URM 2015-2016 Cycle Thread Forum

[bellanoche2019]

In at Cornell and Columbia (holy crap), WL at Berkeley

Congrats, are you going to visit?

I am not sure yet. I may not be able to visit either one because I was admitted so late. I will be visiting UVA and UCLA this month

[Nlawsing]

In at Cornell and Columbia (holy crap), WL at Berkeley

Congrats, are you going to visit?

I am not sure yet. I may not be able to visit either one because I was admitted so late. I will be visiting UVA and UCLA this month

Congratulations! mind sharing your stats

[getacluenancydrew]

Hey Everyone. I'm hoping to get some advice. I found out today that I'm an alternate for the Fulbright fellowship. I had planned on either deferring a year or reapplying but now I need to make a decision pretty quickly as I assume I'll be attending law school next year. I'm hoping to go into big-law/international law. Below are the current schools I'm working with. Right now I'm not sure which school would best help me to reach my career goals and how much to consider $$ from the t-20 schools.

Columbia-still waiting to hear back
NYU- still waiting to hear back
UVA-$
GULC
Vanderbilt-$$
WashU-$$$ (full-tuition)
Emory-$$
BU-$$$
GW-
American-$
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Duke-WL
Michigan-WL

[bellanoche2019]

In at Cornell and Columbia (holy crap), WL at Berkeley

Congrats, are you going to visit?

I am not sure yet. I may not be able to visit either one because I was admitted so late. I will be visiting UVA and UCLA this month

Congratulations! mind sharing your stats

PM

[MarshallMarshal]

Bellanoche, I have to tell you that I laugh every single time I see your username and avatar.

[Oskosh]

Hoping that my financial woes with Harvard work out. Still stuck in preliminary talks for my provisional award because of clarifications, etc. I just want to tell them we have no money, and are broke. It's caused me a lot of stress the last few days. Who would have known that this would be more stressful than the LSAT?

[ih8makingscreennames]

WL a Michigan today and what I consider to be a meh financial aid offer from Penn. I guess I'll send out a negotiation email sometime this weekend.

[woc]

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[Nlawsing]

In at Cornell today via phone call!! Yay

[Queerdo]

Hoping that my financial woes with Harvard work out. Still stuck in preliminary talks for my provisional award because of clarifications, etc. I just want to tell them we have no money, and are broke. It's caused me a lot of stress the last few days. Who would have known that this would be more stressful than the LSAT?

I'm in the same boat. Broke folks unite?

[gamerish]

Hoping that my financial woes with Harvard work out. Still stuck in preliminary talks for my provisional award because of clarifications, etc. I just want to tell them we have no money, and are broke. It's caused me a lot of stress the last few days. Who would have known that this would be more stressful than the LSAT?

I'm in the same boat. Broke folks unite?

Take pity on our empty wallets pls, Harvard

[bellanoche2019]

Bellanoche, I have to tell you that I laugh every single time I see your username and avatar.

LOL I see you get the reference

[Oskosh]

Hoping that my financial woes with Harvard work out. Still stuck in preliminary talks for my provisional award because of clarifications, etc. I just want to tell them we have no money, and are broke. It's caused me a lot of stress the last few days. Who would have known that this would be more stressful than the LSAT?

I'm in the same boat. Broke folks unite?

Take pity on our empty wallets pls, Harvard

I guess they were just making me sweat. Overall pretty satisfied with my award haha. Hope the same for you guys!

[DeanStrangJr]

Looking for a little advice...

I'm waiting to hear back from 6 schools.
Expecting Chicago decision soon.
Interviewed with Cornell about a month ago, no decision yet.

Complete silence from NYU, BU, UCLA, Columbia. (Applied between Jan 1-Jan 15)

Also, PR at Duke back in late Jan/early Feb.

Is it way too soon to reach out to these schools to express continued interest? Any direction would be greatly appreciated.

[fliptrip]

Looking for a little advice...

I'm waiting to hear back from 6 schools.
Expecting Chicago decision soon.
Interviewed with Cornell about a month ago, no decision yet.

