pba,vm: LSAC likely reports everything they get to the law school. If I remember correctly, they require all transcripts from all schools that your undergraduate degree came from.
I was unaware of a requirement or an implication that any more information was desired.
vm: As far as BTLs doing poorly, I meant relative to their LSAT scores. The LSAT is officially supposed to be a predictor of grades in law school. It doesn’t measure writing ability – the most fundamental part of all law school grades. Writing well usually takes years of training. A BTL unquestionably has far, far, less mandatory writing experience (in English) than the typical student in even an average undergraduate institution.
The typical law student in a better school has excelled their entire life, including while attending a prestigious undergrad institution. This gives the non-BTL (with the same LSAT) a huge head start.
I’d be surprised if the Fordham study wasn’t true.