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> with excellent grades that graduates top of your undergraduate class how does this in any way equate to "token"?
by spankalee 6y ago
> with excellent grades that graduates top of your undergraduate class
how does this in any way equate to "token"?
- virmundi 6y agoIf have two top-of-their-class candidates, being a minority pushes you over the line.
- graeme 6y agoThe user is being unnecessarily condescending (and frank;y I’m not sure they have actual knowledge of the domain). But what they’re referring to is the URM boost. This article has stats. Harvard boosts urm admissions by 10,000%, Yale by 800%. Data from 2017. This means they get in with lower gpa’s and lower LSAT scores. A .10-.11 gpa difference for yale-harvard and a 5-7 point LSAT differential. https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/do-underrepresented-minority-urm-applicants-have-a-law-school-admissions-advantage/ https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/do-underrepresented-minorit...