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poslhs wrote:My mom just called me and told me that some 'little bit elderly female' called
and said something like "nice to meet you Hyeseong(my name)."
My mom panicked since she doesn't know English and she couldn't speak anything.
And more importantly, she coulnd't catch who was calling.
(my mom said, "I think she said 'some' law")
I went crazy and checked my email but there was nothing except some spam mail.
I hope they send me email soon.

jtxcounitah wrote:

poslhs wrote:My mom just called me and told me that some 'little bit elderly female' called
and said something like "nice to meet you Hyeseong(my name)."
My mom panicked since she doesn't know English and she couldn't speak anything.
And more importantly, she coulnd't catch who was calling.
(my mom said, "I think she said 'some' law")
I went crazy and checked my email but there was nothing except some spam mail.
I hope they send me email soon.

ledol thank you 4 sharing and/or venting

poslhs wrote:My mom just called me and told me that some 'little bit elderly female' called
and said something like "nice to meet you Hyeseong(my name)."
My mom panicked since she doesn't know English and she couldn't speak anything.
And more importantly, she coulnd't catch who was calling.
(my mom said, "I think she said 'some' law")
I went crazy and checked my email but there was nothing except some spam mail.
I hope they send me email soon.

ankit wrote:Received a really nice Admitted Students Binder from Columbia, following up from the acceptance package received last week. Mailed 1/28, reached me here in Asia in 10 days.

Also received a book titled "Inside New York" on the same day from Columbia (again!), sort of like a travel guide to NYC. Mailed 1/29. I'm really liking the way Columbia does these things!

poslhs wrote:My mom just called me and told me that some 'little bit elderly female' called
and said something like "nice to meet you Hyeseong(my name)."
My mom panicked since she doesn't know English and she couldn't speak anything.
And more importantly, she coulnd't catch who was calling.
(my mom said, "I think she said 'some' law")
I went crazy and checked my email but there was nothing except some spam mail.
I hope they send me email soon.

parker09 wrote:I'm currently abroad and I put my overseas address for current address on my apps, figuring that a.) most decisions would be electronic and b.) I'd rather wait a few weeks longer to have the Real, Glossy Admit Packet (what can I say, I'm a sucker for packaging/marketing) in my hands than just have my parents rifle through my mail.

...Turns out, a.) isn't always the case, and b.) might have been preferable to hearing about everyone getting decisions via snail mail while I sit here and refresh TLS over and over again while staring forlornly at my phone even though Dean Tom doesn't call international applicants and it's not like I'm getting into NYU anyways but I have three more weeks of denial/false hope than everyone else who gets rejected.

So for everyone abroad who was an idiot like me , and I imagine for international applicants too, let's start a thread that tracks time to actually receive the decision and the letter/packet. This will be particularly useful for those schools that do things different with international applications (like how Berkeley doesn't make international calls), and for peace of mind (or increased anxiety and thumb-twiddling, depending on your personality type) when you haven't heard anything even though everyone else and their mothers are getting letters left and right. And oh, put electronic decisions too, just so everyone knows whether to also be waiting for something in the mail later or not.

I'll start! (It's going to be really embarrassing when this doesn't catch on...)

Duke, Priority Track
Accepted via email on 10/16
Admit packet (FINALLY) received on 11/17 via what I assume was normal USPS, hence why it Took Its Sweet Time

Georgetown, RD
"Decision rendered" on status checker on 11/2
Admit letter received on 11/9 via courier (Fedex or UPS, I forget)

Michigan, RD
"Decision" on status checker on 11/14
Admit packet received on 11/17 via courier (Fedex or UPS, again I forgot)

lawapps0502 wrote: With regard to your Michigan acceptance, were you able to log in to the status checker the day that your decision was rendered? Or do I need to wait two weeks for the UPS?

parker09 wrote:

lawapps0502 wrote: With regard to your Michigan acceptance, were you able to log in to the status checker the day that your decision was rendered? Or do I need to wait two weeks for the UPS?

Michigan has a status checker, but also an admitted students site that you log into using the same Mich ID# you use for the status checker. Apparently the status checker only updates to "Decision" a few days after the decision is made (presumably to cut down on the freak-out time before seeing the word "Decision" and the packet actually arriving telling you what the decision was). However, the admitted students site will allow you to login if you are admitted a few days before "Decision" shows up on the status checker.

Therefore:
If you can log into the admitted students site, you're in, congrats, and your status checker should go to "Decision" a couple days later. Michigan sends the packet by courier-ed mail (DHL, I think) so it'll actually get there pretty quickly (only took me 3 days, when stuff sent via normal USPS takes 3-10 weeks).
If you can't log into the admitted students site but your status checker has gone to "Decision," then it's not lookin' so good.

Hope that helps Don't go crazy with the admitted students site-- I doubt they update more than once a day.

one&only wrote: You should't have posted this info. I am totally obsessed with about the admitted students site.

parker09 wrote:Is anyone planning on going to any ASWs?

I really want to, as a lot of things that are important to me in a law school (the other students, the school "feel," silly things like how nice the library is, etc.) aren't quantifiable or found on a website (at least not truthfully). But a plane ticket is soooo expensive...

If you are going, what specifically do you think you can learn from an ASW (or a non-ASW visit) that you can't otherwise?

If you're not going, how are you choosing between schools? And are you going to be more proactive in reaching out to a school's staff/faculty/students via phone/skype or email? Do you have suggestions for things to think about and how to find certain kinds of information?

Just wondering
Trying to avoid coughing up $1600, but really have to think about whether it might be worth it.

Luis Gomez wrote:I learn through a very polite e-mail, that I have been wait listed at Chicago. I don't have any patience left and will withdraw from the WL.

Moba wrote:

Luis Gomez wrote:I learn through a very polite e-mail, that I have been wait listed at Chicago. I don't have any patience left and will withdraw from the WL.

Why withdraw? Just leave it there. I know waiting is nerve-racking, but you already know that you have several options.

roundabout wrote:Sup y'all. I'm bumping this.

I just noticed on the UCLA thread that someone abroad got notification via email after the Dean tried to call their famblee at home. Anyone else experience this from UCLA? Does anyone know of any other schools that do one thing domestically, and another for international applicants?

Snail mail decisions are killing me up in here, especially after UPS claimed it tried to deliver an admit pack three times to me (it most certainly did not) and sent it back to the States.