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[HungarianGirl13]

Does anyone know:
a.) The final number of TLS reported JS1s last cycle
and b.) the last reported day of a JS1 wave on TLS last cycle?

It looks like the last invites reported in the spreadsheet last year were on 3/11, and there were 166 reported in the spreadsheet in total. I think that info is largely unhelpful, though, because we have no way of knowing how the spreadsheet relates to the content of the thread (which is too long to sift through). Also, we have no idea how the TLS sample compares to the overall applicant pool.

thats true, thanks for your research

[flomotion]

Hey, my friend is reapplying this year after getting a JS1 last year and being rejected. She was a K-JD at the time but has some solid WE for this cycle. Any advice from others who have been in a similar position?

And for those who had a JS1, did your interviewer mention/ask about how you'd applied last year?

I'm sure she'd be grateful for any tips! Thanks.

[Nathanael]

Fun cycle...

[DetroitRed]

Does anyone think that Harvard might be cutting its class size? It would be hard to do in a any dramatic way given the many things tuition dollars fund, but this might explain why they feel less of a need to crank decisions out.

Or maybe they're positioning themselves to accept the February LSAT this year...

[Mack.Hambleton]

Does anyone think that Harvard might be cutting its class size? It would be hard to do in a any dramatic way given the many things tuition dollars fund, but this might explain why they feel less of a need to crank decisions out.

Or maybe they're positioning themselves to accept the February LSAT this year...

They accepted it last year

[DetroitRed]

Does anyone think that Harvard might be cutting its class size? It would be hard to do in a any dramatic way given the many things tuition dollars fund, but this might explain why they feel less of a need to crank decisions out.

Or maybe they're positioning themselves to accept the February LSAT this year...

They accepted it last year

My bad. For whatever reason I thought they didn't.

[RSN]

Does anyone think that Harvard might be cutting its class size? It would be hard to do in a any dramatic way given the many things tuition dollars fund, but this might explain why they feel less of a need to crank decisions out.

Or maybe they're positioning themselves to accept the February LSAT this year...

Don't know all that much about it, but I would think there's no good reason to cut class size unless 1) they no longer have the resources to support an incoming class at the current size (no) or 2) they're trying to hold their medians. The latter is possible, and may explain some of the delay, although if that's the case, I don't think it's about class size so much (they could hold medians without dramatic cuts to the number of admits) as wanting to see the full applicant pool before they do the majority of admits, so they're waiting for the post-December test stragglers to get things in. As usual, just wild speculation.

[Kobaine51]

Does anyone think that Harvard might be cutting its class size? It would be hard to do in a any dramatic way given the many things tuition dollars fund, but this might explain why they feel less of a need to crank decisions out.

Or maybe they're positioning themselves to accept the February LSAT this year...

FWIW I think that as the most famous legal education institution in the world they would probably announce a cut in class size before they did it. That is just my guess though, and I obviously have no real insight into their decision making process.

[DetroitRed]

Does anyone think that Harvard might be cutting its class size? It would be hard to do in a any dramatic way given the many things tuition dollars fund, but this might explain why they feel less of a need to crank decisions out.

Or maybe they're positioning themselves to accept the February LSAT this year...

FWIW I think that as the most famous legal education institution in the world they would probably announce a cut in class size before they did it. That is just my guess though, and I obviously have no real insight into their decision making process.

Yeah, that's fair. I'm just searching for an explanation for Harvard's uncharacteristic reluctance to make admissions calls. The safest, and probably correct, answer is that they're waiting to get a better sense of the applicant pool.

[foles]

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[LawBron James]

Does anyone think that Harvard might be cutting its class size? It would be hard to do in a any dramatic way given the many things tuition dollars fund, but this might explain why they feel less of a need to crank decisions out.

Or maybe they're positioning themselves to accept the February LSAT this year...

FWIW I think that as the most famous legal education institution in the world they would probably announce a cut in class size before they did it. That is just my guess though, and I obviously have no real insight into their decision making process.

Yeah, that's fair. I'm just searching for an explanation for Harvard's uncharacteristic reluctance to make admissions calls. The safest, and probably correct, answer is that they're waiting to get a better sense of the applicant pool.

They should have a sense of it by now though right? This time last year something like 80%+ of 170 and over test takers were in. Unless they really are thinking of taking the Feb test as someone else mentioned. That would mean a (small) panic button got pushed.

Like someone said before, though, they took the Feb LSAT last year. And they're obviously not going to wait until March, so who knows, honestly.

