Harvard C/O 2019 Applicants Forum

[fliptrip]

Guys, you know there's a whole thread for people to ask questions relevant to those already admitted, like ASW and Fin Aid applications. If you're feeling merciful, you could post there instead of here in the land of the outsiders wanting in:

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 6&t=259472

If we ever meet I'm gonna kiss you square on the mouth.

Given the second part, I'm gonna guarantee that the first part happens *smooches*

[schocolate]

fliptrip is today's hero

[Topszn]

fliptrip is today's hero

Here's hoping that JS is tomorrow's...

[fliptrip]

fliptrip is today's hero

Here's hoping that JS is tomorrow's...

I don't even care at this point. I'd just like to hear something.

[Iam3hunna]

fliptrip is today's hero

Here's hoping that JS is tomorrow's...

I don't even care at this point. I'd just like to hear something.

Same

[James.K.Polk]

fliptrip is today's hero

Here's hoping that JS is tomorrow's...

I don't even care at this point. I'd just like to hear something.

Same

Count me in. I feel like I'm destined to be a JS-less WL and, at this point, I'd almost rather take a ding...

[pbnjelly230]

So I was in the last JS1 wave and have been trying to find this information without luck. What percent of JS1s get the JS2? I've seen numbers like 60% but then I've seen stats like roughly 1000 interviews and 800-900 acceptance offers... Are the chances just slightly better than a coin flip or is it that if you interviewed well/okay you'll likely get in? (median LSAT, between 25-50 percentile GPA, applied early January if that makes a difference)

[lunixer]

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[ugg]

can we PLEASE get a JS2 round this week?

[herecomesthesun]

can we PLEASE get a JS2 round this week?

+1. I'm hopeful that since it's the start of a new month, we'll hear soon!

[schocolate]

So I was in the last JS1 wave and have been trying to find this information without luck. What percent of JS1s get the JS2? I've seen numbers like 60% but then I've seen stats like roughly 1000 interviews and 800-900 acceptance offers... Are the chances just slightly better than a coin flip or is it that if you interviewed well/okay you'll likely get in? (median LSAT, between 25-50 percentile GPA, applied early January if that makes a difference)

I thought I had read ~60%. And I don't think they'd accept 900 people. With a 600 person class and a low acceptance rate at S/Y there's no way they'd be able to accommodate that many acceptances.

Eta: I stand corrected. According to lsn 865 acceptances last year and 555 matriculations.

On the HLS site, it says they offered admission to 931 applicants and there were 560 newly enrolled 1Ls.

[CerealMilk]

can we PLEASE get a JS2 round this week?

+1. I'm hopeful that since it's the start of a new month, we'll hear soon!

Has anyone with a recent interview gotten any insight into when JS2s will come out other than before April 1st? I was too nervous to ask during mine :/

[pbnjelly230]

So I was in the last JS1 wave and have been trying to find this information without luck. What percent of JS1s get the JS2? I've seen numbers like 60% but then I've seen stats like roughly 1000 interviews and 800-900 acceptance offers... Are the chances just slightly better than a coin flip or is it that if you interviewed well/okay you'll likely get in? (median LSAT, between 25-50 percentile GPA, applied early January if that makes a difference)

I thought I had read ~60%. And I don't think they'd accept 900 people. With a 600 person class and a low acceptance rate at S/Y there's no way they'd be able to accommodate that many acceptances.

Eta: I stand corrected. According to lsn 865 acceptances last year and 555 matriculations.

On the HLS site, it says they offered admission to 931 applicants and there were 560 newly enrolled 1Ls.

Right, offered admission to 931 applicants. In this interview (https://www.admissionsdean.com/research ... sica-soban) Jessica Soban says "Additionally, although we have interviewed about 1,000 students in the past few years, we are aiming for 1,200 this year." So assuming 1,200 people are interviewed, wouldn't that mean ~75% JS1s get a JS2?

[TheKisSquared]

can we PLEASE get a JS2 round this week?

+1. I'm hopeful that since it's the start of a new month, we'll hear soon!

Has anyone with a recent interview gotten any insight into when JS2s will come out other than before April 1st? I was too nervous to ask during mine :/

Welcome to this thread!

The correct answer is no
The answer this thread believes is TODAY!!!1!

[lunixer]

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[schocolate]

On the HLS site, it says they offered admission to 931 applicants and there were 560 newly enrolled 1Ls.

Maybe lsn data don't include accepted from waitlist?

LSN is also self-reported, isn't it?

[lunixer]

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[schocolate]

On the HLS site, it says they offered admission to 931 applicants and there were 560 newly enrolled 1Ls.

Maybe lsn data don't include accepted from waitlist?

LSN is also self-reported, isn't it?

Only the GPA/ LSAT data. They also have the info from the ABA disclosures below the graph-- class size, acceptance rate, school cost, etc.

Aaah, I didn't know that. Thanks!

[schocolate]

On the HLS site, it says they offered admission to 931 applicants and there were 560 newly enrolled 1Ls.

Right, offered admission to 931 applicants. In this interview (https://www.admissionsdean.com/research ... sica-soban) Jessica Soban says "Additionally, although we have interviewed about 1,000 students in the past few years, we are aiming for 1,200 this year." So assuming 1,200 people are interviewed, wouldn't that mean ~75% JS1s get a JS2?

And yeah, assuming 1,200 interviews, it would be about 75%. But I'm not sure if all interviews are equivalent (I think this has been discussed before). Like maybe earlier JS1s fare better? Or JS1s off the waitlist aren't as successful? The average across the cycle is probably somewhere around 75% though.

Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about.

[pbnjelly230]

Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about.

Do any of us really? Thanks, I just didn't want to be the lunatic with a calculator by myself.

[Topszn]

Its important to remember that the 75% figure people are quoting is the rate of acceptances after interview. Its not saying anybody with a JS1 has a 75% chance of getting accepted. Sadly there's no way for any of us to calculate a real % chance of admissions because the process is so subjective, so I vote we all chill out and do a collective JSxDance or something

[ftge232]

My purely speculative understanding has been that, depending on the phase of the cycle, they look for candidates of a certain strength i.e. applications that surpass a certain "score" (qualitatively speaking): let's say that target score is "X" for a certain phase of the cycle

So first they evaluate your application, and will give it a qualitative score of Y, and if Y surpasses a certain threshold (not necessarily X) they invite you to interview. The interview will then subtract from your Y score or add to it, and the final compounded score (call it Z) will either lead to an admit or deferment depending on how it compares to X

Obviously X changes. X will be highest earlier in the cycle and lowest later on. A Z that doesn't pass the X threshold for the first wave could very well be good enough for a post-waitlist wave

[schocolate]

Its important to remember that the 75% figure people are quoting is the rate of acceptances after interview. Its not saying anybody with a JS1 has a 75% chance of getting accepted. Sadly there's no way for any of us to calculate a real % chance of admissions because the process is so subjective, so I vote we all chill out and do a collective JSxDance or something

*dances*

I still feel like we won't get another JS2 wave until a ding wave goes out though. I hope I'm wrong.

[slimshady]

Hey all,

Is there an additional status on your status checker past "application complete"? Thanks!

[CerealMilk]

Hey all,

Is there an additional status on your status checker past "application complete"? Thanks!

I don't believe so. However, you can tell whether they've requested an interview as un update below after that which I found helpful if you were worried about the email going to spam etc.