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The number is 170+ LSAT scorers down 30.4% since last year
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Date: December 5th, 2014 1:48 PM Author: Rough-skinned nubile hospital http://spiveyconsulting.com/blog/first-look-at-the-2014-2-15-application-cycle/
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Date: December 5th, 2014 2:03 PM Author: titillating brunch Isn't the # of >170 LSAT scores just a function of the total # of testtakers?
IIRC, 170+ just represents top 2%. If LSAT administrations drop 30%, the number of people in the top 2% will drop the same amount. |
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Date: December 5th, 2014 3:25 PM Author: Adventurous Native Queen Of The Night (LR masterman)
I believe the lsac uses three years' worth of data to calculate percentiles. |
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Date: December 6th, 2014 6:46 AM Author: fragrant startled piazza psychic do you mean "number of people taking the test over and over until they get a 170"? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2747779&forum_id=2/#26870349) |
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Date: December 6th, 2014 7:31 AM Author: light vivacious crackhouse potus the test isn't curved
it is scaled
"scaling" is basically trying to curve a test while eliminating or minimizing the very artifact you describe.
so basically "170" represents roughly top 2%, but not as a hard and fast rule. if you flooded the test centers with retards next year you would not make the curve easier, that year would just have a non-normal looking distribution (if you plotted out the scaled scores) |
Date: December 5th, 2014 2:01 PM Author: grizzly spectacular box office clown smarter people opting out of going to ls (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2747779&forum_id=2/#26864698) |
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Date: December 5th, 2014 2:03 PM Author: Rough-skinned nubile hospital What r they doing now with their lives (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2747779&forum_id=2/#26864712) |
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Date: December 5th, 2014 2:04 PM Author: out-of-control spruce ticket booth rigor ok how then are 170+ scores 98-99 percentile if more than 10% of applicants get it. There really that big of difference in takers and applicants?
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Date: December 5th, 2014 2:11 PM Author: jade idea he suggested address Scores are good for 5 years so some wait a couple of years before they apply. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2747779&forum_id=2/#26864779) |
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Date: December 6th, 2014 7:27 AM Author: light vivacious crackhouse potus STRIVERS GONNA STRIVE |
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Date: December 5th, 2014 3:08 PM Author: green concupiscible tank Last year, 170+ was like the only bracket that saw an increase IIRC. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2747779&forum_id=2/#26865197) |
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Date: December 8th, 2014 7:21 PM Author: Aquamarine beady-eyed whorehouse fortuitous meteor ruh roh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2747779&forum_id=2/#26888444) |