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[exeunt]

does anyone know how we can change emails to be sent from @law.harvard.edu instead of @jd13.law.harvard.edu?

[CardinalRules]

I was under the impression that applicants generally don't get accepted at 2 or more of HYS, though. Have other people heard the same thoughts?

My casual perusal of LSN left me with the impression that Harvard was the most predictable (based on numbers), whereas Yale required the same numbers + something extra. So many Yale admits got into Harvard as well if they applied. I'm not sure about Stanford.

I like the way you phrased that sentence, rather than saying that many Harvard admits got into Yale as well if they applied.

From what I've heard, Stanford is less predictable than Harvard but more predictable than Yale. The "same numbers + something extra" theory sounds right to me. It's the "something extra" beyond statistics that's lacking from my app, I fear. But I'm not going to let it bother me after yesterday's news.

[owhlcn]

agreed that on the predictability scale, yale < stanford < harvard. i think if yale called i'd have real trouble turning them down, though like others i'd have some serious visiting/thinking to do...

[Nom Sawyer]

Yeah thats true about predictability but I'm axing half it... haha got really lazy and haven't even applied to Stanford and Yale yet, and with a JR2 I probably won't even do Stanford anymore mainly cause:

1) Location of Harvard (SO, family)
2) Want to save $100

Anyone else stopping halfway through their other apps ? (or was I the only one who was such a procrastinator that I did apps in batches of 2 or 3 at a time... )

[CardinalRules]

Didn't tell my mom anything, just showed her the status check page with the "Admitted" post on it. She almost fainted.

[nixxers]

(610): i just heard one Asian kid say to another, "i bet if i could get into Harvard i could get laid all the time, my brother lost his virginity the first night there."

[DoubleChecks]

95% sure im going to HLS. i mean, it is my #1 choice, even over Yale and Stanford.

5% depends on my SO; complicated mess right now, though she SHOULD end up in Boston, never know - may be NY, so then id most likely choose Columbia instead (if i get in).

[CardinalRules]

95% sure im going to HLS. i mean, it is my #1 choice, even over Yale and Stanford.

5% depends on my SO; complicated mess right now, though she SHOULD end up in Boston, never know - may be NY, so then id most likely choose Columbia instead (if i get in).

Pray that she ends up in Boston. Or pray that you don't get in to CLS.

[Nom Sawyer]

95% sure im going to HLS. i mean, it is my #1 choice, even over Yale and Stanford.

5% depends on my SO; complicated mess right now, though she SHOULD end up in Boston, never know - may be NY, so then id most likely choose Columbia instead (if i get in).

Umm you have it easy... Boston -> NY isn't that far. My SO is in Canada (Toronto so on the border tho) so HLS or CLS would be a 7 hr drive.

[CardinalRules]

95% sure im going to HLS. i mean, it is my #1 choice, even over Yale and Stanford.

5% depends on my SO; complicated mess right now, though she SHOULD end up in Boston, never know - may be NY, so then id most likely choose Columbia instead (if i get in).

Umm you have it easy... Boston -> NY isn't that far. My SO is in Canada (Toronto so on the border tho) so HLS or CLS would be a 7 hr drive.

What is this sudden proliferation of SOs on threads throughout the forum? Am I the only single guy around here??

[DoubleChecks]

95% sure im going to HLS. i mean, it is my #1 choice, even over Yale and Stanford.

5% depends on my SO; complicated mess right now, though she SHOULD end up in Boston, never know - may be NY, so then id most likely choose Columbia instead (if i get in).

Pray that she ends up in Boston. Or pray that you don't get in to CLS.

haha yeah, i definitely want HLS! but if i had to choose her + Columbia or HLS...well i know my own personal priorities. there isnt a crushing difference in job prospects coming out of CLS or HLS, but there'd be a crushing difference in my life if she werent in it

she still says im a moron if i dont go HLS haha

@SW: yeah true, but for some personal reasons, we wont be doing long distance. so more of an all or nothing haha, but i mean, our plans have it set up for Boston, just still room for mishaps

[CardinalRules]

95% sure im going to HLS. i mean, it is my #1 choice, even over Yale and Stanford.

5% depends on my SO; complicated mess right now, though she SHOULD end up in Boston, never know - may be NY, so then id most likely choose Columbia instead (if i get in).

