Original sentence: For decades, Michigan Law has been regarded as one of the top law schools in the country--it ranked 3rd in the initial 1987 U.Reputation surveys also consistently place Michigan among the top  schools; and as recently as 1997, the Law School was tied for the top spot in the US News' attorney/judge survey.The class of 2010 possesses a median LSAT score of 169 (which places one within the top two to three percent of all test takers), and a median GPA of 3.64
Edited sentence: For decades Michigan Law has been regarded as one of the top law schools in the country--it ranked 3rd in the initial 1987 U.More importantly, Vault.Reputation surveys also consistently place Michigan among the top handful of schools, and, as recently as 1997, the Law School was tied for the top spot in the US News' attorney/judge survey.The class of 2010 at Michigan possesses a median LSAT score of 169 (which places one within the top two to three percent of all test takers), and a median GPA of 3.64