[foles]

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[whompwhomp]

They did take February last year though IIRC the official reason they gave was that the winter storm made it impossible for some people to take the December test so they wanted to give everyone a fair shake.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/admissions ... nes-oh-my/

[RSN]

Meanwhile, JS is sitting in her office reading all this going "These 0Ls are crazy"

[Nathanael]

Maybe the faculty review process is different this cycle?

[unlively]

Maybe the faculty review process is different this cycle?

Yeah, my bet is something going on that's slowing down the faculty review.

[kadyevna]

before my JS1, i thought ~70% chance is great, but now all i know is I have 30% chance of getting dinged! that's just too much.

[hillz]

I convinced myself that more JS2s wouldn't go out till I beat Level 41 in Candy Crush. Well, just beat it tonight sooo you're welcome, everyone.

[ravel]

I convinced myself that more JS2s wouldn't go out till I beat Level 41 in Candy Crush. Well, just beat it tonight sooo you're welcome, everyone.

Pfft, I went up to level 300 in that game. (It cost me $80 because I didn't know the time change trick and I ended up with nerve damage in my arms, but that's not the point.)

[ballcaps]

Meanwhile, JS is sitting in her office reading all this going "These 0Ls are crazy"

[musedreverie]

I convinced myself that more JS2s wouldn't go out till I beat Level 41 in Candy Crush. Well, just beat it tonight sooo you're welcome, everyone.

Pfft, I went up to level 300 in that game. (It cost me $80 because I didn't know the time change trick and I ended up with nerve damage in my arms, but that's not the point.)

What is this time change tip? I did not know any of this. I got to level 190 and that bloody candy crush brought out the Hulk in me

In the meanwhile, the speculations may be wild, but desperate times call for desperate analyses; and all of them are starting to look plausible to me...

[ravel]

I convinced myself that more JS2s wouldn't go out till I beat Level 41 in Candy Crush. Well, just beat it tonight sooo you're welcome, everyone.

Pfft, I went up to level 300 in that game. (It cost me $80 because I didn't know the time change trick and I ended up with nerve damage in my arms, but that's not the point.)

What is this time change tip? I did not know any of this. I got to level 190 and that bloody candy crush brought out the Hulk in me

In the meanwhile, the speculations may be wild, but desperate times call for desperate analyses; and all of them are starting to look plausible to me...

Set your iPhone time manually to some time in the future so you don't have to wait for lives. Open the game. You'll get a bunch of lives. Then, set the time to automatic again. You sometimes have to go farther and farther into the future with your iPhone time to get the lives, but it works every time. Now you can play 24/7! I'd quit my job or school. It's not an addiction. It's a commitment.

[hillz]

I convinced myself that more JS2s wouldn't go out till I beat Level 41 in Candy Crush. Well, just beat it tonight sooo you're welcome, everyone.

Pfft, I went up to level 300 in that game. (It cost me $80 because I didn't know the time change trick and I ended up with nerve damage in my arms, but that's not the point.)

What is this time change tip? I did not know any of this. I got to level 190 and that bloody candy crush brought out the Hulk in me

In the meanwhile, the speculations may be wild, but desperate times call for desperate analyses; and all of them are starting to look plausible to me...

Set your iPhone time manually to some time in the future so you don't have to wait for lives. Open the game. You'll get a bunch of lives. Then, set the time to automatic again. You sometimes have to go farther and farther into the future with your iPhone time to get the lives, but it works every time. Now you can play 24/7! I'd quit my job or school. It's not an addiction. It's a commitment.

Niiice, thanks! I just started playing. Tried to hold off because I heard it was addictive, but alas, it got the best of me.

[ravel]

Niiice, thanks! I just started playing. Tried to hold off because I heard it was addictive, but alas, it got the best of me.

No problem. Happy to feed your commitment to almost-but-not-quite-online-gambling.

[pylon]

Does anyone know:
a.) The final number of TLS reported JS1s last cycle
and b.) the last reported day of a JS1 wave on TLS last cycle?

It looks like the last invites reported in the spreadsheet last year were on 3/11, and there were 166 reported in the spreadsheet in total. I think that info is largely unhelpful, though, because we have no way of knowing how the spreadsheet relates to the content of the thread (which is too long to sift through). Also, we have no idea how the TLS sample compares to the overall applicant pool.

I think the # of waves and # of JS1s reported in the thread for this year could have more value if we had last year's thread reporting included, however 400 some odd pages is just too much to look through like psychmusic said.

And although we're not sure how the TLS sample compares to the overall applicant pool, I think it's a reasonable assumption to assume that the TLS sample doesn't change dramatically year over year so that's okay.