Hastings 2011-2012 Cycle Forum

[ttnguyen]

I think I'm going to wear like a professional-type shift dress and heels...gosh. i don't really understand what's going to happen at the reception...hopefully it's fun not awkward!

[horrorbusiness]

just got an email telling me i've been awarded $10,000/yr dean's scholarship. need-based aid letters should be coming out by mid-march, according to the email.

same

[odetojefferson]

just got an email telling me i've been awarded $10,000/yr dean's scholarship. need-based aid letters should be coming out by mid-march, according to the email.

same

are you above medians? all I've gotten is an email today saying they received my stuff...which I sent over a month ago -_-. It excited me for a second.

[aliceydu]

just got an email telling me i've been awarded $10,000/yr dean's scholarship. need-based aid letters should be coming out by mid-march, according to the email.

same

are you above medians? all I've gotten is an email today saying they received my stuff...which I sent over a month ago -_-. It excited me for a second.

Yeah, I got the email saying they received my stuff as well. :[

[aliceydu]

To play it safe, I'm gonna wearing a suit. It can't hurt--I hope! Hahaha.

Wow, parking for the SD reception is $8/hour... now THAT can hurt.

[apollo2015]

just got an email telling me i've been awarded $10,000/yr dean's scholarship. need-based aid letters should be coming out by mid-march, according to the email.

same

are you above medians? all I've gotten is an email today saying they received my stuff...which I sent over a month ago -_-. It excited me for a second.

I got the "we got your forms" e-mail too. Above one 75ths, below another median.

#NoBribesifyouApplyED I guess.

[calawdude]

I think I'm going to wear like a professional-type shift dress and heels...gosh. i don't really understand what's going to happen at the reception...hopefully it's fun not awkward!

I think it'll be a meet-and-greet type of thing--maybe an opportunity for us to see how tight-knit the alumni network is so that we can see the benefits of going to Hastings? That's my guess. Can't wait!!!

[Worker and Parasite]

To play it safe, I'm gonna wearing a suit. It can't hurt--I hope! Hahaha.

Wow, parking for the SD reception is $8/hour... now THAT can hurt.

Yeah I saw that...

I mean c'mon Hastings

anyways I think it's biz-casual and I'm coming from work so that should be okay with me.

[ilovesf]

I think I'm going to wear like a professional-type shift dress and heels...gosh. i don't really understand what's going to happen at the reception...hopefully it's fun not awkward!

I think it'll be a meet-and-greet type of thing--maybe an opportunity for us to see how tight-knit the alumni network is so that we can see the benefits of going to Hastings? That's my guess. Can't wait!!!

The alumni have been great so far. I did a mock interview with an alum who works for the DOJ here in SF. We've been keeping in touch by email and she recommended I contact a few other people and gave me their e-mail addresses.. just super nice.

[prosen5808]

just got an email telling me i've been awarded $10,000/yr dean's scholarship. need-based aid letters should be coming out by mid-march, according to the email.

same

are you above medians? all I've gotten is an email today saying they received my stuff...which I sent over a month ago -_-. It excited me for a second.

I got the "we got your forms" e-mail too. Above one 75ths, below another median.

#NoBribesifyouApplyED I guess.

Also above the medians and also got a similar email saying they received my info. So is everyone thinking this means that we're receiving no merit-based scholarship? That would be horrible.

[odetojefferson]

Also above the medians and also got a similar email saying they received my info. So is everyone thinking this means that we're receiving no merit-based scholarship? That would be horrible.

same, I'm at 75% for each. 15k was the max in scholarships per year right? Looking at LSN that doesn't seem to be much money out yet. There's one with 45k and 8 with 30k....

Edit: looked at last years cycle and only 12 people had >30k. C'mon Hastings, you are making it hard to resist Irvine.

[aliceydu]

A friend of mine (who is in law right) told me if I got into both Hastings and Davis, I can try to play them off of each other to get $$. Is that a good idea?! I'm sure lots of people got into both Hastings and Davis. How would I go about doing that anyway? Email them?

And another confusion~ so there are financial aid, scholarships, grants, and loans... when people put $$, does that mean grants? How are those different from financial aid and scholarships?

[aliceydu]

OMG the new law school ranking is out! Hastings dropped two spots to 44 Davis also dropped to 29.
US News says employment at graduation 40%... is that a joke?! Davis is at 80-something%.
Ohmygawwwwd...
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... -law-03015

[odetojefferson]

OMG the new law school ranking is out! Hastings dropped two spots to 44 Davis also dropped to 29.
US News says employment at graduation 40%... is that a joke?! Davis is at 80-something%.
Ohmygawwwwd...
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... -law-03015

[ilovesf]

OMG the new law school ranking is out! Hastings dropped two spots to 44 Davis also dropped to 29.
US News says employment at graduation 40%... is that a joke?! Davis is at 80-something%.
Ohmygawwwwd...
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... -law-03015

Dropping two spots really isn't a big deal. 0Ls care much more about the rankings than any students, etc. If it makes you feel better though, the dean did establish a committee to address the rankings this year and he wants to concentrate on improving. Also, it is a well known fact that Davis totally inflates their employment data.

