Hey all,
Just got deferred to Regular Decision pool at Georgetown after ED'ing there. Hopefully it works out for me in the long run. After submitting my ED app in late September, I read on TLS how it is pretty dumb for AA's with 165+ LSAT to ED. I started to get really nervous about getting accepted with zero scholarship money at Georgetown--who gets repeatedly bashed on TLS-- when I might have been able to get into a better school (possibly) or a lower school with scholarship money.
After all this I am now considering throwing a ED app at NYU or Columbia. They are higher ranked and I would be willing to go sticker there. Am I making the same mistake twice? Should I just apply Reg, and just see what happens. FWIW I have a bunch of softs (NYU graduate school grad 4.0 GGPA, working for non profit three years, extensive court experience with indigent population). Let me know, THANKS.
Need a quick yes or no on ED topic. AA MALE 3.0/165 Forum
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Manhattanman
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amazinga16
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Re: Need a quick yes or no on ED topic. AA MALE 3.0/165
If it were me I would say no. I don't think the ED will make that much of a difference and URM cycles (especially AA Males) are highly variable, I think it would best if you were able to compare offers. What if you get into both NYU and Columbia, and one gives you a better offer than the other, you may not be able to accept.
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Manhattanman
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Re: Need a quick yes or no on ED topic. AA MALE 3.0/165
Okay, between your reply and another message I got I've decided to not ED. Thanks for the help.amazinga16 wrote:If it were me I would say no. I don't think the ED will make that much of a difference and URM cycles (especially AA Males) are highly variable, I think it would best if you were able to compare offers. What if you get into both NYU and Columbia, and one gives you a better offer than the other, you may not be able to accept.
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Re: Need a quick yes or no on ED topic. AA MALE 3.0/165
I'm surprised you didn't get into Georgetown
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Re: Need a quick yes or no on ED topic. AA MALE 3.0/165
Good decision.Manhattanman wrote:Okay, between your reply and another message I got I've decided to not ED. Thanks for the help.amazinga16 wrote:If it were me I would say no. I don't think the ED will make that much of a difference and URM cycles (especially AA Males) are highly variable, I think it would best if you were able to compare offers. What if you get into both NYU and Columbia, and one gives you a better offer than the other, you may not be able to accept.
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Manhattanman
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Re: Need a quick yes or no on ED topic. AA MALE 3.0/165
Yeah, I think they want to compare me to the rest of the URM's who apply, and they don't have a big enough sample size yet. It's cool though, now I can send out a lot of apps; and if things work out well I can do some negotiating.lawprospie wrote:I'm surprised you didn't get into Georgetown
