Splitter Database - Google Drive


1	Tier 1 Law Schools and Splitter Friendliness
2	(by 2011 USNWR rankings with 2011 cycle data)
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4	School	GPA 25th	GPA 50th	GPA 75th	LSAT 25th	LSAT 50th	LSAT 75th	GPA Range*	LSAT Range*	Peer GPA Diff**	Peer LSAT Diff**	GPA Floor	Other Factors
5	Yale	3.81	3.91	3.96	171	173	176	0.10	2	0.13	1	3.80
6	Harvard	3.78	3.89	3.96	171	173	176	0.11	2	0.10	1	3.70	Soft GPA floor
7	Stanford	3.74	3.88	3.94	167	170	173	0.14	3	0.06	-2	3.70
8	Columbia	3.61	3.72	3.82	170	172	175	0.11	2	-0.07	0	3.45
9	Chicago	3.59	3.78	3.87	168	171	172	0.19	3	-0.09	-1	3.40
10	NYU	3.57	3.71	3.86	169	172	175	0.14	3	-0.11	0	3.35
11	Michigan	3.57	3.73	3.85	168	169	171	0.16	1	0.03	0	3.35	Emphasis on holistic admissions, extra essays
12	Pennsylvania	3.54	3.85	3.90	166	170	171	0.31	4	0.00	1	3.40
13	UC-Berkeley	3.64	3.79	3.87	162	167	170	0.15	5	0.10	-2	3.55	State school
14	Virginia	3.51	3.85	3.92	166	170	171	0.34	4	-0.03	1	3.30	Quick and splitter-friendly ED process
15	Duke	3.68	3.80	3.90	168	170	171	0.12	2	0.14	1	3.50
16	Northwestern	3.40	3.80	3.90	166	170	171	0.40	4	-0.14	1	none	Strong emphasis on work experience, no GPA floor
17	Cornell	3.55	3.68	3.80	166	168	169	0.13	2	0.01	-1	3.30
18	Georgetown	3.45	3.67	3.78	168	170	172	0.22	2	-0.09	1	3.00	Large class size, soft GPA floor
19	Texas	3.57	3.71	3.84	164	167	169	0.14	3	0.12	0	3.45	State school, In-state quota
20	UCLA	3.56	3.77	3.87	165	168	170	0.21	3	0.11	1	3.40	State school
21	Vanderbilt	3.50	3.72	3.82	165	169	170	0.22	4	0.05	2	3.30
22	Southern California	3.46	3.64	3.73	166	167	169	0.18	1	0.01	0	3.40
23	Washington U (St. Louis)	3.30	3.70	3.80	162	167	168	0.40	5	-0.15	0	2.80	Soft GPA floor
24	George Washington	3.39	3.79	3.87	162	167	168	0.40	5	-0.06	0	2.90	Soft GPA floor
25	Minnesota	3.36	3.71	3.84	159	167	168	0.35	8	-0.09	0	2.80	State school, soft GPA floor
26	Boston U	3.52	3.72	3.83	164	167	166	0.30	3	0.07	0	3.30
27	Indiana U-Bloomington	3.47	3.78	3.89	156	164	164	0.31	8	0.02	-3	none	State school, no GPA floor
28	UC-Davis	3.53	3.69	3.80	160	163	165	0.16	3	0.08	-4	3.00	State school
29	Illinois (UIUC)	3.30	3.80	3.90	163	167	168	0.50	4	-0.15	0	3.00	State school
30	Notre Dame	3.39	3.57	3.73	162	167	168	0.18	5	-0.06	0	3.10
31	Boston College	3.45	3.61	3.70	163	166	167	0.16	3	0.09	3	3.30
32	William & Mary	3.47	3.70	3.81	160	165	166	0.23	5	0.11	2	3.25
33	Iowa	3.41	3.59	3.77	158	161	164	0.18	3	0.05	-2	3.10	State school
34	Emory	3.34	3.54	3.69	166	166	167	0.20	0	-0.02	3	3.00
35	Fordham	3.36	3.60	3.76	163	166	168	0.24	3	0.00	3	3.10
36	North Carolina	3.34	3.51	3.73	159	163	165	0.17	4	-0.02	0		State school
37	U Washington	3.49	3.66	3.81	160	163	166	0.17	3	0.13	0	3.30	State school
38	Washington & Lee	3.14	3.44	3.64	161	166	167	0.30	5	-0.22	3	none	No GPA floor
39	Ohio State	3.45	3.66	3.82	160	163	164	0.21	3	0.09	0	3.00	State school
40	Alabama	3.41	3.80	3.92	159	165	167	0.39	6	0.05	2		State school
41	Georgia	3.40	3.70	3.80	162	164	166	0.30	2	0.04	1		State school
42	Wisconsin	3.29	3.63	3.76	158	163	164	0.34	5	-0.07	0	3.00	State school
43	Wake Forest	3.30	3.60	3.70	160	163	164	0.30	3	-0.06	0
44	Arizona State	3.34	3.57	3.75	158	161	164	0.23	3	-0.02	-2		State school
45	George Mason	3.27	3.72	3.82	158	164	165	0.45	6	-0.09	1	2.70	Soft GPA floor
46	Brigham Young	3.45	3.75	3.86	161	164	167	0.30	3	0.09	1
47	Arizona	3.33	3.50	3.71	161	162	164	0.17	1	-0.03	-1		State school
48	UC-Hastings	3.45	3.60	3.71	160	164	165	0.15	4	0.09	1	3.10	State school
49	Maryland	3.30	3.50	3.70	157	161	163	0.20	4	-0.06	-2	3.10	State school
50	Utah	3.46	3.63	3.82	157	161	164	0.17	4	0.10	-2		State school
51	Tulane	3.40	3.51	3.70	160	162	164	0.11	2	0.04	-1	2.90
52	Colorado	3.30	3.61	3.74	161	164	166	0.31	3	-0.06	1		State school
53	Florida	3.44	3.67	3.84	160	162	164	0.23	2	0.08	-1	3.00	State school
54	American	3.12	3.40	3.58	158	163	164	0.28	5	-0.24	0	2.75
55	Florida State	3.30	3.52	3.70	161	162	164	0.22	1	-0.06	-1		State school
56	Southern Methodist	3.29	3.67	3.82	156	163	165	0.38	7	-0.07	0
57	Yeshiva (Cardozo)	3.42	3.60	3.74	160	163	166	0.18	3	0.06	0
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59	*Ranges are defined as the difference between the 25th and 50th percentiles for GPA and LSAT. Generally speaking, schools with high ranges are more splitter-friendly.
60	**Peer differences are calculated as the difference between a school's 25th % and the average 25th % for its peer schools for GPA, median is used for LSAT. Peer categories are defined as 1-6, 7-14, 15-26 and 27-53.