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Daytukrjabs wrote:"2.5% of the overall score is the acceptance rate for students. Highly Manipulable. As with (3) and (5), U.S. News has no way of verifying the data reported by private schools. In addition, many schools inflate their "selectivity" by giving fee waivers to applicants who have no chance of getting in. NYU is reported to have pioneered in this arena, but many others have followed suit."
http://www.leiterrankings.com/usnews/guide.shtml

I know Northwestern is another that does this. I may be naive in thinking this, but I always thought that educators and front-runners of academic excellence would find ways to mitigate the pernicious effects of flawed ranking, not yield to it. Errg!

Daytukrjabs wrote:

TTTennis wrote:What is the point of this thread? Everyone knows the USNWR suck and aren't very reliable. Everyone also knows that schools game the rankings. If you don't like it then do you own research and go wherever you think is the best...if that's Cooley than great. Until everyone stops buying the magazine, however, the bullshit will go on.

No, they don't.

yourdadcalled wrote:UVA'd

newyorker88 wrote:WTF? NYU told me they didn't offer fee waivers.

Thank you for your email. NYU Law does not offer fee waivers. Applicants who have received a fee waiver from LSAC are eligible for a fee waiver from our application fee. Those who have received a LSAC fee waiver will automatically receive an application fee waiver from NYU if they apply electronically. If you decide to mail in your application, please include the LSAC fee waiver.


Thank you for your interest in NYU School of Law.

Office of Admissions
New York University School of Law

spondee wrote:

newyorker88 wrote:WTF? NYU told me they didn't offer fee waivers.

Thank you for your email. NYU Law does not offer fee waivers. Applicants who have received a fee waiver from LSAC are eligible for a fee waiver from our application fee. Those who have received a LSAC fee waiver will automatically receive an application fee waiver from NYU if they apply electronically. If you decide to mail in your application, please include the LSAC fee waiver.


Thank you for your interest in NYU School of Law.

Office of Admissions
New York University School of Law

Weird. They gave me one last year (and I didn't even ask for it).

Daytukrjabs wrote:"[strike]2.5% of the overall score is the acceptance rate for students. Highly Manipulable. As with (3) and (5), U.S. News has no way of verifying the data reported by private schools. In addition, many schools inflate their "selectivity" by giving fee waivers to applicants who have no chance of getting in. NYU is reported to have pioneered in this arena, but many others have followed suit."
http://www.leiterrankings.com/usnews/guide.shtml

I know Northwestern is another that does this. I may be naive in thinking this, but I always thought that educators and front-runners of academic excellence would find ways to mitigate the pernicious effects of flawed ranking, not yield to it. Errg[/strike]!

D. H2Oman wrote:

Daytukrjabs wrote:"[strike]2.5% of the overall score is the acceptance rate for students. Highly Manipulable. As with (3) and (5), U.S. News has no way of verifying the data reported by private schools. In addition, many schools inflate their "selectivity" by giving fee waivers to applicants who have no chance of getting in. NYU is reported to have pioneered in this arena, but many others have followed suit."
http://www.leiterrankings.com/usnews/guide.shtml

I know Northwestern is another that does this. I may be naive in thinking this, but I always thought that educators and front-runners of academic excellence would find ways to mitigate the pernicious effects of flawed ranking, not yield to it. Errg[/strike]!

[strike]Your thread title sucks.[/strike]

TTTennis wrote:What is the point of this thread? Everyone knows the USNWR suck and aren't very reliable. Everyone also knows that schools game the rankings. If you don't like it then do you own research and go wherever you think is the best...if that's Cooley than great. Until everyone stops buying the magazine, however, the bullshit will go on.

PDaddy wrote: I understand and even think that people's reliance on rankings is somewhat rational, given that employers filter students through the schools and, by extension, the rankings. But blindly depending on rankings to plan your future isn't the best way to go.

newyorker88 wrote:WTF? NYU told me they didn't offer fee waivers.

Thank you for your email. NYU Law does not offer fee waivers. Applicants who have received a fee waiver from LSAC are eligible for a fee waiver from our application fee. Those who have received a LSAC fee waiver will automatically receive an application fee waiver from NYU if they apply electronically. If you decide to mail in your application, please include the LSAC fee waiver.


Thank you for your interest in NYU School of Law.

Office of Admissions
New York University School of Law

im_blue wrote:Sounds like they don't give fee waivers if you ask (need-based or otherwise), but they certainly do offer them to underqualified applicants.