GW c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle) Forum

[cch24]

Admitted via mail today! There was a nice note at the bottom which I really appreciated. I went complete on 10/31, sent 1 letter of recommendation and my stats are 3.13/166/URM.

[stingray]

Congrats everyone! I'm still assuming that all acceptances have come from RD.

[T00L]

Has anyone found a good way to get to the status checker? The link in my email wont work (even when I paste it in).

I can get it sometimes when I delete a few letters in the URL, but this is always a hassle...

[crabcakes]

Has anyone found a good way to get to the status checker? The link in my email wont work (even when I paste it in).

I can get it sometimes when I delete a few letters in the URL, but this is always a hassle...

i always had to paste it in. i wouldn't be too worried though; it doesn't seem like gwu updates their status checker. i was admitted recently and mine only updated once for when my app was complete.

[msblaw89]

Congrats everyone! I'm still assuming that all acceptances have come from RD.

Yep, I was RD

[kitkat450]

anyone have the link to the status checker? mine doesn't work in the email they sent and I cant seem to find it on the website

[ThreeRivers]

anyone have the link to the status checker? mine doesn't work in the email they sent and I cant seem to find it on the website

copy / pasting link from e-mail seems to work for most (if you haven't already tried that )

[kitkat450]

anyone have the link to the status checker? mine doesn't work in the email they sent and I cant seem to find it on the website

copy / pasting link from e-mail seems to work for most (if you haven't already tried that )

I have tried that... Maybe I should email admissions? Do they update the status checker where it's worth checking?

[stingray]

Go back to page 4 of this thread and try that link. It works.

[butchcassidy]

anyone have the link to the status checker? mine doesn't work in the email they sent and I cant seem to find it on the website

copy / pasting link from e-mail seems to work for most (if you haven't already tried that )

I have tried that... Maybe I should email admissions? Do they update the status checker where it's worth checking?

try a different web browser (don't know if this has been suggested already)

[tennisking88]

Has anyone suggested withdrawing the application entirely?

[neeko]

Has anyone suggested withdrawing the application entirely?

what

[JPudding]

Congrats to all who have been accepted!

I'm still at "Application Received" as of 11/11. Anyone else in a similar situation?

[benito]

Congrats to all who have been accepted!

I'm still at "Application Received" as of 11/11. Anyone else in a similar situation?

yup exactly the same situation, application received since 11/11.....I don't know what to infer from it, maybe we just missed the first round of apps they reviewed

[curiousgeorgia]

Congrats to all who have been accepted!

I'm still at "Application Received" as of 11/11. Anyone else in a similar situation?

yup exactly the same situation, application received since 11/11.....I don't know what to infer from it, maybe we just missed the first round of apps they reviewed

Mine has said "application received" for almost a month, so I e-mailed them to make sure that there was nothing they were missing from me that was preventing me from going complete. They sent a nice reply back ensuring me that they are just slowly going through applications, so don't worry if it takes a while to process before going complete. In short, nothing to infer, just the pains of the application process.

Hope this gives you all some peace of mind!

[northside]

Is anyone applying ED? If so, what seems to be the magic numbers that will get you in through binding ED?

What does this whole "regular" and "special" thing mean?

[so_fetch]

Congrats to all who have been accepted!

I'm still at "Application Received" as of 11/11. Anyone else in a similar situation?

yes but im like a week before 11/11. I feel like some late october submitters have already heard back so maybe they are just working through those before tackling the November apps. A "complete" email would be nice though.

[stingray]

Is anyone applying ED? If so, what seems to be the magic numbers that will get you in through binding ED?

What does this whole "regular" and "special" thing mean?

"Special" is the same as Binding Early Decision or ED. If you apply under Early Decision at GW, and are accepted, you automatically get a full scholarship, but once accepted you are required to withdraw all other law school apps and committ to attend GW. It's a pretty good deal if GW is your first choice.
A lot of schools have this option, but GW throws a twist in their implementation of it. They can reject you as an ED applicant, but then consider you for RD (Regular Decision). If they accept you under RD you don't automatically get the full scholarship (although you may get some money), and you are not bound to attending GW.
I am an ED applicant. From what I've gathered, you have to have excellent numbers to be accepted ED, and my numbers are borderline for that at best. I will likely be rejected ED, and then considered for RD. The downside to this is that it may be January before they make a decision on ED applicants, so we could be waiting a while.

[Samara]

A lot of schools have this option, but GW throws a twist in their implementation of it. They can reject you as an ED applicant, but then consider you for RD (Regular Decision). If they accept you under RD you don't automatically get the full scholarship (although you may get some money), and you are not bound to attending GW.

This is how all ED programs work, even the ones that don't offer a scholarship with their ED.

[stingray]

A lot of schools have this option, but GW throws a twist in their implementation of it. They can reject you as an ED applicant, but then consider you for RD (Regular Decision). If they accept you under RD you don't automatically get the full scholarship (although you may get some money), and you are not bound to attending GW.

This is how all ED programs work, even the ones that don't offer a scholarship with their ED.

I was under the impression that this was unique, but I have been wrong...a lot. Places like UVA do this? Why would they accept you RD, when you have already committed to ED and risk the chance of you not matriculating? Unless it has something to do with being waitlisted from ED, and accepted later.

[Samara]

A lot of schools have this option, but GW throws a twist in their implementation of it. They can reject you as an ED applicant, but then consider you for RD (Regular Decision). If they accept you under RD you don't automatically get the full scholarship (although you may get some money), and you are not bound to attending GW.

This is how all ED programs work, even the ones that don't offer a scholarship with their ED.

I was under the impression that this was unique, but I have been wrong...a lot. Places like UVA do this? Why would they accept you RD, when you have already committed to ED and risk the chance of you not matriculating? Unless it has something to do with being waitlisted from ED, and accepted later.

1) Your use of terminology was technically incorrect. When applying ED, you can get accepted, rejected, waitlisted or held. If you get rejected outright, you are done at that school this cycle. If you get held, you are (at a school like GW) rejected for the full scholarship, but not rejected for admissions.

2) So why would other schools hold you for regular decision, then accept you later? It depends on how the class profile is built. Especially at schools, like UVa, that provide a rolling deadline for ED, they may hold you to see how the numbers are lining up. If you are a borderline candidate or a splitter, they may hold you at first and then later, when more ED applicants are in or more regular decision applicants have committed and they aren't hitting the higher medians, accept you through regular decision. Yes, there is the risk of you not accepting, but if you're borderline or a splitter, they aren't crying about the ones not accepting. If they didn't hold people, they would just have to manage a huge waitlist and use it in a different way than they do later.

[BigJohnso]

Hey, so i submitted on Tuesday and it is still on "transmitted" in my LSAC account. All of my other applications were removed from "my active applications." It says that my report was "not requested by the school." Is anyone else having this issue?

[benito]

Not for GW but I did for one of my other apps....It resolved itself within a couple days but would be a legitimate reason to call LSAC if you'd like some peace of mind

[Eco]

Pick Fordham if you guys have to choose between that school or this one.

[zurcaled11]

Pick Fordham if you guys have to choose between that school or this one.

huh?