To increase by three points is unheard of. I’ve been at this a long time, and to be up three points on the LSAT, that’s never happened. At least as far as I know. …
I think it will help. We got a pretty good jolt there. If (a rankings increase) happens, it’s a great thing and we’ll be delighted. That’s not why I did it.
— Andrew Cornblatt, admissions dean at Georgetown University Law Center, commenting on the school’s miraculous, three-point increase to its median LSAT score, up to 171 from 168 last year. Georgetown had 14,000 applicants, up 41% from the previous admissions cycle. According to Reuters, this is the largest applicant pool on record at any law school.

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