Texas 2011 Applicants Forum

[innernetp]

Tennesse scares me. Also my LSAT is below Vandy's new median. Also I hear Austin is nice.

And my numbers are not t14 - only at medians for Cornell lols.

LOL what?? Tennessee is fine and Nashville is a really progressive city. Plus, huge portion of the Vandy student body isnt from TN.

+1. Tennessee definitely has a flavor to it but to call it scary is a bit much... offensive, even. Even if you aren't into Tennessee, Nashville, and Vandy have their own distinct identities.

[JazzOne]

Tennesse scares me. Also my LSAT is below Vandy's new median. Also I hear Austin is nice.

And my numbers are not t14 - only at medians for Cornell lols.

LOL what?? Tennessee is fine and Nashville is a really progressive city. Plus, huge portion of the Vandy student body isnt from TN.

+1. Tennessee definitely has a flavor to it but to call it scary is a bit much... offensive, even. Even if you aren't into Tennessee, Nashville, and Vandy have their own distinct identities.

TBF, the poster who made the comment is an Asian female. In that case, I can understand wanting to be somewhere with a bit more diversity than Nashville.

[aquyenl]

i've already submitted my app, but i plan to submit a why texas statement to the adcomm....any ideas where to send it in?

[mr_toad]

Achilles,

how do you know no scholly? Was under the impression they send you a letter a week or so later... just what I've heard. Anyone else want to chime in?

[TCo]

I was under the same impression. Got my acceptance call 11/12, letter 11/15, and now I'm waiting to hear about $$

[mr_toad]

I know some people have said that a scholarship was mentioned in the phone call, but mine was left in a message that I heard in a loud room. In my excitement, I deleted it before I could hear it again. Fail. Wait. Wonder.

[achilles]

Achilles,

how do you know no scholly? Was under the impression they send you a letter a week or so later... just what I've heard. Anyone else want to chime in?

She told me that my GPA was too low to qualify for one (I'm a splitter), and that I could participate in the scholarship matching program once I get other offers. I think the cutoff was 3.6, but not sure. I was too excited to take it all in.

[nonprofit-prophet]

Achilles,

how do you know no scholly? Was under the impression they send you a letter a week or so later... just what I've heard. Anyone else want to chime in?

She told me that my GPA was too low to qualify for one (I'm a splitter), and that I could participate in the scholarship matching program once I get other offers. I think the cutoff was 3.6, but not sure. I was too excited to take it all in.

did she say what the LSAT cut off was?

[grrrstick]

Tennesse scares me. Also my LSAT is below Vandy's new median. Also I hear Austin is nice.

And my numbers are not t14 - only at medians for Cornell lols.

LOL what?? Tennessee is fine and Nashville is a really progressive city. Plus, huge portion of the Vandy student body isnt from TN.

+1. Tennessee definitely has a flavor to it but to call it scary is a bit much... offensive, even. Even if you aren't into Tennessee, Nashville, and Vandy have their own distinct identities.

Not to mention the awful Vandy undergrad population. Douchier than Duke, if you can believe it.

[innernetp]

Tennesse scares me. Also my LSAT is below Vandy's new median. Also I hear Austin is nice.

And my numbers are not t14 - only at medians for Cornell lols.

LOL what?? Tennessee is fine and Nashville is a really progressive city. Plus, huge portion of the Vandy student body isnt from TN.

+1. Tennessee definitely has a flavor to it but to call it scary is a bit much... offensive, even. Even if you aren't into Tennessee, Nashville, and Vandy have their own distinct identities.

Not to mention the awful Vandy undergrad population. Douchier than Duke, if you can believe it.

I know what you're talking about, but I don't think Vandy is all that bad. Meanwhile, I live very close to Duke and am having trouble holding my tongue. :-p

[Burgstaller04]

vandy undergrads as douches. exhibit A: Jay Cutler

[rundoxierun]

Not to mention the awful Vandy undergrad population. Douchier than Duke, if you can believe it.

No way you have ever stepped foot on Vandy's campus if you call the undergrad pop. as a whole "douchey".

[achilles]

Nonprofit-prophet, she did not, but I'd imagine it's below median since the GPA is

[Burgstaller04]

Got my status checker today

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Got my status checker today

[zeke18]

What makes Austin so much more diverse and "less-scary" than TN?

[nonprofit-prophet]

What makes Austin so much more diverse and "less-scary" than TN?

I'm guessing you haven't been to Austin.

[Bildungsroman]

Man, now I'm nervous every time a new email shows up in my inbox because it might be a hold email from Texas.

[zeke18]

What makes Austin so much more diverse and "less-scary" than TN?

I'm guessing you haven't been to Austin.

I've been there many times, in fact. I was raised in TN so I have an obvious bias here, but it doesn't make sense to me that someone would be scared of TN but not TX. I would be more understanding if we were discussing Michigan, Illinois, or another large northern state school, but Texas? Please explain.

[JazzOne]

What makes Austin so much more diverse and "less-scary" than TN?

I'm guessing you haven't been to Austin.

I've been there many times, in fact. I was raised in TN so I have an obvious bias here, but it doesn't make sense to me that someone would be scared of TN but not TX. I would be more understanding if we were discussing Michigan, Illinois, or another large northern state school, but Texas? Please explain.

Austin is the most liberal and diverse city in Texas. It is the anti-Texas.

[zeke18]

What makes Austin so much more diverse and "less-scary" than TN?

I'm guessing you haven't been to Austin.

I've been there many times, in fact. I was raised in TN so I have an obvious bias here, but it doesn't make sense to me that someone would be scared of TN but not TX. I would be more understanding if we were discussing Michigan, Illinois, or another large northern state school, but Texas? Please explain.

Austin is the most liberal and diverse city in Texas. It is the anti-Texas.

fair enough, but couldn't the same thing be said about Nashville? The city votes Democratic in national elections and is represented by a Democratic Congressman.

[JazzOne]

fair enough, but couldn't the same thing be said about Nashville? The city votes Democratic in national elections and is represented by a Democratic Congressman.

I've only been to Nashville once, but it seemed much less diverse to me than does Austin.

[nonprofit-prophet]

It's not so much that the city votes Democrat. It's that the city is extremely progressive. it's like a mini San Francisco or NYC, complete with tons of hipsters and track bikes. Very different from Nashville.

[tea_drinker]

Man, now I'm nervous every time a new email shows up in my inbox because it might be a hold email from Texas.

+1

I'm also checking the status checker constantly hoping to not get dinged this early.

[yellowmellow]

Man, now I'm nervous every time a new email shows up in my inbox because it might be a hold email from Texas.

Same. I was not impressed when an email from Texas Wesleyan found its way into my gmail law school filter. My heart stopped for a second