Pray that she ends up in Boston. Or pray that you don't get in to CLS.

haha yeah, i definitely want HLS! but if i had to choose her + Columbia or HLS...well i know my own personal priorities. there isnt a crushing difference in job prospects coming out of CLS or HLS, but there'd be a crushing difference in my life if she werent in it

she still says im a moron if i dont go HLS haha

@SW: yeah true, but for some personal reasons, we wont be doing long distance. so more of an all or nothing haha, but i mean, our plans have it set up for Boston, just still room for mishaps

She's smarter than you...maybe she should have applied to HLS.
But it's lovely that she means so much to you. Hopefully, I will say the same thing about someone someday.

[Nom Sawyer]

95% sure im going to HLS. i mean, it is my #1 choice, even over Yale and Stanford.

5% depends on my SO; complicated mess right now, though she SHOULD end up in Boston, never know - may be NY, so then id most likely choose Columbia instead (if i get in).

Umm you have it easy... Boston -> NY isn't that far. My SO is in Canada (Toronto so on the border tho) so HLS or CLS would be a 7 hr drive.

What is this sudden proliferation of SOs on threads throughout the forum? Am I the only single guy around here??

Your single ? I thought that avatar was your SO lol.

And yeah DoubleChecks I would choose CLS + SO over HLS too... but sadly I don't even have that option haha

[CardinalRules]

95% sure im going to HLS. i mean, it is my #1 choice, even over Yale and Stanford.

5% depends on my SO; complicated mess right now, though she SHOULD end up in Boston, never know - may be NY, so then id most likely choose Columbia instead (if i get in).

Umm you have it easy... Boston -> NY isn't that far. My SO is in Canada (Toronto so on the border tho) so HLS or CLS would be a 7 hr drive.

What is this sudden proliferation of SOs on threads throughout the forum? Am I the only single guy around here??

Your single ? I thought that avatar was your SO lol.

And yeah DoubleChecks I would choose CLS + SO over HLS too... but sadly I don't even have that option haha

I wish...I'd still take a top-choice school over a second-choice school + my avatar though.

[bluedolphins]

does anyone know how we can change emails to be sent from @law.harvard.edu instead of @jd13.law.harvard.edu?

I doubt it. I was looking at the my HLS website and I saw the student's email address there has jd11 in it.

[exeunt]

lame just curious because the email in my inbox was addressed to jdoe@law.harvard.edu

[vyboxvybox]

As far as e-mail goes, I was interested because the intro e-mail from Harvard was to jdoe@law.harvard.edu, but our e-mails are jdoe@jd13.harvard.edu. Out of curiousity I tried sending a test email to from an external account to the address that Harvard used initially and no dice, return to sender.

On another note, has anyone found useful information about financial aid process for Harvard (aside from the information Harvard already provides)? Mainly I'm looking for people who have filled that stuff out in previous years and/or might have insight or anecdotes about the process.

I've been out of undergrad for a while, earning income, self-supporting, and have been independent from my parents for a long time. Even though I'll do whatever it takes to get to Harvard come August, the aid package will be a huge factor in my next three years.

[Nom Sawyer]

Random thoughts to general questions asked:

I think the current email we have might be just a temporary one for Admitted students and not actual HLS students. If you notice in the email account it says this address will expire by Oct 2010, so perhaps they will switch it once the school year starts and you decide to matriculate at Harvard.

As for Financial aid, I've done a little research and its highly dependent on how old you are. I think there are age cut-offs (around 27-29?) where the amount of your parents asset gets counted at 75%, 50%, down to 0. Also the minimum loan package (i.e. almost required for everyone) seems to be at around 25K a year. However this is usually deferred education loans with low interest so they seem ok. Overall, actual grants don't seem that high, the Harvard website says approx. 10% of total tuition for HLS students is covered by Harvard grants.

[T14]

Random thoughts to general questions asked:

I think the current email we have might be just a temporary one for Admitted students and not actual HLS students. If you notice in the email account it says this address will expire by Oct 2010, so perhaps they will switch it once the school year starts and you decide to matriculate at Harvard.

As for Financial aid, I've done a little research and its highly dependent on how old you are. I think there are age cut-offs (around 27-29?) where the amount of your parents asset gets counted at 75%, 50%, down to 0. Also the minimum loan package (i.e. almost required for everyone) seems to be at around 25K a year. However this is usually deferred education loans with low interest so they seem ok. Overall, actual grants don't seem that high, the Harvard website says approx. 10% of total tuition for HLS students is covered by Harvard grants.

