Anyone with knowlege of inner workings of Admissions?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Assuming an application (GPA/LSAT) is somewhere between 25-75%....what happens next? Do all applications go into a Committee to be read? Do they actually spend time to read the Personal Statement, the resume and the recommendations? Do they go through Committees more than once, if there's a disagreement? Do they ever ask for additional information? Is this a 5-minute, first impression based on years of reading apps, "thank you our decision is made" process...?</p>

<p>Any experiences with wait lists (good or bad) to report? I'm assuming wait-list means no financial aid...</p>

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<p>Neonzeus,</p>

<p>Some of the best $$ under $30 you will spend is to get the Richard Montauk's
How to Get into Top Law Schools** and Anna Ivery's The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions:Straight Advice on Essays, Resumes and More. </p>

<p>They can be purchased as a set from Amazon for $28.35 (not including shipping) and they cover everything from soup to nuts as far as going to law school). Montauk does speak with many admissions directors regarding their selection process. For example; some schools use indexes, which are a combination of GPA, LSAT and a constant (You can get the current law school index guide from the LSAC). You can plug in the numbers and see what the indexes look like.</p>

<p>George Washington does use index #s</p>

<p>the index for George Washington is (A* lsat score)+(b*gpa)+ Constant </p>

<p>where according to the LSAC index tables (which you can get from their website) </p>

<p>George Washington University(A) 0.032 (* Lsat score) (B)0.395 (*gpa) (constant)Cum -3.446</p>

<p>In the 3rd edition of Montauk, page 118, </p>

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Our index number is designed to predict first-year law school performance. It is a regression formula: (0.44 x last) + (.0433 x gpa) -5.502. We separate candidates into three goups on the basis of their index numbers.for those at a 3.4 or over, I can admit them without referring their files to the admissions committee (i admit at least 80% of those in this category.) If I want to reject or waitlist them, I refer the file to the committee. For those at or below 3.1, I can reject without referring their files to committee (i reject at least two-thirds of those in this category). If I want to admit or waitlist them, I refer their files to the committee.Those between 3.1 and 3.4 are automatically sent to committee, although I do read them first and make recommendations).</p>

<p>-Robert Stanek, George Washington

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<p>While the index formula has changed since the 3rd edition, the total index number to get admitted to George Washington has not changed. (under the old formula, OP would need a 167 & 3.6 to hit the 3.4).</p>

<p>I also have Montauk's 4th edition but GW did not contribute anything about their index numbers .</p>