Duke University School of Law C/O 2019 Applicants Forum

[lymenheimer]

If they have held my app for this long, I would have to think they are between two of the three possibilities. I can only hope...

WL and dings have already gone out, though. If they were hovering over only those two options, why wouldn't they just drop it on you?

[conztance]

Don't understand why every assumes it has to be waitlist or denial- that makes no sense some people have to get in, just seems like a ton of negativity on an already stressful situation

By my reckoning, if you are waitlisted at Northwestern, you'll be waitlisted at Duke. If we were talking about Notre Dame I'd be pretty darned certain I'll get an offer - facts and numbers are facts and numbers.

I'm not trying to be negative, but it is super late in the cycle and some seat deposits are due in two weeks so obviously gahh.

I agree with both of you, on the bolded parts. KL, especially for Duke, which has both a small class and an early decision timeframe with the PT applications, potentially allows for fewer admits late in the cycle. Of course, there's no need to be negative until you get a decision, but the concerns are certainly reasonable. As for you, conz, I was WL at NU and accepted to Duke. Numbers are numbers, but you can be a better fit for one school over another, making it less predictable than just "peer schools act identically". You also can't predict safety schools unless you write convincing essays because of potential YP or other circumstances. Or perhaps your PS came off as super entitled and it bothered the school.

I completely agree with you - and I did get an offer at ND which is why I'll say that I'm certain now, hindsight is always 20-20
I will be disregarding what you said about late admissions being unlikely, and hold onto the fact that you got in to Duke, while WL at NW. Thank you for giving me hope!

[EastCoastICU]

If they have held my app for this long, I would have to think they are between two of the three possibilities. I can only hope...

WL and dings have already gone out, though. If they were hovering over only those two options, why wouldn't they just drop it on you?

Why wouldn't they just drop a WL on me if they were hovering between WL and denial?

I would like to think that they were hovering between WL and admit but someone got dinged today so all are in play still I guess.

[lymenheimer]

I completely agree with you - and I did get an offer at ND which is why I'll say that I'm certain now, hindsight is always 20-20
I will be disregarding what you said about late admissions being unlikely, and hold onto the fact that you got in to Duke, while WL at NW. Thank you for giving me hope!

Please do disregard that part as it wasn't for you. While your worries may be founded, they are not justified due to the above reasons. Good luck!

[lymenheimer]

If they have held my app for this long, I would have to think they are between two of the three possibilities. I can only hope...

WL and dings have already gone out, though. If they were hovering over only those two options, why wouldn't they just drop it on you?

Why wouldn't they just drop a WL on me if they were hovering between WL and denial?

I would like to think that they were hovering between WL and admit but someone got dinged today so all are in play still I guess.

Oh. Well I was under the assumption that you meant WL and ding (as the previous posters were). They probably don't want to overload the WL and they probably want to see how the deposits play out before deciding on some applications. Of course, I have no idea. Spivey has probably written a blog post about it, though.

[KL10]

Not going to lie, after looking at LSN, the last person to report an acceptance this cycle happened March 12 (sigh)

Even people with compelling stats were waitlisted since then

Honestly furious to be kept on the line for this long when I can now basically say I will not get in based purely on statistics. This process makes NO sense

[lymenheimer]

Not going to lie, after looking at LSN, the last person to report an acceptance this cycle happened March 12 (sigh)

Even people with compelling stats were waitlisted since then

Honestly furious to be kept on the line for this long when I can now basically say I will not get in based purely on statistics. This process makes NO sense

just seems like a ton of negativity on an already stressful situation

Also, what part of it makes no sense?

[KL10]

Not going to lie, after looking at LSN, the last person to report an acceptance this cycle happened March 12 (sigh)

Even people with compelling stats were waitlisted since then

Honestly furious to be kept on the line for this long when I can now basically say I will not get in based purely on statistics. This process makes NO sense

just seems like a ton of negativity on an already stressful situation

Also, what part of it makes no sense?

