Law School Application Super Spreadsheet, 2012-2013 Forum

[bernaldiaz]

Has anyone with really high numbers even tried to solicit fee waivers from Columbia/NYU/Penn? I got a firm no from Chicago but maybe the others would be more accomodating? I might at least try it before I submit them all (at the end of next week probably).

[tonton]

Okay I'm going to keep treating this like a 2012-13 cycle megathread:

Has anybody tried using the status checker app for this year's cycle yet? I can't get it to log into anything; I suspect it might be because even if I try to manually log in I have to enter a captcha which obviously would foil any automatic attempts. Is this old news that I just missed or what?

Jesus your avatar is annoying.

+1 I cover the avatar with my left hand everytime in every thread. Crowing? Help us out

[Crowing]

Okay I'm going to keep treating this like a 2012-13 cycle megathread:

Has anybody tried using the status checker app for this year's cycle yet? I can't get it to log into anything; I suspect it might be because even if I try to manually log in I have to enter a captcha which obviously would foil any automatic attempts. Is this old news that I just missed or what?

Jesus your avatar is annoying.

+1 I cover the avatar with my left hand everytime in every thread. Crowing? Help us out

v_v

Still wondering about the status checker thing

[Yardbird]

Okay I'm going to keep treating this like a 2012-13 cycle megathread:

Has anybody tried using the status checker app for this year's cycle yet? I can't get it to log into anything; I suspect it might be because even if I try to manually log in I have to enter a captcha which obviously would foil any automatic attempts. Is this old news that I just missed or what?

Jesus your avatar is annoying.

+1 I cover the avatar with my left hand everytime in every thread. Crowing? Help us out

v_v

Still wondering about the status checker thing

Like I said a few posts above, the app isn't working (both the desktop app from lsstatuscheck.com and the iOS app), likely due to the captcha present now.

[CMoreBusiness]

Dude, I cannot download this file, at best I can copy paste values, thoughts?

[Yardbird]

Dude, I cannot download this file, at best I can copy paste values, thoughts?

File>download as>.xlsx. Works for me when I'm not logged in (so no special creator privileges.

[TheThriller]

Saw a feewaiver in my inbox, bummed it said Northeastern instead of Northwestern. Deleted TTThe email

[shifty_eyed]

Saw a feewaiver in my inbox, bummed it said Northeastern instead of Northwestern. Deleted TTThe email

+1

[MayBJack426]

Do you think it's safe to assume that if you haven't gotten an unsolicited waiver from Northwestern by now, you probably won't? CRS complete, LSAT complete, etc.

[maxl847]

USC (Unsolicited) went out today

[tyler.durden]

USC (Unsolicited) went out today

+1

[comeonletsgo]

USC (Unsolicited) went out today

received today as well. their cutoffs for merit-based fee waivers dropped from last year. i remember looking before and not meeting their requirements, but now i do.

for reference, the website says:

USC Law offers merit-based fee waivers by invitation only to applicants whose profiles typically meet or exceed both the median LSAT score (167) and the median GPA (3.69) for our entering class. Candidates who wish to be considered for a CRS Merit Fee Waiver must register for LSAC's Candidate Referral Service (CRS) before applying to our law school. Invitations will be emailed/mailed to those candidates who meet our profile criteria and are registered for CRS. All CRS Merit Fee Waivers will reflect automatically on the electronic USC JD application at the payment window as the fee is connected to your LSAC account number. No fee waiver code is required if a CRS Merit fee waiver is awarded.

[Paraflam]

Today I met with my pre-law advisor and I swear to god she said, "Well at least you're not trying to get into, like, UChicago or something, because then it'd be impossible to be in the top 10% of your class. It'd be way easier to be at the top of your class at [T20 schools]." No bullshit.

[TrialLawyer16]

Saw a feewaiver in my inbox, bummed it said Northeastern instead of Northwestern. Deleted TTThe email

+1

+1 I was bamboozled as well. Hoodwinked even

[TrialLawyer16]

Today I met with my pre-law advisor and I swear to god she said, "Well at least you're not trying to get into, like, UChicago or something, because then it'd be impossible to be in the top 10% of your class. It'd be way easier to be at the top of your class at [T20 schools]." No bullshit.

Ahhhh the old "I can't do something, so you can't either" advice. So refreshing. Especially from someone you're paying to give said advice

[Paraflam]

Today I met with my pre-law advisor and I swear to god she said, "Well at least you're not trying to get into, like, UChicago or something, because then it'd be impossible to be in the top 10% of your class. It'd be way easier to be at the top of your class at [T20 schools]." No bullshit.

Ahhhh the old "I can't do something, so you can't either" advice. So refreshing. Especially from someone you're paying to give said advice

It wasn't even that, it's that she's assuming because a school is ranked a couple spots lower that it's significantly easier to do well at it, or that because someone got a few more questions right on the LSAT that their classmates, that they'll get better grades than them. My pre-law advisor is so useless.

[rbmargol]

hey just so you know George Washington's application becomes available September 14th (Not October 4th) and UC Davis becomes available September 17th (not October 1st)

thanks for compiling all of this information!

[Yardbird]

hey just so you know George Washington's application becomes available September 14th (Not October 4th) and UC Davis becomes available September 17th (not October 1st)

thanks for compiling all of this information!

BC as well. The schools changed the availability dates, that's all (so mine are just old/outdated). Will update in the AM.

[TrialLawyer16]

Today I met with my pre-law advisor and I swear to god she said, "Well at least you're not trying to get into, like, UChicago or something, because then it'd be impossible to be in the top 10% of your class. It'd be way easier to be at the top of your class at [T20 schools]." No bullshit.

Ahhhh the old "I can't do something, so you can't either" advice. So refreshing. Especially from someone you're paying to give said advice

It wasn't even that, it's that she's assuming because a school is ranked a couple spots lower that it's significantly easier to do well at it, or that because someone got a few more questions right on the LSAT that their classmates, that they'll get better grades than them. My pre-law advisor is so useless.

Yeah that's pretty bad that she actually believes that. Honestly, I haven't even talked to my pre-law advisor at all. She's a great person, but the reason I haven't talked to her is because I think this site alone has more useful information for the admissions process than pre-law advisors do. I really believe that frequent TLS readers probably know more than most pre-law advisors, mainly because the information here is so current and you're able to hear stories/cycles from such a variety of backgrounds and credentials.

[Yardbird]

Forgot to mention, HAHVAHD opened up yesterday

[Edit] and by open I mean its available.

[R86]

Has anyone with really high numbers even tried to solicit fee waivers from Columbia/NYU/Penn? I got a firm no from Chicago but maybe the others would be more accomodating? I might at least try it before I submit them all (at the end of next week probably).

Weird. I think you have better numbers than me, and I have a waiver from Chicago in my inbox. It's dated Sept. 4th.

[danitt]

Just received a solicited need based waiver from BU.

[Yardbird]

Just received a solicited need based waiver from BU.

Its already on there (I solicited one last week )

[honeycomb]

Still no hidden Penn or NYU for anyone??

[bernaldiaz]

Still no hidden Penn or NYU for anyone??

Or Columbia?