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[MadwomanintheAttic]

Greetings fell applicants! I didn't see this posted et, but if anyone takes part in be ALS Ice Bucket challenge and emails the respective admissions rep you will recieve a fee waiver from Chicago. I just called and verified and this from thee Chicago twitter page:


@UChicagoLawApps: Class of 2018-- take the challenge & email akperry@uchicago.edu with proof in 48 hrs. Fee waivers are up for grabs! --LinkRemoved--

[rebexness]

[Gray]

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[pylon]

@UChicagoLawApps: Class of 2018-- take the challenge & email akperry@uchicago.edu with proof in 48 hrs. Fee waivers are up for grabs! --LinkRemoved--

That's pretty creative... Good on them.

[Mack.Hambleton]

Greetings fell applicants! I didn't see this posted et, but if anyone takes part in be ALS Ice Bucket challenge and emails the respective admissions rep you will recieve a fee waiver from Chicago. I just called and verified and this from thee Chicago twitter page:


@UChicagoLawApps: Class of 2018-- take the challenge & email akperry@uchicago.edu with proof in 48 hrs. Fee waivers are up for grabs! --LinkRemoved--

no thanks

[everything_bagel]

Hey all, does anyone know if there are any rules/rules of thumb for entering degree GPAs? or is tcr just that schools dgaf about this?

Ty in advance for any thoughts.

[Gray]

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[everything_bagel]

I think it is?

Is this the self reported part of LSAC, or on your resume?

Nope, in the "Education" section of every app ever, where they ask for some additional details.

[Gray]

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[ms9]

DUKE....sending out 10 day priority track invites in DROVEs today.

[rebexness]

[appind]

hello applicants

New to the applications board... I was confused about a couple of questions regarding recommendations and am looking for clarification.

- Does the order in which recommenders are added to the lsac account matter (L1, L2...)? I may hear from a non-primary recommender earlier than any other and the primary rec could show as L3.
- Can it then be associated with the main rec when applying to a specific school without looking like a not-main rec (due to its L3 marking)?
- Can the number of letters by the recommenders be modified later on the lsac account?
- L1 letter description on lsac account says that the description will be printed on LOR form. What are appropriate letter descriptions?
- Do the recommenders also receive questions like "give an example of when the applicant did well" etc etc or some type of evaluation grid where they have to rank the applicant, or does the letter have to be a single narrative document without any breaks?

thanks in advance.

[middlebear]

Gulp. So... how many of these open tomorrow?

(Answer: too many and now this boat is real.)

[xylocarp]

Berkeley, Columbia, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, and Penn in the T14

UVA and Stanford (I think) the day after tomorrow

[js1663]

Does anyone know how admissions considers applicants currently enrolled in undergrad regarding their GPA. I currently have a 4.0, however if I will not be graduating until December or May, how does that affect the decision process. Are they concerned that the GPA may fall after they accept the candidate?

Any insight would be appreciated.

[pylon]

Does anyone know how admissions considers applicants currently enrolled in undergrad regarding their GPA. I currently have a 4.0, however if I will not be graduating until December or May, how does that affect the decision process. Are they concerned that the GPA may fall after they accept the candidate?

Any insight would be appreciated.

I don't think you have anything to worry about, especially due to your 4.0 being above every school's 75th percentile. The only case where the GPA fluctuation may worry schools would be for applicants hovering around their medians, but even then I don't think there would be an impact on admissions.

[Mack.Hambleton]

Does anyone know how admissions considers applicants currently enrolled in undergrad regarding their GPA. I currently have a 4.0, however if I will not be graduating until December or May, how does that affect the decision process. Are they concerned that the GPA may fall after they accept the candidate?

Any insight would be appreciated.

They don't care but being a KJD will hurt (in admissions, oci etc)

[js1663]

Thanks, that's one less concern. And i'm already aware of the KJD hit, which along with being on the younger end of the spectrum when it comes to applicants age will make it an uphill battle. However, I'm of course working on the factors I can affect (GPA, LSAT) which will have to offset the hit by the factors I can't change.

[Dream_weaver32]

We need to have another chat soon, need to catch up with everyone! Working on school specific essays tonight (Mich, Yale, Duke). Still waiting on LOR's. Will start solicitations this week.

[Gray]

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[xylocarp]

I'm down for chat also!

[Gray]

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[w0w]

I'm not sure if this was asked before in this thread but....How is everyone else reporting their traffic violations? I've had about 12 since I was 16 (11 years ago) - Should I list them all and the result. Its pretty much all speeding. One is a seat belt violation that was actually speeding that the cop bumped down to be nice - should I report what this really was or what I was charged with? I think I have one that was speeding and running a red light or stop sign or something.... I can get my driving record and cut and paste it all... but do they <i>really</i> care that much. I'm guessing they care a little since they asked but how much is enough?

[xylocarp]

I'm not sure if this was asked before in this thread but....How is everyone else reporting their traffic violations? I've had about 12 since I was 16 (11 years ago) - Should I list them all and the result. Its pretty much all speeding. One is a seat belt violation that was actually speeding that the cop bumped down to be nice - should I report what this really was or what I was charged with? I think I have one that was speeding and running a red light or stop sign or something.... I can get my driving record and cut and paste it all... but do they <i>really</i> care that much. I'm guessing they care a little since they asked but how much is enough?

I've reported my one traffic violation (I'm lucky/good at talking my way out of tickets... errr I mean I never speed ever) on a few schools, and not on a few others. I don't report on the ones that say to omit minor traffic violations, but otherwise I just report. In general, err on the side of reporting.

I just said something along the lines of "On X date, I received a ticket for X in X location. On X date, the ticket was dismissed."

[xylocarp]

Weekend? Weekday afternoon?

Also it's September already!!???!?!?

maybe wednesday or thursday night?