In response to a special request, I have compiled a list of medians by school (at least the schools that I have data for) for both URM and non-URM students. Unlike the published medians that schools release (which report the medians for attending students), these are the medians for accepted students at the school, and are based solely on the applicant-reported data on Law School Numbers. The usual caveats apply.
The first table is simply a list of the schools, alphabetically (or roughly alphabetically) with the LSAT and GPA medians for both non-URM as well as URM accepted applicants (these are only accepts, and not waitlisted students who never reported a final decision):
Non-URM and URM LSAT and GPA Medians
The next two tables list, respectively, the LSAT and GPA differences between non-URM and URM applicants, from largest to smallest:
LSAT Differential
GPA Differential
There's really not much to add to the raw data here, except to say that, while the median LSAT for non-URM candidates is invariably higher than it is for URM candidates, 10% of the schools I have data for actually have higher URM GPA medians than non-URM medians, which is kind of fascinating. I'm interested in what anyone thinks might explain this. I haven't really thought about it too much yet, and I don't have a lot of time at the moment, so give me a hand, will you?
Just as many high URM GPAs as non-URM. Since they take the LSAT hit, they balance it by making sure URMs are above median GPA. Then they can scoop up a larger # of the high LSAT, low GPA non-URMs. They end up at both medians without having to shell out money to high LSAT, high GPA applicants.
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