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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by habeas2210 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 3:22 pm

heregoeseverything wrote:Anyone have any idea when acceptances (or rejections) started to come last year? Mid-July is my guess but wondering if anyone has something more concrete than that.
July 5th-8th last year, and they all came out on the same day.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by Joscellin » Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:08 pm

habeas2210 wrote:
heregoeseverything wrote:Anyone have any idea when acceptances (or rejections) started to come last year? Mid-July is my guess but wondering if anyone has something more concrete than that.
July 5th-8th last year, and they all came out on the same day.
I could have sworn that I saw acceptances trickling in up until the 15th, but maybe that was another year?

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by habeas2210 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:32 pm

Joscellin wrote:
habeas2210 wrote:
heregoeseverything wrote:Anyone have any idea when acceptances (or rejections) started to come last year? Mid-July is my guess but wondering if anyone has something more concrete than that.
July 5th-8th last year, and they all came out on the same day.
I could have sworn that I saw acceptances trickling in up until the 15th, but maybe that was another year?
Sorry, maybe that was the day then. I just remember seeing that they all came in at the exact same day, and then the following Monday/Tuesday were all the rejections.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by AK135 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:15 pm

Hopefully we get decisions next week :shock: :shock:

Anybody feeling brave enough to call admissions and ask?

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by estefanchanning » Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:33 pm

Just called. Said they're hoping to begin sending decisions out first week of July. :shock:

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by AK135 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:34 pm

estefanchanning wrote:Just called. Said they're hoping to begin sending decisions out first week of July. :shock:
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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by PeanutsNJam » Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:43 pm

Any TLS documented instances of top 5% from T20 being rejected? What are the odds?

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by Joscellin » Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:25 pm

Yikes, the idea of decisions coming next week is a bit scary ><

Also, to anyone who's also applying to Yale, don't forget the financial aid paperwork deadline is also 7/1, not just the application. From what I can tell, Harvard doesn't seem to require paperwork submitted before admission (at least, not beyond a FAFSA).

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by lavarman84 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:44 pm

PeanutsNJam wrote:Any TLS documented instances of top 5% from T20 being rejected? What are the odds?
I'm sure it's happened. But you might as well relax. Nothing you can do now. Plus, odds are that you get in.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by OxOx1986 » Wed Jun 29, 2016 7:42 pm

When does HLS require us to submit FAFSA by?

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by houritsu » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:42 am

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by Joscellin » Thu Jun 30, 2016 12:36 pm

OxOx1986 wrote:When does HLS require us to submit FAFSA by?
I had fafsas sent like in February. Can't hurt to go ahead and do it whenever.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by PeanutsNJam » Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:51 am

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by bookofblue » Fri Jul 01, 2016 12:16 pm

OxOx1986 wrote:When does HLS require us to submit FAFSA by?

From what I remember, there was a financial deadline in late August for transfers. My advice is once you get in and accept, call the financial aid office. They are super helpful and will give you all the information you need. But I finalized financial aid in late July/early August last year.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by tebowtime23 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 12:21 pm

PeanutsNJam wrote:next week?
Columbia and NYU releasing decisions already. Penn as well. All with approaching deadlines. I'm thinking next week seems pretty reasonable for the majority of decisions.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by PeanutsNJam » Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:31 pm

habeas2210 wrote:
Joscellin wrote:
habeas2210 wrote:
heregoeseverything wrote:Anyone have any idea when acceptances (or rejections) started to come last year? Mid-July is my guess but wondering if anyone has something more concrete than that.
July 5th-8th last year, and they all came out on the same day.
I could have sworn that I saw acceptances trickling in up until the 15th, but maybe that was another year?
Sorry, maybe that was the day then. I just remember seeing that they all came in at the exact same day, and then the following Monday/Tuesday were all the rejections.
The TLS thread made it seem like all the accepts got their decisions on the same day. Can anybody else confirm that it is/isn't over a few days? If it's all on the same day, then if people here get admits and I don't that day then I'll know I was dinged. I don't want to wait on pins and needles after other people get admitted lol.

