Northwestern Law C/O 2016 (2012-2013 Applicants) Forum

[lt_universe]

Generally they mean post-grad work (or a proper career before entering UG, like the military or something), but if it was full-time work and self-supporting they'd probably at least consider it. They don't get to count you in their beloved "percentage of entering students with full-time post-grad work experience" number, though.

Part-time job slinging pizza or coffee for drinking money while in UG, while mom and dad or loans paid your tuition? No.

yeah, that's what i was thinking. i had a full-time medical technician position while i was in school, so I'm hoping that will count. By August I will have a full year's experience as a legal assistant, so I'm hoping that will fix any "we won't accept her because she will mess with our work experience numbers" deterrent.

edit: post-grad*** legal assistant experience

[benb1215]

Forgive me if this is a repeat on this board, but has anybody held ED heard back RD yet?

No not that we know of, most RD applicants haven't heard back yet

I'm a bit confused. As far as you know, have any ED applicants heard back in the affirmative or negative yet?

All of them have

I just got off the phone with the admissions office, and some students are still in ED review (me included). The individual that I spoke with said that they should be issuing a final decision with 2 weeks. FWIW, I conducted my OCI at the deadline. Not sure if that bodes well for me or not, but I suppose limbo is still preferential to missing the first cut.

[teiswei]

I just got off the phone with the admissions office, and some students are still in ED review (me included). The individual that I spoke with said that they should be issuing a final decision with 2 weeks. FWIW, I conducted my OCI at the deadline. Not sure if that bodes well for me or not, but I suppose limbo is still preferential to missing the first cut.

I apologize, I was under the impression that all that EDed here were either admitted, deferred, and a small portion were flat out denied.

[benb1215]

I just got off the phone with the admissions office, and some students are still in ED review (me included). The individual that I spoke with said that they should be issuing a final decision with 2 weeks. FWIW, I conducted my OCI at the deadline. Not sure if that bodes well for me or not, but I suppose limbo is still preferential to missing the first cut.

I apologize, I was under the impression that all that EDed here were either admitted, deferred, and a small portion were flat out denied.

No worries . Of course I had to call and confirm...else sleep would have been impossible.

[NoChainz]

I just had my interview late last week. How long should it take me to go complete? Also is it appropriate to send a why Northwestern now? I didn't write one with my application because I had very little to say beyond the fact that it's a great school, but after visiting I could write one that would be much more convincing. Should I just leave it? Or go ahead and send it in?

[alwayssunnyinfl]

I just had my interview late last week. How long should it take me to go complete? Also is it appropriate to send a why Northwestern now? I didn't write one with my application because I had very little to say beyond the fact that it's a great school, but after visiting I could write one that would be much more convincing. Should I just leave it? Or go ahead and send it in?

Your app isn't complete yet, and going to visit the campus is definitely a good opportunity to write about how excited you are to attend. I'd say write it and email it to them, I'm sure they can put it in the file for you.

[Rahviveh]

I just had my interview late last week. How long should it take me to go complete? Also is it appropriate to send a why Northwestern now? I didn't write one with my application because I had very little to say beyond the fact that it's a great school, but after visiting I could write one that would be much more convincing. Should I just leave it? Or go ahead and send it in?

I like your screen name

[NoChainz]

I just had my interview late last week. How long should it take me to go complete? Also is it appropriate to send a why Northwestern now? I didn't write one with my application because I had very little to say beyond the fact that it's a great school, but after visiting I could write one that would be much more convincing. Should I just leave it? Or go ahead and send it in?

Your app isn't complete yet, and going to visit the campus is definitely a good opportunity to write about how excited you are to attend. I'd say write it and email it to them, I'm sure they can put it in the file for you.

Thanks, I will and my app was submitted and complete sans interview Nov. 11...so I'm hoping I go complete quickly. I feel as though I've lost early app edge sadly.

[alwayssunnyinfl]

I just had my interview late last week. How long should it take me to go complete? Also is it appropriate to send a why Northwestern now? I didn't write one with my application because I had very little to say beyond the fact that it's a great school, but after visiting I could write one that would be much more convincing. Should I just leave it? Or go ahead and send it in?

