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Planning to retake/reapply, how should I handle waitlists?

Post by Lightworks » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:27 pm

I've been waitlisted at Duke, Penn, UVA, and Chicago (and anticipating possible W/L from Columbia, NYU, and Harvard). All are schools that I am planning to reapply to, so I want to play this right. Should I send LOCIs? Withdraw? Do nothing?

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Re: Planning to retake/reapply, how should I handle waitlists?

Post by RhymesLikeDimes » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:33 pm

I would think that withdrawing would be the best option. YP schools will be ticked off if you are planning to withdraw and still try to get admitted.

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Re: Planning to retake/reapply, how should I handle waitlists?

Post by northwood » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:39 pm

Lightworks wrote:I've been waitlisted at Duke, Penn, UVA, and Chicago (and anticipating possible W/L from Columbia, NYU, and Harvard). All are schools that I am planning to reapply to, so I want to play this right. Should I send LOCIs? Withdraw? Do nothing?

Withdraw. If you want, you can inform them that you are going to retake and try again next cycle.

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Re: Planning to retake/reapply, how should I handle waitlists?

Post by North » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:11 am

You're retaking a 173?

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Re: Planning to retake/reapply, how should I handle waitlists?

Post by MKC » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:31 am

North wrote:You're retaking a 173?
TLS works! Where the correct answer is ALWAYS retake. Just ask Dave Hall and Robin Singh. You can never take the LSAT too many times!

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Re: Planning to retake/reapply, how should I handle waitlists?

Post by El Pollito » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:33 am

North wrote:You're retaking a 173?
Makes sense with a 3.6 GPA.

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Re: Planning to retake/reapply, how should I handle waitlists?

Post by North » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:57 am

El Pollito wrote:
North wrote:You're retaking a 173?
Makes sense with a 3.6 GPA.
Yeah seems so:

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