NYU 2010 Forum

[Helmholtz]

just received my rejection via snail mail after 4+ months of waiting.

ugh sorry to hear that. i am sure there will be many of us in your company wish they could have just gotten it over with sooner.

Seriously, I would take a rejection letter at this point. Just let me know, pleeeease.

[0L Hoping for 1]

just received my rejection via snail mail after 4+ months of waiting.

ugh sorry to hear that. i am sure there will be many of us in your company wish they could have just gotten it over with sooner.

Seriously, I would take a rejection letter at this point. Just let me know, pleeeease.

I thought you were decided on Michigan Helm?

[Helmholtz]

just received my rejection via snail mail after 4+ months of waiting.

ugh sorry to hear that. i am sure there will be many of us in your company wish they could have just gotten it over with sooner.

Seriously, I would take a rejection letter at this point. Just let me know, pleeeease.

I thought you were decided on Michigan Helm?

I pretty much am, but I could see some compelling person reasons to go to NYU.

[gahthelaw]

Seriously, I would take a rejection letter at this point. Just let me know, pleeeease.

I thought you were decided on Michigan Helm?

I pretty much am, but I could see some compelling person reasons to go to NYU.

is it the food? it's the food, isn't it?

[bananasinpajamas]

NYU is like the Miley Cyrus of Law Schools

[gahthelaw]

NYU is like the Miley Cyrus of Law Schools

please elaborate on this thought for the group.

[danidancer]

just received my rejection via snail mail after 4+ months of waiting.

<<<--- prays for no mail from NYU waiting at home.

That sucks - sorry "dad."

Edit: Spoke too soon. Small white envelope. Peace out everyone!

[hannah87]

just received my rejection via snail mail after 4+ months of waiting.

<<<--- prays for no mail from NYU waiting at home.

That sucks - sorry "dad."

Edit: Spoke too soon. Small white envelope. Peace out everyone!

oh no! sorry, dani. fordham for you, right?

[danidancer]

just received my rejection via snail mail after 4+ months of waiting.

<<<--- prays for no mail from NYU waiting at home.

That sucks - sorry "dad."

Edit: Spoke too soon. Small white envelope. Peace out everyone!

oh no! sorry, dani. fordham for you, right?

Most likely! Haven't completely ruled out Notre Dame either. I've also been held by Northwestern and Cornell and I'm riding the Georgetown, Columbia, Michigan and UCLA WLs. My cycle, unfortunately, is still far from over.

[mayosmith]

Out here too. For the ED/deferred folks like me, I hope this isn't a harbinger.

[nax425]

still nothing in my mailbox...

[hannah87]

still nothing in my mailbox...

me neither. i'm thinking we're headed for the WL? or at least i am.

[nax425]

still nothing in my mailbox...

me neither. i'm thinking we're headed for the WL? or at least i am.

i'll take it at this point. perhaps they make WL decisions a few weeks before actually sending them out?

[hannah87]

still nothing in my mailbox...

me neither. i'm thinking we're headed for the WL? or at least i am.

i'll take it at this point. perhaps they make WL decisions a few weeks before actually sending them out?

that's what i'm thinking. i think they pretty much make the "decision" as soon as they see our files and then throw them into a pile to re-review when it gets closer to WL season.

[nax425]

still nothing in my mailbox...

me neither. i'm thinking we're headed for the WL? or at least i am.

i'll take it at this point. perhaps they make WL decisions a few weeks before actually sending them out?

that's what i'm thinking. i think they pretty much make the "decision" as soon as they see our files and then throw them into a pile to re-review when it gets closer to WL season.

well I've been told they usually allow a few waitlisters in...so should we get on it, lets hang in there! we've waited long enough as it is.

[hannah87]

well I've been told they usually allow a few waitlisters in...so should we get on it, lets hang in there! we've waited long enough as it is.

that's a good attitude. whoever said that this thread is bipolar is right

[nax425]

well I've been told they usually allow a few waitlisters in...so should we get on it, lets hang in there! we've waited long enough as it is.

that's a good attitude. whoever said that this thread is bipolar is right

I think I'm the definition of Bipolar! it is friday, though, after all! so some positivity is seeping through.

or maybe i've just relegated myself to the fact that things aren't looking solid for an admit at this point? Grieving...it's a process...

[starsong]

that's what i'm thinking. i think they pretty much make the "decision" as soon as they see our files and then throw them into a pile to re-review when it gets closer to WL season.

well I've been told they usually allow a few waitlisters in...so should we get on it, lets hang in there! we've waited long enough as it is.

