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Law School Admission Index 2000 Information Sheet
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 8/15/00.
There are six columns in the table below. Brief descriptions of each are as follows:
- Law School: The list contains 162 law schools. I didn't check to see which schools weren't included, but they are certainly the ones that either don't use formulas or don't release them. Some schools that appeared on previous lists are not on the list for 2000. These schools are identified with an asterisk (*) and their previous formula is listed. The schools are listed alphabetically, with all "University of" schools listed under U. Some abbreviations are: U = University, LS = Law School, SoL = School of Law, CoL = College of Law, LC = Law Center.
- X LSAT: This is the multiplier for the LSAT score used by the school. (The formulas assume the LSAT score to be on the 120-180 scale.)
- X GPA: This is the multiplier for the GPA used by the school. (The formulas assume the GPA to be on a 4.0 scale.)
- Constant: Most schools add a constant, positive or negative, to the formula. For a few schools this makes the total a round number. About two dozen don't use a constant.
- Total: The total is constructed by multiplying the maximum LSAT score of 180 by the school's multiplier, adding the product of the GPA multiplier and the maximum GPA of 4.0, and adding the constant. For example, the total for American University is 0.576*180 + 4.580*4.0 + 20.220 = 142.220.
- %GPA: This is the weight given to the GPA relative to the LSAT in the formula. This percentage ignores the constant. The meaning of the constant varies depending on whether the constant is derived from the regression analysis mentioned on the Start and Comments pages, or whether it is artifically chosen based on other criteria. Regardless of the meaning of the constant, the point of %GPA is to determine the importance of the GPA relative to the LSAT. To calculate the %GPA, I dropped the constant from the formula and determined what percent of the new total was accounted for by the GPA. Using American U as an example again, 0.576*180 + 4.580*4.0 = 122.0, and 18.32/122.0 = 15.02%.
| Law School | X LSAT | X GPA | Constant | Total | % GPA |
| American U | 0.576 | 4.580 | 20.220 | 142.220 | 15.02% |
| Arizona State U | 0.405 | 2.787 | 6.677 | 90.725 | 13.26% |
| Baylor U | 1.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 220.000 | 18.18% |
| Boston College LS | 0.540 | 5.560 | -42.640 | 76.800 | 18.62% |
| Boston U SoL | 1.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 220.000 | 18.18% |
| Brigham Young U | 1.000 | 19.000 | 0.000 | 256.000 | 29.69% |
| Brooklyn LS | 0.032 | 0.276 | -2.800 | 4.064 | 16.08% |
| California Western SoL | 0.388 | 2.683 | 12.593 | 93.165 | 13.32% |
| Capital U LS | 1.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 220.000 | 18.18% |
| Cardozo SoL | 0.038 | 0.270 | -3.933 | 3.987 | 13.64% |
| Case Western Reserve U* | 0.031 | 0.341 | -2.885 | 4.059 | 19.64% |
| Catholic U of America | 0.548 | 3.163 | -13.190 | 98.102 | 11.37% |
| Chapman U SoL | 0.039 | 0.272 | -4.275 | 3.833 | 13.42% |
