SMU 2011 Forum

[mbusch22]

Considering I got 25k per in the first wave with a 166, 3.1, I'm very surprised with a lot of the numbers that are being waitlisted... I'm guessing most of them are people who applied after the ED deadline?

If you apply ED with a 166+ it's almost certain you will get in and receive some significant $$. It doesn't really matter how low your gpa is, they find enough people with good gpas to keep the median up.

SMUs medians are higher than peer schools but they do it by letting in yahoos (like me) with splitastic numbers.

this applies to me as well, except reverse-splitastic.

[david787]

any movement today?

[holdencaulfield]

I think the drop to almost-T2 status was a slap in the face to admissions and administration.

I think our bar passage rate should be more of a concern than our medians (which really aren't all that bad right now). I think some online/Caribbean law schools had higher bar passage rates than last years 3Ls

It's scary how the low the pass rate was. Not sure what could have caused it, but it is definitely going to keep me locked away studying alllll summer.

[AutoF0cus]

ED does seem to be a bigger deal than I expected. I remember looking at the numbers of people getting accepted in Jan while I was filling out my RD application and feeling pretty confident, only to get waitlisted this week (as confirmed by a letter today, that it wasn't just someone leaning on the wrong side of the keyboard to update my status online)

[smithc2011]

i applied on the regular deadline with 3.2 UGPA, 173 LSAT, got 76k. But the LSAT probably made up for any lateness in my cycle.

[kalvano]

Hamburger Man




Property

I'm glad my outline has become a small treatise.

I was mad at people who wanted to chat before the exam while I was trying to tab that beast so I could find stuff quicker.

Also, thank God we decided, an hour before the exam, to do a quick review of privity in leases.

[ClutchCity24]

Kalvano love the Song of Ice and Fire reference there with Winter is Coming

[kalvano]

I think the drop to almost-T2 status was a slap in the face to admissions and administration.

I think our bar passage rate should be more of a concern than our medians (which really aren't all that bad right now). I think some online/Caribbean law schools had higher bar passage rates than last years 3Ls

I was reading that NYT article about people losing scholarships, and buried in it was the fact that LSAT / GPA medians are worth about 22% of the USNWR ranking, while bar passage rate is about 2%.

[lajksdgbiu]

WLed on 5/2... 169/3.15, applied on deadline.

Looks like I'll be heading to UofH.

[bebe]

hello the status checker is not working since yesterday ...anybody facing similar problem ?

[david787]

What do you mean by "not working?" Are you unable to load the log-in page or are you unable to log-in?

[bebe]

when i click on the link it redirects me to a message saying

"We're sorry, but your request did not complete.

The Server Administrator has been notified.

Please continue on by either clicking the back button and retrying your request
or returning to the home page."

i dont know if it is just technical or what?

[david787]

It should be working, did you try going back law.smu.edu and accessing it through the prospective students page, check application status?

[EstboundNDwn]

when i click on the link it redirects me to a message saying

"We're sorry, but your request did not complete.

The Server Administrator has been notified.

Please continue on by either clicking the back button and retrying your request
or returning to the home page."

i dont know if it is just technical or what?

I think the whole LSAC status check server is down. It isn't just SMU.

[bebe]

it was technical ..the page is working now.

[tryan]

ED does seem to be a bigger deal than I expected. I remember looking at the numbers of people getting accepted in Jan while I was filling out my RD application and feeling pretty confident, only to get waitlisted this week (as confirmed by a letter today, that it wasn't just someone leaning on the wrong side of the keyboard to update my status online)

I thought I'd wait a few days to give the mail some time to arrive, but I still haven't received a letter from SMU. What did the letter say? I'm about to send in my LOCI, and I wanted to know if it gave any criteria or anything else about joining an official wait list.

Edit: nevermind, I got it finally in the mail 5 minutes ago.

[bebe]

does anybody have an idea how many people are still awaiting a decision?

[david787]

does anybody have an idea how many people are still awaiting a decision?

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=153578

[bebe]

thanks david787.......any idea how long will smu take to notify the remaining candidates of a decision?

[david787]

I think it literally should be any day now... Let me know if you hear back I'll do the same.

[bebe]

yup

[packerbacker]

bump for still waiting

[david787]

Yup, 6 1/4 month wait so far, hopefully it'll be worth it!

[nomames]

Waitlisted minutes ago. boo

[packerbacker]

Me too. 162 / 3.2 didn't get my app "complete" until 3/25 so that hurt but lsac and Smu messed up my report supposedly.