Yes.

Got mine in the mail yesterday, even though the USPS tracker thinks it hasn't even seen the package yet. It's a shiny black faux-leather binder with your admit letter and a few pieces of NU literature inside, including an admitted students guide. Not bad.

Thanks for the response guys

Mmmm, I wants

On another note.. all I have left to do for my Fin Aid stuff is write the two essays. Blah...

I know.. blah.. I'm definitely going to finish them today, I'm just not too excited about it because I really don't think I'm going to get any

I'm there with you, but I also still have to finish Need Access. Worst.

Got my Northwestern Binder

Got mine today, too. Live in California.

Got mine I live in the suburbs of Chicago.

Basically a print out of the pdf online.

I liked the binder, which was much nicer than the $10 portfolio I bought at Target for the on-campus interview. Not 200k nice, but still.

I spent 20 at Staples.

Urgh this AJD decision is killing me. I've got significant pros and cons.

What's your deadline to decide?

I really like the AJD program, but I feel like there's a reason they marketed it originally as a way for people to continue in their careers rather than a way to start out at the bottom of law firms. 24 months is a great deal, but I'd love to see some numbers and more years of experience before advising people to jump in. I'm not the sort of person to buy an iPhone the first day or attend UC Irvine before it's even accredited.

No offense intended to the AJD people. It sounds like an amazing opportunity and a way to jump feet-first into the market. I'm just not sure it works for everyone and I don't know of much data yet to evaluate that question.

Also, the regular NU JD seems to be doing all right, if they placed a higher percentage of their class in the NLJ250 than even CLS and UChi.

Speaking of which, this is the right thread to celebrate:

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNL ... 2443758843
via http://abovethelaw.com/2010/02/best_law ... r_jobs.php

Next Friday. I'm leaning against it. If I were over 35 I'd be all over it, but I'm not sure there is a need to hurry. Missing the Loyola patent fair is a huge negative for me. Those are interview might get without having to bid for them.

I'd also be flushing any chance of clerking, but I could take or leave that anyway. And, to be honest the GPA for that is huge, and unlikely.

You caught me before my ninja edits.

Didn't realize you'd miss the patent fair. You could always email NU and ask if any AJDs are hoping for IP, and how they handle the job search.

I could make the Patent Fair according to NU, but I decided to stay '13 anyway. I'm betting the economy improves, that I'll do better at a slower pace (splitter work ethic and all) and I have some family shit I need to help with for a while.

It was a tempting offer though.

The employment numbers are comparable to the regular program one year in, and employers’ comfort levels with the program should grow. There is no reason to miss the Loyola patent fair – a number of AJDs attended and interviewed last year. While it remains to be seen what judges will think of the program, there is no reason why the AJD program would foreclose a clerkship.

Yea I talked with one of the deans and he said exactly what you are saying re: clerkships and loyola patent fair. He convinced me job opportunities are very similar. I still opted for the traditional program for a couple of reasons:

I did horrible in undergrad because I did a bad job at managing my time. If I place in the same percentile I did in undergrad as I did in law school I won't be getting a job. I think (and hope) I've gotten over that problem, but a 11 week semester that decides my entire career fate isn't a smart bet for me. When I overloaded in undergrad my GPA suffered more than it already did.

I'm not sure if I want patent prosecution/ IP litigation/ some other tech law/ or some other kind of law. I'm thinking of trying out patent prosecution 1L summer if I can to see how it suits me. I think if I were certain exactly what I wanted to do after law school I would do the AJD.

And I have a family commitment that will make starting early a bit more challenging. My brother is coming home from the hospital after a car accident left him paralyzed. I want to help him get adjusted back home. And my family was planning on having me be around until August.

All in all, the AJD program was very tempting to me, but my personal cons outweighed the benefits for me. Under different circumstances I'd have taken it.

Anyone else still doing their financial aid stuff at the very last possible minute? Gosh, I just love writing about why my merit is great enough to earn me cash money.

I finished NeedAccess and FAFSA a while ago, but I procrastinated on the essays for over a month and just finished Saturday. Unsurprisingly, I couldn't get motivated to write an essay on why I deserve merit aid as an ED acceptance. So glad it's over, though.

Essays just submitted. At least that's over!

Anyone interested in swapping the financial aid essays and doing some quick edits? I could definitely use another pair of eyes to proof-read these before submitting them today.

Do you get some sort of email reply when you submit the scholarship and grant application?

I didn't, but then again I submitted everything just today.

Yes, I got a confirmation e-mail a day or two after I submitted everything. That was a couple weeks ago, though, and I also noticed that NU's twitter feed says something about having e-mail problems today. You might want to check up if you don't hear from them in a day or two.