Brooklyn Law School 2011 Cycle Forum

ItsMyTimeBoston · Post by **ItsMyTimeBoston** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:42 pm

Waitlisted today via Status Checker - applied to the PT program in November.

blacklawboss · Post by **blacklawboss** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:20 pm

ItsMyTimeBoston wrote:Waitlisted today via Status Checker - applied to the PT program in November.

stats?

ilovesf · Post by **ilovesf** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:10 am

Anyone going to the Skadden reception?

jplwine · Post by **jplwine** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:01 am

ilovesf wrote:Anyone going to the Skadden reception?

Yes. Luckily, I was going to be in nyc that week.

Tim0thy222 · Post by **Tim0thy222** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:37 pm

jplwine wrote:
ilovesf wrote:Anyone going to the Skadden reception?
Yes. Luckily, I was going to be in nyc that week.

I'm going too. Anyone want to meet up?

jjlaw · Post by **jjlaw** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:43 pm

lawskool wrote:They refused to negotiate with me as well. I feel like the e-mail I got was standardized. It said that they will not increase any awards until after May, at which point they will know if there are extra funds available.

Does anyone know if scholarships handed out after May will be given preference to those who received no merit aid the first time around?

pookie · Post by **pookie** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:50 pm

I'm thinking about switching my application to full time. My stats are 165/2.8. I applied part time because I wasn't sure if my GPA would hold me back too much. After seeing that hardly any financial aid is given to PT, I'm reconsidering. Does anyone have any insight on this?

ilovesf · Post by **ilovesf** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:06 pm

I'll actually be in NYC for the Skadden thing, but I'm on a 3 week trip and only got the invitation after I left, so I don't have some sort of suit or proper business attire outfit.. I'm not sure if I want to go if I can't bring my A-game.

Lawst · Post by **Lawst** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:18 pm

pookie wrote:I'm thinking about switching my application to full time. My stats are 165/2.8. I applied part time because I wasn't sure if my GPA would hold me back too much. After seeing that hardly any financial aid is given to PT, I'm reconsidering. Does anyone have any insight on this?

I have the same stats and got in FT - but with no merit aid. When I asked they said my GPA was too low for merit aid - that would be my GPA from '95. And yes, I have tons of WE and decent softs.
NOT THAT I AM BITTER.

Withdrawing soon. Rutgers is offering me enough money to lure me across the Hudson.

Lawst · Post by **Lawst** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:20 pm

ilovesf wrote:I'll actually be in NYC for the Skadden thing, but I'm on a 3 week trip and only got the invitation after I left, so I don't have some sort of suit or proper business attire outfit.. I'm not sure if I want to go if I can't bring my A-game.

I hear Macy's has a very forgiving return policy. Just sayin'

abonda01 · Post by **abonda01** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:36 am

ilovesf wrote:I'll actually be in NYC for the Skadden thing, but I'm on a 3 week trip and only got the invitation after I left, so I don't have some sort of suit or proper business attire outfit.. I'm not sure if I want to go if I can't bring my A-game.

I'll be there too. Should be interesting.

I'm still not crazy about Brooklyn for some reason. Something about it feels impersonal to me...does anyone else feel this way?

I am looking forward to my visit this weekend.

blacklawboss · Post by **blacklawboss** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:29 am

ilovesf wrote:Anyone going to the Skadden reception?

when is it?

ilovesf · Post by **ilovesf** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:30 am

blacklawboss wrote:
ilovesf wrote:Anyone going to the Skadden reception?
when is it?

march 28th

blacklawboss · Post by **blacklawboss** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:32 am

ilovesf wrote:
blacklawboss wrote:
ilovesf wrote:Anyone going to the Skadden reception?
when is it?
march 28th

Thanks

mm202 · Post by **mm202** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:33 pm

abonda01 wrote:
ilovesf wrote:I'll actually be in NYC for the Skadden thing, but I'm on a 3 week trip and only got the invitation after I left, so I don't have some sort of suit or proper business attire outfit.. I'm not sure if I want to go if I can't bring my A-game.
I'll be there too. Should be interesting.

I'm still not crazy about Brooklyn for some reason. Something about it feels impersonal to me...does anyone else feel this way?

I am looking forward to my visit this weekend.

completely agree. it definitely feels impersonal to me too, though I cannot pinpoint why....

abonda01 · Post by **abonda01** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:40 pm

mm202 wrote:
completely agree. it definitely feels impersonal to me too, though I cannot pinpoint why....

I feel like such a little brat complaining about it, but there's just something missing for me when it comes to Brooklyn. I have no idea what it is or why I feel this way, but I get a warmer feeling from a lot of other schools that I've applied to.

tjs86 · Post by **tjs86** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:03 pm

abonda01 wrote:
mm202 wrote:
completely agree. it definitely feels impersonal to me too, though I cannot pinpoint why....
I feel like such a little brat complaining about it, but there's just something missing for me when it comes to Brooklyn. I have no idea what it is or why I feel this way, but I get a warmer feeling from a lot of other schools that I've applied to.

I'm glad others are voicing what I've been feeling.

sprewell · Post by **sprewell** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:03 pm

so has anyone successfully negotiated for more $?

jd1969a · Post by **jd1969a** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:03 pm

sprewell wrote:so has anyone successfully negotiated for more $?

I emailed them a little over a week ago and haven't gotten any sort of response.

abonda01 · Post by **abonda01** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:29 am

tjs86 wrote:
I'm glad others are voicing what I've been feeling.

I'm hoping my opinion changes after the Skadden Arps event and when I visit on Tuesday. I've actually heard from students there that they really love it.

akcorps · Post by **akcorps** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:08 pm

abonda01 wrote:
tjs86 wrote:
I'm glad others are voicing what I've been feeling.

I'm hoping my opinion changes after the Skadden Arps event and when I visit on Tuesday. I've actually heard from students there that they really love it.

For what its worth, I think the school is pretty impersonal and sells itself poorly. I just went to the ASD and heard students talking on my tour about how they wished someone had told them not to come.

I don't think having a reception at a law firm is going to make up for the sometimes downright hostile attitude of the school. I think they come across like they are defensive about something.

play2win · Post by **play2win** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:16 pm

Listen, somebody has to be getting financial aid from these people. I understand how stingy they are, but some money must be going somewhere.

No money from them would be a huge problem and I'd probably take a full ride from St. Johns or Hofstra even with stips over Brooklyn at sticker.

lawgrl21 · Post by **lawgrl21** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:22 pm

I just withdrew. good luck to everyone waiting and hopefully they will give my scholarship to someone still waiting!

lalalap · Post by **lalalap** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:58 pm

just got in via email today off wait list.

abonda01 · Post by **abonda01** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:04 pm

akcorps wrote:
abonda01 wrote:
tjs86 wrote:
I'm glad others are voicing what I've been feeling.

I'm hoping my opinion changes after the Skadden Arps event and when I visit on Tuesday. I've actually heard from students there that they really love it.

For what its worth, I think the school is pretty impersonal and sells itself poorly. I just went to the ASD and heard students talking on my tour about how they wished someone had told them not to come. I don't think having a reception at a law firm is going to make up for the sometimes downright hostile attitude of the school. I think they come across like they are defensive about something.

Wowow students on the tour basically told you to go somewhere else? Oof...

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