Northwestern 2011 Applicants Forum

[Gotti]

ughhhh you guys are sooo lucky i'm dying for an acceptance.

[rs2004]

nothing again.

blergh

[pimpsdontcry]

i shouldve clarified. i didnt write a script. wrote a program that pulls the status and date from the pages after you've signed in. it's actually really simple...haha

[fletchcon]

Just got acceptance 5 mins ago!
Kinda surprised with this one, only submitted my app 12/19... Didn't do the interview (international so couldn't), and submitted my regular LORs!
Have four years WE as a computer programmer though so I'm sure that helped a bit

im a programmer too i meant

Programmers undoubtedly make the best lawyers

[pimpsdontcry]

Just got acceptance 5 mins ago!
Kinda surprised with this one, only submitted my app 12/19... Didn't do the interview (international so couldn't), and submitted my regular LORs!
Have four years WE as a computer programmer though so I'm sure that helped a bit

im a programmer too i meant

Programmers undoubtedly make the best lawyers

maybe you can tell them that for me? haha

[Flustercluck]

Congrats to everyone who got in today!!!

[pimpsdontcry]

effing!!!!!i just got an email from pepperdine saying congratulations. DAMN U PDINE! MY HEART STOPPED!

[rinkrat19]

Congrats to those who got accepted today!

[Aggiegrad2011]

Alright, well I'll just stick with my off-campus interview and forget about scheduling an on-campus one to follow it up.

Still definitely going to visit once the weather clears up a bit. No desire whatsoever to fly right into a massive snow storm D:

[awilson11]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

[ctroutma123]

So, the consensus is that the whole 8 week wait was just a ploy to make us anxiously count down the days, only to find out that we'll find out when we find out?

Originally complete 11/22, then 1/11. Still nothing - not that I'm complaining.

[awilson11]

So, the consensus is that the whole 8 week wait was just a ploy to make us anxiously count down the days, only to find out that we'll find out when we find out?

Originally complete 11/22, then 1/11. Still nothing - not that I'm complaining.

Same. But I am complaining.

[Aggiegrad2011]

The best is going right to the end of the 8-week period only to be "held" and told that you get to wait ANOTHER 2 to 3 months for a decision AGAIN (Since Hold can ---> WL, Reject, Admit).

Fun. Times.

[rs2004]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

+1 submitted and received mid nov, had two complete dates, most recent one being 1-12-11. No decision yet. This week has been a rollercoaster ride.

[Gotti]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

mine's up on monday so i'll let you know haha

[ArchRoark]

Congrats to those who got accepted today!

This. +1

[brokenwindows]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

yup

[plutonium210]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

Yes I am, and it makes me a little frustrated considering Northwestern bills themselves as a business focused law school. If I had a deadline that I missed at my job, regardless of my reasoning, I'd be fired.

[mistermister]

8 weeks and overdue. Yesterday was holds, today were admits. Hopefully the next batch isn't a pelting of dings. And if it is, hopefully I'm not in it!

[pimpsdontcry]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

Yes I am, and it makes me a little frustrated considering Northwestern bills themselves as a business focused law school. If I had a deadline that I missed at my job, regardless of my reasoning, I'd be fired.

true dat

[rinkrat19]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

Yes I am, and it makes me a little frustrated considering Northwestern bills themselves as a business focused law school. If I had a deadline that I missed at my job, regardless of my reasoning, I'd be fired.

true dat

But of course the consequences for lateness are different (read: nonexistent) when the person in the position of power is the one who is late, not the underling/applicant.

[pimpsdontcry]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

Yes I am, and it makes me a little frustrated considering Northwestern bills themselves as a business focused law school. If I had a deadline that I missed at my job, regardless of my reasoning, I'd be fired.

true dat

But of course the consequences for lateness are different (read: nonexistent) when the person in the position of power is the one who is late, not the underling/applicant.

wrong. when my boss shows up late to a meeting, I get a paid day off

[magicman554]

so I talked to their admissions office, the 8 week period is when you are supposed to have heard back, its not meant as a guideline (at least according to the person I spoke with). I still haven't gotten a decision and mine was up on Wednesday! Anyone else overdue?

Yes I am, and it makes me a little frustrated considering Northwestern bills themselves as a business focused law school. If I had a deadline that I missed at my job, regardless of my reasoning, I'd be fired.

Johann controls all.

[magicman554]

8 weeks and overdue. Yesterday was holds, today were admits. Hopefully the next batch isn't a pelting of dings. And if it is, hopefully I'm not in it!

Of course they would keep the dings in suspense longest.

[Aggiegrad2011]

8 weeks and overdue. Yesterday was holds, today were admits. Hopefully the next batch isn't a pelting of dings. And if it is, hopefully I'm not in it!

Of course they would keep the dings in suspense longest.

Ostensibly, they don't want to hand out any dings until they're sure they can't accommodate the person in a class... So it makes sense. In a perverse way they're doing us favors... I am sure my ding is coming off Hold soon enough.