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The list of formulas below was given to me by a student who obtained it as part of the materials sent to students who took the LSAT. The sheet was dated 7/2/98.
There are seven columns in the table below. Brief descriptions of each are as follows:
Law School | X LSAT | X GPA | Constant | Total | % GPA | % GPAn |
Boston College LS | 1.250 | 20.000 | 0.000 | 140.000 | 57.14% | 27.12% |
Boston U SoL | 1.250 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 100.000 | 40.00% | 18.18% |
Brooklyn LS | 0.372 | 2.822 | 61.992 | 91.136 | 38.73% | 18.05% |
Case Western Reserve U | 0.049 | 0.380 | 0.166 | 4.038 | 39.26% | 19.64% |
Cleveland State--Marshall CoL | 1.250 | 10.438 | 0.000 | 101.752 | 41.03% | 24.46% |
Creighton U | 0.674 | 4.460 | 90.341 | 140.533 | 35.54% | 15.11% |
Drake U | 1.250 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 100.000 | 40.00% | 18.18% |
Jones SoL | 1.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 88.000 | 45.45% | 21.74% |
McGeorge SoL--U of the Pacific | 1.250 | 13.055 | 0.000 | 112.220 | 46.53% | 16.46% |
Mercer U | 0.406 | 3.241 | 0.000 | 32.452 | 39.95% | 18.18% |
Nashville SoL | 1.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 88.000 | 45.45% | 21.74% |
Northwestern U | 0.071 | 0.856 | -1.335 | 5.497 | 50.12% | 25.02% |
Saint Louis U | 1.200 | 12.400 | 0.000 | 107.200 | 46.27% | 24.33% |
Seattle U | 1.250 | 10.000 | 17.000 | 117.000 | 40.00% | 18.51% |
St. John's U SoL | 0.361 | 2.733 | 57.925 | 86.185 | 38.68% | 17.37% |
Texas Southern U | 0.066 | 0.256 | 5.029 | 9.221 | 24.43% | 14.36% |
U of California--Berkeley | 1.250 | 20.000 | 0.000 | 140.000 | 57.14% | 38.21% |
U of Detroit | 1.166 | 14.652 | -2.961 | 111.615 | 51.15% | 25.87% |
U of Houston | 1.250 | 10.000 | 17.200 | 117.200 | 40.00% | 18.18% |
U of Iowa | 1.032 | 11.203 | 2.270 | 96.618 | 47.50% | 23.16% |
U of Miami | 0.046 | 0.303 | 0.078 | 3.498 | 35.44% | 17.65% |
U of North Carolina | 1.397 | 17.546 | 3.970 | 141.210 | 51.14% | 31.83% |
U of Oklahoma | 1.250 | 20.000 | 0.000 | 140.000 | 57.14% | 30.77% |
U of Richmond | 0.045 | 0.232 | 0.270 | 3.358 | 30.05% | 15.74% |
U of San Francisco | 0.049 | 0.320 | -0.026 | 3.606 | 35.24% | 17.79% |
U of Tennessee | 1.250 | 13.000 | 0.000 | 112.000 | 46.43% | 22.41% |
U of Texas | 1.000 | 8.500 | 0.000 | 82.000 | 41.46% | 19.06% |
U of Tulsa | 0.046 | 0.322 | 0.177 | 3.673 | 36.84% | 18.50% |
U of Utah | 1.355 | 10.522 | -14.592 | 92.536 | 39.29% | 17.90% |
U of Virginia | 0.300 | 4.159 | 2.000 | 33.036 | 53.60% | 27.80% |
U of Wisconsin | 0.254 | 2.729 | 85.005 | 108.113 | 47.24% | 17.69% |
Washburn U | 1.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 88.000 | 45.45% | 21.74% |
West Virginia U | 0.044 | 0.320 | 0.306 | 3.698 | 37.74% | 16.04% |
Whittier College SoL | 1.850 | 8.591 | 3.000 | 126.164 | 27.90% | 15.00% |