Complete silence from NYU, BU, UCLA, Columbia. (Applied between Jan 1-Jan 15)

Also, PR at Duke back in late Jan/early Feb.

Is it way too soon to reach out to these schools to express continued interest? Any direction would be greatly appreciated.

No, it's not too early. Time's running out, so you should do whatever you can at this point.

[DeanStrangJr]

Looking for a little advice...

I'm waiting to hear back from 6 schools.
Expecting Chicago decision soon.
Interviewed with Cornell about a month ago, no decision yet.

Complete silence from NYU, BU, UCLA, Columbia. (Applied between Jan 1-Jan 15)

Also, PR at Duke back in late Jan/early Feb.

Is it way too soon to reach out to these schools to express continued interest? Any direction would be greatly appreciated.

No, it's not too early. Time's running out, so you should do whatever you can at this point.

Thank you! Time is definitely tight. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't jumping the gun.

Got Reserved at Columbia between my post and now.

[texcellence]

Looking for a little advice...

I'm waiting to hear back from 6 schools.
Expecting Chicago decision soon.
Interviewed with Cornell about a month ago, no decision yet.

Complete silence from NYU, BU, UCLA, Columbia. (Applied between Jan 1-Jan 15)

Also, PR at Duke back in late Jan/early Feb.

Is it way too soon to reach out to these schools to express continued interest? Any direction would be greatly appreciated.

No, it's not too early. Time's running out, so you should do whatever you can at this point.

Would you hold that to be true even if you applied in early Feb?

[fliptrip]

Would you hold that to be true even if you applied in early Feb?

I think so. Now, don't send it to any school that explicitly requests you not to, but at this point I'd be more concerned about the fact deposit deadlines are about six weeks away (and earlier at some schools).

[Lapp03]

Hey guys! I have a quick question I’m hoping you can help me with.

I am an international, Black, LGBT, female applicant applying in the next cycle. I read somewhere on a different thread that non-American Black applicants do not get the same URM boost as African-American applicants. Do you know if this is actually the case and would I get any kind of URM boost?

Thanks in advance!

[jnwa]

Hey guys! I have a quick question I’m hoping you can help me with.

I am an international, Black, LGBT, female applicant applying in the next cycle. I read somewhere on a different thread that non-American Black applicants do not get the same URM boost as African-American applicants. Do you know if this is actually the case and would I get any kind of URM boost?

Thanks in advance!

Same boost...black Canadian here

[BillClinton Jr]

When is everybody planning on making decisions? Luckily, I don't have seat deposit deadlines until 4/22 and 5/1

[gamerish]

When is everybody planning on making decisions? Luckily, I don't have seat deposit deadlines until 4/22 and 5/1

I'd like to have a decision made up by April 15th for SEO. Still waiting on $ from Harvard, NYU, Berkeley, and NU though. I'd also like to negotiate as much as possible after I do get those offers so hopefully they come in quickly.

[ih8makingscreennames]

When is everybody planning on making decisions? Luckily, I don't have seat deposit deadlines until 4/22 and 5/1

I have to make a prelim decision next week (but I pretty much know how that's gonna go I think), secondary decision by April 15th, and tertiary if need be by the 21st. All scholly deadlines.

[mindatwork]

When is everybody planning on making decisions? Luckily, I don't have seat deposit deadlines until 4/22 and 5/1

By the third week of April. At that point all of my schools should have gotten back to me regarding scholarships, and I will have attended ASW for all the choices I'm currently seriously considering. I also have a response deadline for one of my scholarships that week, so my decision will be made by then one way or another.

[fliptrip]

When is everybody planning on making decisions? Luckily, I don't have seat deposit deadlines until 4/22 and 5/1

I have to make a prelim decision next week (but I pretty much know how that's gonna go I think), secondary decision by April 15th, and tertiary if need be by the 21st. All scholly deadlines.

I am impressed that you seem to have formed a bureaucracy in your own mind, lol. Will the secondary or tertiary decisions have to be approved by the preliminary committee or the committee of the whole?