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The June rectitudegroomAdmission Test is inless(prenominal)than a week, and soon-to-be test takers have at least unmatchablereason to breathe easy. Average LSAT scores have been aroundhigher for people takingthe exam during this month, as goodas for those taking it during September or October, according to a report from the Law School Admission Council.
The report tracks data from seven testing years, which start in June and end in February of the following year, between 2005 and 2012. The scores were slightly lower for those taking it in December and February. Prospective law school students in New England scored highest during allseven years.
This region is also placeto the twolaw schools that have the highest median LSAT for full-time debutstudents starting in 2012: Yale University and Harvard University.
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Students at the two schools, which arrespectively ranked first and warrantby U.S. News in the 2014 stovepipeLaw Schools rankings, had a median LSAT of 173. The highest check offon the LSAT is 180; the lowest is 120.
Yale and Harvard arjoined by two other Ivy League institutions on the callof police forceschools with the highest median LSAT. Columbia University first-year students had a median of 172, and University of Pennsylvania 1Ls had a median of 170.
The fair playschools at Duke University, Georgetown University, University of Michigan—Ann Arbor and Vanderbilt University tied(p)with the lowest median make wateron the list, 169. Stanford University, which is ranked second with Yale in Best Law Schools, is the only school on the West Coast to make the list.
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Of the 193 ranked schools that submitted data to U.S. News in declivityof 2012, Southern University Law Center had the lowest median score with 145. Unranked schools, which did not meet certain criteria required by U.S. News to be numerically ranked, were not considered for this report.
The median for all 193 ranked schools is 157. The median of the top 13 schools is 170.
Below is a list of schools with the highest median LSAT for full-time students. Due to a tie, there ar13 schools on the list.
| Law school (state) | Median LSAT for full-time students | U.S. News law school rank |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University (MA) | 173 | 2 |
| Yale University (CT) | 173 | 1 |
| Columbia University (NY) | 172 | 4 |
| New York University | 171 | 6 |
| University of Chicago | 171 | 4 |
| Northwestern University (IL) | 170 | 12 |
| Stanford University (CA) | 170 | 2 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 170 | 7 |
| University of Virginia | 170 | 7 |
| Duke University (NC) | 169 | 11 |
| Georgetown University (DC) | 169 | 14 |
| University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | 169 | 9 |
| Vanderbilt University (TN) | 169 | 15 |
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U.S. News surveyed 200 fully ABA accredited law schools for our 2012 survey of law programs. Schools self-reported a myriad of data regarding their pedanticprograms and the makeup of their student body, among other areas, making U.S. News's data the to the highest degreeaccurate and detailed collection of college facts and figures of its kind. While U.S. News uses much of this survey data to rank schools for our annual Best Law Schools rankings, the data can also be useful when examined on a smaller scale. U.S. News will now pull inlists of data, separate from the overall rankings, meant to provide students and parents a means to find which schools excel, or have room to grow, in specific areas that are important to them. While the data comes from the schools themselves, these lists are not colligateto, and have no influence over, U.S. News's rankings of Best Colleges or Best Graduate Schools. The LSAT data above are correct as of June 4, 2013.
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