Harvard Law School requires parent financial resource information from all applicants for HLS Grant assistance who have not reached the age of 29 by September 1 of the applicable academic year. A parental resource assessment will be calculated using standard institutional need analysis policy, and then adjusted according to the following scale:

for students who are age 25 and below on September 1, the full calculated parental contribution will be used in determining eligibility for Grant assistance.
for students who reach the age of 26 before September 1, the calculated parental contribution will be reduced by 25%.
for students who reach the age of 27 before September 1, the calculated parental contribution will be reduced by 50%.
for students who reach the age of 28 before September 1, the calculated parental contribution will be reduced by 75%.
for students who reach the age of 29 (or above) before September 1, no parental contribution will be imputed, and the submission of parents’ financial data will not be required.

http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/ ... arent.html

[Nom Sawyer]

Wow i'm amazed I recalled that so well after glancing at it like a month ago.

[Isa]

Random thoughts to general questions asked:

I think the current email we have might be just a temporary one for Admitted students and not actual HLS students. If you notice in the email account it says this address will expire by Oct 2010, so perhaps they will switch it once the school year starts and you decide to matriculate at Harvard.

As for Financial aid, I've done a little research and its highly dependent on how old you are. I think there are age cut-offs (around 27-29?) where the amount of your parents asset gets counted at 75%, 50%, down to 0. Also the minimum loan package (i.e. almost required for everyone) seems to be at around 25K a year. However this is usually deferred education loans with low interest so they seem ok. Overall, actual grants don't seem that high, the Harvard website says approx. 10% of total tuition for HLS students is covered by Harvard grants.

Harvard Law School requires parent financial resource information from all applicants for HLS Grant assistance who have not reached the age of 29 by September 1 of the applicable academic year. A parental resource assessment will be calculated using standard institutional need analysis policy, and then adjusted according to the following scale:

for students who are age 25 and below on September 1, the full calculated parental contribution will be used in determining eligibility for Grant assistance.
for students who reach the age of 26 before September 1, the calculated parental contribution will be reduced by 25%.
for students who reach the age of 27 before September 1, the calculated parental contribution will be reduced by 50%.
for students who reach the age of 28 before September 1, the calculated parental contribution will be reduced by 75%.
for students who reach the age of 29 (or above) before September 1, no parental contribution will be imputed, and the submission of parents’ financial data will not be required.

http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/ ... arent.html

This seems inherently unfair - while my parents are currently paying for undergrad, I know for a fact that they will NOT be paying for law school.

[GeePee]

Yeah thats true about predictability but I'm axing half it... haha got really lazy and haven't even applied to Stanford and Yale yet, and with a JR2 I probably won't even do Stanford anymore mainly cause:

1) Location of Harvard (SO, family)
2) Want to save $100

Anyone else stopping halfway through their other apps ? (or was I the only one who was such a procrastinator that I did apps in batches of 2 or 3 at a time... )

If $100 is worth a kick-ass 3 day vacation to Palo Alto (ASW), then I'd probably take the chance on applying.

If not, it seems like you're good to go with HLS!

[Nom Sawyer]

Yeah thats true about predictability but I'm axing half it... haha got really lazy and haven't even applied to Stanford and Yale yet, and with a JR2 I probably won't even do Stanford anymore mainly cause:

1) Location of Harvard (SO, family)
2) Want to save $100

Anyone else stopping halfway through their other apps ? (or was I the only one who was such a procrastinator that I did apps in batches of 2 or 3 at a time... )

If $100 is worth a kick-ass 3 day vacation to Palo Alto (ASW), then I'd probably take the chance on applying.

If not, it seems like you're good to go with HLS!

Oh wow... I just forgot about the 3 day ASW... arghh I can't decide, I need to go through the whole Dean thing too if I want to apply to Stanford tho. Does Berkeley have a ASW? Maybe I can just settle for that

[sfdreaming09]

Does SLS subsidize the cost of the ASW-related travel expenses or something?

[Nom Sawyer]

Does SLS subsidize the cost of the ASW-related travel expenses or something?

Most schools subsidize it somewhat.. Harvard gives you $50-150 depending on distance and provides housing.