Invited to dinner by a director of admissions? Forum

[lionrampant]

A couple of days after I submitted my application to one of the T-14's on my list, I received an invitation to dinner by one of the directors of admissions, and 6 other "select" applicants.

Obviously I'll treat this as an interview, but it this a standard practice? Or is it a good sign?

[Ron Don Volante]

how attractive would you say you are? (objectively)

[BillsFan9907]

A couple of days after I submitted my application to one of the T-14's on my list, I received an invitation to dinner by one of the directors of admissions, and 6 other "select" applicants.

Obviously I'll treat this as an interview, but it this a standard practice? Or is it a good sign?

Blink twice if its from UVA. it's obviously a good sign. At this point they want to see that 1) You don't have severe Aspergers and 2) you are sufficiently interested in the school as demonstrated by attending the dinner.

[AReasonableMan]

I feel like a school couldn't reject you for having Aspergers. An employer could say it's a legitimate disqualifier. If you're awkward but don't have Aspergers then they could.

[BillsFan9907]

I feel like a school couldn't reject you for having Aspergers. An employer could say it's a legitimate disqualifier. If you're awkward but don't have Aspergers then they could.

Look, technically schools also cannot give you special bonus points just because you're black (such consideration must be one of a plethora of considerations). A look at the greens in the sea of yellows and reds on law school numbers tell us that schools are not really interested in the letter of the law. With this in mind, if they're accepting people in violation of the laws, I would not put it past them to reject people in violation of the law. I'd imagine that rejecting someone solely on the grounds of having Aspergers would be a big time violation of the ADA. But at the end of the day, schools do not want students who have severe problems with relating to other students and how would soeone prove that their Aspergers was the reason for their rejection? Taking it a step further, LSAT scores used to be flagged until this past test. Legally, the flagging should have had zero impact on the admissions process. A neutral judge, however, obviously felt that having a big fat "I'm disabled" sticker on your law school application was harmful.

Going back to the LSN drawing board, you always see those people with amazing stats who just so happen to get rejected/waitlisted from the schools who do interviews but perform as expected for the schools that don't interview. My hunch is that these people had poor social skills. To what extent poor social skills would put one on the mildest end of the autism spectrum is another question entirely.

Nonetheless, I think schools can comfortably assert that these students "just didn't vibe well and would not be a good match" without having to consider the reasons for the lack of social acuity.

In all though, perhaps I should say this instead of mentioning Aspergers: the schools just want to see that you are relatable in your interview.