Stanford c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle) Forum

[MikeTheWilliams]

"A decision letter has been sent."

In our experience this is snail mail?

[Ghghghhhg2000]

"A decision letter has been sent."

In our experience this is snail mail?

When did you go Complete?

[ralph_pootawn]

"A decision letter has been sent."

In our experience this is snail mail?

yes. it is snail mail

[MikeTheWilliams]

"A decision letter has been sent."

In our experience this is snail mail?

When did you go Complete?

Complete 12/13, DLS 2/29

[boosk]

Your application for admission to Stanford Law School is now complete.

Status: Your file has been submitted for review.
Current Status Date: 11/18/2011

still alive!

[Doorkeeper]

Looks like they're still going through the files and when we see DLS for people who applied in Jan then we'll know they're return back to the soft holds.

[vto35]

Your application for admission to Stanford Law School is now complete.

Status: Your file has been submitted for review.
Current Status Date: 11/18/2011

still alive!

+1

same date !

[johnson.jelly]

does anyone want to hypothesize/theorize on how many people Stanford may have admitted...what % of people on 'soft hold' get accepted and when the WL usually comes out?

A quick look at LSN gives me the following. Also, it's uncanny how LSN is a pretty accurate sample size.

LSN Sample:

# of Applicants: ~525

# Admitted: ~50

# Rejected: ~47

# of Wait List: 0

Stanford Law Applicant Pool:

# of Applicants: ~4,000

# Admitted: ~360 (calculated at a 9% admit rate)

Analysis:

LSN represents ~13% of the SLS applicant pool and since ~50 of the ~360 admits come from LSN, we can liberally deduce that ~310 seats are still available. I say liberally since there are those admitted students who choose not to share their info on LSN. It's also important to note that from the LSN sample, 9.52% of applicants have been admitted -- mirroring SLS's ~9% acceptance rate for the entire applicant pool.

This seems off to me; I disagree entirely with the bolded section. If we assume that LSN people are just average for Stanford (sort of a large assumption generally, probably less so for HYS), then just multiplying out the 50 acceptances by the applicant variable would already put Stanford over its 379 acceptance total from last year (4248 total last year/525 LSN total this year = ~8.1. 8.1 * 50 = 405). Considering SLS is not done with its acceptances and so the number of acceptances may still be increasing, this suggests that LSN people are above average. The extent to which this is true would seem to indicate how many slots are left (i.e., if these people are true superstars, maybe there really are 310 spots left [doubtful]. If they are more average, then we might be near full capacity already).

I think it stands to reason that the acceptance rate is far more likely to be accurate than the rejection rate (people update with good news. few people rush to LSN to declare they were rejected, especially now, where SLS might be the last school you're hearing from, so a rejection would effectively end your cycle and with it any reason to update this data), and maybe TLS people have an average of 12-15% acceptances, but I think from this point out we may only see a bunch of hold/WL action, if any.

Great points and I wonder if the last minute SLS fee waivers say more about the lack of qualified applicants and/or need to reject more students for selectivity. Either way, I agree that hold/WL/rejections are more likely now and that 'superstars' recieve their acceptances very quickly.

Good luck to everyone still waiting and congrats to all those accepted!

[jd5]

What ballpark LSAT/GPA combo qualifies as auto-admit at Stanford? Anyone want to wildly speculate?

[Doorkeeper]

What ballpark LSAT/GPA combo qualifies as auto-admit at Stanford? Anyone want to wildly speculate?

Just look at LSN for the people that have been admitted so far. It's around +174 and +3.9. Then again, there are some waitlists at those numbers from last year, so there isn't ever a true auto-admit for Stanford.

[Elendil]

What ballpark LSAT/GPA combo qualifies as auto-admit at Stanford? Anyone want to wildly speculate?

Just look at LSN for the people that have been admitted so far. It's around +174 and +3.9. Then again, there are some waitlists at those numbers from last year, so there isn't ever a true auto-admit for Stanford.

+1. Somebody was waitlisted last year with a 178/4.0

[Elendil]

Ps- not to get anyone overly excited... but if the pattern follows the same as last year... we might be due for some "soft hold" acceptances today... a few came on the first friday of March last year.

[Doorkeeper]

Ps- not to get anyone overly excited... but if the pattern follows the same as last year... we might be due for some "soft hold" acceptances today... a few came on the first friday of March last year.

Yea, the seemed to happen sporadically during the beginning and end of March last year.

[Elendil]

Ps- not to get anyone overly excited... but if the pattern follows the same as last year... we might be due for some "soft hold" acceptances today... a few came on the first friday of March last year.

Yea, the seemed to happen sporadically during the beginning and end of March last year.

Yup. And the first batch (3/4-3/7) was all URMs...

[Genki]

Good luck to all the URM Stanford hopefulls. Hopefully we hear some good news from you guys over the next few days (Assuming Stanford follows the same pattern as last year)

[boosk]

this thread just got me excited!!!

[arozen89]

This thread just ensured an astounding lack of productivity at work today for me!

[FEE]

IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got the call around 9 this morning!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!

[Elendil]

IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got the call around 9 this morning!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!

WOO! Congratulations!!! I knew they were coming (sort of)!
Ps- what time zone are you in???

[Doorkeeper]

IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got the call around 9 this morning!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!

Uh oh. Let the worrying begin...

Also, early Nov submit date makes me think he/she was a soft hold.

*starts to worry*

[Genki]

IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got the call around 9 this morning!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!

CONGRATS!
(are you a URM like elendil predicted would get calls today?)

[FEE]

Nope, I'm not a URM. And I'm in the mountain time zone.

[poultry]

Congrats on the new admit!
On a side note, how do "soft holds" submit LOCI? Email attachment?

[boosk]

Congrats on the new admit!
On a side note, how do "soft holds" submit LOCI? Email attachment?

yep, they're real good at responding quickly as well

and congrats!

[poultry]

Thank you for the info. Wish you get a call today!

Congrats on the new admit!
On a side note, how do "soft holds" submit LOCI? Email attachment?

yep, they're real good at responding quickly as well

and congrats!