URM 2015-2016 Cycle Thread Forum

StringerSoprano_6062 · Post by **StringerSoprano_6062** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:20 am

AshburtonGrove wrote:In at George Washington ($75000) and Georgetown! Anyone know when GULC gives out their scholarship info?

Congrats!! That sounds like the start to a very good cycle. Do you mind sharing your stats and when you applied?

AshburtonGrove · Post by **AshburtonGrove** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:48 pm

StringerSoprano_6062 wrote:
AshburtonGrove wrote:In at George Washington ($75000) and Georgetown! Anyone know when GULC gives out their scholarship info?
Congrats!! That sounds like the start to a very good cycle. Do you mind sharing your stats and when you applied?

PM'd you

tvu · Post by **tvu** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:31 pm

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omd3117 · Post by **omd3117** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:21 pm

AshburtonGrove wrote:
StringerSoprano_6062 wrote:
AshburtonGrove wrote:In at George Washington ($75000) and Georgetown! Anyone know when GULC gives out their scholarship info?
Congrats!! That sounds like the start to a very good cycle. Do you mind sharing your stats and when you applied?
PM'd you

congrats! This is amazing!! Looks like you may have to take a trip to the district now =) or just pit them against each other and see who wins.

Flokkness · Post by **Flokkness** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:44 pm

Looks like everybody is off to a good start! Nice to see.

nexttoplawyer · Post by **nexttoplawyer** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:13 pm

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StringerSoprano_6062 · Post by **StringerSoprano_6062** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:17 pm

nexttoplawyer wrote:Hey everyone. Longtime lurker, first time poster.

AA Female
Pretty Solid Softs (interned in every branch of govt in my city as well as 3 years of corporate experience, SGA, Sorority, and over several clubs on campus)
GPA 3.9
LSAT 160
Poli Sci Major

I've been accepted to Michigan and UVA. Waiting to hear back from Penn, Vandy, Emory and others. If you need help with anything, let me know! Otherwise looking forward to see where everyone ends up

Welcome! Congrats on the great acceptances! When did you submit your apps?

nexttoplawyer · Post by **nexttoplawyer** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:24 pm

StringerSoprano_6062 wrote:
nexttoplawyer wrote:Hey everyone. Longtime lurker, first time poster.

AA Female
Pretty Solid Softs (interned in every branch of govt in my city as well as 3 years of corporate experience, SGA, Sorority, and over several clubs on campus)
GPA 3.9
LSAT 160
Poli Sci Major

I've been accepted to Michigan and UVA. Waiting to hear back from Penn, Vandy, Emory and others. If you need help with anything, let me know! Otherwise looking forward to see where everyone ends up
Welcome! Congrats on the great acceptances! When did you submit your apps?

Thanks! I sent most of my apps in the 3rd week of October. I heard back from both schools last week, so it was definitely loads faster than I expected.

Queerdo · Post by **Queerdo** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:48 pm

Hi folks, I'm just checking in here. I'm an AA lady, 3.7-4.0 GPA & 168-171 LSAT, solid softs. Shooting for HYS. Good luck to all!

jnwa · Post by **jnwa** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:39 pm

AshburtonGrove wrote:In at George Washington ($75000) and Georgetown! Anyone know when GULC gives out their scholarship info?

I got into Gtown as well, ive heard around late feb, spring is when we should be expecting scholly info.

GreekOmega12 · Post by **GreekOmega12** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:43 pm

i really hope we all have a great cycle! My retake is next week and my applications are imminent, so it's getting real lol.

AshburtonGrove · Post by **AshburtonGrove** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:57 pm

GreekOmega12 wrote:i really hope we all have a great cycle! My retake is next week and my applications are imminent, so it's getting real lol.

Good luck! I'm sure you'll do great

velvet-lou · Post by **velvet-lou** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 6:55 pm

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omd3117 · Post by **omd3117** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:05 pm

Good luck to all those retaking! You'll do great!

