Stanford Law School c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 Cycle) Forum

[ErgoSum]

Checking in

[Vincent]

SLS medians: 3.90/172

[Jack_Sheridan]

Well yes the STUDENT LIFE in Stanford is pleasure...indeed a paradise. It is here where mentors become friends and learning law becomes an enlightening, enriching, inspiring experience
Check this https://www.law.stanford.edu/studentlife

[nobody17]

I'm reapplying to Stanford this year. The application instructions say that a new letter of recommendation is required for reapplicants -- is there any flexibility with this? I have two academic LORs that I submitted with my first application, but I'm not quite sure where I would get a third one. Has anyone successfully asked the admissions office to process their application as complete without the additional LOR?

[Nonconsecutive]

I'm reapplying to Stanford this year. The application instructions say that a new letter of recommendation is required for reapplicants -- is there any flexibility with this? I have two academic LORs that I submitted with my first application, but I'm not quite sure where I would get a third one. Has anyone successfully asked the admissions office to process their application as complete without the additional LOR?

In my experience there was no flexibility, though this wasn't much of an issue for me I did ask.

[nobody17]

Thanks for letting me know! Now to look for another LOR writer...

I'm reapplying to Stanford this year. The application instructions say that a new letter of recommendation is required for reapplicants -- is there any flexibility with this? I have two academic LORs that I submitted with my first application, but I'm not quite sure where I would get a third one. Has anyone successfully asked the admissions office to process their application as complete without the additional LOR?

In my experience there was no flexibility, though this wasn't much of an issue for me I did ask.

[NimChimpsky]

I didn't realize there was a problem with some Stanford links and I couldn't find, and didn't even remember receiving, the status checker email, so I was starting to get nervous. But using the different link, apparently I applied on 10/07 and was submitted for review on 10/08. That seems fast, but apparently there's not really a 'complete' holding stage, so. Anyway, I'm glad I kept trying to log on!

[LSATneurotic]

So i met dean deal yesterday ~~she is very personable. Anyway, she said she doesn't begin reading applications until November.

[Mack.Hambleton]

So i met dean deal yesterday ~~she is very personable. Anyway, she said she doesn't begin reading applications until November.

yeah and she doesnt send a lot of decisions until april lol

[LSATneurotic]

So i met dean deal yesterday ~~she is very personable. Anyway, she said she doesn't begin reading applications until November.

yeah and she doesnt send a lot of decisions until april lol

If i somehow got into Stanford in April, It's hard to see myself complaining about it.

[Mack.Hambleton]

So i met dean deal yesterday ~~she is very personable. Anyway, she said she doesn't begin reading applications until November.

yeah and she doesnt send a lot of decisions until april lol

If i somehow got into Stanford in April, It's hard to see myself complaining about it.

its ok, they're mostly rejections and waitlists then anyway

[xylocarp]

am I the only one who would be sort of elated with a stanford WL?

[Kimikho]

am I the only one who would be sort of elated with a stanford WL?

I mean

they took like 50 people off the WL this year

[DiniMae]

So i met dean deal yesterday ~~she is very personable. Anyway, she said she doesn't begin reading applications until November.

yeah and she doesnt send a lot of decisions until april lol

Is this true? Most decisions don't go out until April? Or is that only for those who aren't making it in (WL, Rejections)?

Is SLS a rolling admissions place where it's best to get in LIKE NOW or is it more like Yale where applying in DEC is ok? I ask because I am on the re-take train for the DEC LSAT.

[jawsjawsjaws]

Checking in! Probably got no chance, but YOLO

[isaiah1992]

am I the only one who would be sort of elated with a stanford WL?

I was a WL admit last year. Quite a few of us C/O 17 got in off the waitlist. Best decision I ever made, hands down.

[AOT]

So i met dean deal yesterday ~~she is very personable. Anyway, she said she doesn't begin reading applications until November.

yeah and she doesnt send a lot of decisions until april lol

Is this true? Most decisions don't go out until April? Or is that only for those who aren't making it in (WL, Rejections)?

Is SLS a rolling admissions place where it's best to get in LIKE NOW or is it more like Yale where applying in DEC is ok? I ask because I am on the re-take train for the DEC LSAT.

Would like to know this too. Trying to decide whether to apply now with a 170 (URM if this makes a difference) and then update if my December score is better, or just to wait till December. Guess my fear is that I might get straight out rejected before December scores come in

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[compass]

So i met dean deal yesterday ~~she is very personable. Anyway, she said she doesn't begin reading applications until November.

yeah and she doesnt send a lot of decisions until april lol

Is this true? Most decisions don't go out until April? Or is that only for those who aren't making it in (WL, Rejections)?

Is SLS a rolling admissions place where it's best to get in LIKE NOW or is it more like Yale where applying in DEC is ok? I ask because I am on the re-take train for the DEC LSAT.

Would like to know this too. Trying to decide whether to apply now with a 170 (URM if this makes a difference) and then update if my December score is better, or just to wait till December. Guess my fear is that I might get straight out rejected before December scores come in

Someone please correct me if I'm way off base, but my impression from looking at LSN is that Stanford is more concerned with GPA than LSAT. Which is to say, if your GPA is in a good place, I doubt seriously that a 170 is going to be an auto-reject for you.

[fra]

Someone please correct me if I'm way off base, but my impression from looking at LSN is that Stanford is more concerned with GPA than LSAT. Which is to say, if your GPA is in a good place, I doubt seriously that a 170 is going to be an auto-reject for you.

They definitely like GPA more than most other schools (except for Berkeley) according to their admissions index equation.
The GPA coefficient for Stanford is 22.3. Berkeley has the largest coefficient at around 26. The average coefficient is around 12.3.

Larger coefficient means more weight placed on GPA.

We have no way of knowing how much the admissions committee weighs the admissions index though.

[xylocarp]

yeah, what's your GPA, alloverthat?

[AOT]

Is this true? Most decisions don't go out until April? Or is that only for those who aren't making it in (WL, Rejections)?

Is SLS a rolling admissions place where it's best to get in LIKE NOW or is it more like Yale where applying in DEC is ok? I ask because I am on the re-take train for the DEC LSAT.

Would like to know this too. Trying to decide whether to apply now with a 170 (URM if this makes a difference) and then update if my December score is better, or just to wait till December. Guess my fear is that I might get straight out rejected before December scores come in

Someone please correct me if I'm way off base, but my impression from looking at LSN is that Stanford is more concerned with GPA than LSAT. Which is to say, if your GPA is in a good place, I doubt seriously that a 170 is going to be an auto-reject for you.

I'm an international. GPA hasn't been calculated yet but I'm assuming it's going to be "above average". Not superior. I saw a thread a while back from a guy who got roundly rejected by HYS with a higher LSAT than me, and an above average (non URM though). Really crazy because a high 2:i, which is what I have is a good degree. To put it in some kind of context, I have a 66. 67.5-100 are all the equivalent of a 4.0.

Short story: no idea really where my GPA puts me, but nowhere amazing

[Mack.Hambleton]

If ur international ur not URM (for law school purposes, I'm not saying you're not an actual minority or whatever)

[Hand]

If ur international ur not URM (for law school purposes, I'm not saying you're not an actual minority or whatever)

'cause all foreigners are white or asian amirite

[Mack.Hambleton]

If ur international ur not URM (for law school purposes, I'm not saying you're not an actual minority or whatever)

'cause all foreigners are white or asian amirite

Internationals aren't counted towards URM numbers regardless of their race, isn't that right?