Baylor 2012 (Class of 2015) Forum

[JackRussellLover]

Has Baylor sent out any rejections yet? Only heard of acceptances and waitlists..

[Lvaughn714]

Decision Letter Mailed today (summer) ...anyone know how long it takes to get to Austin?

Also, really no decisions by phone or email? really?

[CJ345]

Decision Letter Mailed today (summer) ...anyone know how long it takes to get to Austin?

Also, really no decisions by phone or email? really?

Same here. Decision letter mailed today and also for summer.

[Lvaughn714]

Okay so I am seeing all this controversy of SMU vs Baylor and the general vibe I am getting is that most people believe SMU has better employment and that Baylor is a bunch of extra "bullshit" that employers don't really care about. I find this odd considering of the 10+ lawyers I have talked to, all of whom are considered extremely successful, no one said anything about SMU at all. Granted I am in Austin so maybe it is a situation of different markets, but I was pretty much told exclusively Baylor, South TX, and UT.

thoughts?

[YankeeFan2]

Has Baylor sent out any rejections yet? Only heard of acceptances and waitlists..

Good thing my application is still complete from November 2!!!!!!! Think they could get around to looking at it at least once in 3 months.

[eaper]

Okay so I am seeing all this controversy of SMU vs Baylor and the general vibe I am getting is that most people believe SMU has better employment and that Baylor is a bunch of extra "bullshit" that employers don't really care about. I find this odd considering of the 10+ lawyers I have talked to, all of whom are considered extremely successful, no one said anything about SMU at all. Granted I am in Austin so maybe it is a situation of different markets, but I was pretty much told exclusively Baylor, South TX, and UT.

thoughts?

Austin is notorious for having a very saturated legal market, so it's probably not the best place to think about. SMU is way better in DFW than Baylor, and Baylor is about the same or a little better in Houston, for big law. But Baylor's third year is extremely hard, meaninglessly from what many say.

[Lvaughn714]

Okay so I am seeing all this controversy of SMU vs Baylor and the general vibe I am getting is that most people believe SMU has better employment and that Baylor is a bunch of extra "bullshit" that employers don't really care about. I find this odd considering of the 10+ lawyers I have talked to, all of whom are considered extremely successful, no one said anything about SMU at all. Granted I am in Austin so maybe it is a situation of different markets, but I was pretty much told exclusively Baylor, South TX, and UT.

thoughts?

Austin is notorious for having a very saturated legal market, so it's probably not the best place to think about. SMU is way better in DFW than Baylor, and Baylor is about the same or a little better in Houston, for big law. But Baylor's third year is extremely hard, meaninglessly from what many say.

That makes sense about Dallas. Luckily I can't stand the place so I guess I don't need to worry. As far as the third year goes, most people I talked to actually pointed out the 3rd year as being a legitimate upside since their biggest complaint about law students these days it complete lack of practical knowledge. None of these lawyers went to Baylor btw, but one was a visiting prof for a few years.

[eaper]

Okay so I am seeing all this controversy of SMU vs Baylor and the general vibe I am getting is that most people believe SMU has better employment and that Baylor is a bunch of extra "bullshit" that employers don't really care about. I find this odd considering of the 10+ lawyers I have talked to, all of whom are considered extremely successful, no one said anything about SMU at all. Granted I am in Austin so maybe it is a situation of different markets, but I was pretty much told exclusively Baylor, South TX, and UT.

thoughts?

Austin is notorious for having a very saturated legal market, so it's probably not the best place to think about. SMU is way better in DFW than Baylor, and Baylor is about the same or a little better in Houston, for big law. But Baylor's third year is extremely hard, meaninglessly from what many say.

That makes sense about Dallas. Luckily I can't stand the place so I guess I don't need to worry. As far as the third year goes, most people I talked to actually pointed out the 3rd year as being a legitimate upside since their biggest complaint about law students these days it complete lack of practical knowledge. None of these lawyers went to Baylor btw, but one was a visiting prof for a few years.

I'm sure many people are helped by it, especially if they plan to go into trial law. Others see it as a distraction from the job hunt or taking classes that they would prefer to take.

[Baylor17]

Okay so I am seeing all this controversy of SMU vs Baylor and the general vibe I am getting is that most people believe SMU has better employment and that Baylor is a bunch of extra "bullshit" that employers don't really care about. I find this odd considering of the 10+ lawyers I have talked to, all of whom are considered extremely successful, no one said anything about SMU at all. Granted I am in Austin so maybe it is a situation of different markets, but I was pretty much told exclusively Baylor, South TX, and UT.

thoughts?

