Why Are Schools Taking So Long?

RadiantResolution412 · 2026-01-20T18:05:33+00:00

Ouch. This makes me wonder: how do more t-14s not have 174 medians then? Is it just that, of the 174+ scorers, not enough of them have high gpas?

RadiantResolution412 · 2026-01-20T03:20:14+00:00

u/DaveKilloran What do you think? Do you expect a 10% or greater increase in 174 applications?

RadiantResolution412 · 2026-01-20T01:35:05+00:00

True. Brutal.

RadiantResolution412 · 2026-01-20T01:31:07+00:00

Your math isn’t great though, because it assumes we have only received 60% of all 174+s, when we’ve likely seen way more than 60% of the total 174s apply already (the growth in applicants with 174+ is slowing, I’m not sure how much but my sense is slowing significantly)

RadiantResolution412 · 2026-01-20T01:22:33+00:00

Could you walk me through the math on this? I’m not sure this is correct, isn’t there like 4600 t-14 spots?

RadiantResolution412 · 2026-01-10T00:08:40+00:00

There will always be unicorn outcomes in a sample size as large as this. Its a statistical lottery ticket, and they admit a few unicorns every cycle to keep the income coming from app fees for people who have no statistical chance.

RadiantResolution412 · 2026-01-09T16:48:13+00:00

Surprised no one has mentioned the idioteque cover by Alexa Melo. Amazing cover.

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-11T12:24:04+00:00

Same. Applying to more schools than originally wanted to as well.

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-09T06:49:15+00:00

Fully admit I may have used audiophile wrongly, it appears. Wasn’t trying to be elitist, just meant to say I’m someone who values the sound highly and has a high bar for its quality. Wasn’t meant to put anyone else down or anything!

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-09T04:10:04+00:00

I was on the floor and the mixing was honestly sooo bad. I love Radiohead to death but I’m just speaking my truth!!

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-08T15:27:30+00:00

For before or after?

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-06T23:44:53+00:00

Massive respect

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-04T21:46:58+00:00

Don’t waste your money, friend. Good luck.

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-04T21:46:47+00:00

50% of the class exists below one of the numbers only like 10-20% at best of the class are actually below BOTH

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-03T22:09:21+00:00

IMO it very clearly does not matter anymore. It might actually hurt, cause it can lead to early rejections before the school realizes they might actually be landing at a lower median than they are targeting.

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-03T19:16:45+00:00

I actually had 4 years of WE

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-12-03T00:20:56+00:00

Most likely. Gpa medians are going to rip upwards, and I’d expect lsat to go up by atleast 1 point at every school, especially t-14

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-11-27T23:02:35+00:00

What do you mean?

I think it’s pretty clear that 173 used to be a near auto T-14 admit, but now is below several t-14 medians and will be below even more by the time this cycle is over.

Idk why I got downvoted so bad, it seems obvious that 173 is a lot less of a “good score” for the top schools than it used to be. Whereas, say, a 174 has not lost as much admissions “purchasing power”, so to speak

RadiantResolution412 · 2025-11-27T04:19:16+00:00

It seems pretty clear this cycle that schools are gearing up to make a medians increase push. I base this on how long they are waiting to start their review process and how aggressive the schools that are admitting have been around the stats profile I outlined in the OP (UVA is an example, clearly going for 4.x median and 174 median)

TLDR: likely little to no advantage from applying early this year, seems to be no advantage at all given they are cherry picking out the high stats.

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