ED Strategy- Help? (I'll Be Your Friend)
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:52 pm
I ED'ed to Michigan last week, but it turns out my application never got processed through LSAC because my bank froze the debit card I used for the transaction. I cleared it up at the bank, had to explain that the charges they thought constituted suspicious activity on my account (charges to "ADWServices") were from a "game" I play online (a gambling site I deposit at really, but by calling it a game I wasn't lying).
Anyway, now that I've been given this second lease on life, I'm going to patiently wait until next month to submit my apps. I'm fairly confident that I will improve upon my best score on the LSAT by at least a few points and I'm ED'ing somewhere regardless of what I get anyway because of my so-so GPA and some other things.
Duke gave me a CRS fee waiver (non-PT but the one that encourages you to ED to Duke) yesterday. I was waitlisted when I applied as a college senior with the same waiver and didn't apply last year. I have never ED'ed to Duke before and I wonder if I should have two years ago.
So I was wondering- Which school would be better for me to ED to out of the two? I'm almost certainly ED'ing to one of them unless I can raise my score to ED to a T6. I'm from the Mid-Atlantic and Duke is in the South, but on the East Coast whereas Michigan is in the Midwest.
ED Duke
Pros:
-The thread on this site that posted the ED boost of each top school showed that Duke gives the strongest one.
Cons:
-I'm worried about the small class size negatively affecting my chances as well as having to compete with PT invites for seats.
-Higher medians than M although I don't really buy that.
ED Michigan
Pros:
-I would think that not a lot of people are going to want to spend their summer taking law classes.
-It's a great school and runs the tier above the tier that Duke runs (MVPB >>> DNCG of course).
Cons
-Worried that the in-state quota would make it a little difficult to get in.
-Don't know how not being from the Midwest would hurt my chances to get a job and get paid after LS if I wanted to work out there.
Want to help me out? If I can only raise my score a few points or not at at all I'm going to have do this in about a month. I'm leaning toward Michigan still just because of the prestige.
Anyway, now that I've been given this second lease on life, I'm going to patiently wait until next month to submit my apps. I'm fairly confident that I will improve upon my best score on the LSAT by at least a few points and I'm ED'ing somewhere regardless of what I get anyway because of my so-so GPA and some other things.
Duke gave me a CRS fee waiver (non-PT but the one that encourages you to ED to Duke) yesterday. I was waitlisted when I applied as a college senior with the same waiver and didn't apply last year. I have never ED'ed to Duke before and I wonder if I should have two years ago.
So I was wondering- Which school would be better for me to ED to out of the two? I'm almost certainly ED'ing to one of them unless I can raise my score to ED to a T6. I'm from the Mid-Atlantic and Duke is in the South, but on the East Coast whereas Michigan is in the Midwest.
ED Duke
Pros:
-The thread on this site that posted the ED boost of each top school showed that Duke gives the strongest one.
Cons:
-I'm worried about the small class size negatively affecting my chances as well as having to compete with PT invites for seats.
-Higher medians than M although I don't really buy that.
ED Michigan
Pros:
-I would think that not a lot of people are going to want to spend their summer taking law classes.
-It's a great school and runs the tier above the tier that Duke runs (MVPB >>> DNCG of course).
Cons
-Worried that the in-state quota would make it a little difficult to get in.
-Don't know how not being from the Midwest would hurt my chances to get a job and get paid after LS if I wanted to work out there.
Want to help me out? If I can only raise my score a few points or not at at all I'm going to have do this in about a month. I'm leaning toward Michigan still just because of the prestige.