[CatoRenasci]

I must say, I have been taken aback at some of the practitioners I've seen who managed to pass the bar on their 5th or 6th attempt after graduating at the bottom of their class at some "East Pottowatomie State Teachers' Normal School College of Law and Animal Husbandry" or equivalent.

Entry to the major law schools remains extremely competitive, however, even more than it was in my day, and even then a 99th percentile LSAT and an A GPA did not assure one's choice of top schools.

[TheAngryClam]

It's gotten worse.

Applications have shot up by nearly 50% in the last three years, and all those extra students have to go somewhere- the very, very top schools don't see much difference, as they're picking the same kind of people anyway, but the mid-top level schools (say, #10-#25 or so) are seeing a surge in the average LSAT and GPA of admitted students.