<p>Is the general weighting of GPA and LSAT score at most schools 50/50 from people's experiences. I've only looked at a few schools so far and often the schools don't even have concrete percentage breakdowns. </p>
<p>But for those with more experience or mayb even insider experience....What breakdown do you see most often? ....Most people I've talked to seem to say that LSAT is AT LEAST 50% (never less) and possibly sometimes more than GPA.</p>
<p>It is probably more like 60/40 (lsat to gpa). A strong LSAT can help compensate for a weak GPA. However, the reverse is not true.</p>
<p>Here is a small sample size of applicants to whatever university.</p>
<p>[Georgetown</a> University - Admissions Graph | Law School Numbers](<a href=“Recently Updated J.D. Profiles | Law School Numbers”>Stats | Law School Numbers)</p>
<p>I chose Georgetown as an example but you can change it to whatever law school.</p>
<p>Just about everywhere LSAT gets more weight, often much more than the 60/40 suggested above. A high LSAT can often make up for a somewhat low (for the school) GPA, but the 4.0 GPA won’t save a low LSAT</p>
<p>Some schools publish their equations for how they weight the two. If you log into your LSAC account and click on transcripts then click on Admission Index.</p>
<p>If I’m doing my calculations right (which I might not be), Stanford seems to equate 1 LSAT point with .045 GPA points. Columbia seems to count 1 LSAT point as .08 GPA points. So it definitely varies.</p>
<p>Also, check out the graphs at mylsn.info. Some schools, like UVA, don’t really seem to give a **** about the combined value - as long as either your LSAT or your GPA meets a certain minimum, they seem to be okay with it. Other schools, like Stanford, definitely care about both LSAT and GPA.</p>
<p>Time to move on, brownug; you’ve started at least four threads here in the pre-law forum, all with hypothetical after hypothetical. You’re also very active on the pre-med forum, with inane hypothetical after…
Find another hobby.</p>
<p>I think I’ve asked all the relevant question I would want to know about, cranky. </p>
<p>But just to be sure, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with asking hypothetical situations, right? I think they’re actually very educational!! </p>
<p>I just treat them as ways of gathering information while maintaining anonymity (for admissions and professional reasons - which we should all probably do or think about since companies/employers…poss. adcoms can easily Google you). </p>
<p>Most of these seemingly weird hypothetical situations are actually not that far off from what I may actually do…but all in a year or two. 
So, it HELPS ME to gather these things ahead of time and strategize about where/how to apply to grad programs and what considerations to make for things like transferring, etc. </p>
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<p>Yeah, I can see the major disadvantages to transferring now. </p>
<p>BUT, where I think it would be worth it is if you could transfer UP and into a VERY VERY good law program. …Even then it would still have drawbacks mentioend, but perhaps the name brand of that law program could be worth it. </p>
<p>That’s also why I created a separate thread asking is it better to be TOP 10% of a “lowly law school” or BOTTOM 10% of a “top law school.” …</p>
<p>That would come into play for both transferring and also simply law school admissions the first time around. …I could see a situation where a person transferred UP the ladder…let’s say from some 200th ranked school to UVA (TOP 20 I believe). …But…suppose that person goes from being #1 at “lowly unnamed school” to then being bottom 10% at UVA…due to greater academic rigor…which would be the better thing to have on a resume? </p>
<p>Stuff like that is worth considering too, in addition to all the other very very informative things mentioned above.</p>
<p>The grade inflation at Brown is obscene. Stay there and enjoy yourself.</p>
<p>Check out TLS or XO if you need this sort of information.</p>
<p>What’s “XO”?</p>