0L: pre-law student
1L: first-year law student
2L: second-year law student
3L: third-year law student
$: 1/4 tuition
$$: half tuition
$$$: 3/4 tuition
$$$$: full tuition
$$$$+: full tuition + stipend
CAS: LSAC’s Credential Assembly Service
CRS: LSAC’s Candidate Referral Service
DS: Diversity Statement
ED: Early Decision
KJD: “kindergarten to law school” (no gap years)
LOR: Letter of Recommendation
LSAC: Law School Admissions Council
Non-Traditional: applicant with several years of post-college work experience
PS: Personal Statement
Reverse Splitter: applicant who is above a law school’s median GPA but below the law school’s median LSAT
Super Reverse Splitter: applicant who is above a law school’s 75th GPA but below the law school’s 25th LSAT
Softs: “soft” factors (i.e., resume, essays, diversity, any aspect of a law school app apart from LSAT and GPA)
Splitter: applicant who is above a law school’s median LSAT but below the law school’s median GPA
Super Splitter: applicant who is above a law school’s 75th LSAT but below the law school’s 25th GPA
T6: top-6 law schools, ranked by USNWR
T10: top-10 law schools, ranked by USNWR
T14/T15: top-14/15 law schools, ranked by USNWR
URM: Underrepresented Minority
USNWR: US News and World Report
Why X: supplemental essay on why you want to attend a specific law school (optional essay at some schools)
WL: Waitlist
YP: Yield Protection
