Notre Dame Law School c/o 2018 (2014-2015 applicants) Forum

[frank617]

Thanks again to all current students answering questions.

If you choose to live in Fischer or O'Hara-Grace, are you paying the rent for 12 months or just during the school year?

Just the school year. That is one of the main reasons why I did FOG. A lot of other places I looked at wanted a 12 month lease.

In regards to the Overlook (or whatever that new place is called for grad students)... it looks nice. It is a little bit further of a walk than FOG. And too expensive IMO. Everything is included at FOG and it is fully furnished.

Awesome, thanks. Fischer actually sounds like a pretty fun setup as well.

[mu13ski]

Thanks again to all current students answering questions.

If you choose to live in Fischer or O'Hara-Grace, are you paying the rent for 12 months or just during the school year?

Just the school year. That is one of the main reasons why I did FOG. A lot of other places I looked at wanted a 12 month lease.

In regards to the Overlook (or whatever that new place is called for grad students)... it looks nice. It is a little bit further of a walk than FOG. And too expensive IMO. Everything is included at FOG and it is fully furnished.

Awesome, thanks. Fischer actually sounds like a pretty fun setup as well.

Ya, it's really not that bad at all. A lot of people live there and if you don't want to be with law students 24/7, you can live with different grad students

[frank617]

Thanks again to all current students answering questions.

If you choose to live in Fischer or O'Hara-Grace, are you paying the rent for 12 months or just during the school year?

Just the school year. That is one of the main reasons why I did FOG. A lot of other places I looked at wanted a 12 month lease.

In regards to the Overlook (or whatever that new place is called for grad students)... it looks nice. It is a little bit further of a walk than FOG. And too expensive IMO. Everything is included at FOG and it is fully furnished.

Awesome, thanks. Fischer actually sounds like a pretty fun setup as well.

Ya, it's really not that bad at all. A lot of people live there and if you don't want to be with law students 24/7, you can live with different grad students

Is the atmosphere in those pretty social?

Also, how are roommates figured out for Fischer? Sorry if this has been addressed, I'm at work right now and haven't been able to read through all the responses.

[kyle010723]

Ya, it's really not that bad at all. A lot of people live there and if you don't want to be with law students 24/7, you can live with different grad students

Oh come on, law students are not that scary, I promise we dont bite.

[mu13ski]

Is the atmosphere in those pretty social?

Also, how are roommates figured out for Fischer? Sorry if this has been addressed, I'm at work right now and haven't been able to read through all the responses.

On football weekends they are social. Otherwise they tend to be quieter. There are a fair number of events that are planned for just FOG residents that usually center around free food.

You can get random roommates or request your roommates. The admitted students FB page is good for finding potential roommates

[mu13ski]

Ya, it's really not that bad at all. A lot of people live there and if you don't want to be with law students 24/7, you can live with different grad students

Oh come on, law students are not that scary, I promise we dont bite.

Not that law students are scary, but having friends outside the law school is helpful to maintain sanity.

[boosane]

Hey guys, my application has been on "Application Complete" for exactly a month now. Should I give them a call or something? I have no idea why I haven't heard back for more than a month now.

[mx23250]

Hey guys, my application has been on "Application Complete" for exactly a month now. Should I give them a call or something? I have no idea why I haven't heard back for more than a month now.

I'd wait at least two months before checking in. Few applicants seem to hear back within a month and those that do seem to have very strong applications. It was about 7 weeks for me and it seems like most take between 1-2 months to hear back.

[RollingthruLawSchool]

Probably both. A jump from #26 to #20 is pretty impressive, but it's hard to know how well ND did relative to the other schools it jumped ahead of until we know the % from #21+. I'd imagine most other schools only increased a couple % at best and didn't enjoy the 8% climb that ND did.

Last year the 20th was UCI with 23.2%, and the first one that broke 30% was 14th with Yale, whereas this year 20th is 24.46% and 18th USC has 29.55%. So I'd like to think the economy is improving. Although the engineer in me tells me we need more data to run some regressions, but I will pass for now.

+1. Comparing each school with last year there definitely seems to be a growing trend, albeit small for some. I'd agree it appears the economy is improving. As a biochemist, I will also pass on running some regression analyses.

law school transparency as both 2012 and 2011. Yale is also probably so low because so many of their students go on to clerk, and therefore do not enter the big law scene until after they're done with their clerkship.

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[boosane]

Hey guys, my application has been on "Application Complete" for exactly a month now. Should I give them a call or something? I have no idea why I haven't heard back for more than a month now.

