Can anyone beat 5 Waitlists? Forum

[drevo]

Currently on 7. are any of you guys withdrawing your applications?

Yeah. I withdrew from 6 of the 7. In my case I was fortunate enough to get outright admitted to my top choice. I'm still riding the one because I can make a case to myself that I could potentially see myself attending due to location. A couple wait list withdraws took a little longer for me to pull the trigger than others, but ultimately riding them out didn't make sense in my situation. I was pretty sure I wouldn't choose them over my top choice unless I got some $$$ off the wait list. That is a big "if" to be pushing my decisions into the summer and be taking another person's spot who may love the school.

[bostonbrewer]

4 WLs for me plus a de facto hold at USC. Withdrawn from all but one.

[JJ123]

About 20 applications, not a single waitlist. Either accepted with money or rejected outright.

[krispymenudo]

24 apps
5 Waitlists
4 Awaiting Response
2 Rejects

[Gucci Mane]

Funny coincidence, I am on the same 5 WL/2 acceptances/1 rejection distribution as well

[klondike5]

Chiming in with my 8 waitlists but I have 3 decisions still pending and fully expect to be waitlisted at 2 of those. I have 12 acceptances so far with 3 rejections for the 26 schools I applied to.

[D2142]

Sooooo frustrating. Nothing like keeping your hopes up for a 10-15 % chance of acceptance

Am I overly optimistic in thinking that this cycle will yield a better chance of acceptance off waitlists?

[klondike5]

Waitlisted at 5, accepted at 2, rejected at 1

Any on more than 5 waitlists or am i a special snowflake?

Also, even if you don't have the most waitlists, Kevinlomax is a cool enough name to grant you special snowflake status in my book.

[chickentikka]

So far I can tie it. I'm 174/3.44 2 years WE top 10 undergrad half-black. Late Jan submit date

I'm not surprised at the dings because my GPA is a joke. I'm not sure if I should wait this out or reapply next year. I have bounced around jobs a bit, so that might hurt too. I was under the impression that my PS was okay and that my recs were good (though I obviously haven't seen them). Any thoughts?

WL
Chicago
NYU
Penn
Berkeley - 1st Quartile
Duke - Priority Reserve

Held
Columbia

Deny
Yale
Harvard

No word
Stanford

Edit: submit date

[aboutmydaylight]

Check my shit out:

In
Stanford
Harvard
Berkeley
Duke
Penn
UCLA

Waitlisted
Columbia
Chicago
NYU
Michigan
Virginia
Georgetown

[Nonconsecutive]

make that five, although not the one i was expecting.

i will probably stay on all of them. except maybe gulc. they r buttheads.

I thought you had decided on HLS?

[VivaWisconsin]

7 WLs and expecting 8 if Georgetown ever answers me and plus a hold at Northwestern. COME AT ME, BRO.

[Babum]

7 here, though most likely YP. either way, I got in at my goal uni so no harm done.

[Chinese_Mafia]

7 WLs so far...

[BankruptMe]

On 4, soon to be 5 by Friday.

[klondike5]

My 8 waitlists just became 7 waitlists. Indiana-B pulls me off the bench and offers a fair amount of money to boot. Hopefully the other 7 see this and realize how truly snowflakey I am.

[jk148706]

My 8 waitlists just became 7 waitlists. Indiana-B pulls me off the bench and offers a fair amount of money to boot. Hopefully the other 7 see this and realize how truly snowflakey I am.

Congrats!

Post details here:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=228489

[Quan292]

Does everyone in this thread have at least 1 top 14 acceptance? I have 6 WL and they are all to the top14 schools I applied to.

[havermayer]

Also at 9. Really frustrating but trying to remain optimistic!

[klondike5]

Does everyone in this thread have at least 1 top 14 acceptance? I have 6 WL and they are all to the top14 schools I applied to.

I have none but I didn't apply to any of the top 14. With the current state of applicants I can see why they would be willing to use the waitlist more than in the past. I see you are an URM and from what I can gather they are very unpredictable cycles and patience on those waitlists may end up paying off. Good luck, hope you get a few.

[coreaves23]

On 7 WL:

-Penn
-Virginia
-Michigan
-Duke
-Vanderbilt
-UCLA
-USC

[wealtheow]

make that five, although not the one i was expecting.

i will probably stay on all of them. except maybe gulc. they r buttheads.

I thought you had decided on HLS?

i hadn't yet, that day. although, i am staying on yale's definitely. and honestly i am still disappointed about penn and uva.

[phillywc]

8 Waitlists. But fuck the cycle is over. OCI should be fun

[amw5471]

I'm down to 3 waitlists, withdrew from a bunch and was pulled off for one school

[francesfarmer]

So far I can tie it. I'm 174/3.44 2 years WE top 10 undergrad half-black. Late Jan submit date

I'm not surprised at the dings because my GPA is a joke. I'm not sure if I should wait this out or reapply next year. I have bounced around jobs a bit, so that might hurt too. I was under the impression that my PS was okay and that my recs were good (though I obviously haven't seen them). Any thoughts?

WL
Chicago
NYU
Penn
Berkeley - 1st Quartile
Duke - Priority Reserve

Held
Columbia

Deny
Yale
Harvard

No word
Stanford

Edit: submit date

Oof. That is rough. You're underperforming your numbers I think. Reapplying may help!!!