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Stanford Law School

Rank 1 (USNWR 2023)

Applicants for the class of 2018 , matriculating 2015

491 applicants for the 2014 - 2015  cycle
16 / 53  , 189 rejected, 21 waitlisted, 72 withdrawn
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 170 173 176
GPA 3.84 3.92 3.99
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 4882 89
# Admissions offers 336 -
Class size 178 53
% Accepted 6.9% 100
% Yield 47.3% 95
LSData Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 167 170 173
GPA 3.65 3.8 3.92
LSData Averages Rejected All Accepted
LSAT 169 169 172
GPA 3.67 3.74 3.89
Softs - - -
Scholarship - - $72,715
Miscellaneous
Days from sent to decision 120
Days from UR to decision -
Interview invite rate -
Interview conversion rate -
URM LSAT differential -6.09
URM GPA differential -0.15
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School applicants

Name Result Last seen GPA LSAT GRE URM WE Scholarship Sent Received Complete UR UR2 Interview invite Decision
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Name Result Last seen GPA LSAT GRE URM WE $$$$ Sent Received Complete UR UR2 II Decision
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Stanford Law School
Elle Woods went here, 'nuff said.

Stats

$23,496.00
Tuition
41st percentile
$67,719.00
CoA
88th percentile
60.80%
Grads with debt
6th percentile
$146,235.00
Average debt
88th percentile
$190,000.00
Salary, 25th %
100th percentile
$190,000.00
Salary
100th percentile
$64,383.00
PI Salary
86th percentile
87.40%
Employment rate
94th percentile
92.40%
Bar pass rate
100th percentile

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Total CoA
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Post-grad income
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Default for Stanford University is $190,000
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Est. loan interest rate

[IMPORTANT] These estimates are for high level planning only. Things like summer jobs, when you spend your savings, and other financial decisions will impact exactly how much you pay.

Calculations assume a 10-year fixed rate loan.

Stanford University Breakdown

In-school

Total cost of attendance$315,000
$105,000 x 3
Total scholarships$75,000
$25,000 x 3
Savings$10,000
Debt after three years$230,000
Assuming 10-year fixed rate loan
Total repaid@5.0%$11,500
Interest paid$11,500

After graduation

Annual breakdown
Post-grad income$180,000
Income taxes$60,000
Living expenses$60,000
Loan repayment$2,000
Annual discretionary income$60,000

Monthly breakdown
Post-grad income$180,000
Income taxes$60,000
Living expenses$60,000
Loan repayment$2,000
Monthly discretionary income$60,000

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Data is sourced from ABA 509 disclosures and USNWR.

Stanford University

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Victorious
15:53
Does anyone know how they announce if you are on the waitlist and they reject you? Do they send you an email because if they sent you a DLS for a waitlist how do you know if it changes to an R.
Victorious
15:53
And does everyone who has a waitlist also have a DLS change the same day?
legallyexhausted
16:02
Not sure about others, but today, 5/13: my status changed to DLS and I received WL email
Victorious
17:06
@legallyexhausted: for such an amazing school with such smart people you would think they could make a less confusing process.
DifferentTalentedStingray
20:09
But since stanford said that their class is already full, doesn’t this mean that they likely won’t take any WL’ed applicants? Also a WL applicant here but doing a reality check
AverageGlisteningAxolotl
8:59
Who still hasn't heard at all lol
FlynnRoadStar
9:19
saw on reddit the class is overenrolled
corporate
22:34
@Victorious: legallyexhausted is correct. when added to WL, you typically (although there may be exceptions bc their process is so opaque) see the red DLS update at top and get the WL email the same day. with Rs, it's just DLS and a letter via postal mail. unbelievably terribly process. thank god for LSD, which provided me with some clarity
corporate
22:35
terrible*
corporate
22:40
the thing about these schools is, like anything else, however great they are or are perceived to be, there are still run by flawed individuals and comprised of individual parts. e.g., once i accompanied a close relative to the mayo clinic to address their health issue. the individual physicians were universally awful, but the seamless process of the diagnostics and work of the technicians was wonderful. that's my absurdly long way of saying, stanford and similar schools may be generally great, but they are far from perfect
corporate
22:41
they*
Well, today is deposit day! Hoping that there can be some movement for us on the WL!
AgonizingFadedDwarf
19:16
anyone know whether SLS has specific preferences for number of pages and spacing in the LOCIs?
AgonizingFadedDwarf
19:16
can't find anything anywhere
i think genreally they reccomend a one page LOCI
21:14
Small question, Im currently an undergrad at UVA about to enter my fourth year and while UVA is my top choice I'm, unsurprisingly, interested in SLS. I was wondering, does a higher LSAT score decrease chances holding GPA constant? Because that's what the chance me is showing
21:14
and how much weight should I give the percentages the chance me spits out?
21:15
because I assume it ain't gospel just an extrapolation given a sample
10:24
Reddit (the most reliable source, besides haruspicy of course) says it's joever https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/1cwbhso/stanford_wl_data/
AverageGlisteningAxolotl
11:11
are there still people who haven't heard an initial decision?
11:55
@AverageGlisteningAxolotl: Yes, I'm people
11:57
SLS got my app, did not decide to admit me (evidently), and then sat on it for six months for some reason (have not gotten so much as the pre-R/WL "decision letter sent")
12:00
Not much doubt about the result at this point (As are done, WL as good as an R if they're full) but would like to know for my own curiosity if nothing else
It's bizarre to me that with an over enrolled class, why offer any WL at all. Just refund everyone who gets an automatic R at the end of the cycle for lack of space and complete consideration haha.
AverageGlisteningAxolotl
12:34
so wild. maybe they want a bunch of reserves in case their admits/waitlists dont pan out like they thought. still... not cool
matchalulu
12:40
For those who are still waiting on an initial decision, I received my WL the same day after requesting an update.
matchalulu
12:43
Although I'm not 100% certain those two things are directly correlated.
AverageGlisteningAxolotl
12:45
It may be coincidental. I have emailed twice recently and just received confirmation that they have my application
matchalulu
12:49
That's interesting. Doesn't make much sense to keep apps in limbo if it is an auto WL/R at this point.
FlynnRoadStar
13:15
though people may not like her style, i think dean deal is just very committed to giving individual attention to apps, so she considers it important to give thought to whether an app is a WL/R even if there is a very slim chance they pull from the WL. To just auto-R everyone here would certainly cause complaints as well
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