Admissions Office Shout-Outs Forum

[holborn]

+ for Michigan. I called about a simple LOR question and the woman who answered asked for my name and went out of her way to give me any information i needed. I almost felt bad telling her I didn't have any other questions at the time. She sounded like she really wanted to help.

[SweetnessUVA]

Dean Trujillo was amazing to talk with and discuss admissions options.

[BCgoUSC]

Give a Negative shout-out and 2 thumbs down to University of South Carolina Law. I'm a grad of USC Honors College and almost everyone I know who has tried to contact USC Law has not heard anything back or was treated very rudely. I was able to finally get in touch with one person at the law school and she was extremely nice via email but last year and this year (re-applying b/c I didn't get in with GPA and LSAT at median for USC) they have been very rude and inefficient in the admissions process.

[BCgoUSC]

Also let me give a positive shoutout to Ole Miss Law. I have never dealt with anyone nicer than Barbara Vinson at Univ. of Miss. Law School. SO nice and helpful!

[umichgrad]

GW has been wonderfully helpful for me, alway responding to e-mails and updating my file when I noticed a mistake. Very pleasant.

Gtown, on the other hand, leaves some pleasantries to be desired.

+1 on the positive UVA shout-outs, too.

[cpt yossarian]

+ for Duke. I live nearby and I visited. I got there about 5-10 minutes late for the guided tour. The lady in the admissions office ran all over the building to find the group for me. I was very impressed. And the tour guide was awesome.

[fidesverita]

Stanford and Berkeley were super nice (maybe it's the California sun?).

Yale people were horrible. In the two times I called, they were extremely rude and dismissive. Boo.

[bissey]

- for iowa. i spoke to 5 ppl and was finally told to call back the next day. no one picked up the next day.

im not applying because of this.

[Rocketman11]

Re-updated, I hand counted.

[akowis]

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[KmissP]

The folks at Colorado Law were awesome!

[chadwick218]

Give a Negative shout-out and 2 thumbs down to University of South Carolina Law. I'm a grad of USC Honors College and almost everyone I know who has tried to contact USC Law has not heard anything back or was treated very rudely. I was able to finally get in touch with one person at the law school and she was extremely nice via email but last year and this year (re-applying b/c I didn't get in with GPA and LSAT at median for USC) they have been very rude and inefficient in the admissions process.

Careful, Southern Cal trolls may attack throwing "USC" out there in reference to South Carolina.

[jackassjim]

+1 Michigan (Everyone over there is just lovely)
+1 Harvard (Once you get past the admission hurdle, the resources they mobilize to get you there are pretty cool. e.g. emails from profs and students)

[tomhobbes]

+1 Michigan (Everyone over there is just lovely)
+1 Harvard (Once you get past the admission hurdle, the resources they mobilize to get you there are pretty cool. e.g. emails from profs and students)

Are you going to Harvard?

[coolkatz321]

This was last year, but I've found the admissions offices at Pitt, Cincinnati, Wisconsin and UIUC to all be simply phenomenal.

Oh, and a big BOOOOOOOO to Rutgers-Newark. Unresponsive, standoffish, and the dean is somewhat of an ass.

GW gets a 'neutral' rating from me.

[BCgoUSC]

Give a Negative shout-out and 2 thumbs down to University of South Carolina Law. I'm a grad of USC Honors College and almost everyone I know who has tried to contact USC Law has not heard anything back or was treated very rudely. I was able to finally get in touch with one person at the law school and she was extremely nice via email but last year and this year (re-applying b/c I didn't get in with GPA and LSAT at median for USC) they have been very rude and inefficient in the admissions process.

Careful, Southern Cal trolls may attack throwing "USC" out there in reference to South Carolina.

There's only one real USC. Go Gamecocks.

[romothesavior]

Shout outs to:

Vanderbilt- I agree with the poster above who said the lady on the phone was great. She was very friendly and helpful.
WUSTL- Got to meet with an assistant dean of admissions who did a great job answering questions.
Michigan- Haven't been there yet, but they have been helpful over the phone.

[missvik218]

Two GIANT thumbs up for UVA, Vandy and Wake!! All ridiculously quick, courteous and helpful.

Edit: As much as I love them thumbs down for Duke and UNC.

[MBZags]

Ohio State does not answer e-mails, it seems, despite giving e-mail as a preferred method of contact. I, and at least one other person here, have never gotten a single response from them.

[lsatbdog]

+1 for Florida State.

Very helpful and kind in talking about how acquiring residency works and what to do if I decide to attend, even though I had yet to even apply. Very nice people.

[General Tso]

CU Boulder +1
San Diego +1
Loyola +1

[jackassjim]

+1 Michigan (Everyone over there is just lovely)
+1 Harvard (Once you get past the admission hurdle, the resources they mobilize to get you there are pretty cool. e.g. emails from profs and students)

Are you going to Harvard?

Nah. That was last year. I would have loved to go, but I had to turn down the offer for a number of personal reasons.

[JetstoRJC]

+1 Virginia. Would give +100 if I could. Visited campus today and everybody there is fantastic.

[williamsmatt]

I haven't had too much contact with admissions, but from the limited time that my applications have been turned in, I heard back from Wisconsin and they are on the ball there. I just phone them with any questions concerns and they are always happy to talk with me. So

+1 to Wisconsin

[booby87]

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