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englawyer wrote:

GeePee wrote:

VoidSix wrote:

GeePee wrote:Admitted today, 4.61 index. No scholarship offer; I'm now utterly perplexed as to why they asked for my fall grades...

Me too. Although I'm sure you'll get some sort of scholarship money. Just rarely seem to see Butlers and Hamiltons go to sub 176-177 folks. I'm sure they'll give you 60k+ when all is said and done.

I feel like quality of undergrad has a lot to do with it as well, unless you're a 177+/4.0. Whatever... Harvard awaits! I feel like my cycle is more or less over at this point.

how do you feel about a full ride from any school outside Columbia??? just wondering. i am starting to somewhat feel the same way.

VoidSix wrote:

englawyer wrote:

DanInALionsDen wrote:My index is a 4.3? What does this index thing even mean?

i think 4.4+ is safe territory (historically) for an admit. it is the scale used by the ad-comm to rank applicants based on numbers

Historically, yes. Last year, no. Only 2/3 of people with our numbers 3.9-ish / 173 were admitted. However, a consolation is that most of the people not admitted got at least one of HYS. Strangely, almost everyone 3.6-3.8 / 173 were admitted.

castellon wrote:

VoidSix wrote:

englawyer wrote:

DanInALionsDen wrote:My index is a 4.3? What does this index thing even mean?

i think 4.4+ is safe territory (historically) for an admit. it is the scale used by the ad-comm to rank applicants based on numbers

Historically, yes. Last year, no. Only 2/3 of people with our numbers 3.9-ish / 173 were admitted. However, a consolation is that most of the people not admitted got at least one of HYS. Strangely, almost everyone 3.6-3.8 / 173 were admitted.

I really really really hope that trend continues this year

parker09 wrote:I got in with a 4.2... don't despair!

dcchillin wrote:In w/ a Butler. Postmarked 1/27. Living in DC.

For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

PS Congrats to everyone who got in.

VoidSix wrote:
-1, mf'er.

chopsticks3092 wrote:In with Hamilton today and flabbergasted. This decision just got a lot harder.

chopsticks3092 wrote:In with Hamilton today and flabbergasted. This decision just got a lot harder.

crackberry wrote:

hopefulundergrad wrote:In with Hamilton today and flabbergasted. This decision just got a lot harder.

I know you're in at SLS but are you in at HLS and/or YLS yet?

hopefulundergrad wrote:

crackberry wrote:

hopefulundergrad wrote:In with Hamilton today and flabbergasted. This decision just got a lot harder.

I know you're in at SLS but are you in at HLS and/or YLS yet?

I haven't heard from YLS yet, but I got my JR2 back in December.

dcchillin wrote:In w/ a Butler. Postmarked 1/27. Living in DC.

For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

PS Congrats to everyone who got in.

crackberry wrote:

hopefulundergrad wrote:

crackberry wrote:

hopefulundergrad wrote:In with Hamilton today and flabbergasted. This decision just got a lot harder.

I know you're in at SLS but are you in at HLS and/or YLS yet?

I haven't heard from YLS yet, but I got my JR2 back in December.

The space-time continuum has snapped!

GeePee wrote:

dcchillin wrote:In w/ a Butler. Postmarked 1/27. Living in DC.

For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

PS Congrats to everyone who got in.

Damn, I said after the Sept. test that I probably needed one more point for a Hamilton or Butler... this seems to affirm that.

Dignan wrote:

GeePee wrote:

dcchillin wrote:In w/ a Butler. Postmarked 1/27. Living in DC.

For the record, I had a request for grades 1/12, overall GPA went down about .04, which slipped me below a 3.8. Now I'm wondering if my lack of concern for grades last semester ruined chance at a Hamilton. Either way, I'm ecstatic and 90% sure I'm going there.

PS Congrats to everyone who got in.

Damn, I said after the Sept. test that I probably needed one more point for a Hamilton or Butler... this seems to affirm that.

Those missed questions are costly, aren't they? If I end up at Columbia, I'll probably think about the incredibly careless LG mistake I made each time I accept more loan debt before a semester.

blue5385 wrote:

fidesverita wrote:LOL you guys are so depressing. I guess it's good practice to be cynical for when we become lawyers

+1, I know that if I had gotten a VCE this past week, I'd be doing a jig out of pure happiness (even with the prospect of all that debt)

Dignan wrote:

blue5385 wrote:

fidesverita wrote:LOL you guys are so depressing. I guess it's good practice to be cynical for when we become lawyers

+1, I know that if I had gotten a VCE this past week, I'd be doing a jig out of pure happiness (even with the prospect of all that debt)

Don't get me wrong; I am happy to be accepted by Columbia. It's just funny how much of an impact that one or two missed LSAT questions can have on one's future. Everyone on TLS knows this, of course, but the Named Scholarship/No Scholarship line at Columbia really drives it home.

blue5385 wrote:

Dignan wrote:Don't get me wrong; I am happy to be accepted by Columbia. It's just funny how much of an impact that one or two missed LSAT questions can have on one's future. Everyone on TLS knows this, of course, but the Named Scholarship/No Scholarship line at Columbia really drives it home.

That's definitely a valid point (no pun intended), I feel terrible about the two questions I missed that separated me from getting a 180 in Sept. Since I have a low GPA, that would have made a huge difference in terms of schools I am worried about, like Columbia & Chicago. Apart from the lucky mfers who actually scored 180 though, I think most people have LSAT regrets