The fact that we would be kept on the hook this long. Why not simply send out a wave of denials? I know of people with similar stats who applied to NYU the same day as me and were rejected like March 22nd. I just wish there were more transparency, the juxtaposition of this kernel of hope and inevitable feeling of rejection is just stressful lol

[lymenheimer]

The fact that we would be kept on the hook this long. Why not simply send out a wave of denials? I know of people with similar stats who applied to NYU the same day as me and were rejected like March 22nd. I just wish there were more transparency, the juxtaposition of this kernel of hope and inevitable feeling of rejection is just stressful lol

Oh I see. The admissions process in general. Yea. I mean, the neurosis is really overblown due to TLS. If you weren't on here frequently, you wouldn't as easily recognize the wait or be able to make the comparison between yourself and other applicants. It is a fair point that any decision is better than no decision, especially with deadlines approaching. But for every person that you know with similar stats who was rejected, you are still in contention/consideration (from their view). So the "at least I wasn't rejected" can kinda twist the feel. Also if you already have options, then it's much easier to put up with the wait, even if you have to make decisions shortly.

I'm still amazed at how adcomms do it. They admit ~400% of their incoming class seats and expect that the appropriate number will matriculate (and won't over-enroll, etc). So if you think about that too, schools getting 3k+ applicants, admit 800, and enroll 200. or something. So especially the time now, when deadlines are approaching, becomes a grey area where people withdraw, deposit, etc which opens up more slots in the admissions pool and the WL pool, which are likely the reason schools are holding out on certain decisions.

Dunno if that makes sense, or is even accurate. But that's what seems reasonable (and so I use it to keep from worrying too much).

[DAFFODILS2019]

When's the first deposit deadline? Much appreciated!

[theconsigliere]

When's the first deposit deadline? Much appreciated!

4/22

[lymenheimer]

When's the first deposit deadline? Much appreciated!

4/22

Also, note that they say it must be received by the office on that date, not mail stamped on that date. There is an online option though, which should be outlined in your acceptance packet

[greenapples]

UR2 4/12

[16to19]

UR2 4/13, last one was like 2/22. Waitlist?

UR2 4/12

[DeathByLSATWasTaken]

I finally went UR2 yesterday and got the waitlist email this morning. I'm pleasantly surprised! I was expecting a ding at this point.

[bellepepper]

Wait listed, pretty much wait listed everywhere lol

[magnum_law]

UR2 today

[lawyersHATEhim]

UR2 today

So I sent a LOCI after February WL, and Dean Hoye said to schedule an interview at the end of March. I emailed then but got no reply. Any advice? Just keep trying?

[boomboompap]

UR2 today

So I sent a LOCI after February WL, and Dean Hoye said to schedule an interview at the end of March. I emailed then but got no reply. Any advice? Just keep trying?

I recently scheduled an interview with them through email (priority reserved in Feb). It sounds to me that your email just slipped through the crack. Definitely try emailing them or calling them again if you still wanna schedule one:)

[zozo1717]

Started a waitlist thread so we can all commiserate over LOCIs, etc. etc. : http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=262964

[magnum_law]

Anyone else still waiting?

Seat deposit deadline is on Friday so my guess is that we'll hear back by then. Fingers crossed.

[KL10]

Anyone else still waiting?

Seat deposit deadline is on Friday so my guess is that we'll hear back by then. Fingers crossed.

Im still in the hot seat. Maybe its stupid but this is the last school I want to hear back from and I'm hoping against the odds to hear back good news- I wouldn't be surprised if we heard back next week though considering deposits are due Friday, they might want to see how the seats shake out

[RationalHeretic23]

Admit here. Just so you guys have a better picture of the upcoming timeline in terms of when seats might open up, lots of people have asked for one week deadline extensions in order to hear back from other schools. Point being that the actual deadline for lots of people will end up being the 29th instead of the 22nd. I would definitely expect seats to be opening up after the 29th. Hope this helps somewhat with people's planning!

[magnum_law]

Did anyone else reach "decision made" today on the checker?

[Are Dead]

Admit here. Just so you guys have a better picture of the upcoming timeline in terms of when seats might open up, lots of people have asked for one week deadline extensions in order to hear back from other schools. Point being that the actual deadline for lots of people will end up being the 29th instead of the 22nd. I would definitely expect seats to be opening up after the 29th. Hope this helps somewhat with people's planning!

Thanks for the info.