| Cleveland State--Marshall Col of Law | 0.041 | 0.280 | -4.076 | 4.424 | 13.18% |
| Columbia U | 0.019 | 0.195 | -0.527 | 3.673 | 18.57% |
| Cornell U | 0.027 | 0.238 | -1.985 | 3.827 | 16.38% |
| Creighton U | 0.546 | 4.375 | -23.448 | 92.332 | 15.11% |
| Dickinson SoL | 0.238 | 2.624 | 35.022 | 88.358 | 19.68% |
| Drake U | 1.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 220.000 | 18.18% |
| Duke U | 0.020 | 0.308 | -1.087 | 3.745 | 25.50% |
| Duquesne U | 0.013 | 0.110 | 0.836 | 3.616 | 15.83% |
| Emory U | 0.367 | 4.148 | 6.698 | 89.350 | 20.07% |
| Florida State U | 0.505 | 5.021 | -14.644 | 96.340 | 18.10% |
| Fordham U | 0.030 | 0.231 | -2.530 | 3.794 | 14.61% |
| Franklin Pierce Law Center* | 0.042 | 0.323 | -4.502 | 4.350 | 14.60% |
| Geo Washington U | 0.043 | 0.420 | -5.252 | 4.168 | 17.83% |
| Georgetown U | 0.028 | 0.337 | -2.461 | 3.927 | 21.10% |
| Georgia State U Col of Law | 0.350 | 2.538 | 16.166 | 89.318 | 13.88% |
| Golden Gate U | 0.040 | 0.324 | -4.564 | 3.932 | 15.25% |
| Gonzaga U | 1.273 | 10.139 | -123.029 | 146.667 | 15.04% |
| Hamline U | 0.026 | 0.286 | -2.021 | 3.803 | 19.64% |
| Hastings Col of Law | 0.038 | 0.395 | -4.627 | 3.793 | 18.76% |
| Hofstra U | 0.036 | 0.239 | -3.301 | 4.135 | 12.86% |
| Howard U | 0.362 | 4.046 | 14.547 | 95.891 | 19.90% |
| ITT Chicago-Kent Col of Law | 0.039 | 0.345 | -4.154 | 4.246 | 16.43% |
| Indiana U--Bloomington | 0.022 | 0.236 | -1.165 | 3.739 | 19.25% |
| Indiana U--Indianapolis | 0.027 | 0.380 | -2.331 | 4.049 | 23.82% |
| John Marshall LS--Chicago | 0.031 | 0.336 | -3.070 | 3.854 | 19.41% |
| Jones SoL | 0.800 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 184.000 | 21.74% |
| Lewis & Clark U SoL | 0.028 | 0.336 | -2.719 | 3.665 | 21.05% |
| Louisiana State U | 1.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 220.000 | 18.18% |
| Loyola LS--Los Angeles | 0.372 | 3.197 | 52.754 | 132.502 | 16.04% |
| Loyola U of Chicago | 0.028 | 0.354 | 0.504 | 6.960 | 21.93% |
| Loyola U--New Orleans | 0.034 | 0.356 | -3.464 | 4.080 | 18.88% |
| Marquette U | 3.600 | 35.300 | -26.100 | 763.100 | 17.89% |
| McGeorge SoL--U of the Pacific | 1.128 | 10.002 | 53.606 | 296.654 | 16.46% |
| Mercer U | 1.000 | 10.000 | -100.000 | 120.000 | 18.18% |
| Michigan State - Detroit CoL | 0.034 | 0.397 | -3.590 | 4.118 | 20.60% |
| Mississippi Col SoL | 0.042 | 0.392 | -4.744 | 4.384 | 17.18% |
| Nashville SoL | 0.800 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 184.000 | 21.74% |
| New England SoL | 0.050 | 0.226 | -5.605 | 4.299 | 9.13% |
| New York LS | 0.042 | 0.321 | -4.611 | 4.233 | 14.52% |
| North Carolina Central U | 1.000 | 20.000 | 0.000 | 260.000 | 30.77% |
| Northeastern U* | 1.001 | 16.285 | -26.681 | 218.639 | 26.55% |
| Northern Illinois U | 0.541 | 7.525 | -29.984 | 97.496 | 23.61% |
| Northwestern U | 0.057 | 0.856 | -1.335 | 12.349 | 25.02% |
| Nova Southeastern U Law Center | 0.033 | 0.443 | -3.585 | 4.127 | 22.98% |
| Ohio Northern U | 0.338 | 3.730 | -38.077 | 37.683 | 19.69% |
| Ohio State U | 0.437 | 5.482 | -2.418 | 98.170 | 21.80% |
| Oklahoma City U | 0.853 | 8.077 | 1.486 | 187.334 | 17.38% |
| Pace U | 1.072 | 11.030 | -140.660 | 96.420 | 18.61% |
| Pepperdine U | 1.135 | 10.563 | 0.000 | 246.552 | 17.14% |
