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[Indifference]

Is Harvard splitter friendly though? I thought his/her GPA was a 3.9, but its only a 3.88.

Oh no thats a massive drop, that 0.02 really is going to be the killer. I think OP should ED UVA

And blueberry, before you have a heart attack pulstar's just being sarcastic

Thanks for the info guys/gals. And for the humor.

ETA: So I can continue to jump at my phone every time it buzzes, It'll just be for emails instead of calls.

[musedreverie]

Is Harvard splitter friendly though? I thought his/her GPA was a 3.9, but its only a 3.88.

Oh no thats a massive drop, that 0.02 really is going to be the killer. I think OP should ED UVA

And blueberry, before you have a heart attack pulstar's just being sarcastic

Thanks for the info guys/gals. And for the humor.

ETA: So I can continue to jump at my phone every time it buzzes, It'll just be for emails instead of calls.

Always a pleasure to serve a comrade in need

And yeah, JS1 emails were usually sent around 4-5 pm Est so be ready to be more fretful around that time.

[Indifference]

Is Harvard splitter friendly though? I thought his/her GPA was a 3.9, but its only a 3.88.

Oh no thats a massive drop, that 0.02 really is going to be the killer. I think OP should ED UVA

And blueberry, before you have a heart attack pulstar's just being sarcastic

Thanks for the info guys/gals. And for the humor.

ETA: So I can continue to jump at my phone every time it buzzes, It'll just be for emails instead of calls.

Always a pleasure to serve a comrade in need

And yeah, JS1 emails were usually sent around 4-5 pm Est so be ready to be more fretful around that time.

With the time difference where I'm off to I'll likely be asleep if/when that comes in. Don't know if that is better or worse.

[HorseThief]

Oh no thats a massive drop, that 0.02 really is going to be the killer. I think OP should ED UVA

And blueberry, before you have a heart attack pulstar's just being sarcastic

Thanks for the info guys/gals. And for the humor.

ETA: So I can continue to jump at my phone every time it buzzes, It'll just be for emails instead of calls.

Always a pleasure to serve a comrade in need

And yeah, JS1 emails were usually sent around 4-5 pm Est so be ready to be more fretful around that time.

With the time difference where I'm off to I'll likely be asleep if/when that comes in. Don't know if that is better or worse.

This was actually the worst. I was abroad during my 0L season, and sometimes I'd just wake up at 4am and be wide awake with curiosity. Then I'd see that no JS1/JS2 came in and go to sleep again very sad. I did not sleep well for months.

[pylon]

I don't want to bring down the mood, but just a heads up everyone that last year, the first rejections came on 1/16, which was today's equivalent (the second Thursday after the holidays). Although things might be different this year, I figured it would be worth mentioning.

Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't ding until March or April honestly.

Ugh this would be awful. Why do you think it will be so late?

[pylon]

With the time difference where I'm off to I'll likely be asleep if/when that comes in. Don't know if that is better or worse.

Same situation here. Sometimes I think it's worse because every morning there's panic as I frantically check my phone and TLS to see if there has been a wave. But if I was in EST, I'd probably just do that every time my phone buzzed throughout the day lol.

[pylon]

Preliminary findings from last year's thread, up until this point in the cycle (Jan 15th-17th) - big ups to beanie, foles, & mused for getting this together (and pulstar for the idea):

First, they had 200 pages by January 17th... 200!!!

Second, there were 128 JS1s reported in the thread, and 71 JS2s for c/o 2017. Comparatively, c/o 2018 has 92 JS1s reported in the thread, and 10 JS2s. It's safe to say they are behind on both interviews and acceptances at this point in the cycle. Although we knew this for acceptances, the fact that they are behind on interviews is new.

Third, there were 5 waves of JS2s for c/o 2017: 11/25, 11/26, 12/18, 12/19, and 12/23. Comparatively, c/o 2018 has had 1: 12/15.

Fourth, there were 33 waves of JS1s for c/o 2017 - with a very big wave on 1/17. This is compared to 12 waves of JS1s so far for c/o 2018. They seem to be offering interviews differently this year, as there were lots of small waves with just 1 or 2 people reporting receiving JS1s, whereas for c/o 2018 the waves are larger.

Yes, TLS isn't representative of the total pool - however we might get an idea of what that representation is by the end of searching through the thread. And I think it's a safe assumption to say TLS representation of the sample doesn't change drastically year over year, so hopefully this will have value moving forward.

[leslieknope]

I would be pretty hesitant to extrapolate that they're behind on anything from that data, pylon. The fact that the thread is significantly shorter could very well mean that there are less participants in it, which means we're working with different sample sizes. If you had info on how many overall posters are reporting in each thread that you could use to scale the sample sizes, but tbh honestly you're better off trying to get JS to friend you back on facebook at this point.

[Mack.Hambleton]

I would be pretty hesitant to extrapolate that they're behind on anything from that data, pylon. The fact that the thread is significantly shorter could very well mean that there are less participants in it, which means we're working with different sample sizes. If you had info on how many overall posters are reporting in each thread that you could use to scale the sample sizes, but tbh honestly you're better off trying to get JS to friend you back on facebook at this point.

