Stanford Transfer 2016 Forum

[bedelgeuse]

Does Berkeley disallow committing to another school after signing a SIR?

[the-american-guy]

Anyone have any thoughts on the implications of accepting to Berkeley then reneging, should S get its shit togehter?

When you go to fill out the "Intent to Enroll" form with Berkeley, it states that you have to decline all the schools where you have open offers to attend, but it says that you are allowed to remain on waitlists. I believe that that means that they know a few people will accept, just to make sure they are covered even if they are waiting for other admission decisions to come in.

Therefore, I would not be too worried about doing that.

[estefanchanning]

I spoke with someone in admissions re: the SIR. Basically this:

I apply to Berk, H, S, Y. I get into Berk and H, now waiting on S and Y.

Signing SIR means I will decline H because I that school already rendered it's decision, but I can still have pending apps for S and Y. If I get into S and Y, I can accept their offer and not violate the SIR. You don't have to withdraw any apps.

Berk wants to know whether you're their top choice from the schools you already have been accepted to. If you're waitlisted or have outstanding apps, that's fine too so long as you let them know if you plan on going to another school.

[james_byrd74]

Anybody else suspect that no more offers are going out?

Naw, we only have one confirmed offer of admission, and the admission's department has since stated that more will be going out.

Who has been admitted so far? I don't see anyone confirming on this thread.

YSorBust was admitted via email.

[ilikechocolate]

Anybody else suspect that no more offers are going out?

Naw, we only have one confirmed offer of admission, and the admission's department has since stated that more will be going out.

Who has been admitted so far? I don't see anyone confirming on this thread.

YSorBust was admitted via email.

Oh wow! Is that how they are sending admits this year? I guess no one knows at this point. Lucky!

[Vincent]

so... dumb question: Law Review write-on period has passed right?

ETA: don't sweat the complete stuff. It takes them about a week from the time they receive your outstanding documents for the status checker to update (if my experience is any indication).

Nope! They will open up a transfer window for write-on after they release acceptances. It has two separate parts: the writing component and the editing component. Writing is a 4 day window and Editing is 8 days (but they can be completed in less time, apparently). Grace Zhou is the one I communicated with, and she was incredibly helpful. I have heard from other transfers that it is very difficult to write-on, because they only save about 3 spots for transfers, however, they also have a number of other journals that are viable options.

For the record:
Submitted: 6/15
Complete: 6/28

Good luck all!

Just one correction to this: we don't usually set a quota for the number of transfer students we'll take. Instead, we typically take all of the transfers whose CE score meets or exceeds the lowest qualifying score from the original pool of candidates. Also, the other journals do not typically require a write-on; I recruited some transfers to STLR with nothing more than a simple conversation.

[Charlie_Bradbury]

so... dumb question: Law Review write-on period has passed right?

ETA: don't sweat the complete stuff. It takes them about a week from the time they receive your outstanding documents for the status checker to update (if my experience is any indication).

Nope! They will open up a transfer window for write-on after they release acceptances. It has two separate parts: the writing component and the editing component. Writing is a 4 day window and Editing is 8 days (but they can be completed in less time, apparently). Grace Zhou is the one I communicated with, and she was incredibly helpful. I have heard from other transfers that it is very difficult to write-on, because they only save about 3 spots for transfers, however, they also have a number of other journals that are viable options.

For the record:
Submitted: 6/15
Complete: 6/28

Good luck all!

Just one correction to this: we don't usually set a quota for the number of transfer students we'll take. Instead, we typically take all of the transfers whose CE score meets or exceeds the lowest qualifying score from the original pool of candidates. Also, the other journals do not typically require a write-on; I recruited some transfers to STLR with nothing more than a simple conversation.

Oh that's great to know! Thanks for the info.

[specterdraperaxe]

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[Dynamite]

So my status checker says "A decision letter has been sent." Given that I haven't received a phone call or email, should I assume I'm dinged?

x2, my status checker shows the same message. I am presuming we were rejected.

