How many schools did you apply to? Forum

[primusux]

How many did you apply to? (I don't care about waivers etc. so please include those)

[karmakmsa]

16

[sidewaysglance]

11

[KellyD09]

19

[lawyering]

15 (10 with fee waivers)

[Bobalou]

11

[swimbrad]

20 - I was nervous, perhaps too many in hindsight. Now there are lots of decisions to make now!

[jl2032]

7 schools (3 were fee waivers)

[cardinalandgold]

19

[gustrock]

18

[ChEsteve]

19 - about 15 of those reaches

[kswiss]

17. All over the place.

[PDaddy]

15 schools (had more but withdrew a few after receiving an acceptance).

[DoubleChecks]

I think the average is up to about 15-20 schools now, even for the strongest applicants. It used to be 6-10 just a decade ago. Now people are smarter (scholarship negotiations), and there's more competition and less certainty. But I tend to think people "deflate" the number of schools they apply to the same way they fudge upward their GPA/LSAT. Not saying everybody does, but...

4

:X you calling me dumb or you calling me a liar? hahaha

[PDaddy]

I think the average is up to about 15-20 schools now, even for the strongest applicants. It used to be 6-10 just a decade ago. Now people are smarter (scholarship negotiations), and there's more competition and less certainty. But I tend to think people "deflate" the number of schools they apply to the same way they fudge upward their GPA/LSAT. Not saying everybody does, but...

4

:X you calling me dumb or you calling me a liar? hahaha

I'm calling you a god. You must be 4.3/180! or you have serious connections...or you were already deferred at a school that allowed you to apply to other school this year. Whatever it is, it must be working for you.

[rachelburns]

All the top 14, fee waivers for all but 4 or 5

[DoubleChecks]

I think the average is up to about 15-20 schools now, even for the strongest applicants. It used to be 6-10 just a decade ago. Now people are smarter (scholarship negotiations), and there's more competition and less certainty. But I tend to think people "deflate" the number of schools they apply to the same way they fudge upward their GPA/LSAT. Not saying everybody does, but...

4

:X you calling me dumb or you calling me a liar? hahaha

I'm calling you a god. You must be 4.3/180! or you have serious connections...or you were already deferred at a school that allowed you to apply to other school this year. Whatever it is, it must be working for you.

haha my stats are in my profile, and i 100% have 0 connections...and i was in UG when i applied so no post-ugrad WE or deferring

i just believe in putting together a strong application and applying to schools that i would actually strongly consider going to regardless of any other schools i got into

1 sort of reach, 2 targets, 1 safety -- and i applied early as heck, like 9/15 so if i didnt hear back by mid-dec, i was going to send out another 2 targets. fortunately i didnt have to

[eldizknee]

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[cendien]

19.

After not scoring as high as I'd have liked on the LSAT, I cut out a majority (all but 2) of the T14 to save on app costs. I kept the two that I really wanted to be at and thought I had a marginal shot at.

I probably applied to more target schools than was really necessary, but I'm appreciating the options that I have right now. As a bit of a splitter, its hard to figure out exactly where the line between target and safety can be drawn, but I would say I only applied to a few safeties (and I haven't heard back from them yet, really). Barring a higher LSAT, I wouldn't change a thing.

[agentzer0]

I think the average is up to about 15-20 schools now, even for the strongest applicants. It used to be 6-10 just a decade ago. Now people are smarter (scholarship negotiations), and there's more competition and less certainty. But I tend to think people "deflate" the number of schools they apply to the same way they fudge upward their GPA/LSAT. Not saying everybody does, but...

4

:X you calling me dumb or you calling me a liar? hahaha

I'm calling you a god. You must be 4.3/180! or you have serious connections...or you were already deferred at a school that allowed you to apply to other school this year. Whatever it is, it must be working for you.

haha my stats are in my profile, and i 100% have 0 connections...and i was in UG when i applied so no post-ugrad WE or deferring

i just believe in putting together a strong application and applying to schools that i would actually strongly consider going to regardless of any other schools i got into

1 sort of reach, 2 targets, 1 safety -- and i applied early as heck, like 9/15 so if i didnt hear back by mid-dec, i was going to send out another 2 targets. fortunately i didnt have to

+1

Applying in September gives you the luxury of fewer applications. I think I sent in 5 or 6 (3 fee waivers) and because I got into a good school in early november I didn't have to apply to anywhere I wouldn't want to go

[cendien]

haha my stats are in my profile, and i 100% have 0 connections...and i was in UG when i applied so no post-ugrad WE or deferring

i just believe in putting together a strong application and applying to schools that i would actually strongly consider going to regardless of any other schools i got into

1 sort of reach, 2 targets, 1 safety -- and i applied early as heck, like 9/15 so if i didnt hear back by mid-dec, i was going to send out another 2 targets. fortunately i didnt have to

Yeah, unless you've killed a man, I don't think you had much to worry about. Obviously you didn't. Congrats on the cycle!

[DoubleChecks]

haha my stats are in my profile, and i 100% have 0 connections...and i was in UG when i applied so no post-ugrad WE or deferring

i just believe in putting together a strong application and applying to schools that i would actually strongly consider going to regardless of any other schools i got into

1 sort of reach, 2 targets, 1 safety -- and i applied early as heck, like 9/15 so if i didnt hear back by mid-dec, i was going to send out another 2 targets. fortunately i didnt have to

Yeah, unless you've killed a man, I don't think you had much to worry about. Obviously you didn't. Congrats on the cycle!

haha thanks for the congrats -- and from what i heard, killing a man is really only equivalent to a negative soft

[bworsowicz]

I'm not leaving the area for the foreseeable future (family considerations, etc). My area has two law schools, both of which do fairly well in terms of job placement here.

[oberlin08]

haha.. 25, all over the place. A bunch of fee waivers mixed in there though.

Still too many I think considering I'll only be attending 1

[traehekat]

20 with about 4 or 5 fee waivers in there. Targeted most of the Midwest/Big Ten and some regional schools that do well in their respective markets (Colorado, Florida, Arizona). Oh, and UNC... *sigh*