<p>I imagine, from 2008 to 2012, UChicago's average GPA has creeped up to the current 3.44 figure for law school applicants.</p>
<p>Overall, it appears, UChicago applicants are getting savvier and considerably more successful both on the LSAT and (by extension) law school admissions.</p>
<p>(To be clear, while we don’t know exactly how many UChicago grads apply to law schools, their average numbers put them firmly to the top of the heap - and really only behind Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Brown. This is significant progress from 2008, and certainly from 10 years before. It appears that pre-law at UChicago is now quite strong, at least from a numbers perspective.)</p>
<p>(And, of course, keeping in mind that sampling size is small and avg. LSAT can certainly vary from year to year. Of most importance, it’s good to note that UChicago’s avg. gpa for law school applicants - at 3.44 - is certainly in line with most of its peers - save for the schools that hyper-inflate, like Brown.)</p>
<p>I can’t believe how much higher the average GPAs at Stanford and Yale are compared to Chicago, Cornell, Duke, and Princeton. Its almost unfair. :(</p>
<p>This is why, for those committed to law school, there are probably more pre-law happy places than others. Princeton’s grade deflation policy has probably dropped the school behind Harvard and Yale, and possibly Brown as well. UChicago’s gradual grade inflation has bumped it up into the same sphere as Princeton, Duke, Amherst, etc. Also, the increase in UChicago’s avg. LSAT score (from 162 in 2008 to 164 in 2012) demonstrates, most likely, that students are probably getting savvier about the process. LSAT scores can vary from year to year, but the bump in avg. GPA and upward trend in LSAT is heartening to see. </p>
<p>The days of UChicago being a citadel incubating the PhD-inclined seem to be ending.</p>