+1. But if it's anything like last year, we'll be waiting until the second week of August:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... &start=175

[nax425]

that's what i'm thinking. i think they pretty much make the "decision" as soon as they see our files and then throw them into a pile to re-review when it gets closer to WL season.

well I've been told they usually allow a few waitlisters in...so should we get on it, lets hang in there! we've waited long enough as it is.

+1. But if it's anything like last year, we'll be waiting until the second week of August:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... &start=175

I can wait for NYU. There is nowhere else to be.

[runnerman]

well I've been told they usually allow a few waitlisters in...so should we get on it, lets hang in there! we've waited long enough as it is.

that's a good attitude. whoever said that this thread is bipolar is right

that was me, and today is a downer day, rapidly losing hope (particularly since I don't think I can wait until August to get an answer...)
do we anticipate ANY additional acceptances at this point?

[nax425]

well I've been told they usually allow a few waitlisters in...so should we get on it, lets hang in there! we've waited long enough as it is.

that's a good attitude. whoever said that this thread is bipolar is right

that was me, and today is a downer day, rapidly losing hope (particularly since I don't think I can wait until August to get an answer...)
do we anticipate ANY additional acceptances at this point?

honestly I have no good guesses at this point. This time last year people were being accepted, and all we've really seen this week are, mostly, rejections. And April is next week, so I'm not crossing my fingers for anything. Maybe they are full already? Or maybe this cycle is going to be pushed back later than last years given the Columbia scholarships are late coming out?

They told me a decision was made on my app on Monday morning, which suggests to me they made it the Friday previous, and I haven't heard anything yet. Makes me think WL since a rejection can't be that hard to process.

Tomorrow I'll post something super negative and despairing.

[starsong]

honestly I have no good guesses at this point. This time last year people were being accepted, and all we've really seen this week are, mostly, rejections. And April is next week, so I'm not crossing my fingers for anything. Maybe they are full already? Or maybe this cycle is going to be pushed back later than last years given the Columbia scholarships are late coming out?

They told me a decision was made on my app on Monday morning, which suggests to me they made it the Friday previous, and I haven't heard anything yet. Makes me think WL since a rejection can't be that hard to process.

Tomorrow I'll post something super negative and despairing.

Actually, the Columbia scholarship idea makes the most sense. The late March acceptances last year probably resulted from people withdrawing from NYU for CLS before the scholarship deadline. If Columbia's scholarships are late coming out, it slows everything down (remember, people will try to negotiate with NYU using their CLS scholarship). That may explain the delay.

Note, however, that if this is the case, there won't necessarily be another wave of acceptances. In LSAT terms, passing the scholarship deadline would be a necessary but not sufficient condition for more spots opening up, since it is unclear how many scholarship recipients will actually choose CLS over NYU.

edit: it's also unclear how many open spots remain. Last year, NYU was overenrolled, so they may be conservative with acceptances this year (see http://blog.veritasprep.com/2009/02/und ... tlist.html for an explanation of this dynamic). Put differently, the probability of further admissions is a function of NYU's yield, which is partially "determined" at two points in time: the scholarship deadline and the deposit deadline. After each point in time, NYU has a better idea of their incoming class, but future admits will depend on how firm this estimation is vs. the risk of losing an attractive candidate.

[hannah87]

honestly I have no good guesses at this point. This time last year people were being accepted, and all we've really seen this week are, mostly, rejections. And April is next week, so I'm not crossing my fingers for anything. Maybe they are full already? Or maybe this cycle is going to be pushed back later than last years given the Columbia scholarships are late coming out?

They told me a decision was made on my app on Monday morning, which suggests to me they made it the Friday previous, and I haven't heard anything yet. Makes me think WL since a rejection can't be that hard to process.

Tomorrow I'll post something super negative and despairing.

Actually, the Columbia scholarship idea makes the most sense. The late March acceptances last year probably resulted from people withdrawing from NYU for CLS before the scholarship deadline. If Columbia's scholarships are late coming out, it slows everything down (remember, people will try to negotiate with NYU using their CLS scholarship). That may explain the delay.

Note, however, that if this is the case, there won't necessarily be another wave of acceptances. In LSAT terms, passing the scholarship deadline would be a necessary but not sufficient condition for more spots opening up, since it is unclear how many scholarship recipients will actually choose CLS over NYU.

damn those LR sections!

[starsong]

damn those LR sections!

Yeah, I guess once was enough . Sorry, couldn't resist.

[ChaotiCait]

My friend will probably be withdrawing from NYU soon, because they didn't give her any money and Harvard gave her 22k a year. Shes renegotiating, but I told her if she withdraws I call dibbs on her spot