u/AddendumExisting4313

I see it thrown around a lot, but what does it mean?

Got accepted to a lower-ranked school, but great scholarship (kept so long as not on academic probation - 2.0 gpa)

Just found out that the curve is set at a 2.4 to 2.5 gpa.

What does that mean as far as class distribution? What percentage of the class is below the 2.0 threshold?

This school also has a 4% attrition rate.

I generally excel at school when I apply myself, so I would anticipate doing well, but want to figure out how the numbers work before jumping in.

Thoughts?

Law schools that perform well typically have a student body that performs well.

Students that performed well on the LSAT will likely perform well on the Bar exam.
Students that have a high undergrad gpa will likely perform well at law school.
Students that haven't performed well academically up to this point likely won't perform well in law school.

So T14 schools receive top candidates, admit top candidates, and therefore produce top candidates.
Lower ranked law schools receive underperforming candidates, admit underperforming candidates, and therefore produce underperforming candidates.

Is it not actually a wonderous accomplishment for a school to take a group of underperforming students and have only 20% not pass the bar?

What say ye?

Do we have any evidence to suggest that a high performing candidate will not perform well at an underperforming school?
Do we have any evidence that an underperforming candidate would excel at a high performing school?

A good law school is considered good because it has a high bar passage rate and high post-graduation employment rate.

But the "good" law schools... also admit more academically inclined people.

I feel like if a low-tier law school had a class of elite students like the T14 have... they would also see a high bar passage rate and high employment rate.

Is there a flaw in my reasoning here? I feel like the whole thing is arbitrary and just feeds on itself keeping top law schools high and low law schools low.

Anybody have experience at Stetson? I applied late April, is that too late? Do you think they're probably full? Do they offer good scholarships?

I'll list the school I'm accepted to along with net tuition after scholarship:

1. Baylor Law: $29,000/year
2. University of Idaho: $12,500/year
3. Charleston: $6,600/year
4. Wayne State: $16,600/year

Baylor is a great school, but I'd have to go into debt to go there. Any of the other choices I could remain debt-free. I want to remain debt free, and my career goals are literally just working in a small town doing small business law and/or criminal defense.