CHAPTER 0.8 
2011 LAW SCHOOL SELECTIVITY 

TOPICS

 

2011 ACADEMIC SELECTIVITY (Top 50)



 


2011 ACADEMIC SELECTIVITY:
THE TOP 50 RANKED AMONG THEMSELVES

 

2011

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2011

2011

2011

2011

2011

USN

TOP FIFTY

GPA 25TH

GPA 75TH

LSAT 25TH

LSAT 75TH

ACADEMIC

TOP

LAW SCHOOL

PERCENTILE

PERCENTILE

PERCENTILE

PERCENTILE

SELECTIVITY

50

 

DATA

RANK

DATA

RANK

DATA

RANK

DATA

RANK

SCORE

RANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Harvard U (MA) 

3.76

3.0

3.96

2.5

171

1.0

176

1.5

219.82

1

1

Yale U (CT) 

3.82

1.0

3.96

2.5

170

2.5

176

1.5

219.68

2

4

Columbia U (NY) 

3.60

6.5

3.81

25.5

170

2.5

175

3.0

216.96

3

3

Stanford U (CA) 

3.77

2.0

3.97

1.0

167

7.5

172

6.5

215.94

4

5

U Chicago (IL)

3.63

5.0

3.84

18.5

169

4.5

173

4.5

215.82

5

6

New York U 

3.57

9.0

3.86

12.0

169

4.5

173

4.5

215.58

6

11.5

Duke U (NC) 

3.60

6.5

3.84

18.5

167

7.5

171

9.5

213.64

7

7.5

U Pennsylvania 

3.57

9.0

3.90

7.0

166

10.5

171

9.5

213.32

8

7.5

UC Berkeley

3.68

4.0

3.95

4.0

165

14.0

170

12.5

213.28

9

9

U Michigan 

3.55

11.0

3.84

18.5

167

7.5

170

12.5

212.84

10

10

U Virginia 

3.54

12.5

3.92

5.0

165

14.0

171

9.5

212.76

11

14

Georgetown U (DC) 

3.42

24.5

3.79

32.0

167

7.5

171

9.5

212.26

12.5

11.5

Northwestern U (IL)

3.40

29.5

3.81

25.5

166

10.5

172

6.5

212.26

12.5

15.5

UCLA

3.57

9.0

3.88

9.0

164

18.5

169

14.5

211.20

14

17

Vanderbilt U (TN) 

3.50

16.0

3.86

12.0

164

18.5

169

14.5

210.66

15

15.5

U Texas,Austin 

3.54

12.5

3.87

10.0

164

18.5

168

18.0

210.46

16

13

Cornell U (NY) 

3.50

16.0

3.80

29.5

165

14.0

168

18.0

210.30

17

23.5

Boston U 

3.50

16.0

3.83

22.0

164

18.5

167

24.5

209.48

18

20

George Washington

3.41

27.5

3.86

12.0

163

22.0

168

18.0

209.12

19

18

Southern California

3.47

19.5

3.71

45.0

165

14.0

167

24.5

209.08

20

23.5

Emory U (GA) 

3.37

32.5

3.68

48.5

165

14.0

167

24.5

208.30

21

23.5

U Notre Dame (IN) 

3.36

34.0

3.74

40.5

163

22.0

167

24.5

207.60

22

35.5

Fordham U (NY) 

3.37

32.5

3.74

40.5

162

24.0

167

24.5

207.16

23

30.5

Boston College (MA)

3.34

36.5

3.68

48.5

163

22.0

167

24.5

207.12

24

19

Washington U (MO)

3.30

41.5

3.80

29.5

161

26.5

168

18.0

207.10

25

23.5

U MinnesotaTC

3.30

41.5

3.85

15.0

160

33.0

168

18.0

206.90

26

44

Brigham Young (UT)

3.52

14.0

3.85

15.0

160

33.0

165

36.0

206.72

27

30.5

William & Mary (VA)

3.42

24.5

3.77

36.0

161

26.5

166

30.0

206.64

28

35.5

U Washington 

3.47

19.5

3.80

29.5

160

33.0

166

30.0

206.62

29

30.5

U Georgia 

3.40

29.5

3.80

29.5

161

26.5

165

36.0

206.20

30

21

U IIlinois-UC

3.20

49.5

3.90

7.0

160

33.0

167

24.5

206.10

31

35.5

Washington and Lee

3.28

43.0

3.78

34.0

160

33.0

167

24.5

205.86

32

39.5

U Colorado-Boulder 

3.42

24.5

3.78

34.0

160

33.0

165

36.0

205.70

33

44

UC Hastings

3.39

31.0

3.71

45.0

161

26.5

165

36.0

205.60

34

39.5

U Alabama 

3.32

39.0

3.90

7.0

159

39.0

165

36.0

205.32

35

35.5

Ohio SU

3.49

18.0

3.81

25.5

158

43.5

164

43.5

204.80

36

49.5

Tulane U (LA) 

3.34

36.5

3.75

39.0

160

33.0

164

43.5

204.54

37

26

U Iowa 

3.43

21.5

3.81

25.5

158

43.5

164

43.5

204.44

38

30.5

UC Davis

3.23

46.0

3.72

43.0

160

33.0

165

36.0

204.20

39

47

U Florida 

3.42

24.5

3.85

15.0

158

43.5

163

49.0

204.12

40

44

George Mason (VA) 

3.21

47.5

3.83

22.0

158

43.5

165

36.0

203.74

41

49.5

U Maryland 

3.21

47.5

3.66

50.0

159

39.0

166

30.0

203.72

42

30.5

U North Carolina CH

3.43

21.5

3.73

42.0

157

47.0

164

43.5

203.46

43

39.5

Wake Forest U (NC) 

3.20

49.5

3.70

47.0

160

33.0

164

43.5

203.40

44

44

U Arizona

3.34

36.5

3.71

45.0

159

39.0

163

49.0

203.30

45

39.5

Arizona SU

3.34

36.5

3.78

34.0

158

43.5

163

49.0

203.22

46

27

Indiana U, B

3.26

44.0

3.83

22.0

156

49.0

165

36.0

203.04

47

44

U Utah 

3.41

27.5

3.76

37.5

156

49.0

163

49.0

202.52

48

49.5

Southern Methodist

3.24

45.0

3.84

18.5

155

51.0

165

36.0

202.48

49

30.5

U Wisconsin

3.31

40.0

3.76

37.5

156

49.0

163

49.0

201.92

50

49.5

American U (DC) 

3.13

51.0

3.56

51.0

158

43.5

164

43.5

201.14

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highest

3.82

 

3.97

 

171

 

176

 

447.36

 

 

Average of Top 13

3.63

 

3.91

 

167.6

 

172.4

 

437.36

 

 

Average of 14-26

3.46

 

3.83

 

163.4

 

167.7

 

424.83

 

 

Average of 27-39

3.37

 

3.78

 

160.0

 

165.5

 

418.38

 

 

Average Bottom 12

3.24

 

3.70

 

157.3

 

163.7

 

413.04

 

 

Lowest

3.13

 

3.56

 

155

 

163

 

408.97

 

 

Average
of 1-51

3.43

 

3.81

 

162.2

 

167.4

 

423.61

 

  Median
of 1-51
3.42   3.81   161   167   420.95  

January 29, 2011

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