LSAC Application Volume Data — down 91%?!

[backtomac]

According to LSAC (https://report.lsac.org/VolumeSummaryOriginalFormat.aspx), applications are down 91.8% from last year and 39.3% from 2 years ago. They state there are 577 applicants from East Canada as of November 4th, 2022. Isn't this, like, impossible? I mean, considering the OLSAS deadline has passed, how can this be accurate? That is not enough applicants to fill all schools' class sizes to my knowledge, LOL. Perhaps OLSAS apps submitted oct 31/nov 1 are not yet included in these figures?

edit: this is Canadian stats only 

Edited November 5, 2022 by backtomac

[GoatDuck]

Is this showing Canadian applicants applying to US schools or Canadian applicants applying to Canadian schools?

[Chewy]

[Skier41]

47 minutes ago, GoatDuck said:

Is this showing Canadian applicants applying to US schools or Canadian applicants applying to Canadian schools?

This is only showing Canadian applicants applying to US Schools. LSAC has nothing to do with applying to Canadian law schools, aside from the LSAT. 

[backtomac]

12 hours ago, Skier41 said:

This is only showing Canadian applicants applying to US Schools. LSAC has nothing to do with applying to Canadian law schools, aside from the LSAT. 

that makes so much sense! still an interesting decline — i wonder if it speaks to the # of CA applicants to CA schools
 

[Patient0L]

 

[Renerik]

The table shows the number of times that canadian institutions have requested an LSAT score from LSAC. 

The numbers are lagging - it takes a few days for LSAC to update it. That massive difference between last year and present is that current year OLSAS counts haven't been accounted for while on Nov 8th 2021 they were. Things will equalize next week.

This is non-news; LSAC prefaces this data with a massive warning that says it's too early in the cycle to account for any trends. 

[backtomac]

9 minutes ago, Renerik said:

The table shows the number of times that canadian institutions have requested an LSAT score from LSAC. 

The numbers are lagging - it takes a few days for LSAC to update it. That massive difference between last year and present is that current year OLSAS counts haven't been accounted for while on Nov 8th 2021 they were. Things will equalize next week.

This is non-news; LSAC prefaces this data with a massive warning that says it's too early in the cycle to account for any trends. 

Thanks. Do you know why there is such a massive bump between 2 years ago and 1 year ago?

Just an update — still a huge difference but not 91%. Looks like OLSAS data has probably been included.