| Quinnipiac College SoL | 0.036 | 0.298 | -3.732 | 3.940 | 15.54% |
| Regent U | 0.043 | 0.302 | -4.600 | 4.348 | 13.50% |
| Roger Williams U | 0.043 | 0.248 | -4.562 | 4.170 | 11.36% |
| Rutgers--The State U--Camden | 0.038 | 0.378 | -4.101 | 4.251 | 18.10% |
| Rutgers--The State U--Newark | 0.041 | 0.354 | -4.440 | 4.356 | 16.10% |
| Saint Louis U | 0.033 | 0.408 | -3.594 | 3.978 | 21.55% |
| Samford U--Cumberland Law | 0.031 | 0.283 | -2.854 | 3.858 | 16.87% |
| Santa Clara U | 0.046 | 0.402 | -5.532 | 4.356 | 16.26% |
| Seattle U | 0.835 | 8.536 | 36.707 | 221.151 | 18.51% |
| Seton Hall U | 0.035 | 0.392 | -3.594 | 4.274 | 19.93% |
| South Texas Col of Law | 0.033 | 0.309 | -3.277 | 3.899 | 17.22% |
| Southern Illinois U | 0.036 | 0.342 | -3.977 | 3.871 | 17.43% |
| Southern Methodist U | 0.030 | 0.363 | -2.959 | 3.893 | 21.19% |
| Southwestern U | 0.045 | 0.422 | -5.683 | 4.105 | 17.25% |
| St. John's U SoL* | 0.289 | 2.733 | 57.925 | 120.877 | 17.37% |
| St. Thomas U | 0.037 | 0.248 | -3.737 | 3.915 | 12.96% |
| Stanford U | 0.025 | 0.229 | -1.740 | 3.676 | 16.91% |
| Stetson U | 0.035 | 0.469 | -4.175 | 4.001 | 22.95% |
| Suffolk U LS | 1.020 | 16.644 | -155.727 | 94.449 | 26.61% |
| SUNY at Buffalo | 1.263 | 8.237 | 101.911 | 362.199 | 12.66% |
| Syracuse U | 0.220 | 2.489 | -4.000 | 45.556 | 20.09% |
| Temple U | 0.800 | 14.576 | -11.000 | 191.304 | 28.82% |
| Texas Southern U | 0.045 | 0.324 | -5.002 | 4.394 | 13.79% |
| Texas Tech U | 0.038 | 0.520 | -4.926 | 3.994 | 23.32% |
| Texas Wesleyan U | 0.478 | 3.677 | -5.875 | 94.873 | 14.60% |
| Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center | 0.040 | 0.237 | -3.894 | 4.254 | 11.63% |
| Tulane U | 0.037 | 0.406 | -0.112 | 8.172 | 19.60% |
| U of Akron | 0.040 | 0.352 | -4.540 | 4.068 | 16.36% |
| U of Alabama | 0.592 | 6.214 | -33.471 | 97.945 | 18.91% |
| U of Arizona | 1.080 | 14.000 | 0.000 | 250.400 | 22.36% |
| U of Arkansas--Fayetteville | 1.000 | 13.400 | 0.000 | 233.600 | 22.95% |
| U of Arkansas at Little Rock | 1.257 | 10.538 | -171.968 | 96.444 | 15.70% |
| U of Baltimore* | 0.028 | 0.261 | -2.272 | 3.812 | 17.16% |
| U of California--Berkeley | 0.871 | 23.487 | 8.474 | 259.202 | 37.47% |
| U of California--Davis | 0.035 | 0.341 | -0.019 | 7.645 | 17.80% |
| U of California--Los Angeles* | 0.042 | 0.484 | -5.440 | 4.056 | 20.39% |
| U of Cincinnati | 1.128 | 13.868 | -63.112 | 195.400 | 21.46% |
| U of Colorado | 3.510 | 42.450 | 128.020 | 929.620 | 21.18% |
| U of Dayton | 0.032 | 0.333 | 0.322 | 7.414 | 18.78% |
| U of Denver | 0.033 | 0.375 | -3.429 | 4.011 | 20.16% |
| U of Detroit Mercy | 0.041 | 0.359 | -4.542 | 4.274 | 16.29% |
| U of Florida | 0.026 | 0.315 | 0.337 | 6.277 | 21.21% |
| U of Georgia | 0.043 | 0.448 | -5.702 | 3.830 | 18.80% |
| U of Hawaii | 0.025 | 0.327 | -2.530 | 3.278 | 22.52% |
| U of Houston | 1.000 | 10.000 | 17.200 | 237.200 | 18.18% |
| U of Idaho | 0.039 | 0.396 | -4.597 | 4.007 | 18.41% |
| U of Illinois | 0.037 | 0.352 | -4.034 | 4.034 | 17.45% |
| U of Iowa | 0.826 | 11.203 | 2.270 | 195.762 | 23.16% |
| U of Kansas | 1.000 | 11.066 | 0.000 | 224.264 | 19.74% |
| U of Kentucky | 0.035 | 0.349 | -3.960 | 3.736 | 18.14% |
