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

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Not trying to CB you, but you "also like restaurants (!)"?
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Post by bailey8078 » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:37 am

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

Post by feralinfant » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:29 pm

bailey8078 wrote:Hidden fee waiver showed up this morning!
fuck. i had my app in my cart from friday and i was waiting to send it in to see if got an email this morning. Why the fuck didn't i think about this.

Goodbye hundred dollars.

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

Post by flops89 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:15 am

Just had my OCI. Pretty straightforward. Why law, why NU, leadership, service, etc. they also asked about significant projects and how I would deal with the adversarial nature of being a lawyer. All in all easygoing.

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Post by rinkrat19 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:29 am

flops89 wrote:Just had my OCI. Pretty straightforward. Why law, why NU, leadership, service, etc. they also asked about significant projects and how I would deal with the adversarial nature of being a lawyer. All in all easygoing.
"OCI" is an entirely different beast...just call it your interview or you might confuse people. :wink: (And by people, I mean me.)

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

Post by flops89 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:39 am

rinkrat19 wrote:
flops89 wrote:Just had my OCI. Pretty straightforward. Why law, why NU, leadership, service, etc. they also asked about significant projects and how I would deal with the adversarial nature of being a lawyer. All in all easygoing.
"OCI" is an entirely different beast...just call it your interview or you might confuse people. :wink: (And by people, I mean me.)
Sorry. Thought we could make some inferences, given the context.

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

Post by rinkrat19 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:40 am

flops89 wrote:
rinkrat19 wrote:
flops89 wrote:Just had my OCI. Pretty straightforward. Why law, why NU, leadership, service, etc. they also asked about significant projects and how I would deal with the adversarial nature of being a lawyer. All in all easygoing.
"OCI" is an entirely different beast...just call it your interview or you might confuse people. :wink: (And by people, I mean me.)
Sorry. Thought we could make some inferences, given the context.
No worries. I'm probably the only one confused. No one's going to yell at you. :P

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Post by Ex Cearulo » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:05 pm

I've got my interview this Thurs at 2:45 and I'm planning on hitting up the guided tour at noon. Questions for you current students out there: Are there any late afternoon classes I can sit in on after the interview? If so, which one(s) do you recommend? (I can't go to a class before the tour because my flight doesn't get in to Chicago until 10am). Also, where the hell should I go for dinner since there are no less than a bazillion options there?!! Thanks!

ETA: Found the class schedule list on NU's website. I didn't see any standard first year courses (please correct me if I'm wrong) in the block that starts at 4pm. Would you recommend sitting in on one, anway? Crime and Criminology sounds interesting, at least from the title.

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

Post by rinkrat19 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:17 pm

HawgDriver wrote:I've got my interview this Thurs at 2:45 and I'm planning on hitting up the guided tour at noon. Questions for you current students out there: Are there any late afternoon classes I can sit in on after the interview? If so, which one(s) do you recommend? (I can't go to a class before the tour because my flight doesn't get in to Chicago until 10am). Also, where the hell should I go for dinner since there are no less than a bazillion options there?!! Thanks!

ETA: Found the class schedule list on NU's website. I didn't see any standard first year courses (please correct me if I'm wrong) in the block that starts at 4pm. Would you recommend sitting in on one, anway? Crime and Criminology sounds interesting, at least from the title.
Thursdays and Fridays are different for 1Ls...I think we all have one doctrinal class at 10:25 and then CLR either before or after. You're not allowed to sit in on CLR (and we're doing research right now anyway so it would be entirely pointless.) You'll need to ask in the admissions office about sitting in on an upperclassmen class. (Crime & Criminology would definitely be a 2L/3L class.)

Honestly, I think sitting in on a 1L class would be marginally more useful (since 1L classes are required and since 1L grades are by FAR the most important). But if you can only get to a 2L/3L class, might as well pick something that sounds interesting (AFTER checking with admissions).

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

Post by Ex Cearulo » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:35 pm

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HawgDriver wrote:I've got my interview this Thurs at 2:45 and I'm planning on hitting up the guided tour at noon. Questions for you current students out there: Are there any late afternoon classes I can sit in on after the interview? If so, which one(s) do you recommend? (I can't go to a class before the tour because my flight doesn't get in to Chicago until 10am). Also, where the hell should I go for dinner since there are no less than a bazillion options there?!! Thanks!

