Michigan Transfer 2016 Forum

[acr]

Officially heading to Ann Arbor in the fall! To those who haven't been accepted yet, good luck! To those who have, congrats and I can't wait to meet everyone in the fall!

Enjoy Michigan!

Thanks man. Good luck with your transfer cycle!

[dracula]

Got my acceptance call today! Top 10% T20

Career Services already got in touch and started to give prep for EIW! pretty impressed haha

Withdrew today! Hopefully this opens up a spot for those of you still waiting, good luck TLSers

[Tala29]

Hi,

Also officially heading to Ann Arbor! Is there anymore of us? This seems like a small transfer class!

[Transfer2016]

Any housing recommendations from current Michigan Law students?

[EncyclopediaOrange]

Headcount of people doing write-on? Really not sure if the slim odds of getting on LR is worth pulling an all-nighter for...

[Ilikecoldweather]

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[houritsu]

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[warby93]

Seems like this thread has quieted down, but (on the off chance someone knows) when should transfers expect to hear back on decisions for LR/secondary journals? I noticed one secondary listed in their timeline that they would notify those who are accepted on August 1st, but I was curious if this is the same for all of the journals, or could possibly vary (depending on how many applications they receive, for instance)?

I don't have an inside source to confirm this, but I've heard MLR/Journals are supposed to get back with all applicants by the start of EIW.

[AprilintheD]

3.74 from Wayne State Law and transferred to Michigan.

Writing this for any Wayne Law student like myself who wanted to see if it was possible. Dream came true when I got the offer.

[jdmonkey]

Seems like this thread has quieted down, but (on the off chance someone knows) when should transfers expect to hear back on decisions for LR/secondary journals? I noticed one secondary listed in their timeline that they would notify those who are accepted on August 1st, but I was curious if this is the same for all of the journals, or could possibly vary (depending on how many applications they receive, for instance)?

I don't have an inside source to confirm this, but I've heard MLR/Journals are supposed to get back with all applicants by the start of EIW.

Yes. You know what publication you are on in advance of EIW, so you have it for the resume. I would strongly consider doing the journal you are most intellectually interested in, as opposed to what seems the most prestigious, because that way it is less of a chore. Also if you are interested in the subject matter it is easier to get published. Kind of like with courses if you really find the material fascinating you tend to do better just cause studying doesn't suck.

[jdmonkey]

I also recommend taking any required courses your first semester, since the clinics and seminars are usually full, so you might as well bang out the doctrinals needed for graduation. You get two retroactive pass/fails that can be used for any course including a required one. Water wars is a good course to take first semester to balance the workload, cause it isn't on the curve and there is no exam. The general rule of thumb is if a class has less than 30 people it isn't on the curve.

[houritsu]

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