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Big news — we just launched our new Spivey Consulting Group YouTube channel!

The short answer is... it doesn't matter that much.

A lesson to be learned from the passing of a beloved pet.

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LSAC has publicly released applicant data for the first time this early in the cycle — in past years, data has been distributed only to a small group and only beginning in December or so. Below, we have posted a breakdown of this data as of November 1, 2018 (compared to last year's data as of November 2, 2017). So far, overall applicants are up 17.6%, and applications are up 14.6% as compared to last year — before you let this stress you out too much, however, we were anticipating [https://blo

I recalled a distant but not entirely forgotten memory while running the other day.

Since the data began coming out in late summer/early fall, we have been collecting the LSAT and GPA statistics of the 2018 entering classes of every ABA-approved law school, primarily on Reddit here [https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/978z9u/link_to_new_medians] (and feel free to comment on that post if you have any new data we can add to the full spreadsheet [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/157-bOhUHh5eVc/edit#gid=1117512034] of 25th/75th percentiles and medians). Ple

A video submission that worked.

For Halloween this year, we'd like to share some peculiar stories from some of the Spivey consultants' days as admissions officers.

A message from a law school 2L reflecting back on their LSAT process.

Here are some things to think about—tips we offer as you go about crafting your list:

Advice for attending law school forums.