Stanford Law School c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle) Forum

[lawschool1741]

DLS. Given the recent activity, dinged?

I think DLS without already having had a phone call almost always means ding/waitlist. AFAIK no one has been waitlisted yet, but I'm not sure. Stanford is pretty brutal with giving out rejections to amazing candidates, so I'm sure you have other amazing options! When did you go complete if you don't mind my asking?

Figured...and thanks! Complete mid-Dec

[tonysoprano]

Why is everyone always so worried about annoying the adcomm? This is their job, and presumably they're somewhat of people people if they made their career a people-facing one. Definitely stop by, showing your face and interest can only help you.

While I doubt it will hurt you, I couldn't disagree more

[NoBladesNoBows]

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[tonysoprano]

Why is everyone always so worried about annoying the adcomm? This is their job, and presumably they're somewhat of people people if they made their career a people-facing one. Definitely stop by, showing your face and interest can only help you.

While I doubt it will hurt you, I couldn't disagree more

I'm not really sure what you're saying here. Wouldn't thinking it would hurt you be disagreeing with me more? What do you disagree with me so much about? And based on what?

Yea, I guess I technically could disagree more. I was more referring to your stance that it could help and that, because adcomms work with people, it's not annoying. It's not worth getting into (mainly because it's been discussed and debated to a high extent in other threads, especially related to responding to HLS communications), I just figured I'd give my two cents that I think it's nothing but an annoyance. In the other debates, after pages of disagreements, it always comes down to people having different opinions about something we'll never truly know.

TL;DR: just my opinion; do you

[NoBladesNoBows]

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[strugglebus]

I agree it's generally a bad idea to annoy adcomms, but I don't understand how telling them you're visiting is supposed to annoy them.

SLS has a whole page on its website about visiting even if you aren't yet admitted: https://www.law.stanford.edu/contact/vi ... law-school

There's a big difference between arranging a visit and calling to ask when you'll get a decision.

[NoBladesNoBows]

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[qwertyTLS]

And to be clear my original post was in reference to keepsmiling1230 talking about visiting, not Mack.Hambleton talking about calling to check on an admission decision. I would strongly recommend not calling to ask for a decision. You've waited this long, a few more days won't kill you.

I think mack was talking about calling once you've gone DLS on the status checker. at that point they've already made a decision, and i'm sure they understand snail mail can take a while/may not be living at mailing address, etc. when we're getting to the last few weeks of the cycle, i don't think it's a big deal to call and confirm what the DLS means.

[NoBladesNoBows]

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[Mack.Hambleton]

They had no problem with DLS people calling last cycle, and most of them were dinged anyway so who gives a shit

[ballcaps]

most of them were dinged anyway so who gives a shit

[trynalaw123]

To those who are still waiting to hear.....are any of you able to breathe when you log on? I always hear the Imperial March playing in my head when I click Logon, and then when it still says "Submitted for Review" I am able to resume normal respiratory operations.

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What percentage of admits do we think have heard back already? It doesn't seem like too many by the looks of TLS and LSN, though the sample size is obviously small.
AKA - do us waiters still have a good chance of getting a call one of these days?

[bobleman300]

There are about 150 people in the facebook group if that helps you understand what percentage of the class has been admitted. I know anecdotally that a few of my friends from school have yet to be accepted to the group/had some glitches and cant join. So I assume the number is quite a bit higher.

[Auxilio]

There are about 150 people in the facebook group if that helps you understand what percentage of the class has been admitted. I know anecdotally that a few of my friends from school have yet to be accepted to the group/had some glitches and cant join. So I assume the number is quite a bit higher.

And there are ~400 offers each year, so I would expect they are between 50-70% done.

[The thinker]

well, Stanford reported 408 offers last year. Let's just assume for the purposes of argument that the percentage of wait-list admits is about 8% (as calculated here http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=225363) . Then 33 of those offers would have come off the wait-list. That brings the number down to 375 offers. Now take away the 150 members of the Facebook group and another 100 that have been admitted and are not on the Facebook group (this is chosen arbitrarily but seems like if anything it is an over estimation). That leaves 125 offers left before the mid/late april wait-lists. So there ought to be some calls.

[trynalaw123]

Alright great, those speculative numbers are somewhat reassuring! READY FOR SOME CALLS!!

[ErgoSum]

I'm in the area visiting other schools and stopped by stanford today to feel it out since I won't be able to come to ASW if (IF) I'm accepted. Woah is it large! Their own gas stations even :O

[quadsbaby]

I'm in the area visiting other schools and stopped by stanford today to feel it out since I won't be able to come to ASW if (IF) I'm accepted. Woah is it large! Their own gas stations even :O

One of the largest campuses in the US Not all of the land is developed, but you will find a lot of stuff (including a giant radio telescope (the dish) and a horse farm).

[adman921]

DLS
Complete 11/17, 172 + 3.71

[pushsum123]

DLS
Complete 11/17, 172 + 3.71

Sorry to hear that

[adman921]

DLS
Complete 11/17, 172 + 3.71

Sorry to hear that

No chance for a waitlist / they'll call me tomorrow, eh?

[Mack.Hambleton]

DLS
Complete 11/17, 172 + 3.71

Sorry to hear that

No chance for a waitlist / they'll call me tomorrow, eh?

There haven't been any reported waitlists yet, doesn't mean you can't be the first tho

[adman921]

DLS
Complete 11/17, 172 + 3.71

Sorry to hear that

No chance for a waitlist / they'll call me tomorrow, eh?

There haven't been any reported waitlists yet, doesn't mean you can't be the first tho

haha i appreciate that -- best of luck to you all!

[Oskosh]

Can somebody explain to me what is going on? Or did the previous user just not check his status until recently? For a while it seemed that they were sending out dings chronologically (nearing the beginning of January), but now this anomalous mid-November complete date surfaces? Is there a method to this madness (cheers to those who can catch the allusion, albeit contrived)?!

[Eladriel]

Rejected. Was a reach anyway.