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Why do you want Penn?

Faculty
17
3%
Students
10
2%
Class size
19
4%
Like the location/ Have ties to Philly
74
15%
Cross-Disciplinary Education
57
12%
Clinics
19
4%
Cuz it's T-14/want to leverage $$
126
26%
Ivy League Preftige
167
34%
 
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Post by LoganCouture » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:24 pm

Lions1913 wrote:Bumping a previous post. Any idea what the expected turn around is?
Considering no one's been admitted RD yet this cycle, I think it's hard to say.

The earliest people (UR2 12/8) will probably hear back late next week and everybody else will have to wait until after the holidays. Just my guess based on last year's cycle: http://penn.lawschoolnumbers.com/applic ... t=decision

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Post by Hand » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:26 pm

According to last year's spreadsheet - see here http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=219901 - the average number of days between going complete and getting an initial decision was 68.8.

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Post by Dorchester » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:00 pm

Got in on Tuesday ED. Really excited!! Good luck to everyone hope to see you in the fall

btw numbers in case anyone is interested

LSAT= Median
GPA = just above 25%

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Post by Dorchester » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:01 pm

Also does anyone know what the procedure is for withdrawing applications from other schools. Do we just send an email to those schools and when are we supposed to do it?

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Post by Mack.Hambleton » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:02 pm

Dorchester wrote:Also does anyone know what the procedure is for withdrawing applications from other schools. Do we just send an email to those schools and when are we supposed to do it?
Just email

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Post by RSN » Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:10 pm

james.bungles wrote:
Dorchester wrote:Also does anyone know what the procedure is for withdrawing applications from other schools. Do we just send an email to those schools and when are we supposed to do it?
Just email
And soon, since you're bound. If you let other schools keep considering you, you may displace someone else during the admissions process.

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Post by capricorn34 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:58 pm

lc39 wrote:
Lions1913 wrote:Bumping a previous post. Any idea what the expected turn around is?
Considering no one's been admitted RD yet this cycle, I think it's hard to say.

The earliest people (UR2 12/8) will probably hear back late next week and everybody else will have to wait until after the holidays. Just my guess based on last year's cycle: http://penn.lawschoolnumbers.com/applic ... t=decision
Actually I've been admitted RD. I went complete on 10/24 under review 2 on 11/25 and heard back 12/10. So if that gives anyone a frame of reference...

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Re: University of Pennsylvania Law School C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by Fighttotheend » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:40 pm

capricorn34 wrote:
lc39 wrote:
Lions1913 wrote:Bumping a previous post. Any idea what the expected turn around is?
Considering no one's been admitted RD yet this cycle, I think it's hard to say.

The earliest people (UR2 12/8) will probably hear back late next week and everybody else will have to wait until after the holidays. Just my guess based on last year's cycle: http://penn.lawschoolnumbers.com/applic ... t=decision
Actually I've been admitted RD. I went complete on 10/24 under review 2 on 11/25 and heard back 12/10. So if that gives anyone a frame of reference...
Did you write the essay?

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Re: University of Pennsylvania Law School C/O 2018 Applicants

Post by capricorn34 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:44 pm

Fighttotheend wrote:
capricorn34 wrote:
lc39 wrote:
Lions1913 wrote:Bumping a previous post. Any idea what the expected turn around is?
Considering no one's been admitted RD yet this cycle, I think it's hard to say.

The earliest people (UR2 12/8) will probably hear back late next week and everybody else will have to wait until after the holidays. Just my guess based on last year's cycle: http://penn.lawschoolnumbers.com/applic ... t=decision
Actually I've been admitted RD. I went complete on 10/24 under review 2 on 11/25 and heard back 12/10. So if that gives anyone a frame of reference...
Did you write the essay?
Yes but I don't think I followed the guidelines exactly - but it looks like they didn't care that much about the particulars

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Post by Fighttotheend » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:59 pm

So it's more like that they care about whether you have written it?

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Post by doing_it_in_a_car » Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:24 am

Congrats to the new ED admits! I got in ED one year ago give or take a day. Though I'm pretty miserable right now - currently cramming for my civ pro final at 3:18 am here on the east coast - I'd rather be nowhere else than Penn. Good luck all!

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Post by MC819 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:11 pm

UR2 today (12/12) after going UR1 on 12/3. Fingers crossed that we'll get some news next week!

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Post by tal18 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:58 pm

tal18 wrote:RD
Complete 10/21
No date changes still. :p
UR1 today yay!

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Post by kfb2112 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:09 pm

Went UCR2 on 12/11. Is there any data from previous cycles that would suggest I should assume a second UCR is a good sign? Did rejected applicants from previous years have a date change in their status checker? My assumption would be that rejected applicants don't get a second review. I may be wrong though!

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Post by Mack.Hambleton » Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:10 pm

kfb2112 wrote:Went UCR2 on 12/11. Is there any data from previous cycles that would suggest I should assume a second UCR is a good sign? Did rejected applicants from previous years have a date change in their status checker? My assumption would be that rejected applicants don't get a second review. I may be wrong though!
i think everyone does

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Post by shamallama » Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:20 pm

kfb2112 wrote:Went UCR2 on 12/11. Is there any data from previous cycles that would suggest I should assume a second UCR is a good sign? Did rejected applicants from previous years have a date change in their status checker? My assumption would be that rejected applicants don't get a second review. I may be wrong though!
Quote from the Status Checker once you go under review: "The Admissions Committee is committed to a holistic review of every application. Thus, it is the policy of the Admissions Committee that every file be reviewed by at least two members of the Committee"

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Post by WeeBey » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:09 pm

RD
Complete 10/29
UR1 12/11

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Post by R. Jeeves » Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:24 pm

doing_it_in_a_car wrote:Congrats to the new ED admits! I got in ED one year ago give or take a day. Though I'm pretty miserable right now - currently cramming for my civ pro final at 3:18 am here on the east coast - I'd rather be nowhere else than Penn. Good luck all!
Thanks for the good luck wishes! I hope your finals went well. Just FYI you were quoted on page 10 ITT for posterity.

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Post by R. Jeeves » Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:25 pm

So...RD wave this week?

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Post by Hand » Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:56 pm

pulstar1 wrote:So...RD wave this week?
yes, per the penn admissions twitter

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Post by xylocarp » Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:57 pm

yeah, the guy who reported an RD acceptance was trolling, for whatever weird reason

(also, whatever poster told me about the existence of twitter notifications... yikes, this'll be the death of me, haha)
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Post by RSN » Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:58 pm

hereisonehand wrote:
pulstar1 wrote:So...RD wave this week?
yes, per the penn admissions twitter
Oh nice, thanks for the heads up. Here's the tweet:
First Regular Decision offers will be sent out later this week. #pennlaw
https://twitter.com/PennLawAdmiss/statu ... 8547902464

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Post by R. Jeeves » Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:04 pm

hereisonehand wrote:
pulstar1 wrote:So...RD wave this week?
yes, per the penn admissions twitter
Oh haha yeah that just went up 10 minutes ago. Awesome!

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Post by Lions1913 » Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:18 pm

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Post by xylocarp » Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:20 pm

Lions1913 wrote:
xylocarp wrote:yeah, the guy who reported an RD acceptance was trolling, for whatever weird reason

(also, whatever poster told me about the existence of twitter notifications... yikes, this'll be the death of me, haha)
Can confirm was not a troll. Also, I thought no other RD was under anything but Committee Review?
idk personally I choose to believe the admissions office itself over two posters, but maybe.
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