A'nold: Congratulations on UW! You are amazing, seriously! Forum

[Total Litigator]

Send out that LOCI, and your 15% at a T4 just started looking a lot stronger. Especially if you are in a state with some pretty strong schools (really emphasize the contest was state-wide).

[megaTTTron]

Updated poll. Hang in there buddy.

[Loyant]

Updated poll. Hang in there buddy.

It should read "stay at t3."

[A'nold]

Ah, the inevitable "stay" option. Except, in my case right now, it isn't an option.

[SmittenMitten]

Ah, the inevitable "stay" option. Except, in my case right now, it isn't an option.

I'm sorry, I've been following and hoping for good news, but I am not in the loop on why you couldn't just stay at your first school? I'm sorry for making you repeat yourself...

[apper123]

Ah, the inevitable "stay" option. Except, in my case right now, it isn't an option.

Did you get in somewhere I'm not aware of!??!

[A'nold]

Ah, the inevitable "stay" option. Except, in my case right now, it isn't an option.

Did you get in somewhere I'm not aware of!??!

Haha, no, I guess I could have stated that a little better. I'm saying there is no "option" other than staying right now.

I've been promised a decision by Friday by every school remaining, so this will all be over soon...........hopefully.

[A'nold]

Out at Minnesota. Looks like I'm going to be going back home if I can't get in at UW. There is still a "good chance" but it just depends on who accepts and who declines admissions to UW.

Minnesota, Hastings and Emory have accepted many t3 students in the top 20% range historically, so my application package can officially be dubbed "weak" this year for whatever reason. I suspect a bad LOR, but meh, you never know.

[vanwinkle]

It may just be that this is a tougher than normal transfer cycle. Two reasons:

1) A few T14 schools (UVA is one) had overenrolled due to ITE factors, and compensated by taking fewer transfers. That had a ripple effect downward as people who didn't get in there took spots elsewhere, etc.

2) ITE I suspect more people are willing to forgo being at the top of their class where they are in order to move up. That would mean more competitive applicants, which would mean more likelihood that competitive applicants don't do as well as they would have in prior years.

I mean, hell, in a better economy I probably wouldve stayed put. Transferring is a huge pain, and ITE more people than past years are motivated to overcome all those pains and do it.

[Matthies]

Out at Minnesota. Looks like I'm going to be going back home if I can't get in at UW. There is still a "good chance" but it just depends on who accepts and who declines admissions to UW.

Minnesota, Hastings and Emory have accepted many t3 students in the top 20% range historically, so my application package can officially be dubbed "weak" this year for whatever reason. I suspect a bad LOR, but meh, you never know.

No Lewis and Clark?

[megaTTTron]

Out at Minnesota. Looks like I'm going to be going back home if I can't get in at UW. There is still a "good chance" but it just depends on who accepts and who declines admissions to UW.

Minnesota, Hastings and Emory have accepted many t3 students in the top 20% range historically, so my application package can officially be dubbed "weak" this year for whatever reason. I suspect a bad LOR, but meh, you never know.

No Lewis and Clark?

+1 what's up w/ L&C?

[Danteshek]

A'nold, you owe it to the community to say where you transfer, if you transfer.

I still don't understand why you are so secretive about where you currently attend law school.

I mean, who cares if your classmates know you are trying to transfer?

[Pleasye]

A'nold, you owe it to the community to say where you transfer, if you transfer.

I still don't understand why you are so secretive about where you currently attend law school.

I mean, who cares if your classmates know you are trying to transfer?

Why would he allow a thread dedicated to following his cycle (whichalso includes a list of the schools he applied to) if he wasn't going to let people know where he was transferring to?

If he wants to keep the school quiet then he has the right to (you should also consider that maybe he doesn't want his classmates to know in case he does NOT transfer).

[Loyant]

Well, if he DOES transfer I hope he will tell us his T3 school. The curiosity is killing me.

[A'nold]

It may just be that this is a tougher than normal transfer cycle. Two reasons:

1) A few T14 schools (UVA is one) had overenrolled due to ITE factors, and compensated by taking fewer transfers. That had a ripple effect downward as people who didn't get in there took spots elsewhere, etc.

2) ITE I suspect more people are willing to forgo being at the top of their class where they are in order to move up. That would mean more competitive applicants, which would mean more likelihood that competitive applicants don't do as well as they would have in prior years.

I mean, hell, in a better economy I probably wouldve stayed put. Transferring is a huge pain, and ITE more people than past years are motivated to overcome all those pains and do it.

That's true. Hopefully UW will have mercy.

If anybody wants to know my t3, it is splattered all over my previous posts around last year. I can also pm you if you want, just ask. I am so out-in-the open as it is I just don't want the name to be so easily associated with me right now, especially with all the details I've given out. I'm very much an open book and I think I should probably work on lessening that.

Thanks for everyone's support, it's awesome regardless if I stay.

It will be quite the feat if I go 0 for like 14 though. That has to be like the worst transfer cycle in history, no?

Oh, and btw, I'm still not convinced going to the t2 in question would be worth it, although I'd sure enjoy my next two years a lot more and it would help me network in my target market. The $ difference is steep, I'm not going to lie.