I'd wait at least two months before checking in. Few applicants seem to hear back within a month and those that do seem to have very strong applications. It was about 7 weeks for me and it seems like most take between 1-2 months to hear back.

Thanks for the informative response Mx. I'm definitely not a strong applicant with a 170 LSAT etc, so would this imply that I'm possibly be considered instead of being an auto-reject?

[mx23250]

Hey guys, my application has been on "Application Complete" for exactly a month now. Should I give them a call or something? I have no idea why I haven't heard back for more than a month now.

I'd wait at least two months before checking in. Few applicants seem to hear back within a month and those that do seem to have very strong applications. It was about 7 weeks for me and it seems like most take between 1-2 months to hear back.

Thanks for the informative response Mx. I'm definitely not a strong applicant with a 170 LSAT etc, so would this imply that I'm possibly be considered instead of being an auto-reject?

For the record, I'm not a strong candidate at all and clearly got in based on my strong softs (below one 25% and ~25% of the other). Good luck!

[kyle010723]

For the record, I'm not a strong candidate at all and clearly got in based on my strong softs (below one 25% and ~25% of the other). Good luck!

Ph.D is like an auto-admit, the superb grad GPA helps too.

[anna8506]

For the record, I'm not a strong candidate at all and clearly got in based on my strong softs (below one 25% and ~25% of the other). Good luck!

Ph.D is like an auto-admit, the superb grad GPA helps too.

They do not use grad GPA as much an indication of academic performance...sadly... I sure wish they do though.

[mx23250]

For the record, I'm not a strong candidate at all and clearly got in based on my strong softs (below one 25% and ~25% of the other). Good luck!

Ph.D is like an auto-admit, the superb grad GPA helps too.

Yeah, I think that's what saved me. Had a poor undergrad GPA but got a 4.0 with my PhD and masters. Probably won't help with scholly $$ but I feel fortunate to have gotten into such an amazing law school.

[John Everyman]

For the record, I'm not a strong candidate at all and clearly got in based on my strong softs (below one 25% and ~25% of the other). Good luck!

Ph.D is like an auto-admit, the superb grad GPA helps too.

Yeah, I think that's what saved me. Had a poor undergrad GPA but got a 4.0 with my PhD and masters. Probably won't help with scholly $$ but I feel fortunate to have gotten into such an amazing law school.

I like your attitude mx

[mx23250]

For the record, I'm not a strong candidate at all and clearly got in based on my strong softs (below one 25% and ~25% of the other). Good luck!

Ph.D is like an auto-admit, the superb grad GPA helps too.

Yeah, I think that's what saved me. Had a poor undergrad GPA but got a 4.0 with my PhD and masters. Probably won't help with scholly $$ but I feel fortunate to have gotten into such an amazing law school.

I like your attitude mx

Thank you, Sir.

[Kanye West]

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[Mitchellcar]

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Congrats! You went complete again in 2/11 right? Doesn't look good for me then since I didn't have any change in my status yet and went 2nd complete on the same day as you.

[Kanye West]

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Congrats! You went complete again in 2/11 right? Doesn't look good for me then since I didn't have any change in my status yet and went 2nd complete on the same day as you.

Yes

[Mitchellcar]

I'm gonna be refreshing that status check l day now. My nails are already gone.

[magjag]

I'm gonna be refreshing that status check l day now. My nails are already gone.

called them. a handful of decisions already went out today. Nothing for me yet.

[Ditka747]

I'm gonna be refreshing that status check l day now. My nails are already gone.

called them. a handful of decisions already went out today. Nothing for me yet.

I told myself I'm not going to check any statuses until noon today. This is going to be a rough 20 mins.

[Mitchellcar]

I'm gonna be refreshing that status check l day now. My nails are already gone.

called them. a handful of decisions already went out today. Nothing for me yet.

Well shit. Hopefully they didn't send out all the acceptances and those of us waiting are the deny/waitlist.... Thanks for the info though.

[Mitchellcar]

I'm gonna be refreshing that status check l day now. My nails are already gone.

called them. a handful of decisions already went out today. Nothing for me yet.

I told myself I'm not going to check any statuses until noon today. This is going to be a rough 20 mins.

You have a lot more will power than me haha I couldn't wait. Guess I'm not getting this history paper done for at least a few more hours....

[magjag]

I'm gonna be refreshing that status check l day now. My nails are already gone.

called them. a handful of decisions already went out today. Nothing for me yet.

I told myself I'm not going to check any statuses until noon today. This is going to be a rough 20 mins.

You have a lot more will power than me haha I couldn't wait. Guess I'm not getting this history paper done for at least a few more hours....

In other news. I got wait listed by Kent. what the.....