Osler's Razor

The more I ponder the 100% bar pass rate (37 of 37) Baylor students achieved on the February bar, the more impressed I am with the people I have the honor to teach.

A 100% pass rate is a rare thing-- it means that every person, the superstars and those who struggled, have to focus hard and lay it all on the line for three days of testing. If you don't believe it is a rare and good thing, check out this chart from the Texas Board of Law Examiners-- no school has gotten a 100% for first-time takers since 2003. That means that for the past seven tests, none of the nine schools have achieved this-- 62 chances and no one has done it. The chart also shows how Baylor consistently has done well, and usually best, each time the exam is given.

If you want more stats, check out the chart, showing that a 100% rate was achieved only once by any school in the years 1991-2002-- over 200 possibilies.

I hope those who passed the bar know how proud we are of them, and appreciate their hard work.

[Thanks to Mr. Raymond Puckett, for tipping me off to the fact that there were such statistics on the net. He is also very talented at A/V related matters.]