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[Atmosphere]

Checkin in!

Great pic! Says it all...

Here's to hoping!

Haha thank you! We've got this!

[everything_bagel]

Anyone going to have their apps for UChi and Cornell ready for Aug 15th?

I hope so!! It would feel so great to get them in that early. But I'll be traveling out of the country at the time so might wait to submit until I return.

[xylocarp]

Updated T-14 application opening dates in the OP. Or go here if you prefer infographic form. If anyone has other schools' dates they'd like to add, let me know. I was going to do T-15 through T-50, but I couldn't find a date for Texas so I just gave up...

So. 40 days until the first apps start opening.

Thank you for compiling xylocarp!

Don't thank me, thank middlebear! I just found Georgetown and a solid Harvard date.

I am going to be doing the T-50 after all, minus whatever schools don't have it on their websites. Expect that sometime tonight!

[xylocarp]

Anyone going to have their apps for UChi and Cornell ready for Aug 15th?

I'm hoping to at least get Chi in on that day. I have a trip to Chicago on the 18th, so I'd love to visit having already applied.

To do that I'll need to think of a PS topic though...

[Dream_weaver32]

Anyone going to have their apps for UChi and Cornell ready for Aug 15th?

That's the plan! PS and DS are being reviewed by multiple professors. LOR's should be done within the next week as well. Really excited about my PS. Took me awhile, but finally have a product that I really think shows off who I am and my writing abilities.

[Gray]

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[dasani13]

For the people retaking in September:

Are you guys gonna wait to receive the September scores to send out apps or do you plan on applying with your current score and letting them know you're retaking?

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[should-i-do-it]

For the people retaking in September:

Are you guys gonna wait to receive the September scores to send out apps or do you plan on applying with your current score and letting them know you're retaking?

I'm not sure what to do either. I was going to apply to some schools where I'm at median with my current score right when their app opens up. When do school start admitting. I don't want to get admitted and get a small scholarship/no money before my score comes if I end up improving a bunch and it could have gotten me more $$$.

Also any one know when medians for this fall's entering class come out?

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[should-i-do-it]

Also any one know when medians for this fall's entering class come out?

These are available; see e.g. LST

They have them for the entering class of 2013 but not 2014.

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[Learn_Live_Hope]

Updated T-14 application opening dates in the OP. Or go here if you prefer infographic form. If anyone has other schools' dates they'd like to add, let me know. I was going to do T-15 through T-50, but I couldn't find a date for Texas so I just gave up...

So. 40 days until the first apps start opening.

Omg!

Haha I had the same reaction.

[Learn_Live_Hope]

For the people retaking in September:

Are you guys gonna wait to receive the September scores to send out apps or do you plan on applying with your current score and letting them know you're retaking?

I'm not. I'll be waiting for my October score. It's worth to mention I will be applying ED to one of the schools so I want that high score before I apply.

[xylocarp]

For the people retaking in September:

Are you guys gonna wait to receive the September scores to send out apps or do you plan on applying with your current score and letting them know you're retaking?

I'm not. I'll be waiting for my October score. It's worth to mention I will be applying ED to one of the schools so I want that high score before I apply.

LLH where are you EDing??

[xylocarp]

To do that I'll need to think of a PS topic though...

Lol the PS struggle is so real. Have you tried just forcing it? Just sitting down and saying "in the next 60 minutes, I will write a PS!" and just seeing what ideas come out of it?

I'm going to try that, maybe. I think my main problem is that I don't believe that I have any good ideas, so I haven't started writing anything.


And good luck to everyone in the dark abyss of PS writer's block!

I tried that a few months ago, then read an article about PS mistakes and found that I'd committed like half of them

I might try again this weekend. Ugh

[downbeat14]

For the people retaking in September:

Are you guys gonna wait to receive the September scores to send out apps or do you plan on applying with your current score and letting them know you're retaking?

I'm not. I'll be waiting for my October score. It's worth to mention I will be applying ED to one of the schools so I want that high score before I apply.

I actually asked a similar question at the DC forum event to all the adcomms from the T14 (before I knew what my June score was in case it was way lower than normal). The consensus is wait until the higher score (all the T14 suggested this except Berkeley person for some reason). The way they put it was this:

The vast majority of adcomms will be traveling to recruiting events, etc. at first anyways. Many/most of them won't even start reading the first batch until around Thanksgiving. It's highly unlikely that your admission will be affected by waiting a month or so to apply.

On that note, everyone seems to be predicting another down-cycle, so even more of a reason to wait IMO if you KNOW you can do better. But yeah, it's a slight gamble due to rolling admissions. The other way you can assess the risk is check the school's release dates from last year. For example, if school X released the majority of their offers of admissions on January 1 (and like 4 before that) you can pretty much be certain that the timing of September will not matter. December would obviously be a different story in this light.

[everything_bagel]

Just got a Gtown "invitation to apply" and fee waiver! You should all check your inboxes!

[Aholymost]

Just got a Gtown "invitation to apply" and fee waiver! You should all check your inboxes!

Same here. First actually exciting waiver I've gotten. The others so far: Case Western, Seton Hall, Ave Maria (nice try), Indiana Tech (hip hop law, anybody?), and UW.

[Winston1984]

Just got a Gtown "invitation to apply" and fee waiver! You should all check your inboxes!

I guess I'm not good enough for a Gtown fee waiver. I did get Indiana Tech today, so that totally makes up for it.

[xylocarp]

Just got a Gtown "invitation to apply" and fee waiver! You should all check your inboxes!

Damn, nothing for me. I did, at the exact moment I read that, get an OSU email though

[lieph82]

SO excited! Wish it were decision time already. 179, 3.8x, no fee waiver from Georgetown.

[golden44]

checking in! splitter with 175 (june14) and 3.34. will have 6 years solid work exp (3 big4 accting, 3 industry). not urm, but am 1st gen college grad.

guess i also didn't make georgetown's waiver list, but the ttt's are out in full force lol

[everything_bagel]

Whatever, guys, I'm sure Georgetown will be in touch soon!

[rebexness]

Just got a Gtown "invitation to apply" and fee waiver! You should all check your inboxes!

Me too!