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Do you have a source on this? I moderate reddit’s law school admissions forum and have never once heard of legacy admissions being a factor for law schools. I’

by graeme 6y ago

Do you have a source on this? I moderate reddit’s law school admissions forum and have never once heard of legacy admissions being a factor for law schools. I’m not saying it’s not a thing: Yale in particular may have different rules since they’re at the very top. But law school admissions are heavily heavily affect by gpa/LSAT medians. School rankings rise and fall based on those, and there’s no fudging it. I just searched the forum and the consensus seems to be legacy is at most a small soft, unless the parent is a large donor. (Softs tend not to count for much in law school apps unless you already pass the medians) https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/search?q=Legacy&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/search?q=Legacy...

gamblor956 6y ago
I moderate reddit’s law school admissions forum and have never once heard of legacy admissions being a factor for law schools. Harvard Law admitted to using legacy admissions in 2017, when it announced it was reducing (but not eliminating) the practice. And with all due respect, redditors' opinions are not authoritative on this matter, especially when they conflict with the actual statements of one of the institutions under discussion... But law school admissions are heavily heavily affect by gpa/LSAT medians. School rankings rise and fall based on those, and there’s no fudging it. Law school rankings are not based solely on GPA/LSAT scores. Numerous other factors go into the "rankings" and the weightings are modified every year, including the respective weight given to GPA/LSAT scores. Given that LSAT scores are no longer required at Harvard, you should be familiar with the reduction in weight given to LSAT scores in the rankings for the 2018 year and onward.
- graeme 6y ago
  The ranking factors are here: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/law-schools-methodology https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/artic... LSAT and gpa are the only student specific ranking factors. And bar passage/placement, but those correlate with grades which correlate with LSAT/gpa. It’s really what the schools care about: the rankings matter. LSAT/gpa are what affect their rankings, so they’re the governing interest. Legacy is on their forms, but my point is it is not a large factor at the law school level. All the top admissions consultants are part of that admissions forum. If your only source of knowledge is reading what schools say then you don’t really have experience in how what they do differs.

by graeme 6y ago

gamblor956 6y ago

I moderate reddit’s law school admissions forum and have never once heard of legacy admissions being a factor for law schools. Harvard Law admitted to using legacy admissions in 2017, when it announced it was reducing (but not eliminating) the practice. And with all due respect, redditors' opinions are not authoritative on this matter, especially when they conflict with the actual statements of one of the institutions under discussion... But law school admissions are heavily heavily affect by gpa/LSAT medians. School rankings rise and fall based on those, and there’s no fudging it. Law school rankings are not based solely on GPA/LSAT scores. Numerous other factors go into the "rankings" and the weightings are modified every year, including the respective weight given to GPA/LSAT scores. Given that LSAT scores are no longer required at Harvard, you should be familiar with the reduction in weight given to LSAT scores in the rankings for the 2018 year and onward.

graeme 6y ago
The ranking factors are here: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/law-schools-methodology https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/artic... LSAT and gpa are the only student specific ranking factors. And bar passage/placement, but those correlate with grades which correlate with LSAT/gpa. It’s really what the schools care about: the rankings matter. LSAT/gpa are what affect their rankings, so they’re the governing interest. Legacy is on their forms, but my point is it is not a large factor at the law school level. All the top admissions consultants are part of that admissions forum. If your only source of knowledge is reading what schools say then you don’t really have experience in how what they do differs.