4 point separation in 50th to 75th percentile vs 2 point separation in 50th to 25th percentile

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Harvard Law has its LSAT medians posted and I am wondering what the practical implications/takeaways are for someone who wants to apply. I understand what medians are, but am just confused about what the take away would be given the much bigger difference between 50 and 75 vs 50 and 25. The numbers are as follows:

25h percentile: 170

50th percentile: 174

75th percentile: 176

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https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Standard-509-Information-Report.pdf

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The percentile rating is referring to how many people you did better than. 75th percentile means you did better than 75% of the people who took that test. 50th percentile means that you did better than 50% of people.

Let’s say 100 people took the test. 25 people got less than 170, 50 people got less than 174, 75 people got less than 176, and 100 people got less than the maximum possible score

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