Fordham Waiting Room Forum

[beebs]

I wrote this for the Cornell waiting room, but I thought maybe it belongs in here too.

Oh, Cornell, I thought we had a chance
with my 165 LSAT, your suggestive glance
ninety-second percentile, I thought with a smile
will surely get me T14 by a mile!

Oh, Cornell, I thought this was going to workley
to me you were more attractive than Berkeley
with your mountains of snow and days without sun
your library pics- I thought you were the one!

But then, oh Cornell, much to my distress
I spent time online, specifically TLS
where I realized that all my 165 pride
was misplaced and I almost broke down and cried,

But I stayed strong, oh Cornell, I made my way through
Didn't let myself get bummed out over you
I even rebuilt my pride some, thought maybe I'd fluke
my way into your arms-make the 170s puke!

But today, sweet Cornell, checking status in boredom
I sank when I saw "waitlisted" at Fordham
So now, oh Cornell, I finally see
that you and I prob'ly aren't meant to be.

Despite the depressive state around here, this is awesome. I read it in the style of Dr. Seuss. I think it needs illustrations.

[beef wellington]

Waitlisted. 171/3.2( 3.8 ). Strong consider on LSP. I'm a splitter so I'm applying everywhere, and Fordham knows that because they asked. Any chance this is YP?

[dakatz]

Waitlisted. 171/3.16(3.78). Strong consider on LSP. I'm a splitter so I'm applying everywhere, and Fordham knows that because they asked. Any chance this is YP?

With a 3.16, that is definitely not YP.

[H. E. Pennypacker]

The Dean hated applications! The whole admissions season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that the 1L class size was about 500 TLSers too small.

But,
Whatever the reason,
His heart or his lips that were chapped,
He stood there in his office, hating those apps,
Staring down from his office with a sour, Deany frown
At the warm lighted windows in the upper west side part of town.
For he knew every person that sent in a file
Was not above Fordham's LSAT 75th percentile.

And what happened then...?
Well...on TLS they say
That Fordham's first year class
Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute the Dean's heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with acceptances through the bright morning light
And he brought those off the waitlist! And the food for the feast!
And he...

...HE HIMSELF...!
The Dean carved the roast beast!

[danidancer]

Waitlisted. 171/3.16(3.78). Strong consider on LSP. I'm a splitter so I'm applying everywhere, and Fordham knows that because they asked. Any chance this is YP?

That's what I'M really worried about. When I applied, I only put on the schools I was SURE I would be applying to, so a significantly smaller list than I actually applied to, but still including LOTS of T14s/reaches? Feeling incredibly stupid.

[keg411]

Are any splitters that got waitlisted today PT? Or is everyone FT?

[rockthelaw]

The Dean hated applications! The whole admissions season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that the 1L class size was about 500 TLSers too small.

But,
Whatever the reason,
His heart or his lips that were chapped,
He stood there in his office, hating those apps,
Staring down from his office with a sour, Deany frown
At the warm lighted windows in the upper west side part of town.
For he knew every person that sent in a file
Was not above Fordham's LSAT 75th percentile.

And what happened then...?
Well...on TLS they say
That Fordham's first year class
Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute the Dean's heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with acceptances through the bright morning light
And he brought those off the waitlist! And the food for the feast!
And he...

...HE HIMSELF...!
The Dean carved the roast beast!

Amazing. Even with slightly bad news going around, this forum is still awesome.

[pikalove]

The Dean hated applications! The whole admissions season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that the 1L class size was about 500 TLSers too small.

But,
Whatever the reason,
His heart or his lips that were chapped,
He stood there in his office, hating those apps,
Staring down from his office with a sour, Deany frown
At the warm lighted windows in the upper west side part of town.
For he knew every person that sent in a file
Was not above Fordham's LSAT 75th percentile.

And what happened then...?
Well...on TLS they say
That Fordham's first year class
Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute the Dean's heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with acceptances through the bright morning light
And he brought those off the waitlist! And the food for the feast!
And he...

...HE HIMSELF...!
The Dean carved the roast beast!

AMAZING!! Also, I wish that would actually happen.

[clem21]

The Dean hated applications! The whole admissions season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that the 1L class size was about 500 TLSers too small.

But,
Whatever the reason,
His heart or his lips that were chapped,
He stood there in his office, hating those apps,
Staring down from his office with a sour, Deany frown
At the warm lighted windows in the upper west side part of town.
For he knew every person that sent in a file
Was not above Fordham's LSAT 75th percentile.

And what happened then...?
Well...on TLS they say
That Fordham's first year class
Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute the Dean's heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with acceptances through the bright morning light
And he brought those off the waitlist! And the food for the feast!
And he...

...HE HIMSELF...!
The Dean carved the roast beast!

Absolutely brilliant!

And hopefully it'll be true as well because barring a miracle NYU acceptance or a giant BU scholarship, I'm coming back to my hometown for Fordham and I want some TLSers there with me.

To answer the question from earlier, Submitted: 10/26 Complete: 11/2

[Burger in a can]

The Dean hated applications! The whole admissions season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that the 1L class size was about 500 TLSers too small.

But,
Whatever the reason,
His heart or his lips that were chapped,
He stood there in his office, hating those apps,
Staring down from his office with a sour, Deany frown
At the warm lighted windows in the upper west side part of town.
For he knew every person that sent in a file
Was not above Fordham's LSAT 75th percentile.

And what happened then...?
Well...on TLS they say
That Fordham's first year class
Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute the Dean's heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with acceptances through the bright morning light
And he brought those off the waitlist! And the food for the feast!
And he...

...HE HIMSELF...!
The Dean carved the roast beast!

Nice! I want a slice of Fordham beast.

