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[Toby Ziegler]

complete. glad I only sent 6 begging emails or I might have come off as desperate

Speaking of desperate, Spivey noted in another thread that schools can see how often we log into our status checker. I wish I'd known that two days ago while I was compulsively logging in every 5 minutes.

Very interesting! I suspected that schools could see, but had no real reason to believe it.

If they can see, then it would be good to check regularly to show interest, but not too often (in case they actually look).

I'm an HLS student now. Anyone can feel free to contact me with questions or for advice.

Thanks for being willing to help. PM'd

[appind]

1. Briefly describe any written work you’ve produced (e.g., college-level or higher papers, articles, theses, etc., with multiple revisions in response to feedback) under the supervision of an academic advisor or professional editor. (maximum characters 300)

So this is what we're all talking about, right... not that I'm really considering applying, but if like all the work I do professionally fits this criteria (professional editing, multiple revisions, etc), would saying something to the effect of

"in my role as a copywriter at XXX, I have written content for companies including XXX, published on XXXXX..."

Or is this academic writing only?

To me this is the part that stopped me from putting anything in: "under the supervision of an academic advisor or professional editor". Because I've done some 20 page papers for classes but nothing that was supervised by my academic advisor, or a professional editor. Soooo... left it blank.

There must be some writing that your academic adviser supervised during your UG. You should be able to put that in.

[ikethegremlin]

1. Briefly describe any written work you’ve produced (e.g., college-level or higher papers, articles, theses, etc., with multiple revisions in response to feedback) under the supervision of an academic advisor or professional editor. (maximum characters 300)

So this is what we're all talking about, right... not that I'm really considering applying, but if like all the work I do professionally fits this criteria (professional editing, multiple revisions, etc), would saying something to the effect of

"in my role as a copywriter at XXX, I have written content for companies including XXX, published on XXXXX..."

Or is this academic writing only?

To me this is the part that stopped me from putting anything in: "under the supervision of an academic advisor or professional editor". Because I've done some 20 page papers for classes but nothing that was supervised by my academic advisor, or a professional editor. Soooo... left it blank.

There must be some writing that your academic adviser supervised during your UG. You should be able to put that in.

Sadly no. I was very close to my academic advisor but we talked primarily about choice of classes, career paths, life in general - I never did a senior thesis or anything that would have required her input on a piece of writing.

[CyanIdes Of March]

for those of us who just submitted our applications, are we too late for js1?

It'll depend on the volume of early applications, but you still have a shot at an early JS1: looking at the google doc from last year's applicants thread there are a few that submitted in early October and got accepted in late November. One I am looking at submitted 10/2, went complete 10/14, got a JS1 invite 10/18, had a JS1 interview 10/31, and was accepted 11/26.

you kinda just made my day.

Lower your expectations to 'sometime before Christmas' and you'll be less likely to be disappointed!

Just thought I'd put in my experience from last year. I submitted about this time last year (in fact I think it's been exactly a year, oddly enough). I got my JS1 about 2 weeks later and my JS2 the first day they were doing admits (informative humble brag). Pretty sure you can still apply few the next few weeks and have an equal shot at 1st day admit as anyone else.

[dreamerchic19]

here for another round

[dreamerchic19]

looks like they're not accepting Feb LSAT scores like last year. I guess that was a special circumstance

[Nonconsecutive]

looks like they're not accepting Feb LSAT scores like last year. I guess that was a special circumstance

I'm fairly sure they didn't announce they were going to take February LSATs this early last year, but I could be wrong.

[sk7415]

Submitted 9/30 and went complete 10/7. Just got the email notification today. That was quick...

[bound]

looks like they're not accepting Feb LSAT scores like last year. I guess that was a special circumstance

I'm fairly sure they didn't announce they were going to take February LSATs this early last year, but I could be wrong.

Yeah they didn't announce it until wait time for the December score. I could go back and try to find the exact date but I'm way too lazy for that.

[LSATneurotic]

looks like they're not accepting Feb LSAT scores like last year. I guess that was a special circumstance

I'm fairly sure they didn't announce they were going to take February LSATs this early last year, but I could be wrong.

Yeah they didn't announce it until wait time for the December score. I could go back and try to find the exact date but I'm way too lazy for that.

They claimed that they wanted to accommodate December takers who missed due to weather cancellations, but I think they were just looking to shore up their medians.

[dreamerchic19]

Quick question, do they rotate the Admissions panel or are the same people reviewing applications each cycle

[dreamerchic19]

looks like they're not accepting Feb LSAT scores like last year. I guess that was a special circumstance

I'm fairly sure they didn't announce they were going to take February LSATs this early last year, but I could be wrong.

Yeah they didn't announce it until wait time for the December score. I could go back and try to find the exact date but I'm way too lazy for that.

They claimed that they wanted to accommodate December takers who missed due to weather cancellations, but I think they were just looking to shore up their medians.

