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What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
I plan on re-taking in December but I am tempted to apply early to a few safety schools with my LSAT score now just to be extremely early in the cycle. If you apply early is it possible to hear back from a law school before 2012? Just curious what the average earliest acceptance notification was? Thanks
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
Rough Guideaclaw55 wrote:I plan on re-taking in December but I am tempted to apply early to a few safety schools with my LSAT score now just to be extremely early in the cycle. If you apply early is it possible to hear back from a law school before 2012? Just curious what the average earliest acceptance notification was? Thanks
http://www.top-law-schools.com/decision-dates.html
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
I applied in Nov and got my first acceptance Christmas Eve. Some people had heard a few weeks before then.aclaw55 wrote:I plan on re-taking in December but I am tempted to apply early to a few safety schools with my LSAT score now just to be extremely early in the cycle. If you apply early is it possible to hear back from a law school before 2012? Just curious what the average earliest acceptance notification was? Thanks
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
Doubt any of those are his safetiesacrossthelake wrote:Duke has accepted people already. HLS starts before Thanksgiving. NYU starts in early Dec.
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
I think she meant UVA, not Duke. Though I do think Duke is going to start admitting in the next few days since there are files under review through PT (no one has posted an actual admittance to the thread yet nor do I see it on LSN, but there could be other places I'm not aware of so she might be right about Duke too).
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
Both Duke and UVA will be admitting people very early as always.
Vandy and Michigan are some of the rare ones who consistently get decisions out in November.
If you have a December LSAT listed on your app though, don't expect anything until that score comes in.
Vandy and Michigan are some of the rare ones who consistently get decisions out in November.
If you have a December LSAT listed on your app though, don't expect anything until that score comes in.
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
I know! I'm jealous of you guys. Duke is a tad slower this year it seemsacrossthelake wrote:Ah I think I assumed they had by now since I had heard back from Duke by around Sept 8th last year. Oops, my mistake. Also, while not safeties, he asked for the average earliest acceptance, so that would include other schools.MumofCad wrote:I think she meant UVA, not Duke. Though I do think Duke is going to start admitting in the next few days since there are files under review through PT (no one has posted an actual admittance to the thread yet nor do I see it on LSN, but there could be other places I'm not aware of so she might be right about Duke too).
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
chem wrote:Rough Guideaclaw55 wrote:I plan on re-taking in December but I am tempted to apply early to a few safety schools with my LSAT score now just to be extremely early in the cycle. If you apply early is it possible to hear back from a law school before 2012? Just curious what the average earliest acceptance notification was? Thanks
http://www.top-law-schools.com/decision-dates.html
This guide scares me... About 60 applicants were accepted to Harvard at the very beginning of November? Yikes! Maybe waiting until October to take the LSAT was a bigger mistake than I realized.
The consensus seems to be that applying around the first of November is still relatively early. Yet, I see that will have missed the first (and largest!) group of Harvard admits.
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
The graphs are a little difficult to read. The first group is generally accepted right before Thanksgiving. Last year, the latest application that yielded a pre-Thanksgiving acceptance was roughly Nov 1.caminante wrote:chem wrote:Rough Guideaclaw55 wrote:I plan on re-taking in December but I am tempted to apply early to a few safety schools with my LSAT score now just to be extremely early in the cycle. If you apply early is it possible to hear back from a law school before 2012? Just curious what the average earliest acceptance notification was? Thanks
http://www.top-law-schools.com/decision-dates.html
This guide scares me... About 60 applicants were accepted to Harvard at the very beginning of November? Yikes! Maybe waiting until October to that the LSAT was a bigger mistake than I realized.
The consensus seems to be that applying around the first of November is still relatively early. Yet, I see that will have missed the first (and largest!) group of Harvard admits.
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Re: What is the earliest date law schools make a decision?
Ahh, good to know. If I send in my app as soon as I get my score I still might have a slight chanceHawkeye Pierce wrote: The graphs are a little difficult to read. The first group is generally accepted right before Thanksgiving. Last year, the latest application that yielded a pre-Thanksgiving acceptance was roughly Nov 1.
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