It makes me sad that you would put South Texas in the same sentence as Baylor... and UT. Especially UT.

[Lvaughn714]

Okay so I am seeing all this controversy of SMU vs Baylor and the general vibe I am getting is that most people believe SMU has better employment and that Baylor is a bunch of extra "bullshit" that employers don't really care about. I find this odd considering of the 10+ lawyers I have talked to, all of whom are considered extremely successful, no one said anything about SMU at all. Granted I am in Austin so maybe it is a situation of different markets, but I was pretty much told exclusively Baylor, South TX, and UT.

thoughts?

It makes me sad that you would put South Texas in the same sentence as Baylor... and UT. Especially UT.

Why is that?

[sarahmargie]

Accepted with scholarship of 15,000 a year. Still expensive.

[eaper]

Okay so I am seeing all this controversy of SMU vs Baylor and the general vibe I am getting is that most people believe SMU has better employment and that Baylor is a bunch of extra "bullshit" that employers don't really care about. I find this odd considering of the 10+ lawyers I have talked to, all of whom are considered extremely successful, no one said anything about SMU at all. Granted I am in Austin so maybe it is a situation of different markets, but I was pretty much told exclusively Baylor, South TX, and UT.

thoughts?

It makes me sad that you would put South Texas in the same sentence as Baylor... and UT. Especially UT.

Why is that?

The quality of the schools is seen by most to be drastically different.

[mtyler19]

Accepted with scholarship of 15,000 a year. Still expensive.

That seems way too low...

[sarahmargie]

Accepted with scholarship of 15,000 a year. Still expensive.

That seems way too low...

I don't think Baylor is as in love with LSAT scores as some other Texas schools. I think my GPA precludes the possibility of the big money.

[mtyler19]

Accepted with scholarship of 15,000 a year. Still expensive.

That seems way too low...

I don't think Baylor is as in love with LSAT scores as some other Texas schools. I think my GPA precludes the possibility of the big money.

Boo!!

[Dash41]

Wow I was hoping for 30k but no way I get that if you got 15k.

[eaper]

Accepted with scholarship of 15,000 a year. Still expensive.

That seems way too low...

I don't think Baylor is as in love with LSAT scores as some other Texas schools. I think my GPA precludes the possibility of the big money.

=\ Well, you might be able to sweet talk them into more.

[Magnifique1908]

Mine was mailed on the 27th (allegedly) and I still haven't received anything.

[mtyler19]

Wow I was hoping for 30k but no way I get that if you got 15k.

You may, I got 21k with a 3.6 and LSAT lower than you. @sarahmargie 15K still seems way too low I bet you could up it

[Dash41]

Mine was mailed on the 27th (allegedly) and I still haven't received anything.

I'm in the same boat. I wonder why it's taking so long.

[snehpets]

Wow I was hoping for 30k but no way I get that if you got 15k.

You may, I got 21k with a 3.6 and LSAT lower than you. @sarahmargie 15K still seems way too low I bet you could up it

I think it also has something to do with when you applied. mtyler, when you applied there was probably a lot more money left to give out.

[Lvaughn714]

Accepted with scholarship of 15,000 a year. Still expensive.

Was this for Summer or Fall?

[mtyler19]

Wow I was hoping for 30k but no way I get that if you got 15k.

You may, I got 21k with a 3.6 and LSAT lower than you. @sarahmargie 15K still seems way too low I bet you could up it

I think it also has something to do with when you applied. mtyler, when you applied there was probably a lot more money left to give out.

True, didn't think about that. Which is also weird, because they applied almost 2 months before I did and got accepted around 2 months after me.

[snehpets]

Wow I was hoping for 30k but no way I get that if you got 15k.

You may, I got 21k with a 3.6 and LSAT lower than you. @sarahmargie 15K still seems way too low I bet you could up it

I think it also has something to do with when you applied. mtyler, when you applied there was probably a lot more money left to give out.

True, didn't think about that. Which is also weird, because they applied almost 2 months before I did and got accepted around 2 months after me.

Good point, I should've said "accepted," haha. That's odd. Maybe you had a really good PS!

[sarahmargie]

Accepted with scholarship of 15,000 a year. Still expensive.

Was this for Summer or Fall?

Fall. I wonder if I could have got more money if I'd applied for a different semester.