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Post by kobe1020 » Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:11 pm

ready for review.

why are they taking so long.? i wonder whether its because they are public? all private school i applied moved way much faster

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Post by garrettnicole92 » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:55 am

kobe1020 wrote:ready for review.

why are they taking so long.? i wonder whether its because they are public? all private school i applied moved way much faster
I think it probably has something to do with the sheer number of applicants they get. If you can't get in to UGA and you want to stay in state GA State is probably a lot of people's top choice. Not to mention the fact that the tuition is pretty affordable and its in Atlanta. Not that I really like the area State is in...

Regardless, I want to know!

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Post by kobe1020 » Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:26 pm

garrettnicole92 wrote:
kobe1020 wrote:ready for review.

why are they taking so long.? i wonder whether its because they are public? all private school i applied moved way much faster
I think it probably has something to do with the sheer number of applicants they get. If you can't get in to UGA and you want to stay in state GA State is probably a lot of people's top choice. Not to mention the fact that the tuition is pretty affordable and its in Atlanta. Not that I really like the area State is in...

Regardless, I want to know!

well....a lot of schools are top choices of law students so i don't think that makes Georgia State special..i applied to SMU (decision in 8 days) Baylor (decision in 2 days) Notre Dame (confirmed complete 1 day) those are private

Houston (20 days after i submitted and still "complete") GA state (even longer) UC irvine (10 days only email confirm received application) they are public

so i don't know how many more Georgia State law application they have received, if more. But I highly doubt it is the volume of application that is causing this....

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Post by crg0097 » Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:55 pm

kobe1020 wrote:
garrettnicole92 wrote:
kobe1020 wrote:ready for review.

why are they taking so long.? i wonder whether its because they are public? all private school i applied moved way much faster
I think it probably has something to do with the sheer number of applicants they get. If you can't get in to UGA and you want to stay in state GA State is probably a lot of people's top choice. Not to mention the fact that the tuition is pretty affordable and its in Atlanta. Not that I really like the area State is in...

Regardless, I want to know!

well....a lot of schools are top choices of law students so i don't think that makes Georgia State special..i applied to SMU (decision in 8 days) Baylor (decision in 2 days) Notre Dame (confirmed complete 1 day) those are private

Houston (20 days after i submitted and still "complete") GA state (even longer) UC irvine (10 days only email confirm received application) they are public

so i don't know how many more Georgia State law application they have received, if more. But I highly doubt it is the volume of application that is causing this....
Emory is a private institution, but they typically wait until February to send out regular admission decisions.

When it comes down to it, each school has an independent timeline for admission decisions. I don't understand how you could expect a 1-8 day decision timeline to be the standard. I have past experience in this line of work -- I can assure you that these counselors are swimming in a pile of applications and putting in a lot of overtime. It sounds to me like the admission counselors at Notre Dame and Baylor did not take the time to thoroughly review your application. That doesn't indicate that they're on top of their job... it indicates laziness, much like a teacher who gives out all A's to their class because they want to make their job as easy as possible.

I would personally prefer schools take extra time to review my application rather than spend three minutes on an application that took me months to prepare.

That's just my two cents. :)

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Post by kobe1020 » Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:29 pm

crg0097 wrote:
kobe1020 wrote:
garrettnicole92 wrote:
kobe1020 wrote:ready for review.

why are they taking so long.? i wonder whether its because they are public? all private school i applied moved way much faster
I think it probably has something to do with the sheer number of applicants they get. If you can't get in to UGA and you want to stay in state GA State is probably a lot of people's top choice. Not to mention the fact that the tuition is pretty affordable and its in Atlanta. Not that I really like the area State is in...

Regardless, I want to know!

well....a lot of schools are top choices of law students so i don't think that makes Georgia State special..i applied to SMU (decision in 8 days) Baylor (decision in 2 days) Notre Dame (confirmed complete 1 day) those are private

Houston (20 days after i submitted and still "complete") GA state (even longer) UC irvine (10 days only email confirm received application) they are public

so i don't know how many more Georgia State law application they have received, if more. But I highly doubt it is the volume of application that is causing this....
Emory is a private institution, but they typically wait until February to send out regular admission decisions.

When it comes down to it, each school has an independent timeline for admission decisions. I don't understand how you could expect a 1-8 day decision timeline to be the standard. I have past experience in this line of work -- I can assure you that these counselors are swimming in a pile of applications and putting in a lot of overtime. It sounds to me like the admission counselors at Notre Dame and Baylor did not take the time to thoroughly review your application. That doesn't indicate that they're on top of their job... it indicates laziness, much like a teacher who gives out all A's to their class because they want to make their job as easy as possible.

I would personally prefer schools take extra time to review my application rather than spend three minutes on an application that took me months to prepare.

