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Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:18 am
by kwabbs
Random question.. Attended a law school panel this evening with representatives of a few different west coast schools. Each representative gave out their personal business cards. Would it be wise to send thank you e-mails to these reps? I did speak to a few of them post panel.
I've been taught to always send thank you's to guest speakers etc. and am curious as to what the guidelines/ regulations are for sending thank you's to the directors of admissions that attended.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:29 am
by sesto elemento
I wouldn't bother. All they care about is LSAT and GPA.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:31 am
by kwabbs
sesto elemento wrote:I wouldn't bother. All they care about is LSAT and GPA.
Boalt Rep said 1/3 LSAT 1/3 GPA and 1/3 LOR/P.S.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:32 am
by Emma.
I'm not usually a big thank you person, but in this situation I'd say that, if you actually had a substantial conversation with any of these folks after the panel, it couldn't hurt to shoot off an email to thank that person or persons for their time.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:35 am
by Emma.
kwabbs wrote:sesto elemento wrote:I wouldn't bother. All they care about is LSAT and GPA.
Boalt Rep said 1/3 LSAT 1/3 GPA and 1/3 LOR/P.S.
Ha. I know a Boalt adcomm. This is sort of true, but only in this way. Maybe 1/3 of applicants (probably much more) are auto-dinged because of their LSAT and GPA. Maybe another third (but probably much less) are auto-accept based on their numbers. Then for the middle third maybe the LOR/PS have some bearing on their application.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:36 am
by BigZuck
It won't make any difference but do it if you feel like it
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:45 am
by gatesome
people are rarely pissed off when they receive a thank you note
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:50 am
by kwabbs
gatesome wrote:people are rarely pissed off when they receive a thank you note
lol very true.. I was more so worried if there were any regulations about emailing them.. Like if it was something that wasn't allowed type of thing.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:07 am
by BigZuck
gatesome wrote:people are rarely pissed off when they receive a thank you note
Some TLSers/people who make hiring decisions are though
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:08 am
by smile0751
After I went to a Law Forum, I sent a thank you email to every person I spoke with. They all responded back very nicely, and I do think keeping those lines of communication open are important. I know for some businesses, they keep the thank you letters and any other correspondence you send in your "potential employee" file and the people making decisions can view them / know that you sent one.
My advice in this situation would be to send an email to anyone you had meaningful conversation with and reference what you spoke about in the email.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:22 am
by ChemEng1642
smile0751 wrote: My advice in this situation would be to send an email to anyone you had meaningful conversation with.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:10 pm
by tortsandtiaras
If it is any consolation, I was planning on sending out thank you notes by mail this weekend to those schools I feel I had an exceptionally great convo with the deans. Good luck!
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:41 pm
by 03152016
kwabbs wrote:sesto elemento wrote:I wouldn't bother. All they care about is LSAT and GPA.
Boalt Rep said 1/3 LSAT 1/3 GPA and 1/3 LOR/P.S.
this is adcomm bullshit meant to increase app $ and decrease offer rate
it's the law school equivalent of those late night infomercials with evangelical faith healers
"we will heal you through the power of the almighty, just send us $100..."
so you send your $100 and when you don't get better you tell yourself you must have not prayed hard enough
of course, some people are cured, which allows the racket to continue
i've never heard of an adcomm telling an applicant
not to apply to their school
"oh we're looking at the whole package, we want people with interesting backgrounds, a unique perspective, just send us $100..."
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:57 pm
by JamMasterJ
kwabbs wrote:sesto elemento wrote:I wouldn't bother. All they care about is LSAT and GPA.
Boalt Rep said 1/3 LSAT 1/3 GPA and 1/3 LOR/P.S.
the only reason they say that is to drive up apps and "prove" that URM boosts are part of the total mix of factors (Lie) rather than the only soft factor that matters (Truth).
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:09 pm
by DiniMae
Not to hijack, but I received emails from some of the people that I interviewed with (alums, adcomms, etc). Is that standard? Do schools usually extend a thank you first? If so, which?
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:23 pm
by JamMasterJ
Brut wrote:kwabbs wrote:sesto elemento wrote:I wouldn't bother. All they care about is LSAT and GPA.
Boalt Rep said 1/3 LSAT 1/3 GPA and 1/3 LOR/P.S.
this is adcomm bullshit meant to increase app $ and decrease offer rate
it's the law school equivalent of those late night infomercials with evangelical faith healers
"we will heal you through the power of the almighty, just send us $100..."
so you send your $100 and when you don't get better you tell yourself you must have not prayed hard enough
of course, some people are cured, which allows the racket to continue
i've never heard of an adcomm telling an applicant
not to apply to their school
"oh we're looking at the whole package, we want people with interesting backgrounds, a unique perspective, just send us $100..."
I dunno, WUSTL told me I had no shot because of my 3.5 GPA
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:38 pm
by 03152016
you must have spoken to someone truly incompetent
WUSTL's median is only a 3.62 with a 25th percentile at 3.19
3.5 doesn't even hit splitter territory
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:17 pm
by BigZuck
Brut wrote:kwabbs wrote:sesto elemento wrote:I wouldn't bother. All they care about is LSAT and GPA.
Boalt Rep said 1/3 LSAT 1/3 GPA and 1/3 LOR/P.S.
this is adcomm bullshit meant to increase app $ and decrease offer rate
it's the law school equivalent of those late night infomercials with evangelical faith healers
"we will heal you through the power of the almighty, just send us $100..."
so you send your $100 and when you don't get better you tell yourself you must have not prayed hard enough
of course, some people are cured, which allows the racket to continue
i've never heard of an adcomm telling an applicant
not to apply to their school
"oh we're looking at the whole package, we want people with interesting backgrounds, a unique perspective, just send us $100..."
Apparently the OP in this thread was told not to apply:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 4&t=237874
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:22 pm
by 03152016
they also said he would be a "very strong transfer applicant"
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:24 pm
by BigZuck
Brut wrote:they also said he would be a "very strong transfer applicant"
Yeah. Lulz. Weird.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:24 pm
by 03152016
also, worth noting vandy is on the more transparent end of the law school spectrum, to their credit
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:56 pm
by kwabbs
BigZuck wrote:Brut wrote:kwabbs wrote:sesto elemento wrote:I wouldn't bother. All they care about is LSAT and GPA.
Boalt Rep said 1/3 LSAT 1/3 GPA and 1/3 LOR/P.S.
this is adcomm bullshit meant to increase app $ and decrease offer rate
it's the law school equivalent of those late night infomercials with evangelical faith healers
"we will heal you through the power of the almighty, just send us $100..."
so you send your $100 and when you don't get better you tell yourself you must have not prayed hard enough
of course, some people are cured, which allows the racket to continue
i've never heard of an adcomm telling an applicant
not to apply to their school
"oh we're looking at the whole package, we want people with interesting backgrounds, a unique perspective, just send us $100..."
Apparently the OP in this thread was told not to apply:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 4&t=237874
Wait what's the link for? Wasn't told not to apply.. Didn't give them my stats. This was just a response to the question "which do you weigh most heavily" that someone in the group asked.
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:00 pm
by BigZuck
Click the link dawg
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:13 pm
by kwabbs
BigZuck wrote:Click the link dawg
Maybe you're not referring to me..my OP was about sending thank you's then pointing out what a boalt rep mentioned.. I am sitting in a car on my phone so I may be missing something here but just not sure what extra curricular activities in law school has anything to do with my OP
Re: Thank You Emails
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:16 pm
by 03152016
www.idahopotato.com