[SamSeaborn2016]

It may just be that this is a tougher than normal transfer cycle. Two reasons:

1) A few T14 schools (UVA is one) had overenrolled due to ITE factors, and compensated by taking fewer transfers. That had a ripple effect downward as people who didn't get in there took spots elsewhere, etc.

2) ITE I suspect more people are willing to forgo being at the top of their class where they are in order to move up. That would mean more competitive applicants, which would mean more likelihood that competitive applicants don't do as well as they would have in prior years.

I mean, hell, in a better economy I probably wouldve stayed put. Transferring is a huge pain, and ITE more people than past years are motivated to overcome all those pains and do it.

That's true. Hopefully UW will have mercy.

If anybody wants to know my t3, it is splattered all over my previous posts around last year. I can also pm you if you want, just ask.
I am so out-in-the open as it is I just don't want the name to be so easily associated with me right now, especially with all the details I've given out. I'm very much an open book and I think I should probably work on lessening that.

Thanks for everyone's support, it's awesome regardless if I stay.

It will be quite the feat if I go 0 for like 14 though. That has to be like the worst transfer cycle in history, no?

Oh, and btw, I'm still not convinced going to the t2 in question would be worth it, although I'd sure enjoy my next two years a lot more and it would help me network in my target market. The $ difference is steep, I'm not going to lie.

Okay, I'm not crazy. I thought everyone knew where you go to school. Guess I've just been around the boards too long.

edit: if you guys want to know what school he goes to ask HIM. I'm not telling.

[Danteshek]

Bump. I'm dying to know....

[ogurty]

I just spent a solid 10 minutes figuring out where A'nold goes to school.

Conclusions: I'm really bored and need for school to start soon.

[XxSpyKEx]

I think big part of the results of your transfer cycle have to do with the t3 you attend currently (i.e. there is a difference in attending, e.g., some t3 in Cali and then transferring to Berkeley versus transferring from your school to Berkeley). Even with that in mind, however, your results have been terrible.

Why didn't you apply to UIUC (but you applied to ND and WUSTL)? I think you would have gotten in there. Last year when I was talking to Dean Pless he told me that I'd be able to transfer in with top 1/3 from my t3.

[Total Litigator]

Why didn't you apply to UIUC (but you applied to ND and WUSTL)? I think you would have gotten in there. Last year when I was talking to Dean Pless he told me that I'd be able to transfer in with top 1/3 from my t3.

Eh Arnold, don't kick yourself for not applying to UIUC, I applied there for transfer from a mid west school in the 50's with top 30% and I didn't get in. Apparently they had more applicants for transfer than ever this year.

[choices11]

Although I do feel bad for you, I find it rather comical that A'nold has spent so much time telling everyone how terrible schools are that are not in the top 14 or 20 schools. In looking at the past posts, all that is said is how poor of opportunities you have a otherwise great, regional schools...followed by complaining about your own poor prospects. Now, you are struggling to get into anywhere in the top 100 schools.....just funny to me.

Also, if you didn't get into WUSTL and ND, chances are pretty slim you would have gotten into UIUC.

[Big Shrimpin]

Although I do feel bad for you, I find it rather comical that A'nold has spent so much time telling everyone how terrible schools are that are not in the top 14 or 20 schools. In looking at the past posts, all that is said is how poor of opportunities you have a otherwise great, regional schools...followed by complaining about your own poor prospects. Now, you are struggling to get into anywhere in the top 100 schools.....just funny to me.

Also, if you didn't get into WUSTL and ND, chances are pretty slim you would have gotten into UIUC.

[KMaine]

Although I do feel bad for you, I find it rather comical that A'nold has spent so much time telling everyone how terrible schools are that are not in the top 14 or 20 schools. In looking at the past posts, all that is said is how poor of opportunities you have a otherwise great, regional schools...followed by complaining about your own poor prospects. Now, you are struggling to get into anywhere in the top 100 schools.....just funny to me.

Also, if you didn't get into WUSTL and ND, chances are pretty slim you would have gotten into UIUC.

Yeah, that is really comical. It's fun to be a dick on the internet when someone's life/career hang in the balance.

[Machine Spirit]

Although I do feel bad for you, I find it rather comical that A'nold has spent so much time telling everyone how terrible schools are that are not in the top 14 or 20 schools. In looking at the past posts, all that is said is how poor of opportunities you have a otherwise great, regional schools...followed by complaining about your own poor prospects. Now, you are struggling to get into anywhere in the top 100 schools.....just funny to me.

Also, if you didn't get into WUSTL and ND, chances are pretty slim you would have gotten into UIUC.

Let's see...3 posts...Convicted, is that you?

Actually probably not, considering you actually say "although I do feel bad for you..." Convicted would never had even uttered that phrase, regardless if it was a lie.

In any case, thanks for that productive post.

[dresden doll]

Let's see...3 posts...Convicted, is that you?

Actually probably not, considering you actually say "although I do feel bad for you..." Convicted would never had even uttered that phrase, regardless if it was a lie.

In any case, thanks for that productive post.

Who's Convicted?

Also, although the transfer attempt does somewhat run counter to some of A'nold's previously expressed beliefs, I find it unproductive to toss that in his face now that his career really appears to hang in something of a balance.