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Lustrella

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Rolling admissions

Post by Lustrella » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:45 pm

Is applying to law school in January after the December LSAT the kiss of death? Are your odds of admission much higher if you apply in October?
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Re: Rolling admissions

Post by swampman » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:55 pm

Depends on the school and your stats, but generally speaking you'll be much more successful applying early in the cycle.
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Re: Rolling admissions

Post by WestWingWatcher » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:57 pm

I applied in late December/Early January and had no problems. I did, however, take the October LSAT so I'm not sure if that makes a big difference.
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Re: Rolling admissions

Post by swampman » Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:07 pm

WestWingWatcher wrote:I applied in late December/Early January and had no problems. I did, however, take the October LSAT so I'm not sure if that makes a big difference.
According to your profile though you have a 4.0 and 170, and are attending GW? I think your numbers are much more relevant than the timing of your application and LSAT. If OP is borderline it will be a different story.
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Re: Rolling admissions

Post by WestWingWatcher » Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:41 pm

swampman wrote:
WestWingWatcher wrote:I applied in late December/Early January and had no problems. I did, however, take the October LSAT so I'm not sure if that makes a big difference.
According to your profile though you have a 4.0 and 170, and are attending GW? I think your numbers are much more relevant than the timing of your application and LSAT. If OP is borderline it will be a different story.
Yeah, I guess it depends, but I also heard back from UPenn (withdrew before scholarship info), W&L (Full Tuition), and W&M (Full Tuition). My acceptance to UPenn is what I was basing my thinking off of, though you are right.
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Re: Rolling admissions

Post by mt2165 » Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:43 pm

WestWingWatcher wrote:
swampman wrote:
WestWingWatcher wrote:I applied in late December/Early January and had no problems. I did, however, take the October LSAT so I'm not sure if that makes a big difference.
According to your profile though you have a 4.0 and 170, and are attending GW? I think your numbers are much more relevant than the timing of your application and LSAT. If OP is borderline it will be a different story.
Yeah, I guess it depends, but I also heard back from UPenn (withdrew before scholarship info), W&L (Full Tuition), and W&M (Full Tuition). My acceptance to UPenn is what I was basing my thinking off of, though you are right.

I would think those stats would be full ridish at GW and should be good for admittance to a t6/good scholarship at lower t14 so if anything this validates the concern about timing leading to underperforming
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