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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Antispam question: What is 10 x 8? Answer: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Educational_Content_Co[/i] [br]The Baylor University School of Law would have placed about 7 slots lower in this year's [i]US News & World Report [/i]rankings if the School had given complete and accurate statistics for its first-year class, critics say. [i]USNWR[/i] research staff told [i]Inside Higher Education [/i]that Baylor has a history of providing inaccurate data for first-year students' LSAT scores and GPAs. Baylor is accused of inflating the median numbers in each category by providing statistics for fall admits only. Because Baylor 'allows' admits with weaker LSATs and academic records to begin classes in the spring or summer, the average data for fall admits is higher than that for the entire first-year class. In two previous years, [i]USNWR[/i] staff noticed the problems with Baylor's surveys before the magazine published its rankings. This year, however, the problem came to light only after the rankings had been made public. Baylor officials deny any wrongdoing and say that the data they submit to [i]USNWR[/i] is the same data they report to the ABA. [i]USNWR[/i] director of data research Robert Morse told [i]IHE[/i] that schools with schedules like Baylor's have been told how to submit data properly -- and that he will be scrutinizing Baylor's submissions more closely in the future. For more information, see "False Ranking," Insider Higher Education (www.insidehighered.com/news), June 28, 2006. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.