Your app isn't complete yet, and going to visit the campus is definitely a good opportunity to write about how excited you are to attend. I'd say write it and email it to them, I'm sure they can put it in the file for you.

Thanks, I will and my app was submitted and complete sans interview Nov. 11...so I'm hoping I go complete quickly. I feel as though I've lost early app edge sadly.

They've made very, very few decisions so far. You're definitely not too late

[feralinfant]

I just had my interview late last week. How long should it take me to go complete? Also is it appropriate to send a why Northwestern now? I didn't write one with my application because I had very little to say beyond the fact that it's a great school, but after visiting I could write one that would be much more convincing. Should I just leave it? Or go ahead and send it in?

Your app isn't complete yet, and going to visit the campus is definitely a good opportunity to write about how excited you are to attend. I'd say write it and email it to them, I'm sure they can put it in the file for you.

Thanks, I will and my app was submitted and complete sans interview Nov. 11...so I'm hoping I go complete quickly. I feel as though I've lost early app edge sadly.

They've made very, very few decisions so far. You're definitely not too late

i disagree. its definitely too late. should definitely withdraw your app. strongly advise anyone else, especially people with respectable gpas to do the same.

edited for typos

[oaken]

patience is very important. for some, this wraps up quickly. for most, it takes much longer.

[feralinfant]

patience is very important. for some, this wraps up quickly. for most, it takes much longer.

every time i look at his twitter account and see that tweet staring back at me i feel like i die a little on the inside.

[shntn]

patience is very important. for some, this wraps up quickly. for most, it takes much longer.

every time i look at his twitter account and see that tweet staring back at me i feel like i die a little on the inside.

That was pretty much the worst tweet ever.

[bananasplit19]

patience is very important. for some, this wraps up quickly. for most, it takes much longer.

Johann, why hast thou forsaken us?

[lt_universe]

patience is very important. for some, this wraps up quickly. for most, it takes much longer.

[alwayssunnyinfl]

patience is very important. for some, this wraps up quickly. for most, it takes much longer.

[PBateman1]

So evidently there are literally zero on-campus interview slots left for this cycle as of right now. I honestly couldn't believe this, but I called and the admissions office confirmed it. This is pretty upsetting, but I guess it's my fault for dragging my feet.

I'm a late applier as well. Are chances of admission severely hurt by not interviewing? NU is definitely one of my top choices.

[az21833]

So evidently there are literally zero on-campus interview slots left for this cycle as of right now. I honestly couldn't believe this, but I called and the admissions office confirmed it. This is pretty upsetting, but I guess it's my fault for dragging my feet.

I'm a late applier as well. Are chances of admission severely hurt by not interviewing? NU is definitely one of my top choices.

ppl will cancel/drop out. just keep checking it. i was in same boat before

[risa]

How long does it usually take to go complete after having an on-campus interview?

+1 but make it an off-campus instead of an on-campus.

Mine was 1/3/13 and I am not yet complete. I am tempted to call the admissions office, but hesitant since I am afraid the delay might be my fault, since I forgot to report my interview date until last week.

It's harder to say for off-campus interviews because it will depend almost entirely on how quickly your interviewer submits their evaluation, which will depend on how busy they are

I caved and called admissions. They were very nice and he said it can take "a few weeks" especially because they're very busy right now with "other deadlines, like for our accelerated JD program." He looked me up and said "it looks like you have everything else... we might have the interview report too"... He also asked if I'd reported the interview date via the portal and I said yes, but after the fact. He said that might cause a small delay too. I got the impression that matching up my interviewer's report with my file and hitting the "complete" switch is manual and if they're busy, it's just not a priority. My suspicion was pretty much confirmed when I finally went complete less than an hour after I called.

[nbj08]

My current status date changed today - anyone else out there?

[lt_universe]

My current status date changed today - anyone else out there?

Nope. Mine still says 12/6/2012

[feralinfant]

My current status date changed today - anyone else out there?

nope. still rocking the 12/19, decision letter w/in 24 hours thing from when i got held.

[DoveBodyWash]

My current status date changed today - anyone else out there?

nope. still rocking the 12/19, decision letter w/in 24 hours thing from when i got held.

Still 11/28

[mtrrw]

Still 9/24...

[dsn32]

Johann tweets! Decisions coming! AHHHHHHHH!