As of 11/24/17 (data released now but the volumes are from that date), there are 81,877 applications submitted by 15,083 applicants for the 2017–2018 cycle. Applicants are up 14.2% and applications are up 17.1% from 2016–2017.

Last year at this time, we had 24% of the preliminary final applicant count.

LSAT Administrations

LSAT Administration # Test Takers % Change June 2017 27,606 +19.8% September 2017 37,146 +10.7% December 2017* 45,632 +26.4% *December # indicates LSAT registrants as of 12/1. *December # indicates LSAT registrants as of 12/1.

Forum 2016 2017 % Change Atlanta 687 742 +8.0% Boston 459 675 +47.1% Canada 364 375 +2.9% Chicago 482 608 +26.1% Houston 545 611 +12.1% Los Angeles 879 926 +5.3% Miami 463 500 +8.0% New York 1435 1731 +20.6% San Francisco 329 413 +25.5% Washington, D.C. 691 853 +23.4% Total 6415 7434 +15.9%

Highest LSAT # Applicants % Change YTD < 140 774 -5.1% 140-144 1,054 -2.7% 145-149 1,706 11.4% 150-154 2,327 11.8% 155-159 2,459 13.3% 160-164 2,570 18.9% 165-169 2,001 36.4% 170-174 1,111 16.6% 175-180 347 86.6%

Highest LSAT # Applicants % Change YTD < 140 774 -5.1% 140 171 -8.1% 141 181 9.0% 142 240 -2.0% 143 185 -3.6% 144 277 -5.8% 145 357 20.2% 146 242 -0.4% 147 305 8.5% 148 394 8.5% 149 408 17.6% 150 317 -21.7% 151 465 34.4% 152 518 13.1% 153 473 2.8% 154 554 34.1% 155 452 3.0% 156 546 19.7% 157 541 23.2% 158 556 48.7% 159 364 -21.2% 160 605 31.2% 161 515 21.7% 162 436 22.5% 163 552 12.2% 164 462 7.7% 165 452 63.8% 166 404 26.6% 167 505 56.8% 168 371 19.3% 169 269 12.6% 170 311 -15.9% 171 239 33.5% 172 227 37.6% 173 181 30.2% 174 153 53.0% 175 109 65.2% 176 87 262.5% 177 69 56.8% 178 23 -8.0% 179 28 86.7% 180 31 158.3%

% Change in applications # Schools Increase of 100% or more 1 Increase of 50% to 99% 12 Increase of 40% to 49% 10 Increase of 30% to 39% 22 Increase of 20% to 29% 34 Increase of 10% to 19% 52 Increase of 1% to 9% 25 No change 3 Decrease of 1% to 9% 23 Decrease of 10% to 19% 10 Decrease of 20% to 29% 4 Decrease of 30% or greater 9

Region Applicants # Applicants % Applications # Applications % Far West 1,761 12.0% 11,128 16.0% Great Lakes 2,231 23.7% 12,551 16.0% Midsouth 1,807 21.4% 16,355 17.6% Midwest 559 15.0% 2,682 8.8% Mountain West 702 23.2% 2,864 34.1% New England 697 15.0% 7,750 16.8% Northeast 2,509 17.0% 15,228 19.4% Northwest 396 23.0% 1,475 29.4% South Central 1,761 6.5% 5,755 18.3% Southeast 1,919 0.7% 6,089 8.6% Regional Total 14,342 14.3% Other 741 12.8% Total 15,083 14.2% 81,877 17.1%

Race/Ethnicity Applicants # % Change Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian 0 -100.0% American Indian or Alaska Native 291 13.7% Asian 1,734 13.9% Black or African American 1,676 9.1% Canadian Aboriginal 10 100.0% Caucasian/White 10,033 13.2% Hispanic/Latino 1,731 14.0% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 55 7.8% Puerto Rican 330 -10.3% Not Indicated 660 87.0% Missing 0 -100.0%