There's only been one JS2 wave. That is pretty much all you need

[R. Jeeves]

Preliminary findings from last year's thread, up until this point in the cycle (Jan 15th-17th) - big ups to beanie, foles, & mused for getting this together (and pulstar for the idea):

When I originally made the proposal, I was only trying to poke fun at the level of neurosis in this thread...but holy balls you guys actually went and did it. Poe's law I guess. But props to you guys, and thanks for doing this. I'm sure this data can be useful to us and to future applicants as well.

[sneakyleo]

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[musedreverie]

I would be pretty hesitant to extrapolate that they're behind on anything from that data, pylon. The fact that the thread is significantly shorter could very well mean that there are less participants in it, which means we're working with different sample sizes. If you had info on how many overall posters are reporting in each thread that you could use to scale the sample sizes, but tbh honestly you're better off trying to get JS to friend you back on facebook at this point.

Well, we know they're behind the schedule re JS2s at least, for sure, compared to other years, so that's something.

And I think you might be right in that there may be less participants this year but the smaller thread size may also be indicative of lack of movement on (and the excitement that follows) JS2.

It's hard to truly extrapolate anything from anything but it's still interesting

[R. Jeeves]

I would be pretty hesitant to extrapolate that they're behind on anything from that data, pylon. The fact that the thread is significantly shorter could very well mean that there are less participants in it, which means we're working with different sample sizes. If you had info on how many overall posters are reporting in each thread that you could use to scale the sample sizes, but tbh honestly you're better off trying to get JS to friend you back on facebook at this point.

Well, we know they're behind the schedule re JS2s at least, for sure, compared to other years, so that's something.

And I think you might be right in that there may be less participants this year but the smaller thread size may also be indicative of lack of movement on (and the excitement that follows) JS2.

It's hard to truly extrapolate anything from anything but it's still interesting

Maybe the number of participants are different, but we can draw some conclusions based on the number of JS1 and JS2 waves.

[pylon]

I would be pretty hesitant to extrapolate that they're behind on anything from that data, pylon. The fact that the thread is significantly shorter could very well mean that there are less participants in it, which means we're working with different sample sizes. If you had info on how many overall posters are reporting in each thread that you could use to scale the sample sizes, but tbh honestly you're better off trying to get JS to friend you back on facebook at this point.

Yeah, definitely it's not a science and there are flaws. However it's something and there will hopefully be value to it moving forward. As to the thread count, every time there was a JS1 wave the thread jumped a few pages, and every time there was a JS2 wave the thread count jumped like 10 pages (as well they also had a lot more off topic discussion). Like I said, I don't see a reason to believe that there's a big difference in year-over-year representation on TLS.

[qgprhtnf]

I would be pretty hesitant to extrapolate that they're behind on anything from that data, pylon. The fact that the thread is significantly shorter could very well mean that there are less participants in it, which means we're working with different sample sizes. If you had info on how many overall posters are reporting in each thread that you could use to scale the sample sizes, but tbh honestly you're better off trying to get JS to friend you back on facebook at this point.

Yeah, definitely it's not a science and there are flaws. However it's something and there will hopefully be value to it moving forward. As to the thread count, every time there was a JS1 wave the thread jumped a few pages, and every time there was a JS2 wave the thread count jumped like 10 pages (as well they also had a lot more off topic discussion). Like I said, I don't see a reason to believe that there's a big difference in year-over-year representation on TLS.

Thanks, Pylon, and all those others who worked with Pylon!

[leslieknope]

Yeah, you're definitely right about the waves and about the thread size correlating. Looks like Spivey's prediction about longer slower cycles at all the top schools as they try to figure out what their medians are going to turn out this year is right. Or at the very least, something's slowing it down. Thanks for putting this together!

[R. Jeeves]

Thanks, Pylon, and all those others who worked with Pylon!

Yup, ty to pylon, beanie, foles, and musedreverie for getting this data together.

[foles]

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[kadyevna]

Thanks, Pylon, and all those others who worked with Pylon!

Yup, ty to pylon, beanie, foles, and musedreverie for getting this data together.

+1

[blueberrycrumble]

Is Harvard splitter friendly though? I thought his/her GPA was a 3.9, but its only a 3.88.

Oh no thats a massive drop, that 0.02 really is going to be the killer. I think OP should ED UVA

And blueberry, before you have a heart attack pulstar's just being sarcastic

Oh lols... my bad, sarcasm didn't translate through for me in this case. Anyways, didn't have a heart attack - just thought it would discourage the other applicant; so yeaa... disregard what i said

[2666]

I agree they might want to know better about the pool to maintain their median but I don't think that' the reason they are holding the decisions. They can still give out JS2s to those 180/179/178s anyway. I would vote for the "different Faculty Review process" theory.

[LSCHI]

I agree they might want to know better about the pool to maintain their median but I don't think that' the reason they are holding the decisions. They can still give out JS2s to those 180/179/178s anyway. I would vote for the "different Faculty Review process" theory.

Seems reasonable. I would also venture to say that the number of December retakers slowed the process a bit.

[unlively]

Everyone ready for no calls today and then a 3-day weekend?

Arrrrgh.

[humph]

File says application received as of 01/09.... Then they have the whole thing about taking 3-4 weeks to process the application. Does anyone know if it really takes that long to match LSAC stuff with the app? Or can I expect it to go under review sooner?

[omegaweapon]

File says application received as of 01/09.... Then they have the whole thing about taking 3-4 weeks to process the application. Does anyone know if it really takes that long to match LSAC stuff with the app? Or can I expect it to go under review sooner?

It took me about a month to go complete, so don't stress about it until then.