[beef wellington]

Waitlisted. 171/3.16(3.78). Strong consider on LSP. I'm a splitter so I'm applying everywhere, and Fordham knows that because they asked. Any chance this is YP?

With a 3.16, that is definitely not YP.

Yeah I don't know. Looking through Fordham apps the last few years for all WL/accepted and WL/rejected candidates. No 170+ in either list. I have to think they figure I'll end up somewhere else. But that doesn't explain the people with better numbers who were accepted... Maybe they figure splitters will bear a WL but people over both medians won't? I can't imagine not getting in if it comes down to it.

[jk11287]

Waitlisted. 171/3.16(3.78). Strong consider on LSP. I'm a splitter so I'm applying everywhere, and Fordham knows that because they asked. Any chance this is YP?

I really wouldn't feel that bad about it because it seems like virtually every splitter on the planet got WL @ Fordham today (except me, obviously, since im STILL JUST COMPLETE SINCE 10/19-sorry), so it seems like they are pretty arbitrarily WL people below a certain LSAT/GPA number.

And I do think it could be sort of YP because there are some T14 that would probably snap you up...with high lsat splitters its always sort of a crapshoot.

[beebs]

The Dean hated applications! The whole admissions season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that the 1L class size was about 500 TLSers too small.

But,
Whatever the reason,
His heart or his lips that were chapped,
He stood there in his office, hating those apps,
Staring down from his office with a sour, Deany frown
At the warm lighted windows in the upper west side part of town.
For he knew every person that sent in a file
Was not above Fordham's LSAT 75th percentile.

And what happened then...?
Well...on TLS they say
That Fordham's first year class
Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute the Dean's heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with acceptances through the bright morning light
And he brought those off the waitlist! And the food for the feast!
And he...

...HE HIMSELF...!
The Dean carved the roast beast!

All I want for Christmas is a Fordham Law acceptance.

[H. E. Pennypacker]

Thank you, thank you...I do it not for the glory, though that part is nice. We definitely needed a pick-me-up after today's events (on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor of all days). But I'm off now to watch my DVRed Festivus Seinfeld episode.

[robin600]

Congrats to all those accepted!! Sorry/congrats to those waitlisted (at least we're not down right rejected!)

So from what it seems so far is the waitlist at Fordham considered a soft reject?

[zgreen]

wl 3.2/ 172

'your file has been waitlisted'

This phrasing is odd.

[SanBun]

wl 3.2/ 172

'your file has been waitlisted'

This phrasing is odd.

oh nm wrong thread

[beebs]

Good news today:

Packers are up 17-0 at the half.

I heart Donald Driver.

[beef wellington]

Congrats to all those accepted!! Sorry/congrats to those waitlisted (at least we're not down right rejected!)

So from what it seems so far is the waitlist at Fordham considered a soft reject?

Seems like anything but to me.

[robin600]

Congrats to all those accepted!! Sorry/congrats to those waitlisted (at least we're not down right rejected!)

So from what it seems so far is the waitlist at Fordham considered a soft reject?

Seems like anything but to me.

Really why do you say that?

[beef wellington]

Congrats to all those accepted!! Sorry/congrats to those waitlisted (at least we're not down right rejected!)

So from what it seems so far is the waitlist at Fordham considered a soft reject?

Seems like anything but to me.

Really why do you say that?

A lot of us have numbers that they would rarely reject and are likely good enough to get us into higher ranked schools. They accepted a lot of people off the waitlist both of the last two years.

[dms87]

FWIW, I'm a 3.75/171. EA, submitted 11/1, complete 11/2. I listed every school I was planning to apply to, including Columbia, NYU, and Duke; I hope this doesn't hurt me - Fordham is a legitimate consideration for me, especially if I don't get in at NYU/Columbia and/or they offer $$. I'll keep you posted on my status.

[beef wellington]

FWIW, I'm a 3.75/171. EA, submitted 11/1, complete 11/2. I listed every school I was planning to apply to, including Columbia, NYU, and Duke; I hope this doesn't hurt me - Fordham is a legitimate consideration for me, especially if I don't get in at NYU/Columbia and/or they offer $$. I'll keep you posted on my status.

You would appear to be fine judging by LSN. They don't appear to be worried about YP for people above both medians. Best of luck.

[dms87]

FWIW, I'm a 3.75/171. EA, submitted 11/1, complete 11/2. I listed every school I was planning to apply to, including Columbia, NYU, and Duke; I hope this doesn't hurt me - Fordham is a legitimate consideration for me, especially if I don't get in at NYU/Columbia and/or they offer $$. I'll keep you posted on my status.

You would appear to be fine judging by LSN. They don't appear to be worried about YP for people above both medians. Best of luck.

Thanks - hoping . I have a funky situation - my fiancee is going to dental school. Thankfully she got into NYU/Harvard/UFlorida. So far I'm in at Duke/UMiami. Hopefully Fordham will at least open up the NYC option, although BU Law/Harvard Dent > Fordham/NYU Dent probably? But it's all speculation until I get some letters! AHH!

[beebs]

FWIW, I'm a 3.75/171. EA, submitted 11/1, complete 11/2. I listed every school I was planning to apply to, including Columbia, NYU, and Duke; I hope this doesn't hurt me - Fordham is a legitimate consideration for me, especially if I don't get in at NYU/Columbia and/or they offer $$. I'll keep you posted on my status.

You would appear to be fine judging by LSN. They don't appear to be worried about YP for people above both medians. Best of luck.

Thanks - hoping . I have a funky situation - my fiancee is going to dental school. Thankfully she got into NYU/Harvard/UFlorida. So far I'm in at Duke/UMiami. Hopefully Fordham will at least open up the NYC option, although BU Law/Harvard Dent > Fordham/NYU Dent probably? But it's all speculation until I get some letters! AHH!

You're missing an important element in your equation:

New York > Boston