The Recent Decisions Feed
How to read LSD.Law's recent decisions feed: a live stream of self-reported application outcomes updated as applicants report them.
Recent Decisions is a live stream of application outcomes as LSD users report them — accepts, rejects, waitlists, holds, deferrals, and scholarship announcements. Each time a user logs an update, a new row appears at the top of the feed.
The feed samples what applicants report, not what committees issue. A burst of accepts from one school usually means a wave just went out. A quiet stretch means either nothing went out or recipients haven't reported yet.
Try it
Open recent decisions. The live feed at the top streams individual outcomes as they're reported. Scroll down to the Aggregated Decisions table to filter by school and spot release waves.
How to read a row
Each row is one decision for one applicant, stamped with the time they logged it. It shows the school, the applicant's LSAT and GPA (if their profile is filled out), any scholarship attached, and the applicant's name or handle linking to their profile. A colored stripe on the left flags the result — green for accepted, red for rejected, yellow for waitlisted, grey for withdrawn — with secondary stripes for holds, deferrals, and "attending" updates. The glossary defines every status abbreviation.
Timestamps mark when the applicant logged the update, not when the school issued the decision. Most users report within minutes; some wait hours or days. Treat the clock as a rough indicator of an ongoing wave, not a precise issue time.
Verification
A green check next to a name marks a verified user. The user uploaded a document (usually an LSAC status screen or decision letter) and LSD confirmed their stats and outcomes match. Verified rows carry more weight because the numbers have been cross-checked against paperwork.
Unverified rows are usually accurate, but when you're calibrating expectations — "am I in range for this school?" — anchor on verified entries and treat unverified ones as corroboration.
Aggregated Decisions
Below the live feed, the Aggregated Decisions table collapses the current cycle's reports into "N decisions of this type at this school on this date" rows, surfacing release waves. School names link to the school profile. Use the column filters to narrow by school, result, or date, and the "Filter by school" button at the top to pin a custom list of schools above the rest of the table.
Below the table, the Decision Timing chart plots weekly volume across every ABA school for the current cycle against last cycle. For a school-by-school version focused on the T14, see the cycle tracker.
What the feed can't tell you
Every row is a decision someone chose to report. Schools don't send LSD anything — non-users, and users who don't update their cycle, are invisible here. Absolute counts understate real admissions volume, and silence from a school doesn't mean the committee isn't working.
Someone else's acceptance says nothing about yours beyond what your stats and the school's medians already do. The heard back tracker aggregates response rates by school and submission date.