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early decision "boost" outside of top 20

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:27 pm
by Troianii
So I've seen some "studies" before analyzing the kind of boost that students get applying ED, and the reports generally find that there is a small boost, with some exceptions - apparently northwestern gives a big boost to ED.

I'm curious if anyone has seen data on ED chances for law schools outside of the top 20. Schools like Wisconsin, Iowa, BC, etc. I assume that they mostly follow the same pattern as T14 schools - a slight boost in admission chances, with a sizable drop in scholarships/grants, but if anyone has found anything closer to hard data on ED affects outside of top 20 it would be much appreciated

Re: early decision "boost" outside of top 20

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:53 pm
by Mack.Hambleton
You should only be going to those schools with $$$ anyway

Re: early decision "boost" outside of top 20

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:08 pm
by Billy Madison
http://admissionsbythenumbers.blogspot. ... ition.html

This is the best I've found. Not an exhaustive list, but includes some of the schools you are talking about. While it's a fairly small sample, it looks like most schools outside the t14 did not have a boost for ED. Maybe someone else has found a more inclusive list of schools...

Re: early decision "boost" outside of top 20

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:48 pm
by Troianii
Mack.Hambleton wrote:You should only be going to those schools with $$$ anyway
Usually good advice, but I've got outside funding from Uncle Sam that'll cover most of law school. I'll basically be paying for a semester, so scholarships don't matter much in my case. Thanks for the advice though.

Re: early decision "boost" outside of top 20

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:50 pm
by Troianii
gunton224 wrote:http://admissionsbythenumbers.blogspot. ... ition.html

This is the best I've found. Not an exhaustive list, but includes some of the schools you are talking about. While it's a fairly small sample, it looks like most schools outside the t14 did not have a boost for ED. Maybe someone else has found a more inclusive list of schools...
Thanks for sharing that, that's one of the links I looked at before - note Northwestern's ED boost - wow.

But yeah, hopefully someone has some hard data on schools outside of the top ones like on that list. I'm mostly looking into Wisconsin for ED.

Re: early decision "boost" outside of top 20

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:50 am
by Billy Madison
Wisconsin is on the "no boost" list.

Re: early decision "boost" outside of top 20

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:35 am
by Troianii
gunton224 wrote:Wisconsin is on the "no boost" list.
lol, good catch.