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Applicants’ LSAT scores have now been expanded to include all scores (to my knowledge for the first time).
ABA 2016 Applicant & Application count as if 12/11/2015 versus this time last cycle, of which we had 29% of the applicant pool reported.
Apologies for the formatting, but here is Region/Race/Gender data at this time in the cycle (12/4) versus last cycle at the same time.
With about 25% of the cycle data complete, below is how LSAT scores per each bandwidth look this cycle look versus this time last cycle
As of 12/14/2015, 67 law schools show an increase in applications, while 133 show a decline and 3 show no change.
ABA Fall 2015 Applicant and Application Counts based on data received through 7/03/15
ABA Fall 2015 Applicant and Application Counts The following is a breakdown of ABA 2015 applicants and applications by region (based on data received through 6/05/15) and the percent change from last year: RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West]()6,566-3.1%50,613-4.9% [Great Lakes]()6,036-4.8%47,020-5.4%[Midsouth]()6,104-1.7%62,164-3.7%[Midwest]() 1,713-1.5%10,062-6.4%[Mountain West]()2,595-0.9%11,262+7.9%[New England]()2,248 -4.3%27,345-5.1%[Northeast]()8,108-1.5%57,292-5.5%[Nor
ABA Fall 2015 Applicant and Application Counts At this time last year (4/17) 88% of the data was in.
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