
Most applicants apply to a number of law schools based on a range of admission possibilities and other criteria. This search is designed to help you identify a number of schools, based on overlapping ranges, to explore further using the other searches in this Official Guide and additional research. You may access in-depth information provided by each school by clicking on the link to each school in the list you derive using these searches, or you can link to each school individually by going to the All Law Schools list.