Schotes wrote:There are 20 ED slots, all with the 150K scholarship. All the acceptances were made available 12/15.
These twenty slots are very competitive as these are the only "merit only" scholarships offered by Northwestern. Many people with competitive GPA/LSAT waitlisted from this ED process will receive offers later and have opportunities for other tuition reduction.
Some discussion in this thread indicates some applicants indicates a lack of understanding of how Northwestern early application process is different from most law schools. But all the information you need is in the material provided by the school. I won't bring up the irony of applying to a top law school and not paying attention to the written details.
Also, the ED process is more than a quantitative analysis of GPA and LSAT. A little web searching will reveal their ideal archetype student.
Where did you get the number 20 from?
And I think we are mostly aware about the archetypical student NW attracts; I think it's why a lot of us are in love with the school. We do not doubt that NW takes softs into account during the admissions process. To say otherwise would be foolish. We are also aware of how competitive a 150k scholarship is and the differences between this ED and others. There is some info out there, like kingfish referenced, that says otherwise. Maybe you could speak to that?
It would also be foolish, however, to ignore the seeming dominance of numbers in the admissions process. We are using the data we have to try and make as much meaning as we can out of the results, which most of us are understandably disappointed by. Some of that is seemingly good analysis, some of it is venting, and some of it is used to support each other.
This is a stressful process. These boards are informative sometimes, hivemind-y at others, but they're also used to bolster each other during this stressful time. That involves jokes too.
All of us who are salty or disappointed are only so because we have research this school extensively and have determined it to be our top choice. That's all.