That's just my two cents. :)
that makes sense. but Baylor gave me an instant admission with a decent scholarship so i don't think there is anything wrong with their fast move..not that i'm brag about it i'm not going to baylor..

as for Notre Dame...they sent me email to confirm that my application was complete. they never said anything else..isn't that what admission staff supposed to do..???

i'm not saying 1-8 days should be standard, i was just comparing them side by side...i know 1 or 8 days are exceptions...but i can't blame them for admitting me so quick with a decent scholarship...which i am fairly grateful for my stats :lol:

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Post by elideep » Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:16 am

Anybody who's been admitted received a packet in the mail yet? I got two other acceptances after GSU's and I got packets from them last week.

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Post by zazu » Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:34 am

I haven't received a packet. Also, when the alum called me to inform me I was accepted, she said they would be sending out emails that day. Nothing.

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Post by goldgirl786 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:36 am

Those of who that have been admitted, when did y'all submit? Mine still says app received as of 11/14...not complete/incomplete, nada. #slow

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Post by elideep » Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:45 am

zazu wrote:I haven't received a packet. Also, when the alum called me to inform me I was accepted, she said they would be sending out emails that day. Nothing.
Oh weird. I did get the email that day, but it was just a generic congrats-on-your-acceptance thing without any information.

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Post by kobe1020 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:52 am

elideep wrote:
zazu wrote:I haven't received a packet. Also, when the alum called me to inform me I was accepted, she said they would be sending out emails that day. Nothing.
Oh weird. I did get the email that day, but it was just a generic congrats-on-your-acceptance thing without any information.
how long it took to move from "ready for review" to decision? thanks !

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Post by zazu » Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:41 pm

goldgirl786 wrote:Those of who that have been admitted, when did y'all submit? Mine still says app received as of 11/14...not complete/incomplete, nada. #slow
submitted app 10/12/13
email confirming they received application 10/17/13
Went Complete 10/28/13
In Review 11/12/13
Decision 11/20/13

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Post by kobe1020 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:42 pm

zazu wrote:
goldgirl786 wrote:Those of who that have been admitted, when did y'all submit? Mine still says app received as of 11/14...not complete/incomplete, nada. #slow
submitted app 10/12/13
email confirming they received application 10/17/13
Went Complete 10/28/13
In Review 11/12/13
Decision 11/20/13
1 month and 8 days for you to get your decision.
1 month and 11 days passed i'm still at "ready for review"...

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Post by goldgirl786 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:35 pm

FINALLY got an email after submitted 11/18 saying my file is under preliminary review..wonder how long until i hear a decision.

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Post by goldgirl786 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:35 pm

zazu wrote:
goldgirl786 wrote:Those of who that have been admitted, when did y'all submit? Mine still says app received as of 11/14...not complete/incomplete, nada. #slow
submitted app 10/12/13
email confirming they received application 10/17/13
Went Complete 10/28/13
In Review 11/12/13
Decision 11/20/13
What were your numbers if you don't mind sharing?

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Post by elideep » Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:08 pm

kobe1020 wrote:
elideep wrote:
zazu wrote:I haven't received a packet. Also, when the alum called me to inform me I was accepted, she said they would be sending out emails that day. Nothing.
Oh weird. I did get the email that day, but it was just a generic congrats-on-your-acceptance thing without any information.
how long it took to move from "ready for review" to decision? thanks !

I was ready for review for a month-ish and then in preliminary review for maybe 8 days? Then went to accepted.

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Post by doubledawg3378 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:49 pm

I've been stuck in Preliminary Review as well! For those that were accepted, were you e-mailed or just checked your status via their website?

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Post by elideep » Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:12 pm

doubledawg3378 wrote:I've been stuck in Preliminary Review as well! For those that were accepted, were you e-mailed or just checked your status via their website?

I saw I was accepted on the status checker, and then I got a call and an email late the next day.

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Post by doubledawg3378 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:23 pm

elideep wrote:
doubledawg3378 wrote:I've been stuck in Preliminary Review as well! For those that were accepted, were you e-mailed or just checked your status via their website?

I saw I was accepted on the status checker, and then I got a call and an email late the next day.
Ok, thanks! Guess the waiting game continues

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Post by garrettnicole92 » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:37 am

Finally got in to preliminary review!

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Post by kobe1020 » Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:55 pm

garrettnicole92 wrote:Finally got in to preliminary review!
Me too....god let me see some lights

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Post by garrettnicole92 » Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:15 pm

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Post by goldgirl786 » Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:17 pm

garrettnicole92 wrote:Accepted today!
Congrats! When'd you apply/go UR?

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Post by garrettnicole92 » Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:46 pm

I went complete 11/15 and under review 11/25, accepted 12/10.

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Post by wsparker » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:17 pm

Finally got the acceptance letter in the mail (decision 11/21). No scholarship info or anything.

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Post by kobe1020 » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:50 pm

wsparker wrote:Finally got the acceptance letter in the mail (decision 11/21). No scholarship info or anything.
Got an email saying that I'll have to complete a form to apply for Atlanta law scholarship, not sure if that's the scholarship we are talking about or something else

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