As of 3/6/18, there are 306,549 applications submitted by 46,124 applicants for the 2017–2018 cycle. Applicants are up 7.4% and applications are up 7.0% as compared to 2016-2017 cycle data from 3/7/17.

Highest LSAT # Applicants % Change YTD < 140 2,468 -3.7% 140-144 3,540 -5.6% 145-149 6,376 0.6% 150-154 8,577 3.1% 155-159 8,685 4.6% 160-164 7,466 14.2% 165-169 4,848 27.5% 170-174 2,294 15.3% 175-180 668 67.4%

Highest LSAT # Applicants % Change YTD < 140 2,468 -3.7% 140 551 -11.1% 141 651 7.4% 142 741 -7.7% 143 711 -1.0% 144 886 -11.8% 145 1,286 6.1% 146 843 -15.2% 147 1,305 15.8% 148 1,568 4.3% 149 1,374 -8.3% 150 1,581 0.9% 151 1,443 -8.7% 152 2,001 8.5% 153 1,913 25.4% 154 1,639 -9.0% 155 1,822 3.1% 156 1,923 7.9% 157 1,940 14.0% 158 1,584 11.1% 159 1,416 -12.9% 160 1,868 22.3% 161 1,581 39.1% 162 1,170 -0.5% 163 1,501 5.3% 164 1,346 5.8% 165 1,289 74.7% 166 878 -2.2% 167 1,190 39.8% 168 770 -0.8% 169 721 33.8% 170 665 -17.1% 171 475 25.0% 172 461 39.7% 173 367 33.0% 174 326 61.4% 175 211 47.6% 176 167 247.9% 177 128 26.7% 178 51 0.0% 179 60 87.5% 180 51 112.5%

% Change in applications # Schools Increase of 100% or more 1 Increase of 50% to 99% 2 Increase of 40% to 49% 2 Increase of 30% to 39% 3 Increase of 20% to 29% 15 Increase of 10% to 19% 38 Increase of 1% to 9% 51 No change 8 Decrease of 1% to 9% 48 Decrease of 10% to 19% 26 Decrease of 20% to 29% 3 Decrease of 30% or greater 5

Region Applicants # Applicants % Applications # Applications % Far West 6,386 13.7% 48,017 10.6% Great Lakes 5,817 7.2% 41,367 4.4% Midsouth 5,606 8.3% 59,914 5.6% Midwest 1,652 12.3% 9,164 2.9% Mountain West 2,478 12.7% 12,038 18.5% New England 2,233 8.5% 28,729 9.7% Northeast 7,560 9.7% 55,965 9.3% Northwest 1,226 6.2% 6,337 7.4% South Central 5,083 1.3% 21,621 4.1% Southeast 5,665 -0.6% 23,397 -0.6% Regional Total 43,706 7.4% Other 2,418 7.4% Total 46,124 7.4% 306,549 7.0%

Race/Ethnicity Applicants # % Change Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian * * American Indian or Alaska Native 974 6.7% Asian 5,408 10.4% Black or African American 5,832 5.6% Canadian Aboriginal 28 7.7% Caucasian/White 29,888 6.2% Hispanic/Latino 5,876 8.7% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 217 6.9% Puerto Rican 997 -4.8% Not Indicated 1,737 66.5%