[moralsentiments]

So my status checker says "A decision letter has been sent." Given that I haven't received a phone call or email, should I assume I'm dinged?

x2, my status checker shows the same message. I am presuming we were rejected.

I got the same notice, and my app was a total hail mary. Not sure if that's a bad sign.

[Charlie_Bradbury]

So my status checker says "A decision letter has been sent." Given that I haven't received a phone call or email, should I assume I'm dinged?

x2, my status checker shows the same message. I am presuming we were rejected.

I got the same notice, and my app was a total hail mary. Not sure if that's a bad sign.

When did all of your apps go complete? Just wondering; my status is still blank...

[aharown]

Mine had a status in the past. The status fields are now blank, but at the top of the page it says in red "A decision letter has been sent."

I'm not going to assume anything, because it seems like an email would be better in the present situation than a letter, even with a rejection. They know people are tensely waiting.

[Dynamite]

So my status checker says "A decision letter has been sent." Given that I haven't received a phone call or email, should I assume I'm dinged?

x2, my status checker shows the same message. I am presuming we were rejected.

I got the same notice, and my app was a total hail mary. Not sure if that's a bad sign.

When did all of your apps go complete? Just wondering; my status is still blank...

Does yours not show "decision letter sent" in red at the top?

[Dynamite]

So my status checker says "A decision letter has been sent." Given that I haven't received a phone call or email, should I assume I'm dinged?

x2, my status checker shows the same message. I am presuming we were rejected.

I got the same notice, and my app was a total hail mary. Not sure if that's a bad sign.

Your data point helps make the case that this status more likely than not indicates a rejection...

[throwaway2018]

so if we see nothing on the status checker... are we still in the running??

ETA: nothing as in"Your application for admission to Stanford Law School is now complete."

[specterdraperaxe]

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[Charlie_Bradbury]

So my status checker says "A decision letter has been sent." Given that I haven't received a phone call or email, should I assume I'm dinged?

x2, my status checker shows the same message. I am presuming we were rejected.

I got the same notice, and my app was a total hail mary. Not sure if that's a bad sign.

When did all of your apps go complete? Just wondering; my status is still blank...

Does yours not show "decision letter sent" in red at the top?

Nope, still says (in red) "Your application for admission to Stanford Law School is now complete."

[moralsentiments]

Just called. I got dinged. Best of luck to everyone still waiting!

Did they tell you they were going to eventually send the decision via email. It's weird that the status change is there but no email.

[specterdraperaxe]

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[moralsentiments]

Just called. I got dinged. Best of luck to everyone still waiting!

Did they tell you they were going to eventually send the decision via email. It's weird that the status change is there but no email.

They told me they sent it via snail mail

Ok that seems like a for sure ding for me then. Why wouldn't they just deny over email instead of making everyone wait for the letter to come in the mail?

[bellepepper]

Hello, how many transfer students does Stanford typically accept. Any information would be very helpful.

Thank you.

[throwaway2018]

Hello, how many transfer students does Stanford typically accept. Any information would be very helpful.

Thank you.

Their 509 indicates 12-15 matriculate per year. I would imagine they admit a few more than that (18-20 maybe?)

[throwaway2018]

So who's still waiting ITT? The suspense is killing me...

[332159644@qq.com]

So who's still waiting ITT? The suspense is killing me...

Same here. I wonder since there are people knowing they're already admitted, and people knowing they're dinged, does that mean we are waitlisted?

[throwaway2018]

So who's still waiting ITT? The suspense is killing me...

Same here. I wonder since there are people knowing they're already admitted, and people knowing they're dinged, does that mean we are waitlisted?

I was thinking that, but so far there's only been 1 person who was admitted (T14 top 2%). Given the demographic on this site tends to lean towards higher numbers, I would be surprised if he were he only TLSer who got accepted.

Since his stats were so high, Stanford may have expedited his decision to get ahead of Harvard's deadline. My understanding is they have been known to do that for top candidates - see the 2014 transfer thread.

Either way, I wouldn't put Stanford in the win column just yet, but it's not a bad sign by any means.