<p>Is the importance of the LSAT for law school admissions more important than the SAT for UG admissions or are they proportionately the same? I mean, is the LSAT given more weight over other factors such as curriculum, GPA, and extracurriculars for admission to law school than the SAT is for admission to undergrad schools?</p>
<p>2 main factors for law school admissions; LSAT and GPA. A high LSAT can slightly compensate for a low gpa (emphasis on slightly) a high GPA cannot compensate for a low LSAT, which is weighed more heavily.</p>
<p>Yes, the LSAT is FAR more important in law school admissions that SAT is for college.</p>
<p>S's SAT and LSAT scores were both lower than would have been indicated by his good GPA - he's just not a good standardized test taker. It's been very frustrating for him to see individuals with much lower GPAs but higher LSATs receive higher index numbers from the schools to which he is applying. LSAT definitely carries a lot of weight.</p>
<p>To echo other posters, take admission into the most elite undergrad institutions and law schools as an illustrative example. There are many high school students out there with "perfect" or "near-perfect" numbers-- i.e. 4.0 unweighted GPAs, SAT scores in the 2300+ range, etc. Yet many of them are routinely rejected from top universities/LACs. For one thing, this is because the demand for spots at top schools far outweighs the supply, so schools begin to place more emphasis on the intangibles such as ECs, recs, essays, etc. Yet strong numbers, to use LSAT terminology, are still a necessary condition. </p>
<p>W/ law school admissions, on the other hand, very strong numbers are more a sufficient condition. I would be absolutely shocked if an applicant were rejected from HLS, for instance, if he had a 4.0 GPA and a 175+ LSAT, assuming he made no egregious errors on the applicant, had no damning recs, and had participated in at least one or two ECs. The process is just so much more numbers-driven.</p>