I have a hypothetical question:
Lets say students X and Y apply to the same school, both non-URM.
X has stats roughly 50-65% for GPA and LSAT.
Y has stats roughly 65-80% for GPA and LSAT.
If they have approximately equivalent softs but X gets accepted and Y is still pending (and has been waiting for a long time), what does this mean?
I'm curious because someone with better stats than me and what I think are equivalent softs has not heard back from a school I've been accepted to. Is there some other aspect of my application that might be helping me? Or is it just a co-incidence and I'm making something out of nothing in an effort to raise my hopes about a school that is a bit of a reach for me (likely this).
I don't think that Y is being YP, but it's definitely possible. Care to speculate?
Acceptance Timing? Forum
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Vexed
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Re: Acceptance Timing?
Way too many variables to really know for sure. A decent portion of it is contingent on the school and what they look for- could be that there wasn't a Why X, applicant locations / ties in terms of the school's area, etc.
Also some general issues that are hard to pick out from just pure numbers could be having an impact - C&F issues, poorly written/perceived personal statement, weak / no academic LOR's, strange transcript without an addendum, big LSAT differences without an addendum, etc.
And, as you mentioned, there's always YP potential.
Also some general issues that are hard to pick out from just pure numbers could be having an impact - C&F issues, poorly written/perceived personal statement, weak / no academic LOR's, strange transcript without an addendum, big LSAT differences without an addendum, etc.
And, as you mentioned, there's always YP potential.
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Quest4Knowledge
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Re: Acceptance Timing?
Thanks. Looking back I guess it was a pretty ridiculous question aha...Vexed wrote:Way too many variables to really know for sure. A decent portion of it is contingent on the school and what they look for- could be that there wasn't a Why X, applicant locations / ties in terms of the school's area, etc.
Also some general issues that are hard to pick out from just pure numbers could be having an impact - C&F issues, poorly written/perceived personal statement, weak / no academic LOR's, strange transcript without an addendum, big LSAT differences without an addendum, etc.
And, as you mentioned, there's always YP potential.
Gluck!