| U of Louisville | 0.036 | 0.412 | -0.203 | 7.925 | 20.28% |
| U of Maryland | 0.373 | 3.506 | 50.164 | 131.328 | 17.28% |
| U of Memphis | 0.370 | 3.070 | -40.710 | 38.170 | 15.57% |
| U of Miami | 0.032 | 0.347 | -3.192 | 3.956 | 19.42% |
| U of Minnesota | 1.128 | 12.900 | 0.000 | 254.640 | 20.26% |
| U of Mississippi | 1.054 | 10.617 | -3.759 | 228.429 | 18.29% |
| U of Missouri--Columbia | 1.275 | 10.090 | -173.161 | 96.699 | 14.96% |
| U of Missouri--Kansas City | 0.038 | 0.380 | -4.324 | 4.036 | 18.18% |
| U of Montana | 0.033 | 0.369 | -3.394 | 4.022 | 19.90% |
| U of Nebraska | 0.083 | 0.971 | -10.417 | 8.407 | 20.63% |
| U of New Mexico | 0.398 | 2.620 | 6.969 | 89.089 | 12.76% |
| U of North Carolina | 0.991 | 20.821 | 12.383 | 274.047 | 31.83% |
| U of North Dakota | 0.035 | 0.297 | -3.496 | 3.992 | 15.87% |
| U of Notre Dame | 0.032 | 0.405 | -3.411 | 3.969 | 21.95% |
| U of Oklahoma | 1.000 | 15.000 | 16.000 | 256.000 | 25.00% |
| U of Oregon* | 0.041 | 0.412 | -4.748 | 4.280 | 18.25% |
| U of Pennsylvania | 0.042 | 0.423 | -7.143 | 2.109 | 18.29% |
| U of Pittsburgh | 0.032 | 0.302 | -2.805 | 4.163 | 17.34% |
| U of Richmond | 0.036 | 0.317 | -3.788 | 3.960 | 16.37% |
| U of San Diego | 0.217 | 2.088 | 39.178 | 86.590 | 17.62% |
| U of San Francisco | 0.038 | 0.370 | -4.489 | 3.831 | 17.79% |
| U of South Carolina | 0.034 | 0.334 | -3.694 | 3.762 | 17.92% |
| U of South Dakota | 0.268 | 3.407 | 27.158 | 89.026 | 22.03% |
| U of Southern California | 0.242 | 2.920 | 28.809 | 84.049 | 21.14% |
| U of Tennessee | 0.717 | 6.853 | 265.229 | 421.701 | 17.52% |
| U of Texas | 1.000 | 12.500 | 0.000 | 230.000 | 21.74% |
| U of Toledo | 0.041 | 0.564 | -5.235 | 4.401 | 23.41% |
| U of Tulsa | 0.041 | 0.317 | -4.508 | 4.140 | 14.66% |
| U of Utah | 1.267 | 12.428 | -66.942 | 210.830 | 17.90% |
| U of Virginia | 0.240 | 4.159 | 2.000 | 61.836 | 27.80% |
| U of Washington | 0.464 | 4.360 | 0.000 | 100.960 | 17.27% |
| U of Wisconsin | 0.229 | 2.631 | 38.615 | 90.359 | 20.34% |
| U of Wyoming | 0.879 | 12.137 | -7.716 | 199.052 | 23.48% |
| Valparaiso U | 0.033 | 0.284 | -3.122 | 3.954 | 16.05% |
| Vanderbilt U | 0.034 | 0.355 | -3.623 | 3.917 | 18.83% |
| Vermont LS | 0.023 | 0.228 | -1.434 | 3.618 | 18.05% |
| Villanova Special JD/PhD Program | 1.088 | 10.614 | 148.233 | 386.529 | 17.82% |
| Villanova U | 1.088 | 10.614 | 148.233 | 386.529 | 17.82% |
| Wake Forest U LS | 0.508 | 5.601 | 0.000 | 113.844 | 19.68% |
| Washburn U | 0.800 | 10.000 | 100.000 | 284.000 | 21.74% |
| Washington U--Missouri | 0.800 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 184.000 | 21.74% |
| Wayne State U | 0.640 | 10.000 | 0.000 | 155.200 | 25.77% |
| West Virginia U | 0.039 | 0.364 | -4.530 | 3.946 | 17.18% |
| Western New England College | 0.412 | 4.206 | 5.576 | 96.560 | 18.49% |
| Western State U | 0.032 | 0.543 | -3.842 | 4.090 | 27.38% |
| Whittier College SoL | 0.442 | 3.510 | 3.748 | 97.348 | 15.00% |
| Willamette U | 0.038 | 0.370 | -4.279 | 4.041 | 17.79% |
| William and Mary, College of | 0.059 | 0.854 | -7.449 | 6.587 | 24.34% |
| William Mitchell Col of Law | 0.039 | 0.396 | -4.440 | 4.164 | 18.41% |
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