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A list of 2013-2014 law school application deadlines.

A deranged student sent the following email to a close friend and CSO officer this morning.

Percent change (all decreases) by LSAT bandwidth from the 2009/2010 law school admissions cycle to 2012/13 law school admissions cycle. This data reflects applicant totals, not total volume (i.e. people who take LSAT but never apply) Highest LSATNumber of ApplicantsPct Chg YTD< 140-20%140–144-24%145–149-30% 150–154-36%155–159-35%160–164-44%165–169-35%170–174-44%175–180-47%The 2012/13 Data is as of 6/28/2013 and a final report has not been released by LSAC.** The final report should not reflec

A law school personal statement from an applicant who overperformed their numbers.

ABA 2013 applicants and applications through 06/28/13 with the percent change from last year (last year at this time data was 98% complete: Currently there is one school with an application volume increase of 40% or more and 38 schools show a volume decrease of 30% or more. Twelve schools show an increase in applications, while 188 show a decline: Increase of 100% or more: 1 Increase of 50% to 99%: - Increase of 40% to 49%: - Increase of 30% to 39%: - Increase of 20% to 29%: - Increase of 10%

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Of the top 20 law school, this year Spivey Consulting Clients have been admitted to: (asterisk means more than 1 clients successfully admitted) Yale Harvard* Columbia Chicago* NYU* Penn* UVA* Michigan* Duke* Northwestern* Cornell* Georgetown Texas* Vanderbilt* USC WashU* Comprehensive data will be released in September.

A rising 2L was kind enough to submit this piece of advice for everyone heading to law school.

Wait-list activity this admissions cycle has been unprecedented and most, if not almost all law school will need to keep admitting from the wait list. Spivey Consulting is in high demand and we only have a few open spots for this admissions cycle (2012/2013). Email us to get one of our remaining spots at info@spiveyconsulting.com.