2017/2018 Cycle Data as of 5/21/18 and consulting capacity update.

Key figures: applicants are up 8.8% and applications are up 9.2% as compared to this time last year. Also please note that at this time last year, we had 92% of the final data count. See below for more detailed data.

Highest LSAT # Applicants % Change YTD < 140 3,708 1.7% 140-144 5,196 0.2% 145-149 8,625 -0.2% 150-154 10,689 2.7% 155-159 10,015 4.9% 160-164 8,074 13.5% 165-169 5,036 25.8% 170-174 2,353 12.3% 175-180 683 56.7%

Category # Schools Increase of 50% or greater 4 Increase of 40% to 49% 2 Increase of 30% to 39% 6 Increase of 20% to 29% 20 Increase of 10% to 19% 49 Increase of 1% to 9% 74 No change 6 Decrease of 1% to 9% 27 Decrease of 10% to 19% 8 Decrease of 20% to 29% 4 Decrease of 30% to 39% 1 Decrease of 40% to 49% 0 Decrease of 50% or more 4

Region Applicants # Applicants % Applications # Applications % Far West 7,400 12.4% 56,380 10.5% Great Lakes 7,127 8.1% 50,539 7.4% Midsouth 6,721 8.4% 68,855 7.9% Midwest 2,032 16.2% 11,364 5.3% Mountain West 2,894 13.8% 14,506 17.9% New England 2,777 11.3% 34,074 12.3% Northeast 9,272 10.1% 68,007 10.7% Northwest 1,419 9.0% 8,176 12.9% South Central 6,341 5.3% 27,109 8.5% Southeast 7,672 0.9% 32,851 4.3% Total 56,633 8.8% 371,861 9.2%

Race/Ethnicity Applicants # % Change Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian 0 0.0% American Indian or Alaska Native 1,248 7.0% Asian 6,329 13.6% Black or African American 8,001 7.1% Canadian Aboriginal 42 40.0% Caucasian/White 36,460 9.6% Hispanic/Latino 7,378 8.6% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 260 6.6% Puerto Rican 1,556 -0.2% Not Indicated 1,375 11.5%

Gender Applicants # % Change Female 30,508 10.0% Male 25,853 7.4% Not Indicated 272 11.5%

Capacity Update

Please note we are no longer taking wait list clients for the 2017/2018 cycle. We are at about 50% of capacity for the upcoming 2018/2019 cycle. That said, we believe we have a [splashy] hire coming in June! Stay tuned and always feel free to email us at info@spiveyconsulting.com to reserve a spot. Tell us about yourself!