Harvard 2011 Applicants Forum

[Weirdlog]

Uh, is it over?

Now I think JR is focusing on sending out JR1 emails to those held.

Cardinals1989 likes this.

+ 100000

I like the little no-JR1 support network we've got going here. Here's to this week being a little luckier than the past 17 (yes, this is week 17 since I've been UR)!

[cardinals1989]

I like the little no-JR1 support network we've got going here. Here's to this week being a little luckier than the past 17 (yes, this is week 17 since I've been UR)!

Love TLS support groups. Haven't counted the number of UR weeks, but I was originally UR 10/18 I think.

[tikiman6]

JR2 today around noon(eastern)! Congrats to everybody else! Keep the faith for everybody still waiting!

3/9 JR1
3.8/176

[rocktower3]

No JR1 yet = Doom, correct?

I hope not, otherwise I am doomed. I am holding out hope for some JR1s for the late submitters.

I also hope not. I was a late applicant (1/17), and I'm starting to wonder if my rejection letter is sitting around waiting to be stamped

[jrose5]

No JR1 yet = Doom, correct?

I hope not, otherwise I am doomed. I am holding out hope for some JR1s for the late submitters.

I also hope not. I was a late applicant (1/17), and I'm starting to wonder if my rejection letter is sitting around waiting to be stamped

Love the optimism on this thread, though perhaps you guys are justified in feeling so. Considering my #s, I am only hoping for a WL at this point!

[rocktower3]

No JR1 yet = Doom, correct?

I hope not, otherwise I am doomed. I am holding out hope for some JR1s for the late submitters.

I also hope not. I was a late applicant (1/17), and I'm starting to wonder if my rejection letter is sitting around waiting to be stamped

Love the optimism on this thread, though perhaps you guys are justified in feeling so. Considering my #s, I am only hoping for a WL at this point!

Ha yeah, I'll try to rally my spirits. To be honest, I'm getting a bit psyched out seeing that many people, even late applicants, are getting decisions and JR1s when all I've gotten is stony silence!

[arkansawyer]

A JR1 would be so incredibly cool...

[d34d9823]

A JR1 would be so incredibly cool...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX2L4b384-8

[Knock]

Law School Careers

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2008 administrations)

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar NY
Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) 98.5% - High
Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers) 77.1%
Class of 2008 Graduates

Total graduates 567
Graduates known to be employed at graduation 93.7% - High
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation 97.5% - High
Class of 2008 Graduates-Class Breakdown at Graduation

Graduates whose employment status is unknown 0.0%
Graduates whose employment status is known 100.0%
Graduates known to be employed 93.7%
Graduates known to be enrolled in a full-time degree program 0.9%
Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work 4.9%
Graduates known to be unemployed and not seeking work 0.5%
Class of 2008 Graduates-Class Breakdown at Nine Months

Graduates whose employment status is unknown 0.0%
Graduates whose employment status is known 100.0%
Graduates known to be employed 97.5%
Graduates known to be enrolled in a full-time degree program 0.9%
Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work 1.1%
Graduates known to be unemployed and not seeking work 0.5%
Starting Salaries of Graduates Employed Full-time (Class of 2008)

25th percentile private sector starting salary $160,000
Median private sector starting salary $160,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary $160,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information 100%
Median public service starting salary $56,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2008)

Percent employed in academia 0.5%
Percent employed in business and industry 4.0%
Percent employed in government 2.7%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships 20.6%
Percent employed in law firms 66.7%
Percent employed in public interest 5.4%
Percent employed in an unknown field 0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge 18.1%
Employment Location (Class of 2008)

Graduates employed in-state 12%
Graduates employed out-of-state 85.2%
Graduates employed in foreign countries 3%
Number of states where graduates are employed 38
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) 13.6%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) 32.7%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) 8.1%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) 1.6%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) 18.1%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) 0.9%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) 5.6%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) 13.9%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) 2.2%
Employment location unknown 0.5%
Career Services

