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[robin600]

Wtf?!?! Epic fail to the asshole who added these things to your status checker before a decision is made!

Huh.
That is on other status checker's of mine as well

Yeah, people need to understand that these schools use the LSAC service to do their status checkers for them. They are just basic templates, and as with most programs, if there is no data it defaults to 0, so no decision has been made, hence no deposit fee yet, hence the zeros.

They mean nothing. They are there because they are part of the template. Some schools remove them, most don't.

Not every little thing means something. The checkers are quite explicit when they mean to give you meaningful data.

Well I like to read into every little detail OK?!?!

[superflush]

Well I like to read into every little detail OK?!?!

Did you find out who added it to the status checker.

[robin600]

Well I like to read into every little detail OK?!?!

Did you find out who added it to the status checker.

No my intel team is on that...duh...

[CyLaw]

Well I like to read into every little detail OK?!?!

No problem. I definitely understand the feeling, and have been known to do the same thing.

[robin600]

Well I like to read into every little detail OK?!?!

No problem. I definitely understand the feeling, and have been known to do the same thing.

I hear people like us make great lawyers tho!

[panadera]

Just FYI: the status checker adds two things when they're about to send decisions.
It later says: Decision Status, and then Decision Date.

[Veritas]

Just FYI: the status checker adds two things when they're about to send decisions.
It later says: Decision Status, and then Decision Date.

you have a decision coming?

[panadera]

Just FYI: the status checker adds two things when they're about to send decisions.
It later says: Decision Status, and then Decision Date.

you have a decision coming?

Not until December. Thats when "rolling admissions" starts. But the status checker says "Decision Status: Decision made," and then the date below.

[Veritas]

Just FYI: the status checker adds two things when they're about to send decisions.
It later says: Decision Status, and then Decision Date.

you have a decision coming?

Not until December. Thats when "rolling admissions" starts. But the status checker says "Decision Status: Decision made," and then the date below.

so they have made a decision that won't be released until December?

that kind of sucks.

[panadera]

Just FYI: the status checker adds two things when they're about to send decisions.
It later says: Decision Status, and then Decision Date.

you have a decision coming?

Not until December. Thats when "rolling admissions" starts. But the status checker says "Decision Status: Decision made," and then the date below.

so they have made a decision that won't be released until December?

that kind of sucks.

A-greed. I was so excited on Wednesday. But not anymore.
Though December is better than April!

It's their first year with a status checker though. So the "decision made" might be a mistake. The office really only said that no matter what it says no one would hear until December.

[monkey85]

Anybody know: Do we need to send in the financial aid forms to be "complete"?

[najumobi]

Anybody know: Do we need to send in the financial aid forms to be "complete"?

no

[robin600]

Does anyone else have the decision made? Mine just says complete since 9/24

[MirandaHobbes]

anyone else get a second status checker e-mail today? no new news, just my status checker login, which i'd already gotten 10 days ago.

Mail Description Mailing Date
Application Status E-Mail Sent 11/16/2009
Application Status E-Mail Sent 11/06/2009

[Veritas]

complete 11/16

[MirandaHobbes]

complete 11/16

when did they receive your app? i haven't gone complete yet, but as i mentioned above, i got a weird second status checker e-mail today.

[jasmoon]

I just sent my app in today. Now the waiting begins...

[kalvano]

Same here, sent mine in a week ago.

My numbers aren't great (3.23/164), but hopefully the being out of school a while helps.

They are pretty high on my list.

[annabell]

I may have posted this on another WashU thread, but is it normal to not receive a complete email for weeks after submitting? When should one call to check on one's status?

[Emma.]

I may have posted this on another WashU thread, but is it normal to not receive a complete email for weeks after submitting? When should one call to check on one's status?

Yeah, they were super slow IIRC... I didn't hear anything for a while, (maybe 10 days) and they are only getting busier now.

[YellowCake]

I may have posted this on another WashU thread, but is it normal to not receive a complete email for weeks after submitting? When should one call to check on one's status?

My status checker was Application Received on 11/1 and not complete until 11/18.

[poprox]

I got the email saying my application was complete on Oct 21, and the status checker has also said "application complete" up until today. Suddenly, just as of today, it says "application incomplete" on the status checker. I'll be calling tomorrow to see what's going on.... Anyone else had this happen? I'm hoping they meant to update it to say "decision made", but accidentally clicked the wrong thing. Will follow-up when I find out.

[poprox]

So I just called the admissions office. The person who answered checked on my application, and said it is incomplete because they require 2 letters of recommendation, and I only submitted one. After getting off the phone, I went to lsac.org and checked....for Washington University in St Louis it clearly says "0 letters required, 2 recommended". I am dumbfounded. My application has already been complete for over a month with the one letter of recommendation, now they're saying I need two. I went ahead and assigned another letter of recommendation to them on lsac, then checked the WUSTL law website, which says "(at least) 2 letters" are required. hmmm.... I really don't recall them ever requiring more than one letter.

[MC Southstar]

So I just called the admissions office. The person who answered checked on my application, and said it is incomplete because they require 2 letters of recommendation, and I only submitted one. After getting off the phone, I went to lsac.org and checked....for Washington University in St Louis it clearly says "0 letters required, 2 recommended". I am dumbfounded. My application has already been complete for over a month with the one letter of recommendation, now they're saying I need two. I went ahead and assigned another letter of recommendation to them on lsac, then checked the WUSTL law website, which says "(at least) 2 letters" are required. hmmm.... I really don't recall them ever requiring more than one letter.

Always read the instructions, LSAC is sometimes inaccurate.

[panadera]

So I just called the admissions office. The person who answered checked on my application, and said it is incomplete because they require 2 letters of recommendation, and I only submitted one. After getting off the phone, I went to lsac.org and checked....for Washington University in St Louis it clearly says "0 letters required, 2 recommended". I am dumbfounded. My application has already been complete for over a month with the one letter of recommendation, now they're saying I need two. I went ahead and assigned another letter of recommendation to them on lsac, then checked the WUSTL law website, which says "(at least) 2 letters" are required. hmmm.... I really don't recall them ever requiring more than one letter.

Always read the instructions, LSAC is sometimes inaccurate.

But it's weird that he was considered "complete" for a whole month. What if they didn't do status checkers this year, and he thought he was complete, even though yesterday they decided he wasn't?

I'm glad you found out about this and could fix it, poprox