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[Hand]

I just replied to it saying that I regrettably am not able to interview due to work.

What's sad is that I put it off for an hour because I have a shared Skype account for me and Mr. Grey - we only use it for video chatting our parents, and it has a goofy unprofessional username. I was going to create a new account but when I checked again the only slot that I could do was gone.

guessing that username was something like buttseks4jeezus?

[Gray]

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[buckiguy_sucks]

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[Hand]

guessing that username was something like buttseks4jeezus?

Relevant but super NSFW https://youtube.com/watch?v=NfRtkCGE40A

Related, also really NSFW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lReWh6uqVM

SORRY MOUSE

[Gray]

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[still]

also signed up for hold interview here

really curious as to why NU admissions office would expend so much time for already held students

has anyone gotten accepted without interviewing?

i have 2 theories
1) students NU would have accepted had they interviewed were held and given another chance to interview
2) NU plans on accepting a bunch of folks from the hold pile and they want to make the best decision possible

[idissent]

idk it's pretty frustrating if held interviews are given significant weight since they're only offered via skype once a week, all during the workday. But I guess we still have the essays/LOCI, so not all is lost.

[RareExports]

also signed up for hold interview here

really curious as to why NU admissions office would expend so much time for already held students

has anyone gotten accepted without interviewing?

i have 2 theories
1) students NU would have accepted had they interviewed were held and given another chance to interview
2) NU plans on accepting a bunch of folks from the hold pile and they want to make the best decision possible

I really foolishly selected on my application that I did not want to interview. I was told my by pre-law advisor that interviews never help your application and can only hurt it...which I now realize is very false information, but it was what I was operating under at the time.

My numbers are very competitive (although not stellar) and I ended up getting held. For this reason, I would very much like to believe in your theories--particularly the first.

[Gray]

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[NoBladesNoBows]

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[RareExports]

also signed up for hold interview here

really curious as to why NU admissions office would expend so much time for already held students

has anyone gotten accepted without interviewing?

i have 2 theories
1) students NU would have accepted had they interviewed were held and given another chance to interview
2) NU plans on accepting a bunch of folks from the hold pile and they want to make the best decision possible

I really foolishly selected on my application that I did not want to interview. I was told my by pre-law advisor that interviews never help your application and can only hurt it...which I now realize is very false information, but it was what I was operating under at the time.

My numbers are very competitive (although not stellar) and I ended up getting held. For this reason, I would very much like to believe in your theories--particularly the first.

I can't believe the outlandish shit that pre-law advisors have told people on this forum. What is the selection criteria for that job? Some low-level administrator wants a little paycheck bump and just says, "yea sure, I'll do it"???

No kidding. I wonder how much it hurt my cycle. I ended up getting waitlisted across the board at a really large range of schools, many of which my numbers suggested I would be in at (but not quite YP). Maybe I'm a little bitter, but it's a decision I made at every school, and one that I wish I could reverse.

[still]

i never met my prelaw advisor
in fact, i never even made an attempt to consider meeting with him/her

[ILoveYou]

also signed up for hold interview here

really curious as to why NU admissions office would expend so much time for already held students

has anyone gotten accepted without interviewing?

i have 2 theories
1) students NU would have accepted had they interviewed were held and given another chance to interview
2) NU plans on accepting a bunch of folks from the hold pile and they want to make the best decision possible

I was accepted without interviewing. I still haven't actually spoken to anyone at NU, other than by email.


ETA: Don't hate me.

[Hand]

I was accepted without interviewing. I still haven't actually spoken to anyone at NU, other than by email.

Ditto

[Gray]

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[Hand]

I was accepted without interviewing. I still haven't actually spoken to anyone at NU, other than by email.

Ditto

I notice you omitted the "don't hate me" part of that quote... is it because you know everyone already does?

correct. see also the link in my profile for how I feel about everybody.

[Gray]

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[still]

ok theory 1 out the window then lol

[tuxedocat]

Anyone else think Johann is trolling us? My heart jumps whenever I see he has a new tweet, and then I'm like, "DRINKING CHOCOLATE????"

[gilessanderson]

Held just now

[buckiguy_sucks]

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[gilessanderson]

I apologize for my ignorance since I'm sure this has been discussed in full, but could someone give me the tl;dr of a hold vs. waitlist and the implications of being held?

[Poldy]

Placed on hold today. I was pretty nervous opening the letter and expected it to be my first reject. On hold isn't much better lol.

[Joe47]

Does Northwestern use the hold category as YP often?

[tuxedocat]

Held today too. *shakes fist*