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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by kinseyjo » Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:40 pm

secadc11 wrote:Congrats to those accepted!

Any of you want to share stats?
161/3.75. Good softs.
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by Westofeden » Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:45 pm

legummagister wrote:
Westofeden wrote:Congrats everyone. I wonder if we will see a larger class size this year after a pretty drastic dip in the rankings.
What happened? from 26 to 43...

I think it is the small class size + bad job market that made them fall quite a few spots. The quality of the school hasn't changed, the quality of the job market..well.....
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Post by diva857 » Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:48 pm

Congrats to all the recent admits!!

In via email today as well. Feels great to have had such a quick turn around!
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by LawSchool2015 » Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:22 pm

Westofeden wrote:
legummagister wrote:
Westofeden wrote:Congrats everyone. I wonder if we will see a larger class size this year after a pretty drastic dip in the rankings.
What happened? from 26 to 43...

I think it is the small class size + bad job market that made them fall quite a few spots. The quality of the school hasn't changed, the quality of the job market..well.....

The large class size (the class that will graduate this year) was an unintentional over-enrollment. The subsequent decrease in class size (a return to a more normal class size) did impact the rank, among other things.
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by lhanvt13 » Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:43 pm

LawSchool2015 wrote:
Westofeden wrote:
legummagister wrote:
Westofeden wrote:Congrats everyone. I wonder if we will see a larger class size this year after a pretty drastic dip in the rankings.
What happened? from 26 to 43...

I think it is the small class size + bad job market that made them fall quite a few spots. The quality of the school hasn't changed, the quality of the job market..well.....

The large class size (the class that will graduate this year) was an unintentional over-enrollment. The subsequent decrease in class size (a return to a more normal class size) did impact the rank, among other things.
Very much so what LS2015 said. by objective numbers, the enrollment decreased substantially from C/O '15 -> C/O '16, but that was because of the unintentional over-enrollment. As for now, they should be pretty good about keeping the enrollment numbers steady.

Also attributed to ranking drop: class of '13 (I think 13, maybe 14) was an unusual occurrence where the bar passage numbers dropped substantially. This probably affected a number of job opportunities that were contingent on bar passage (lots of people going into Gov positions need to pass the bar first, as far as I know). Along with the tanking economy affecting rural schools more so than urban schools, W&L had a bad year.

There are no implications on this as to how it'll affect the future ranks/job opportunities but things should be bouncing back imo.
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by imnottelling » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:32 am

Regarding the bar passage, C/O 2014 fared much better, beating out all other Virginia schools other than UVA (and was only slightly behind UVA): http://barexam.virginia.gov/bar/barresults.html

And congrats to all the recently admitted!
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by lawskoolin » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:36 am

Accepted yesterday too! First acceptance--exciting!
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Post by lhanvt13 » Fri Nov 21, 2014 4:54 pm

imnottelling wrote:Regarding the bar passage, C/O 2014 fared much better, beating out all other Virginia schools other than UVA (and was only slightly behind UVA): http://barexam.virginia.gov/bar/barresults.html

And congrats to all the recently admitted!
+1

Also, imnottelling is probably one of the smartest and friendliest people I know at W&L. I'm volunteering him/her for Q&A.
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by imnottelling » Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:57 pm

lhanvt13 wrote:
imnottelling wrote:Regarding the bar passage, C/O 2014 fared much better, beating out all other Virginia schools other than UVA (and was only slightly behind UVA): http://barexam.virginia.gov/bar/barresults.html

And congrats to all the recently admitted!
+1

Also, imnottelling is probably one of the smartest and friendliest people I know at W&L. I'm volunteering him/her for Q&A.
AWWWW....Thanks lhanvt13! :D

And I would be happy to answer any questions. Feel free to PM or post. Really, I could use any excuse not to prep for exams...
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Post by Toomanycooks » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:01 pm

Just got about the scariest e-mail ever from Wash & Lee that said my decision is coming in later today.
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Post by hdaze » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:05 pm

Toomanycooks wrote:Just got about the scariest e-mail ever from Wash & Lee that said my decision is coming in later today.
That is scary!! When did you go complete?
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Post by Toomanycooks » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:14 pm

hdaze wrote:
Toomanycooks wrote:Just got about the scariest e-mail ever from Wash & Lee that said my decision is coming in later today.
That is scary!! When did you go complete?
11/17, and application went under review 11/20. I am by no means a strong candidate but i'll share the decision/edit this post whenever I get it.

PM me for stats!
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Post by LawGirlAtx » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:26 pm

Toomanycooks wrote:
hdaze wrote:
Toomanycooks wrote:Just got about the scariest e-mail ever from Wash & Lee that said my decision is coming in later today.
That is scary!! When did you go complete?
11/17, and application went under review 11/20. I am by no means a strong candidate but i'll share the decision/edit this post whenever I get it.

PM me for stats!
Good luck!

My application went under review on 11/25. Hoping for some news soon!
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by lhanvt13 » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:35 pm

Toomanycooks wrote:Just got about the scariest e-mail ever from Wash & Lee that said my decision is coming in later today.
from my experience, the status checker updates before you get the decision emial.
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by Toomanycooks » Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:24 pm

Just got the e-mail, i'm in! :)
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Post by LawGirlAtx » Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:33 pm

Toomanycooks wrote:Just got the e-mail, i'm in! :)
Congrats! Do you mind sharing stats?
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by Toomanycooks » Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:38 pm

LawGirlAtx wrote:
Toomanycooks wrote:Just got the e-mail, i'm in! :)
Congrats! Do you mind sharing stats?
PM'd you.
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by Tot12Tator » Mon Dec 08, 2014 4:44 am

Checking in. Applied 11/24, went under review 11/25. I've got really low stats for here, but I've got great softs that I'm hoping help me out a little bit. 3.3/154
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by graybee08 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:47 pm

application submitted and checking in
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by Tot12Tator » Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:57 pm

Just got an email saying I find out today what my decision is. Fingers crossed.
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by hdaze » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:05 pm

Tot12Tator wrote:Just got an email saying I find out today what my decision is. Fingers crossed.
I did, too! Good luck!
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by Tot12Tator » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:26 pm

Just got the update. I've been put on the wait list. Better than a no.
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Post by hdaze » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:28 pm

Admitted via status checker!
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Re: Washington & Lee C/O 2018

Post by FutureJD21 » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:37 pm

Just got an email saying that a decision will be posted later today. Does this mean I can expect a deny? Just seems weird that they wouldn't email a congrats or regrets.
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Post by HavingFun » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:40 pm

FutureJD21 wrote:Just got an email saying that a decision will be posted later today. Does this mean I can expect a deny? Just seems weird that they wouldn't email a congrats or regrets.

everyone gets that, it doesn't really mean anything either way
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