StringerSoprano_6062 · Post by **StringerSoprano_6062** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:20 pm

Did anyone hear from NYU, Harvard, UVa, Berkeley, etc. today? Or was today slow for URMs in general? I want to see if the whole "URMs hear later" thing is true or whether I've just been dinged from these schools

condensation · Post by **condensation** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:27 pm

Hey all! Lurker checking in. AA Male in at Georgetown and NYU (as of today) so far but still hoping for the holy trinity.

Anybody who is still applying and wants to exchange essays/anything else hit me up!

StringerSoprano_6062 · Post by **StringerSoprano_6062** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:32 pm

condensation wrote:Hey all! Lurker checking in. AA Male in at Georgetown and NYU (as of today) so far but still hoping for the holy trinity.

Anybody who is still applying and wants to exchange essays/anything else hit me up!

Hey brother, congrats on the acceptances! Do you mind sharing your stats and date of submission/completion?

condensation · Post by **condensation** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:38 pm

Thanks!

((pm for stats))

Georgetown: Submitted Oct 17
NYU: Submitted Oct 19 (went UR2 early November)

Didn't keep great track of complete/UR dates, but both went complete quickly.

GreekOmega12 · Post by **GreekOmega12** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:45 pm

condensation wrote:Hey all! Lurker checking in. AA Male in at Georgetown and NYU (as of today) so far but still hoping for the holy trinity.

Anybody who is still applying and wants to exchange essays/anything else hit me up!

Congrats on NYU!

Would you mind sharing your stats?

omd3117 · Post by **omd3117** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:59 pm

condensation wrote:Thanks!

163/3.93/strong softs

Georgetown: Submitted Oct 17
NYU: Submitted Oct 19 (went UR2 early November)

Didn't keep great track of complete/UR dates, but both went complete quickly.

Congrats! Your cycle is off to a great start!

jnwa · Post by **jnwa** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:18 pm

StringerSoprano_6062 wrote:Did anyone hear from NYU, Harvard, UVa, Berkeley, etc. today? Or was today slow for URMs in general? I want to see if the whole "URMs hear later" thing is true or whether I've just been dinged from these schools

Got in at Michigan today...spent all day refreshing my NYU app to no avail

. Hopefully youre right about the URM later thing.

StringerSoprano_6062 · Post by **StringerSoprano_6062** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:21 pm

jnwa wrote:
StringerSoprano_6062 wrote:Did anyone hear from NYU, Harvard, UVa, Berkeley, etc. today? Or was today slow for URMs in general? I want to see if the whole "URMs hear later" thing is true or whether I've just been dinged from these schools
Got in at Michigan today...spent all day refreshing my NYU app to no avail . Hopefully youre right about the URM later thing.

Same here. I'm really hoping more go out sometime this week

180kickflip · Post by **180kickflip** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:51 am

I don't think the URMs hear later thing is real. I mean...condensation is a URM and he heard back from schools. I've heard back from schools. I think we all have.

It's true that I haven't heard back from NYU, UVA, berkeley while others with my complete date have, but I'm below both medians for all of those schools, so it doesn't seem like it would make sense for them to admit me until they see if they get an app from another applicant with equal softs and better numbers. I also applied for specific scholarahips at NYU and berkeley, so I imagine they have to hold my app a bit to see the pool they have for those awards.

In the end, I think it's more of a "schools wait until later to admit splitters that hurt their medians and candidates that are only competitive based on soft factors" thing than a "URM decisions come later thing"...although unfortunately, there is a lot of overlap there =\

Are any of you early applicants who are above both medians for a t14 school that you're still waiting to hear from? (I know I'm not lol)

condensation · Post by **condensation** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:19 pm

I definitely think that's the case, 180. I'm basically waiting for schools that haven't started admitting yet/a miracle.

AshburtonGrove · Post by **AshburtonGrove** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:32 pm

Had my interview with Northwestern yesterday. It was super relaxed and has got me pretty excited about that school. Still agonizing over getting an interview request (UVA, JS1, etc.), especially since I applied to most schools a month ago