Is it late?!
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:09 pm
I'm still waiting on one teacher recommendation. The deadline for the one and only school I am applying to is February 1. Will I be able to meet the deadline?
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Has your teacher sent the LoR yet?kekepania wrote:I'm still waiting on one teacher recommendation. The deadline for the one and only school I am applying to is February 1. Will I be able to meet the deadline?
Just talked to professor and she sent it on Monday (although no mail that day).splitbrain wrote:Has your teacher sent the LoR yet?kekepania wrote:I'm still waiting on one teacher recommendation. The deadline for the one and only school I am applying to is February 1. Will I be able to meet the deadline?
Have they completed it?
As a last resort, try faxing it if it's still before the deadline. I know you are generally advised not to, but desperate times and all...
Also, is that deadline the deadline to submit or the deadline to COMPLETE? Important difference.
do all schools do this? am i really screwed?bk187 wrote:Law schools decide on applications on a rolling basis. Applying at the deadline is an awful idea. You're probably better off applying next cycle.
Yeah. Definitely dont apply this cycle. I don't know if you're '"screwed" or not, but your chances are much worse than if you applied sept-nov. Apply next year. You'll be working for the rest of your life. One year seems like a long time now. It's not.kekepania wrote:do all schools do this? am i really screwed?bk187 wrote:Law schools decide on applications on a rolling basis. Applying at the deadline is an awful idea. You're probably better off applying next cycle.
Decide if it's worth the app fee for you or not and/or if you would strongly prefer to begin school next Fall or could wait another year.GardnerofEden wrote:I'm in the same boat. Hate my life.
Edit: Would you guys recommend not bothering at all, or applying and re-applying next cycle after we inevitably get rejected?
Dude you way under-performed your numbersJoeFish wrote:Whoa whoa whoa. Sure it's no good to be late in the game, but it's not as bad as all that, is it? It's not like applying late will take you from an auto-admit at your target to a WL at your safety. I got my apps in around January 15th. Did it affect my cycle? Yeah, it was probably a tiny bit worse than it would've been had I applied earlier, and pretty much killed my chance of getting into my reach. But I got into the 2nd-4th best schools I applied to with money.
I agree, to be honest UIUC shouldn't have been in the top 5 schools you applied to anywaybernaldiaz wrote:Dude you way under-performed your numbersJoeFish wrote:Whoa whoa whoa. Sure it's no good to be late in the game, but it's not as bad as all that, is it? It's not like applying late will take you from an auto-admit at your target to a WL at your safety. I got my apps in around January 15th. Did it affect my cycle? Yeah, it was probably a tiny bit worse than it would've been had I applied earlier, and pretty much killed my chance of getting into my reach. But I got into the 2nd-4th best schools I applied to with money.