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autumnleaves · Post by **autumnleaves** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:12 am

jaywhy wrote:Anyone apply mid-October and have yet to hear back from any school? I'm a splitter so that may explain the silence, but I'm freaking out a bit nonetheless.

I had all ten of my applications in by the end of October. I instantly (within a week) got three acceptances, but it's been radio silence from the other seven ever since. Not sure what to think.

jaywhy · Post by **jaywhy** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:41 pm

autumnleaves wrote:
jaywhy wrote:Anyone apply mid-October and have yet to hear back from any school? I'm a splitter so that may explain the silence, but I'm freaking out a bit nonetheless.
I had all ten of my applications in by the end of October. I instantly (within a week) got three acceptances, but it's been radio silence from the other seven ever since. Not sure what to think.

I guess no news is better than bad news.

Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:31 pm

autumnleaves wrote:
jaywhy wrote:Anyone apply mid-October and have yet to hear back from any school? I'm a splitter so that may explain the silence, but I'm freaking out a bit nonetheless.
I had all ten of my applications in by the end of October. I instantly (within a week) got three acceptances, but it's been radio silence from the other seven ever since. Not sure what to think.

Sounds pretty normal. I sent in 20 applications, at that time, and I have heard from 6 so far. Most schools don't do plan on doing anything until new years.

Sera Numquam · Post by **Sera Numquam** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:29 pm

EnderWiggin wrote:
Sera Numquam wrote: Wiggins <3
SERA

how are you? pls come play in the compendium

I'm in the midst of finals week. Studying for philosophy is kind of brutal at the moment. But more importantly, how are you my dear Wiggins???

deant286 · Post by **deant286** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:02 pm

yo is a Feb retake credited for scholarship improvements everywhere? or are there certain schools where it wouldn't matter by that point?

(only concerned with t14)

Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:27 pm

deant286 wrote:yo is a Feb retake credited for scholarship improvements everywhere? or are there certain schools where it wouldn't matter by that point?

(only concerned with t14)

I'm pretty sure every school wants your LSAT to go up 3 points, and that is substantive leverage in financial aid negotiation.

deant286 · Post by **deant286** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:10 pm

i thought i read somewhere that after a certain point (maybe at the point they first offer scholarship?) they only consider the initial score, but idk so i was hoping someone could clarify

lymenheimer · Post by **lymenheimer** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:23 pm

deant286 wrote:i thought i read somewhere that after a certain point (maybe at the point they first offer scholarship?) they only consider the initial score, but idk so i was hoping someone could clarify

If you improve your score, and another school wants your numbers and lets you in off the waitlist, gives you more scholly, etc. The original school will likely want to match to keep you and your numbers. Depends on the schools' policies though. Few here but maybe Spivey et al. would actually have inside info.

deant286 · Post by **deant286** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:48 pm

lymenheimer wrote:
If you improve your score, and another school wants your numbers and lets you in off the waitlist, gives you more scholly, etc. The original school will likely want to match to keep you and your numbers. Depends on the schools' policies though. Few here but maybe Spivey et al. would actually have inside info.

good call, didn't even think about asking Spivey

thanks to both of you for your replies

EnderWiggin · Post by **EnderWiggin** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:07 pm

Sera Numquam wrote:
I'm in the midst of finals week. Studying for philosophy is kind of brutal at the moment. But more importantly, how are you my dear Wiggins???

I'm well! I do not miss finals at all, so I do not envy you (or anyone) there. I do wish I had a holiday break though. Best of luck with exams and apps!

darthslughorn · Post by **darthslughorn** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:12 pm

You guys remember when this board use to be fun? When we all sat around, amazed at Duke's PT and wondering when JS1's would go out?

Me neither.

I wish it was March already so I could be done worrying about all this.

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:20 am

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Sera Numquam · Post by **Sera Numquam** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:23 pm

EnderWiggin wrote:
Sera Numquam wrote:
I'm in the midst of finals week. Studying for philosophy is kind of brutal at the moment. But more importantly, how are you my dear Wiggins???
I'm well! I do not miss finals at all, so I do not envy you (or anyone) there. I do wish I had a holiday break though. Best of luck with exams and apps!

I'm officially done today so tonight my best friend and I are going to celebrate by screaming into the void together.