ETA: Found the class schedule list on NU's website. I didn't see any standard first year courses (please correct me if I'm wrong) in the block that starts at 4pm. Would you recommend sitting in on one, anway? Crime and Criminology sounds interesting, at least from the title.
Thursdays and Fridays are different for 1Ls...I think we all have one doctrinal class at 10:25 and then CLR either before or after. You're not allowed to sit in on CLR (and we're doing research right now anyway so it would be entirely pointless.) You'll need to ask in the admissions office about sitting in on an upperclassmen class. (Crime & Criminology would definitely be a 2L/3L class.)

Honestly, I think sitting in on a 1L class would be marginally more useful (since 1L classes are required and since 1L grades are by FAR the most important). But if you can only get to a 2L/3L class, might as well pick something that sounds interesting (AFTER checking with admissions).
Thanks! I figured it was an upper level class. Oh well, if they say don't bother, that frees up more time in town. My flight back out doesn't leave til early the next morning and I've never been to Chicago. Appreciate any recommendations from anyone on how to spend an afternoon and evening, particularly for food :D

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

Post by danitt » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:22 pm

Meeting an alum for an interview at a coffee shop tomorrow. This should be interesting.

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Post by husker2012 » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:52 pm

Had my alumni interview earlier this month. Casual, but we ended up talking for like an hour and fifteen minutes, which is WAY longer than I thought it would last.

Questions:
-basic who are you, why law school
-what is the most significant project you have worked on at your current job
-specific questions about my resume

My interviewer seemed to be really in to telling me about law school and the legal profession, so make sure to come to the interview with specific questions you can ask them about Northwestern and the interveiwer's legal profession.

Also, make sure you e-mail your resume to the interviewer beforehand. I totally forgot until like two days before the interview, but thankfully remembered at the last minute. It made my interview process much better especially because I did not send my application in before the interview.

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Post by feralinfant » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:58 pm

I just got the email too. Tempted to see if they'd refund the hundred bucks I dropped. I feel that may be in poor taste though.

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Post by husker2012 » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:14 pm

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Post by feralinfant » Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:35 pm

just double checked on my ED certification. Should be going complete today. Now it's time to chew my hands off.

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Post by WhiteyCakes » Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:51 pm

feralinfant wrote:I just got the email too. Tempted to see if they'd refund the hundred bucks I dropped. I feel that may be in poor taste though.
I did that at Chicago...try it.

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Post by venus » Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:59 pm

I just had my interview today. Maybe it varies from person to person, but mine was very casual and it went really well.

The interviewer was very nice and eager to tell me a lot of things about Northwestern. Most of it was me asking questions about things that I am interested in (both about the school itself, how their clinics work, the job fairs, etc., and about things such as housing). And she was very helpful and told me a lot of things that made me like Northwestern even more. For instance, she didn't feel like she was in a cut-throat environment, and she said students liked working together and being friendly, which I think is not that case at every law school.

If you requested an interview, I think you should just take advantage of it, and be prepared to ask about things you are genuinely interested to learn about. I personally found it very helpful and am glad I got the chance to speak with someone who went through the same process and was happy to tell me everything I needed to know.

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Post by Mdenis1 » Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:00 pm

Hey guys, checking in. I just sent my application. 168 3.92. 2 years out of undergrad. My interview is nov. 30th! Good luck :)

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Post by feralinfant » Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:14 pm

Officially complete. Arm chewing has commenced. Looking at LSN am i really going to be in the dark till probably january or february? Ug.

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Post by Chardee_MacDennis » Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:46 pm

feralinfant wrote:just double checked on my ED certification. Should be going complete today. Now it's time to chew my hands off.
Regarding the ED cert: is that something you sent with your app online, or did you send it to the admissions office separately?

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Chardee_MacDennis wrote:
feralinfant wrote:just double checked on my ED certification. Should be going complete today. Now it's time to chew my hands off.
Regarding the ED cert: is that something you sent with your app online, or did you send it to the admissions office separately?
hehe, smoking jay cutler. and checking in.

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Post by feralinfant » Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:57 pm

Chardee_MacDennis wrote:
feralinfant wrote:just double checked on my ED certification. Should be going complete today. Now it's time to chew my hands off.
Regarding the ED cert: is that something you sent with your app online, or did you send it to the admissions office separately?
It is apparently something you need to send in separately. I didn't realize till i looked at my status checker a week after applying and was still incomplete. I just printed it off, signed it, scanned it back and e-mailed it.

Here's a link to it. ED Certification

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Post by feralinfant » Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:05 am

thinking about having my med school/doctor friend put me in a medically induced coma until results come in. Anyone have experience trying to get insurance to cover this ?

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