URM 2014-2015 Cycle Thread Forum

[jemthey17]

Rejected at Yale. Sigh.

Is this the end of your cycle??

Yeah, that was the last school I was waiting on. At least I can start really making decisions on where I'm going to be next year.

[jlwx]

rejected by Yale womp womp womp

Still waiting for Harvard and Stanford. No JS1 yet, but I'll take the radiosilence as a positive? Especially given the pretty large wave of rejections :/

[LoganCouture]

Rejected at Yale. Sigh.

Is this the end of your cycle??

Yeah, that was the last school I was waiting on. At least I can start really making decisions on where I'm going to be next year.

Well, condolences (truly, it's Yale's loss) but congrats on being done with an amazing cycle!!

STANFORD STANFORD STANFORD

[cc78]

Starting to worry about the letters.
Maybe I sounded pretentious in my PS.
Looks like I'm writing a LOCI or two

Hang in there!!!!! Penn is the most notorious YP school of them all. Generally if you have a super strong profile like you and you don't write a Why Penn you're an almost auto-WL. There are very likely only 4-5 black males in THE ENTIRE APPLICANT POOL with your combination of LSAT and GPA. You'd have to have a serious C&F issue to not get HSCCN, and CCN with $$$$$. If you had that kind of issue, you would not have been admitted to any law school at all, but you've already gotten Georgetown, so that's moot. As other folks have said, schools know this and some don't even bother trying to pursue you because they know you'll just have too many better options, or they could be overextended on scholarship offers (feels a little early for this, but you never know).

You must not lose your confidence or your faith.

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/TLSAnon

He's pretty similar to you numbers wise (he took the LSAT 3x though, I don't think you have) and you see he got jacked around by several schools in the lower T14. But, homey is a 2L at HLS about to profit right now...

KEEP THE FAITH

[narwhalsrfun]

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[cc78]

^^Congrats!

[jemthey17]

^^Congrats!

[03282016]

[LoganCouture]

In at Penn, I may have just cried a little because I have a huge Philly connection so this one meant a lot. Wrote a Why Penn and had a Penn Law grad write one of my letters of rec.

I still am mad at them for being so rough on everyone here, but I fully see it as a sign that you are all going to get equal or better options. Wheresthethesis--you are literally destined for greatness, shrug this one off. This thread is inspiring.

Congrats!!

[DiniMae]

rejected by Yale womp womp womp

Still waiting for Harvard and Stanford. No JS1 yet, but I'll take the radiosilence as a positive? Especially given the pretty large wave of rejections :/

Yes! Silence is golden around here.

[DiniMae]

In at Penn, I may have just cried a little because I have a huge Philly connection so this one meant a lot. Wrote a Why Penn and had a Penn Law grad write one of my letters of rec.

I still am mad at them for being so rough on everyone here, but I fully see it as a sign that you are all going to get equal or better options. Wheresthethesis--you are literally destined for greatness, shrug this one off. This thread is inspiring.

Congrats!!

+1 (Carlton dance for the next big one?)

[DiniMae]

Wlee made it off of the waitlist last year at Penn. Respectable scholarship, even in July.

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/wlee1220

His advice for waitlisted people at penn:

Thanks. The only advice I can give is to write really good LOCIs that show your interest and emphasize their interdisciplinary learning. Penn really values their interdisciplinary learning opportunities so if there's something else you're interested in besides law that they offer mention it. I can't speak to the merits of calling/additional letters of rec/resume updates but I don't think it can hurt. I just didn't do much of that.

This is interesting! I tailored mine around this theme of interdisciplinary studies! I wonder if that's why I snuck through the cracks. Lol. But also just as important, I don't have YP numbers either.

[Tr3]

Congrats on all the good news! Condolences for the not-so-good new. =/


....but we made it to page 100! I think that calls for an URM Party!



(btw, I think that's LC getting tossed up in the air)

[DiniMae]

Congrats to everyone who was accepted into schools. I sat out last cycle to go to grad school and get my masters before law school. Will be taking the LSAT again in June. Again congrats to all those who were accepted so far this cycle.

Good luck! Reach out to us if you have questions. Lord knows what the next cycle will look like (this one seems all over the place).

[DiniMae]

Rejected at Yale. Sigh.

It's ok girl! You have STANFORD!!!!!!!

[ltowns1]

URM's ROCK! Good luck to everybody in the 2014-2015 cycle. I'm applying for the 2015-2016 cycle!

[DiniMae]

Congrats on all the good news! Condolences for the not-so-good new. =/


....but we made it to page 100! I think that calls for an URM Party!



(btw, I think that's LC getting tossed up in the air)

Yasssssss! Turning up on a Thursday!

I would post a vine but I don't know how

[ballcaps]

just copped dat georgetown priority wait list.

[DiniMae]

just copped dat georgetown priority wait list.

Who else are you waiting to hear from? Did you also apply to Yale? You have H and S.

[ballcaps]

just copped dat georgetown priority wait list.

Who else are you waiting to hear from? Did you also apply to Yale? You have H and S.

i know. still can't believe/process.

i'm going to finish my 250 (for real, actually) this weekend and submit.

here goes the yale mary!

what about you?

[cc78]

just copped dat georgetown priority wait list.

What the hell?? Now Georgetown is playing the YP game? This is ridiculous.

[isaiah1992]

Stanford URM 1L here. If you guys have any questions hit me up. Always down to pay it forward. I used TLS a lot during my cycle.

[wsag826]

In at Columbia the other day! Tough decisions ahead.

Stanford URM 1L here. If you guys have any questions hit me up. Always down to pay it forward. I used TLS a lot during my cycle.

Thanks so much for offering! If you don't mind me asking, were you considering any other schools next to Stanford? What ultimately was your "deciding factor"? And, to be a little bit more specific, were you considering schools with larger class sizes? If so, what ultimately led you to a school with a very small class size & how do you feel about that decision ~6 months in?

[cc78]

In at Columbia the other day! Tough decisions ahead.

You slipped this in, boss. Congrats!

[ChiefMango]

Got the call from Stanford this morning... Still in massive shock. Was also awarded the Mordecai and a penn admission earlier this week. Friday the 13th has nothing on the cycle we've all been having!

Shoutout to all the acceptances I've missed out on in the last few weeks! Looking at the spreadsheet, we could all be held liable for the aggravated assault of this cycle.