Who'd you hear from? - Post-December LSAT Applicants Forum

[colada]

in at nyu yesterday! applied 12/28...not sure i even got a received email.

[pleasetryagain]

in at nyu yesterday! applied 12/28...not sure i even got a received email.

congrats.. stats?

Also:
In at UGeorgia via snail mail today.

[bloodonthetracks]

in at nyu yesterday! applied 12/28...not sure i even got a received email.

um, yeah...how did you get in so quickly?

[BenJ]

I'm curious, too. I applied 12/29; much as I would hope to hear earlier, going by last year the first acceptances mailed to people who applied in very late December onwards arrived in early February.

[los blancos]

in at nyu yesterday! applied 12/28...not sure i even got a received email.

wow, that's fast. especially for NYU

[los blancos]

I'll join this thread as well. Not a Dec test taker, but I submitted..

Berkeley and USC: last week of Dec
HSCCNMVPDNC/UT/UCLA: 2nd week of Jan

So far:
UR at Berkeley and Duke (PT)
Complete at USC, Virginia, Columbia, Northwestern (pending interview)
Haven't heard at all from NYU, Mich, UT, UCLA, SLS

UPDATE:

Complete at Columbia yesterday
In at Duke today

[bloodonthetracks]

I'll join this thread as well. Not a Dec test taker, but I submitted..

Berkeley and USC: last week of Dec
HSCCNMVPDNC/UT/UCLA: 2nd week of Jan

So far:
UR at Berkeley and Duke (PT)
Complete at USC, Virginia, Columbia, Northwestern (pending interview)
Haven't heard at all from NYU, Mich, UT, UCLA, SLS

UPDATE:

Complete at Columbia yesterday
In at Duke today

congrats on duke!

[IAFG]

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[BenJ]

dinged by HLS on friday

Sorry to hear that

When did you submit? Must have been before the December LSAT to get dinged so fast...

[IAFG]

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[itsirtou]

In review at Berkeley (be still my heart), GW, Emory, and BU. Still "pending review" at Duke, which I've been at since about two days after I submitted the app on the 5th, so I have no idea what that means.

[los blancos]

I'll join this thread as well. Not a Dec test taker, but I submitted..

Berkeley and USC: last week of Dec
HSCCNMVPDNC/UT/UCLA: 2nd week of Jan

So far:
UR at Berkeley and Duke (PT)
Complete at USC, Virginia, Columbia, Northwestern (pending interview)
Haven't heard at all from NYU, Mich, UT, UCLA, SLS

UPDATE:

Complete at Columbia yesterday
In at Duke today

congrats on duke!

Thanks! Really happy as Duke is very high on my list.

[bloodonthetracks]

In review at Berkeley (be still my heart), GW, Emory, and BU. Still "pending review" at Duke, which I've been at since about two days after I submitted the app on the 5th, so I have no idea what that means.

"under review" at Berkeley = complete; "pending review" at Duke also = complete. it's gonna be a while.

[colada]

absolutely no idea...lsat above 75th, gpa between 25th and median. no complaints, obviously, but i feel like my app must've gotten dropped in the wrong pile or something?

[itsirtou]

In review at Berkeley (be still my heart), GW, Emory, and BU. Still "pending review" at Duke, which I've been at since about two days after I submitted the app on the 5th, so I have no idea what that means.

"under review" at Berkeley = complete; "pending review" at Duke also = complete. it's gonna be a while.

Curses! I figured that was the case at Duke, but I was hoping Berkeley actually meant they were looking at it. Oh well, I applied so late and my numbers are pretty borderline at basically all the schools I applied to except a few, so I figured I was in for the long haul.

[Genki]

It looks like RD Columbia decisions started to go out yesterday.
How long do you think until those of us that applied after the December LSAT begin to hear back?

[Holly Golightly]

I'm still not even complete at Columbia...going to call tomorrow. My status checker shows they haven't received my "application fee" (which was waived) and my signed certification form, which I mailed about a month ago now.

[BenJ]

I'm still not even complete at Columbia...going to call tomorrow. My status checker shows they haven't received my "application fee" (which was waived) and my signed certification form, which I mailed about a month ago now.

The cert form isn't necessary for application completion at Columbia. They only need it before you matriculate. FWIW, I'm not complete at Columbia yet, either; submitted on 12/29. They say they haven't received my LSDAS report yet, but it went out on 1/6 from LSAC, so they absolutely have to have gotten it by now. I e-mailed them on Thursday after everyone else who applied around that time and later had already gone complete; they haven't gotten back to me yet. I may call next week if I don't hear back by Tuesday or Wednesday.

Post-December LSAT applicants who were auto-admits started hearing back in late January/early February last year.

[bwana73]

In at W&M via snail mail

[hiromoto45]

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[traehekat]

In at W&M via snail mail

Congrats! Do you mind sharing your numbers?

Is an auto-admit only applicants above both medians?

Generally speaking an auto-admit is usually someone who is above or very near the 75th percentile in both LSAT and GPA, although I suppose it depends on how loose your definition of "auto-admit" is.

[BenJ]

In at W&M via snail mail

Congrats! Do you mind sharing your numbers?

Is an auto-admit only applicants above both medians?

Generally speaking an auto-admit is usually someone who is above or very near the 75th percentile in both LSAT and GPA, although I suppose it depends on how loose your definition of "auto-admit" is.

It can depend. Someone who is probably above the 95th percentile for one number but only around the 60th percentile for the other is also an auto-admit (e.g., a 179/3.75 applying to NYU). Basically, someone who won't be denied/waitlisted without either YP or a very weak application.

[exitlane]

I am URM = Mexican American
GPA 3.75
LSAT 157
Top 4 UC school
Double Major - Business Economics w/ accounting and Psych
Resume-Work experience is weak- softs so so-but extra currics are very unique.
Very interesting personal statement-I would dare say that are almost none like it-Very Very unique diversity/motivation essay. (the reaction most lawyers who have read it responded as such-they really liked it)

Applied to all tier 2 and lower 25 tier 1 on 1/21/10.
I just want to go to school next year. what are my chances of getting in anywhere? or am I screwed?

[FunkyJD]

I am URM = Mexican American
GPA 3.75
LSAT 157
Top 4 UC school
Double Major - Business Economics w/ accounting and Psych
Resume-Work experience is weak- softs so so-but extra currics are very unique.
Very interesting personal statement-I would dare say that are almost none like it-Very Very unique diversity/motivation essay. (the reaction most lawyers who have read it responded as such-they really liked it)

Applied to all tier 2 and lower 25 tier 1 on 1/21/10.
I just want to go to school next year. what are my chances of getting in anywhere? or am I screwed?

Even though it's getting late in the cycle, with your GPA, URM status and ugrad background, you'll be going to law school this year. It's a question of where, and with how much cash.

[BenJ]

Since decisions on URMs are usually made later than for everyone else (because schools want to know a good chunk of the rest of their class/numbers first), applying late as a URM is probably less risky than as a non-URM. With a 3.75 GPA, you could probably shoot for the 15-30 range, even this late. Are you in-state for UCLA/Texas/Minnesota/Indiana/Illinois/Iowa? That would improve your odds, too.