Class Ranks, 2005-06

LLM students are not ranked
First-year JD students are not ranked after the fall semester
Only the top 20% of each group of JD students receive an ordinal rank on their transcript
Numbers in parenthesis represent the total number of students in each group

Fall 2005

Fall 2005 GPA Cut-Off for 2L Students

Rank	Day (281)	Evening (39)
Top 10%	3.62	3.83
Top 20%	3.43	3.68
Top Third	3.28	3.24
Top Half	3.06	3.14

Fall 2005 Imputed GPA* Cut-Off for 3L Students

Rank	Day (289)	Evening (53)
Top 10%	3.68	3.70
Top 20%	3.46	3.39
Top Third	3.28	3.29
Top Half	3.05	3.13

* Due to a change in grading systems, 3L and 4L students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Fall 2005 Imputed GPA* Cut-Off for 4L Students

Rank	Day	Evening (29)
Top 10%	Not Applicable	3.64
Top 20%	Not Applicable	3.51
Top Third	Not Applicable	3.23
Top Half	Not Applicable	3.06

* Due to a change in grading systems, 3L and 4L students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Spring 2006

Spring 2006 GPA* Cut-Off for the Graduating Class of 2006 (313)

Rank	GPA Cut-off
Top 10%	3.64
Top 20%	3.48
Top Third	3.31
Top Half	3.12

* Due to a change in grading systems, graduating students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Spring 2006 GPA Cut-Off for 1L Students

Rank	Day (245)	Evening (92)
Top 10%	3.64	3.67
Top 20%	3.49	3.42
Top Third	3.24	3.17
Top Half	3.05	3.00

Spring 2006 GPA Cut-Off for 2L Students

Rank	Day* (309)	Evening (35)
Top 10%	3.63	3.68
Top 20%	3.45	3.46
Top Third	3.28	3.28
Top Half	3.08	3.16

* Includes non-graduating 3L Day Students that have grades under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Spring 2006 GPA Cut-Off for 3L Students

Rank	Day	Evening* (38)
Top 10%	N/A	3.65
Top 20%	N/A	3.34
Top Third	N/A	3.16
Top Half	N/A	3.12

* Includes all non-graduating 4L and 3L Evening Students that have grades under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

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Class Ranks, 2005-06