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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Dipper » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:06 pm

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T14orTradeSchool wrote:Hey guys,

Anyone have a request to "discuss [their] UVA application" with Cleveland? If so, is it a good sign, was it an interview, and what did it entail? If anyone could give me insight, it'd be much appreciated! I take PMs too!
Thats exactly what I was referring to.
This is an interview, and it's a good sign. She is very nice and easy to talk to. Typical questions such as Why UVA/why law/resume specific/elevator pitch.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by idissent » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:44 pm

nickhalden wrote:For those receiving interview invites, when did you submit?
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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by T14orTradeSchool » Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:21 pm

nickhalden wrote:For those receiving interview invites, when did you submit?
January 5th.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by woodselle » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:18 am

nickhalden wrote:For those receiving interview invites, when did you submit?
I received an interview invite with Cleveland yesterday, and I submitted 11/21 (had been getting nervous with the silence!).

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by try.honesty » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:32 am

T14orTradeSchool wrote:Hey guys,

Anyone have a request to "discuss [their] UVA application" with Cleveland? If so, is it a good sign, was it an interview, and what did it entail? If anyone could give me insight, it'd be much appreciated! I take PMs too!
Just be prepared for very general, resume-based and why UVA/why law school based questions. Grace Cleveland is an incredibly lovely person from my experiences 8)

(ETA: meant to just echo other responses, seconding their experiences)

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by usn26 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:17 am

woodselle wrote:
nickhalden wrote:For those receiving interview invites, when did you submit?
I received an interview invite with Cleveland yesterday, and I submitted 11/21 (had been getting nervous with the silence!).
Well that's good to hear. Feel like my app has been languishing forever! Glad hope is not lost.
try.honesty wrote:
T14orTradeSchool wrote:Hey guys,

Anyone have a request to "discuss [their] UVA application" with Cleveland? If so, is it a good sign, was it an interview, and what did it entail? If anyone could give me insight, it'd be much appreciated! I take PMs too!
Just be prepared for very general, resume-based and why UVA/why law school based questions. Grace Cleveland is an incredibly lovely person from my experiences 8)

(ETA: meant to just echo other responses, seconding their experiences)
Yeah, she seems really nice. Very tolerant of nervy applicants haha.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Lightworks » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:37 am

Just got a stunning rejection from Cornell, and now UVA is my top choice. Would it be okay to submit a Why UVA? three months after going Complete?

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Dream_weaver32 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:39 am

Lightworks wrote:Just got a stunning rejection from Cornell, and now UVA is my top choice. Would it be okay to submit a Why UVA? three months after going Complete?
I submitted a why UVA/LOCI last week. Went complete first few days of October.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by usn26 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:46 am

Lightworks wrote:Just got a stunning rejection from Cornell, and now UVA is my top choice. Would it be okay to submit a Why UVA? three months after going Complete?
Definitely go for it. Spivey seems to strongly recommend it.

I keep on going back and forth on writing one. I really like UVA, but everything in my application/resume says it's the best fit in the T14. idk what I could add via a LOCI/YUVA.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Lightworks » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:59 pm

Ok, Why UVA submitted. I need this, darn it.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by mo_brien » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:13 pm

usn26 wrote:
Lightworks wrote:Just got a stunning rejection from Cornell, and now UVA is my top choice. Would it be okay to submit a Why UVA? three months after going Complete?
Definitely go for it. Spivey seems to strongly recommend it.

I keep on going back and forth on writing one. I really like UVA, but everything in my application/resume says it's the best fit in the T14. idk what I could add via a LOCI/YUVA.
I totally agree. I feel like for a lot of schools, I wrote the "why X school" essay with my application, so being repetitive might put me at a disadvantage.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by usn26 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:16 pm

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Lightworks wrote:Ok, Why UVA submitted. I need this, darn it.
Just want to point out that repeatedly saying that you are "stunned" to be rejected or "need" to be accepted to a top 10 law school comes off as pretty shockingly arrogant / entitled. The LSAT is important and congrats on your fantastic score, but it shouldn't guarantee admission anywhere.
Ehh, I don't see that. Sounds like he put a lot of work into improving on a good cycle, and is being rewarded with jack. Even if that doesn't entitle him to another good cycle I'd be pretty annoyed.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Lightworks » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:30 pm

tincan678 wrote:
Lightworks wrote:Ok, Why UVA submitted. I need this, darn it.
Just want to point out that repeatedly saying that you are "stunned" to be rejected or "need" to be accepted to a top 10 law school comes off as pretty shockingly arrogant / entitled. The LSAT is important and congrats on your fantastic score, but it shouldn't guarantee admission anywhere.
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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Dream_weaver32 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:32 pm

Lightworks wrote:
tincan678 wrote:
Lightworks wrote:Ok, Why UVA submitted. I need this, darn it.
Just want to point out that repeatedly saying that you are "stunned" to be rejected or "need" to be accepted to a top 10 law school comes off as pretty shockingly arrogant / entitled. The LSAT is important and congrats on your fantastic score, but it shouldn't guarantee admission anywhere.
Cornell accepted me last year with a sizable scholarship, then rejected me this year. By the standards of law school admissions, if that's not stunning, I don't know what is.

You are just choosing to read that "need" in the most obnoxious way possible, and I'm not going bother clarifying.
I didn't find your post arrogant, and do you think turning down a sizable scholly might have played a role in the result this year?

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Lightworks » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:35 pm

Yeah, I'm almost certain that's what did it. UM did the same thing (Acceptance with $$ last year, Rejection this year). I guess they figured I reapplied because I didn't like any of the options, which wasn't the case.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by usn26 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:36 pm

Did you do any addenda on why you reapplied after withdrawing previously?

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Lightworks » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:38 pm

On applications that gave me the chance to explain reapplying, I did. I can't remember if either of those apps had a spot for that, though.

I just assumed that reapplications were common enough that they wouldn't really scrutinize. Man, was I wrong.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by usn26 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:41 pm

Well I'd figure any school that's sensitive about its yield (i.e. most of them) would be doubly suspicious of a reapplicant who turned down money. But I'd hope they'd be fair about it - punishing someone for making a smart decision not to go to law school without being totally happy with their options isn't that, in my opinion.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Ver91 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 5:17 pm

Well... just had a missed call from a VA number....was good old Liberty University. Why would they start calling me now?? Was all I could do to politely ask the woman who answered the phone to please take me off their list...ugh... such torture.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by jepper » Thu Feb 19, 2015 5:29 pm

I'm still trying to figure out why tincan freaked on that statement.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by hill1334 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 5:38 pm

173 LSAT and 3.6X GPA. UVA is my top choice, but I have seen no movement as of yet. Submitted a Why UVA Essay a month after initially submitting my application. Besides visiting, which I intend to do within the next three weeks, is there anything else I can do to express my interest and increase my chance of acceptance?

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by Dipper » Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:04 pm

tincan678 wrote:Rejection sucks regardless of where you land on law school predictor.
Truf.

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Re: UVA c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle)

Post by FutureJD21 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:11 pm

Anyone's requirement list back?

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