Thank you, I've only gotten good news so far. I hope it keeps coming. Have you heard anything yet?

oliverotis · Post by **oliverotis** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:40 pm

Question for the good people of this thread:

I applied to MVP in early Oct, no "why X" essays because I'm dumb, numbers well within YP range. Unsurprisingly, radio silence. Now I'm figuring that since I've already paid the LSAC fees, I might as well do everything I can to get admitted and try to get some scholly.

Is best practice at this point to send a "why X" email? I also recently had a promo at work w/ title change, so I could frame it as "Here's an updated resume...p.s. I also wanted to take this opportunity to tell you that after further research, "why x"

What say you? (pls don't quote, thanks

EnderWiggin · Post by **EnderWiggin** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:11 pm

Sera Numquam wrote:

Woohoo congrats!! Yes, I'm happy with my cycle so far. Hard to believe that a few months from now there will be some finality to this whole process.

oliverotis wrote:

I think that if you're serious about your interest in the schools where you're concerned you might be YP'ed, you have a passable excuse of a reason to e-mail the specific admissions offices in updating your file to reflect the promotion and change in job title at your office that your WhyX component could piggyback off of.

Outlining a short "Why X" in the body of the e-mail is a good instinct here too IMO. Submitting two additional attachments to your app, post-submission but pre-decision, might not be ideal but I'd imagine if there was a way you could somewhat smoothly "reiterate your interest in T14 school due to its appeal in x,y, and z" in the message itself, that might serve you well.

Sera Numquam · Post by **Sera Numquam** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:21 am

EnderWiggin wrote:
Sera Numquam wrote:

Woohoo congrats!! Yes, I'm happy with my cycle so far. Hard to believe that a few months from now there will be some finality to this whole process.

Thank you!

I know! I'm still not sure where I'll end up going yet either. It's a new feeling because I had a feeling where I'd go to college (which ended up happening as I anticipated) but this time I'm not so sure. What schools have you heard from so far?

AshburtonGrove · Post by **AshburtonGrove** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 6:02 pm

Not sure where else to post this, but is there a general idea on how likely one is to get into a school if you've been asked to interview, in comparison to others? Like I know people have said a JS1 means anything between 50-75% chance of getting in, but is there conventional wisdom on how that compares to Columbia, Chicago, UVA, Cornell, etc.?

gamerish · Post by **gamerish** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:29 pm

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AshburtonGrove · Post by **AshburtonGrove** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:48 pm

gamerish wrote:
AshburtonGrove wrote:Not sure where else to post this, but is there a general idea on how likely one is to get into a school if you've been asked to interview, in comparison to others? Like I know people have said a JS1 means anything between 50-75% chance of getting in, but is there conventional wisdom on how that compares to Columbia, Chicago, UVA, Cornell, etc.?
I think it depends heavily on the school because different schools interview for different reasons. Some - like H, UVA and Chi - like to interview everyone. Others, like Columbia and Cornell, like to interview borderline, potential YP, and scholarship candidates. At the former schools, I'd say it gives at least some what of a pretty good indicator that they're interested in you as a candidate. For the others, it probably depends very heavily on how you come across and whether or not it seems from your interview you're likely to attend if given the opportunity or have something else to bring to the table to make up for a weaknesses in your app, depending on the reason they're interviewing.

Solid. Thanks man! Seems that Columbia has been interviewing a lot of normally competitive applicants this year, but we'll see I guess

SouthernHospitality · Post by **SouthernHospitality** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:04 pm

SouthernHospitality · Post by **SouthernHospitality** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:05 pm

slippin_jimmy · Post by **slippin_jimmy** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:12 pm

SouthernHospitality wrote:When submitting documents (PS, addendums) as part of your application, is it necessary to add your name and LSAC number to the doc?

I always do and some schools require it.

SouthernHospitality · Post by **SouthernHospitality** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:20 pm

slippin_jimmy wrote:
SouthernHospitality wrote:When submitting documents (PS, addendums) as part of your application, is it necessary to add your name and LSAC number to the doc?
I always do and some schools require it.

Gotchya, thanks.

Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:38 pm

SouthernHospitality wrote:How long should a Why X letter typically be?

No more than a page is pretty standard, and it should read less flowery than your other essay (imo). Very fact based and semi-argumentative, you're making a case for the pairing of you and X!

SouthernHospitality · Post by **SouthernHospitality** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:40 pm