+1

[HorseThief]

Quick question, do they rotate the Admissions panel or are the same people reviewing applications each cycle

I think it's the same every year. There was a blog post about the staff last year. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/admissions/

Also, if you haven't submitted your app already, definitely check out the Yale blog. The stuff with Asha is extremely insightful. If you have submitted your app, don't look at it, as you'll immediately regret sending in your early application like I did. http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... fault.aspx

[Nonconsecutive]

Quick question, do they rotate the Admissions panel or are the same people reviewing applications each cycle

I think it's the same every year. There was a blog post about the staff last year. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/admissions/

Also, if you haven't submitted your app already, definitely check out the Yale blog. The stuff with Asha is extremely insightful. If you have submitted your app, don't look at it, as you'll immediately regret sending in your early application like I did. http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... fault.aspx

Its also worth noting that HLS has a faculty review panel, a lot of peeps don't seem to know this so I just figured I would share.

[RunnerRunner]

Quick question, do they rotate the Admissions panel or are the same people reviewing applications each cycle

I think it's the same every year. There was a blog post about the staff last year. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/admissions/

Also, if you haven't submitted your app already, definitely check out the Yale blog. The stuff with Asha is extremely insightful. If you have submitted your app, don't look at it, as you'll immediately regret sending in your early application like I did. http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... fault.aspx

Its also worth noting that HLS has a faculty review panel, a lot of peeps don't seem to know this so I just figured I would share.

Really? Do you know how that works? I feel like I have a handle on Yale's process (black boxy though it may be) but never really knew what steps a Harvard application goes through between complete and JS1.

[Nonconsecutive]

Quick question, do they rotate the Admissions panel or are the same people reviewing applications each cycle

I think it's the same every year. There was a blog post about the staff last year. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/admissions/

Also, if you haven't submitted your app already, definitely check out the Yale blog. The stuff with Asha is extremely insightful. If you have submitted your app, don't look at it, as you'll immediately regret sending in your early application like I did. http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... fault.aspx

Its also worth noting that HLS has a faculty review panel, a lot of peeps don't seem to know this so I just figured I would share.

Really? Do you know how that works? I feel like I have a handle on Yale's process (black boxy though it may be) but never really knew what steps a Harvard application goes through between complete and JS1.

Sadly I can't give much details, I didn't even know about it until after I was admitted. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can comment on the exact process, but from what I got its actually fairly similar to Yale's in that it requires a certain number of faculty votes for a definite "Admit" then there is a grey area of "Lets look again later" and then there are the definite "Deny" applications. Of course you need to make it past the admissions staff before you even get to the faculty (again, from my understanding).

I have it on a very, very good source that the faculty review operates at least similarly to Yale's, but can't offer much beyond that since I don't want to guess on such things.

[RunnerRunner]

Fair enough, and that's actually a lot more clarity than I expected, thanks for the response!

[dreamerchic19]

Quick question, do they rotate the Admissions panel or are the same people reviewing applications each cycle

I think it's the same every year. There was a blog post about the staff last year. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/admissions/

Also, if you haven't submitted your app already, definitely check out the Yale blog. The stuff with Asha is extremely insightful. If you have submitted your app, don't look at it, as you'll immediately regret sending in your early application like I did. http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... fault.aspx

Its also worth noting that HLS has a faculty review panel, a lot of peeps don't seem to know this so I just figured I would share.

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing

[BillsFan9907]

Does anyone have link of all of the JS1 talk? I've seen a few detailed posts here and there, but they are few and far between. I'm curious how those interviews go.

[RunnerRunner]

Does anyone have link of all of the JS1 talk? I've seen a few detailed posts here and there, but they are few and far between. I'm curious how those interviews go.

Here's the most detailed description I've seen: http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 5#p6232471

Though this was back when it was JS and KB, I know KB is gone now.

[Nonconsecutive]

Does anyone have link of all of the JS1 talk? I've seen a few detailed posts here and there, but they are few and far between. I'm curious how those interviews go.

Here's the most detailed description I've seen: http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 5#p6232471

Though this was back when it was JS and KB, I know KB is gone now.

Those are great posts, they are also included in this thread alongside some more experiences:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=200887

[coldsteady]

Hey, if any of you are reapplying this cycle, please PM me. I have some questions. Thanks!

[ChemEng1642]

Checking in!

[xylocarp]

I wonder if JS1's will be coming out any time soon

[HorseThief]

I wonder if JS1's will be coming out any time soon

Definitely not today (the offices are closed). Should be soon, though*.






*I have no idea what I'm talking about, it just seems like they should be interviewing people**.
**Okay, I went back and looked at my JS1 e-mail, and it came on the equivalent of this Friday. And for extra fun, I still have access to their interview scheduling calendar. They have no open dates yet, but I bet that'll change this week.