tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393970828951025876.post4997717210997414895..comments2023-06-01T02:39:04.021-07:00Comments on Law School Admissions by the Numbers: University of California Berkeley ProfileAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158764421509078620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393970828951025876.post-75277671398525954512013-05-30T17:46:37.674-07:002013-05-30T17:46:37.674-07:00Hey, thanks for reading! Yeah, I plan on making a...Hey, thanks for reading! Yeah, I plan on making a page to define all this stuff, and explain how I coded it, so I appreciate you bringing this up. Splitters are the high-LSAT/low-GPA applicants, and reverse-splitters are the high-GPA/low-LSAT applicants. It's interesting to look at this, because some schools are traditionally considered "splitter friendly" or "reverse splitter friendly." I'm interested in seeing if the numbers bear this out!<br /><br />For my purposes, I have defined splitters as anyone with an LSAT score above the school's 75th percentile in the previous year, but a GPA below the school's 25th percentile in the previous year. I define reverse-splitters similarly, but with above 75th GPA and below 25th LSAT. This is an admittedly arbitrary way to determine this, but it's at least consistent, but seems to be fairly common. Loosening or tightening the restrictions might create different results, definitely. I should also add that my "splitter data" only goes back to the 2006/2007 application cycle, because I couldn't find the 25ths and 75ths for schools prior to that cycle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158764421509078620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393970828951025876.post-34905090225021459702013-05-30T14:42:06.015-07:002013-05-30T14:42:06.015-07:00Hi! Thanks for this AMAZING analysis!
Could you ...Hi! Thanks for this AMAZING analysis! <br /><br />Could you please define splitter and reverse-splitter? I know it has to do with having a much higher GPA or LSAT than the other, but don't know which is which. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com