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Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:14 pm
by mynameismyname
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Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:18 pm
by smaug
You're the absolute first. This has never happened before and will never happen again.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:00 pm
by Kosmopol
It happens a lot. Every admissions office has its idiosyncrasies, and people who resemble your general profile might, for whatever reason, be overrepresented among applicants at one school and underrepresentated at another.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:05 pm
by GreenEggs
You should consider writing a letter to the lower school's admissions office and inform them of your acceptance at a superior institution.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:28 pm
by mynameismyname
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Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:29 pm
by TLSModBot
DCfilterDC wrote:You should consider writing a letter to the lower school's admissions office and inform them of your acceptance at a superior institution.
Definitely do this.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:34 pm
by cdotson2
Capitol_Idea wrote:DCfilterDC wrote:You should consider writing a letter to the lower school's admissions office and inform them of your acceptance at a superior institution.
Definitely do this.
I'm keeping my rejection letter from michigan and whenever I get my highest acceptance letter I'm gonna frame them together... I'm not bitter or anything...
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:59 pm
by earthabides
mynameismyname wrote:Had this happened to any other poster?
Im in at chicago and nyu and had a js1 but nothing at berkeley, michigan, cornell, or northwestern
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 2:22 pm
by Tiago Splitter
Straight reject or wait list? Unless it's Berkeley a straight reject would be kind of weird
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 2:23 pm
by somethingElse
Depending on your numbers, which T6, and which low T14, it could actually be unsurprising
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:19 pm
by NUDad
Depending on your stats, it could be yield protection.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:13 pm
by mynameismyname
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Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:15 pm
by A. Nony Mouse
I don't think Ivy is a really useful distinction when talking about law schools.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:04 pm
by LetsGoNow
I think OP is using Ivies to hint at which schools are at play here, not to rank them according to their ivy status. I assume Cornell/Penn rejected, while Harvard/Columbia (more likely Columbia) accepted. If OP is a splitter, this would not be too surprising, though it would still be very unusual if its Cornell and Columbia we're talking about.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:10 pm
by Hikikomorist
LetsGoNow wrote:I think OP is using Ivies to hint at which schools are at play here, not to rank them according to their ivy status. I assume Cornell/Penn rejected, while Harvard/Columbia (more likely Columbia) accepted. If OP is a splitter, this would not be too surprising, though it would still be very unusual if its Cornell and Columbia we're talking about.
Those are real Ivies.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:20 pm
by HP5450
Hikikomorist wrote:LetsGoNow wrote:I think OP is using Ivies to hint at which schools are at play here, not to rank them according to their ivy status. I assume Cornell/Penn rejected, while Harvard/Columbia (more likely Columbia) accepted. If OP is a splitter, this would not be too surprising, though it would still be very unusual if its Cornell and Columbia we're talking about.
Those are real Ivies.
Ha, well, Penn is. Cornell is hmmmm, sort the of the ugly sister, Jersey to NYC if you will.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:23 pm
by mynameismyname
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Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:25 pm
by A. Nony Mouse
All the ivies are ivies. If you want to argue about which ones are more prestigious, go for it, but it seems an unhelpful thing to worry about for picking a school. I don't see people turning down Stanford or UVA because they're not ivies.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:26 pm
by LetsGoNow
Hikikomorist wrote:LetsGoNow wrote:I think OP is using Ivies to hint at which schools are at play here, not to rank them according to their ivy status. I assume Cornell/Penn rejected, while Harvard/Columbia (more likely Columbia) accepted. If OP is a splitter, this would not be too surprising, though it would still be very unusual if its Cornell and Columbia we're talking about.
Those are real Ivies.
I took it that by "quasi" OP was taking a shot at those ivies and their relative rank among the ivy leagues.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:32 pm
by mynameismyname
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Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:36 pm
by landshoes
it is weird to be this bitter
I got rejected from a lot of lower-ranked schools and into CCN. It happens.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:45 pm
by Hikikomorist
mynameismyname wrote:Its alright though. They have plenty of talented students willing to pay whatever it takes to gain admission. Business is good for them. Maybe they'll get their first future U.S. President from one of their admits.
They are legit Ivys based on their sports conference but that's the only playing field they share with HY and C
It doesn't make any sense to try to distinguish Columbia from Penn at the UG level, which is where the Ivy label really matters. If you insist on breaking down the Ivy League into tiers, the vast majority are putting Columbia and Penn in the same one.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:00 am
by LA Spring
If you’re looking to frame rejections and acceptances, wait until you’re turned down by dozens of inconsequential law firms and then hired by Latham or the like.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:38 am
by reasonableperson
I had plenty of friends who were able to transfer to Georgetown, but rejected from many T20s.
Re: Rejected from low t-14 but accepted at t-6
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:41 am
by rpupkin
LA Spring wrote:If you’re looking to frame rejections and acceptances, wait until you’re turned down by dozens of inconsequential law firms and then hired by Latham or the like.
Yes, because the contrast between "inconsequential law firms" and a
consequential law firm like Latham is so striking.