Looks like all the admits last year were on 7/9 and 2014 admits were 7/7. Probably 7/8 this year.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by NoDayButToday » Sun Jul 03, 2016 11:07 pm

PeanutsNJam wrote:
habeas2210 wrote:
Joscellin wrote:
habeas2210 wrote:
heregoeseverything wrote:Anyone have any idea when acceptances (or rejections) started to come last year? Mid-July is my guess but wondering if anyone has something more concrete than that.
July 5th-8th last year, and they all came out on the same day.
I could have sworn that I saw acceptances trickling in up until the 15th, but maybe that was another year?
Sorry, maybe that was the day then. I just remember seeing that they all came in at the exact same day, and then the following Monday/Tuesday were all the rejections.
The TLS thread made it seem like all the accepts got their decisions on the same day. Can anybody else confirm that it is/isn't over a few days? If it's all on the same day, then if people here get admits and I don't that day then I'll know I was dinged. I don't want to wait on pins and needles after other people get admitted lol.

Looks like all the admits last year were on 7/9 and 2014 admits were 7/7. Probably 7/8 this year.
I think it was over two days with almost all of the admits on the first day, but a lot of dings, too. Then dings the next day, too.
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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by zaylla2015 » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:22 am

HLS admissions said no later than the end of this week. Mildly freaking out. Good luck everyone!!! Mines been at ready for review since 6/17

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by zaylla2015 » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:24 am

NoDayButToday wrote:
PeanutsNJam wrote:
habeas2210 wrote:
Joscellin wrote:
habeas2210 wrote:
heregoeseverything wrote:Anyone have any idea when acceptances (or rejections) started to come last year? Mid-July is my guess but wondering if anyone has something more concrete than that.
July 5th-8th last year, and they all came out on the same day.
I could have sworn that I saw acceptances trickling in up until the 15th, but maybe that was another year?
Sorry, maybe that was the day then. I just remember seeing that they all came in at the exact same day, and then the following Monday/Tuesday were all the rejections.
The TLS thread made it seem like all the accepts got their decisions on the same day. Can anybody else confirm that it is/isn't over a few days? If it's all on the same day, then if people here get admits and I don't that day then I'll know I was dinged. I don't want to wait on pins and needles after other people get admitted lol.

Looks like all the admits last year were on 7/9 and 2014 admits were 7/7. Probably 7/8 this year.
I think it was over two days with almost all of the admits on the first day, but a lot of dings, too. Then dings the next day, too.
I think both 2014 and 2015 year the acceptances started either Monday or Tuesday of the first week in July, but there were acceptances that came in the following Monday too.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by heregoeseverything » Tue Jul 05, 2016 11:55 am

This wait today is killing me y'all. Anyone else about to lose their mind if we don't hear back this week? #veryproductivesummerintern #notdistractedatall

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by YSorBust » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:34 pm

heregoeseverything wrote:This wait today is killing me y'all. Anyone else about to lose their mind if we don't hear back this week? #veryproductivesummerintern #notdistractedatall
Effing can't do this anymore. Will donate my SA salary to Harvard in exchange for an immediate decision on my app.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by scubasteve1208 » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:43 pm

Has everyone sent in their official transcripts already? My school still hasn't finished updating our transcripts even though spring grades have been out for almost a month...

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by YSorBust » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:47 pm

scubasteve1208 wrote:Has everyone sent in their official transcripts already? My school still hasn't finished updating our transcripts even though spring grades have been out for almost a month...
I did, but I don't think it makes any difference. They will ask you for an official transcript once you get that call.

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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by dracula » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:28 pm

heregoeseverything wrote:This wait today is killing me y'all. Anyone else about to lose their mind if we don't hear back this week? #veryproductivesummerintern #notdistractedatall
I just got an email from admissions replying they would update my file to reflect the fact that I made it onto Law Review...

Got a heart attack in the office when I saw the email heading...#distracted247
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Re: 2016 Harvard Law School transfer thread

Post by dracula » Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:29 pm

scubasteve1208 wrote:Has everyone sent in their official transcripts already? My school still hasn't finished updating our transcripts even though spring grades have been out for almost a month...
I sent in mine already but I too think there's no difference between official and unofficial when it comes to rendering a decision! You should be fineee

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