(Data appear as originally submitted by this school)
Career services operations HLS offers comprehensive career services for students and alumni seeking employment in settings from law firms to government to non-profits to law teaching. The Office of Career Services operates the nation's largest on-campus interviewing program. The Office of Public Interest Advising assists those seeking public service positions and helps students land highly sought-after public interest jobs.
Job Type

Bar admission required/anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks) 95.1%
Bar admission required/anticipated - percent employed in full-time positions 100.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent) 3.8%
J.D. preferred - percent employed in full-time positions 100.0%
Professional other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse) 0.9%
Professional other - percent employed in full-time positions 100.0%
Non-professional other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path) 0.2%
Non-professional other - percent employed in full-time positions 0.0%
* Law School Careers details based on 2010 data

[The Stig]

oops.. wrong thread

[cardinals1989]

oops.. wrong thread

[The Stig]

oops.. wrong thread

hahah did you catch what I posted?

[cardinals1989]

oops.. wrong thread

hahah did you catch what I posted?

No, but I think I can guess based on your other posts, hehe.

[jcn4]

Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work 4.9%

This seems high

[Zabini]

UR 3/14 here's to hoping there's still some JR1/2s to go around!

[Hattori Hanzo]

To give everybody here hope, I got in last year on the 2nd day of orientation. Got a JR2 w/o a JR1

[Weirdlog]

Also, in a post on last year's thread for Harvard applicants, someone reported 126 acceptances on LSN on March 17, 2010.

Today, March 16, 2011, we have 93 reported. This seems to shed further light on the fact that HLS is moving more slowly this year and there are indeed more JR1s/JR2s to be distributed.

[WestOfTheRest]

Also, in a post on last year's thread for Harvard applicants, someone reported 126 acceptances on LSN on March 17, 2010.

Today, March 16, 2011, we have 93 reported. This seems to shed further light on the fact that HLS is moving more slowly this year and there are indeed more JR1s/JR2s to be distributed.

Or just a different sample size on lsn this year.

[Non-Chalant1]

Also, in a post on last year's thread for Harvard applicants, someone reported 126 acceptances on LSN on March 17, 2010.

Today, March 16, 2011, we have 93 reported. This seems to shed further light on the fact that HLS is moving more slowly this year and there are indeed more JR1s/JR2s to be distributed.

Or just a different sample size on lsn this year.

Which is more likely given the fact that a lot less people took the LSAT this cycle.

[bhan87]

To give everybody here hope, I got in last year on the 2nd day of orientation. Got a JR2 w/o a JR1

Did you drop everything and go?

[r6_philly]

LSN doesn't tell a straight story. Bad sample.

[Nulli Secundus]

Also, in a post on last year's thread for Harvard applicants, someone reported 126 acceptances on LSN on March 17, 2010.

Today, March 16, 2011, we have 93 reported. This seems to shed further light on the fact that HLS is moving more slowly this year and there are indeed more JR1s/JR2s to be distributed.

Or just a different sample size on lsn this year.

+1, last year's H applicants list is 8 pages long and this year is 5. So we are actually over the limit, they might rescind some of the admission offers. ADMITTED STUDENTS BEWARE! (126/8 * 5 = 78,75 <<<<< 93 )

[WestOfTheRest]

LSN doesn't tell a straight story. Bad sample.

Lsn has it's place. It's great for trend spotting and such. Getting absolutes, not so much.

[Hattori Hanzo]

To give everybody here hope, I got in last year on the 2nd day of orientation. Got a JR2 w/o a JR1

Did you drop everything and go?

Yup. After 3 weeks at CLS.

[ebeth]

To give everybody here hope, I got in last year on the 2nd day of orientation. Got a JR2 w/o a JR1

Did you drop everything and go?

Yup. After 3 weeks at CLS.

And do you feel like it was worth it/are you glad you left CLS and went to HLS?