Harvard 2012 applicants (class of 2015) Forum

[jc010]

Any idea what new job JR moved to?

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/josh-rubenstein/8/643/550

[MumofCad]

Any idea what new job JR moved to?

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/josh-rubenstein/8/643/550

Actually, this is interesting and makes the delays make more sense. I had assumed he had left sometime in the summer, but looks like he left around October sometime.

[tomwatts]

Its odd how their website hasn't been updated. Rubenstein is still all over it. The blog hasn't been updated either.

Maybe the zombie apocalypse has begun in Cambridge...

Just wanted to confirm this. Radioactive zombies are outside my dorm as I type this. Oh no! They're coming through the window! hgoasgkh;k lanwgiknhaihgnlaksfgj

[sdwhodat]

Its odd how their website hasn't been updated. Rubenstein is still all over it. The blog hasn't been updated either.

Maybe the zombie apocalypse has begun in Cambridge...

Just wanted to confirm this. Radioactive zombies are outside my dorm as I type this. Oh no! They're coming through the window! hgoasgkh;k lanwgiknhaihgnlaksfgj

Oh noes!!!!!! Do you have a shotgun handy? Don't forget the double tap rule!

[Samara]

haha, this thread should be renamed "Harvard 2012: Night of the Living Dead Fanfic Edition"

[annyong]

I think Harvard should be impressed with our deductive reasoning capabilities.

If it is late October, then phone interviews should have been starting
It is late October, but phone interviews have not been starting
Therefore, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

[seanPtheB]

Submitted! First app done actually. Good luck errrrbody

[thatkid]

I think Harvard should be impressed with our deductive reasoning capabilities.

If it is late October, then phone interviews should have been starting
It is late October, but phone interviews have not been starting
Therefore, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

QED


Furthermore, all applicants who are clever enough to recognize that a Zombie Apocalypse is taking place certainly deserve seats at Harvard Law.

(Edit for pitiful grammars, need moar coffee)

[sdwhodat]

I think Harvard should be impressed with our deductive reasoning capabilities.

If it is late October, then phone interviews should have been starting
It is late October, but phone interviews have not been starting
Therefore, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

QED


Furthermore, all applicants who are clever enough to recognize that a Zombie Apocalypse is taking place certainly deserve seats at Harvard Law.

(Edit for pitiful grammars, need moar coffee)

Sounds like a perfectly reasonable deduction to me. Well, technically it's INDUCTION because we are taking the evidence and forming a theory instead of the other way around.

[kulshan]

You could have a deductive or inductive form of the argument. For example, here's a valid form of the deductive argument:

1. If it is late October, then either there are interview invites or there is a zombie apocalypse.
2. It is late October.
3. Either there are interview invites or there is a zombie apocalypse.
4. It is not the case that there are interview invites.
5. So, there is a zombie apocalypse.

edit: of course, the argument is valid, but not sound. I suspect the first premise is false.

[annyong]

You could have a deductive or inductive form of the argument. For example, here's a valid form of the deductive argument:

1. If it is late October, then either there are interview invites or there is a zombie apocalypse.
2. It is late October.
3. Either there are interview invites or there is a zombie apocalypse.
4. It is not the case that there are interview invites.
5. So, there is a zombie apocalypse.

edit: of course, the argument is valid, but not sound. I suspect the first premise is false.

Yes, I was lazy about the outlining of my premises, but I was framing it in terms of moving from a conditional premise to a specific conclusion, making it a deductive argument, though it could very much be both.

Harvard 2012 applicants: Where anxious philosophy majors discuss zombie apocalypses.

[kulshan]

Since this week might see interview invites, I'm changing my avatar to reflect my feelings on the matter.

[Nulli Secundus]

Since this week might see interview invites, I'm changing my avatar to reflect my feelings on the matter.

As much as I want this to happen, I still think it is unlikely.

[sdwhodat]

You could have a deductive or inductive form of the argument. For example, here's a valid form of the deductive argument:

1. If it is late October, then either there are interview invites or there is a zombie apocalypse.
2. It is late October.
3. Either there are interview invites or there is a zombie apocalypse.
4. It is not the case that there are interview invites.
5. So, there is a zombie apocalypse.

edit: of course, the argument is valid, but not sound. I suspect the first premise is false.

Yes, I was lazy about the outlining of my premises, but I was framing it in terms of moving from a conditional premise to a specific conclusion, making it a deductive argument, though it could very much be both.

Harvard 2012 applicants: Where anxious philosophy majors discuss zombie apocalypses.

Haha, I'm insulted to be called a philosophy major! (No offense meant to actual philosophy majors, lol. I just had the one philosophy class in college and the professor did not give you a good name, haha)

[Campagnolo]

Just wasted a perfectly good $101 for Harvard to tell me "no." Oh boy.

[thederangedwang]

i remember my first phil class....only class i ever pass/failed....couldnt wrap my head around the fact that the chair i was sitting on "didnt exist"

prof: the chair doesnt exist
me: the freakin chair exists, im sitting on it
prof: you dont exist
me:....im pass failing this class

[Samara]

i remember my first phil class....only class i ever pass/failed....couldnt wrap my head around the fact that the chair i was sitting on "didnt exist"

prof: the chair doesnt exist
me: the freakin chair exists, im sitting on it
prof: you dont exist
me:....im pass failing this class

I lol'd.

[annyong]

Since this week might see interview invites, I'm changing my avatar to reflect my feelings on the matter.

Haha, great idea, I decided to change mine to reflect the scenario that there are still no calls out by the end of next week...

[kulshan]

Since this week might see interview invites, I'm changing my avatar to reflect my feelings on the matter.

Haha, great idea, I decided to change mine to reflect the scenario that there are still no calls out by the end of next week...

Nice. Still have my hopes up for a spooky, scary Oct 31 email.

[thelawschoolproject]

So what happens if I submit a statement of disadvantage AND diversity? (as in two separate documents)

[yoiav]

Just wasted a perfectly good $101 for Harvard to tell me "no." Oh boy.

you got a definitive answer? when'd you apply?

[jim-green]

Did you guys get an e-mail when you were complete / UR, or do you check the status checker daily?

[yoiav]

Did you guys get an e-mail when you were complete / UR, or do you check the status checker daily?

no email

[freestallion]

I got a complete email on Oct 27

[jim-green]

I got a complete email on Oct 27

Thanks, I heard an opinion that because of the falling number of applicants, schools might lower LSAT levels. I doubt this because a) the people who will stop applying are the ones with lower LSAT numbers in the first place, and b) the top schools will not see lower #applicants, because the ones who stop applying will be lower-school applicants. What do you think?