While the trend in applications to law school has been downward for the past five years, there are still substantial numbers of applicants.
Many schools can afford to be quite selective.
And the easiest way to compare students from different schools, or even different majors at the same school, is with cold statistics. Others really do consider all the factors. Most fall somewhere in between. Many law schools have developed a formula that will predict first year success. Factors in the formula vary but include such items as GPA, LSAT score, and the average LSAT scores of students at your school for the past two years.