Has anyone done a correlation?

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<p>Has anyone done a statistical correlation between LSAT score and GPA? </p>

<p>For instance people who get, I dont know, 170 in the LSAT, at likelier to have a GPA above this or that number, and vice versa? I'm aware that they are in no sense a completely accurate predictor, as splitters have shown (you know, people with low B averages but that are taking a 180 and such), but still, it would be interesting to see if there's an actual correlation between the LSAT score and the test taker's GPA at the time.</p>

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<p>i heard several times than anyone who has a 3.9+ gpa at a reasonable college should be able to crack 170. i know a couple people for whom this is true.</p>

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<p>I know a lot of people for whom this is not true.</p>

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<p>yeah, I’m aware that the notion of someone who has a high GPA being likelier to have a high LSAT is pretty logical if not outright obvious. I’m just trying to find if anyone’s confirmed it with some line graph trying to map out the GPA and LSAT scores and see if there’s an actual relation. I’ve been searching around in Google and nothing has shown up so far.</p>

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<p>This is probably true within any one undergraduate institution but not true nationally.</p>

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<p>If you glance at a few of the charts on Law School Numbers (pick any school), you will notice that there is minimal correlation. Yes, on the very high end (upper 170’s to 180), there are not many T-14 applicants who have a GPA below 3.5. However, on many of the graphs there are plenty of students with 3.9 or above scoring in the upper 150’s or low 160’s. That’s the point of the LSAT. It is a standard measure which corrects for variations in the rigorousness of grading and course work over a broad range of schools and programs. If there was a high correlation between GPA and LSAT, then the LSAT would be eliminated, and grades would do the trick.</p>

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<p>High LSAT usually correlates with high GPA. Not the other way around. LSAT is for the most part standardized, GPA’s, granted by thousands of different colleges, are not.</p>

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<p>Interesting. So there is a correlation, but not one that predicts the LSAT score, rather one that levels out the GPA scores. As we all know, a GPA in Physics isnt the same as a GPA in leisure studies, which is partly why there is an LSAT to begin with.</p>