[calawdude]

OMG the new law school ranking is out! Hastings dropped two spots to 44 Davis also dropped to 29.
US News says employment at graduation 40%... is that a joke?! Davis is at 80-something%.
Ohmygawwwwd...
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... -law-03015

I saw this on another thread on this site. It's what law firm recruiters think of schools. I compared the first 25 to what was on the US News site and it looks pretty legit. I couldn't find the full list on the US News site. I'm not sure what year this is for, but I'm sure it hasn't changed much. Notice the difference between Hastings (28) and Davis (43):

1. Harvard
2. Stanford
2. Yale
4. Columbia
4. Mich
6. NYU
6. UVA
8. Cornell
8. Duke
8. NW
8. Chicago
13. Gtown
13. Penn
15. Vandy
15. WUSTL
17. Texas
18. Bu
18. Emory
18. Wash and Lee
18. UCLA
18. UMN
18. ND
18. USC
25. BC
25. UNC
25. Iowa
28. Hastings
28. GW
28. Illinois
28. W & M
32. BYU
32. Fordham
32. IUB
32. Arizona.
32. U Wash
32. WIsconsin
38. OSU
38. Tulane
38. WF
41. SMU
41. Utah
43. AMerican
43. Davis
43. ASU
43. UF
43. ALabama
43. Georgia
43. Oklahoma
50. Baylor
50. Pepperdine
50. COlorado
50. Kansas
50. Kentucky
50. Miami
50. Oregon
50. Richmond
58. GMU
58. Gonzaga
58 Loyola-Chi
58. Marquette
58. PSU
58. Houston
58. Maryland
58. Mississippi
58. Mizzou
67. Catholic
67. Depaul
67. Drake
67. IU-Indy
67. Loyola-LA
67. Temple
67. ST Louis
67. Uconn
67. Denver
67 Louisville
67. USD
67. Nova
67. Dozo
81. Brooklyn
81. Case
81. Creighton
81. FSU
81 Hofstra
81. L&C
81. LSU
81. Loyola-NOLA
81. MSU
81. Samford
81. Cincy
81. Seattle
81. Nebraska
81 Pitt
81. SC
96. Chi-Kent
96. Santa Clara
96. Seton HAll
96. Cuse
96. Vermont
96. WVU

[Blumpbeef]

OMG the new law school ranking is out! Hastings dropped two spots to 44 Davis also dropped to 29.
US News says employment at graduation 40%... is that a joke?! Davis is at 80-something%.
Ohmygawwwwd...
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... -law-03015

At graduation, not 9 months after.

[prosen5808]

Also above the medians and also got a similar email saying they received my info. So is everyone thinking this means that we're receiving no merit-based scholarship? That would be horrible.

same, I'm at 75% for each. 15k was the max in scholarships per year right? Looking at LSN that doesn't seem to be much money out yet. There's one with 45k and 8 with 30k....

Edit: looked at last years cycle and only 12 people had >30k. C'mon Hastings, you are making it hard to resist Irvine.

False alarm, got more $$ info today. Hope it was the same for you!!

[apollo2015]

OMG the new law school ranking is out! Hastings dropped two spots to 44 Davis also dropped to 29.

Interestingly enough, that is good news for us. Davis fell 6 ranks, so relatively speaking Hastings increased by 4. Hopefully now that the Strategic Plan has been implemented we will start rising back up to where we used to be (#19 at one point). --LinkRemoved--

In terms of how Law Firms and Judges rank law schools (which is the ranking that affects us if we want to become lawyers as opposed to becoming professors) we now lead Davis by 15 ranks, an increase from our previous lead of 10 ranks.

I also noticed that we moved up one rank on the Dispute Resolution rankings. If I ever find out what Dispute Resolution is, I will be superexcited about that.

[splitsplat]

hasTTTings

don't mind me, I'm just bitter at being waitlisted

[Lasers]

congrats on everyone who has been admitted and good luck to those waiting/on the waitlist.

your class will be the first to be reduced by around 20% so it seems there will be less acceptances.

[apollo2015]

congrats on everyone who has been admitted and good luck to those waiting/on the waitlist.

your class will be the first to be reduced by around 20% so it seems there will be less acceptances.

They are serious about cutting back on class size this year? I'd expected that to be the kind of thing that would be perpetually postponed.

[LockBox]

congrats on everyone who has been admitted and good luck to those waiting/on the waitlist.

your class will be the first to be reduced by around 20% so it seems there will be less acceptances.

They are serious about cutting back on class size this year? I'd expected that to be the kind of thing that would be perpetually postponed.

Source?

[ilovesf]

congrats on everyone who has been admitted and good luck to those waiting/on the waitlist.

your class will be the first to be reduced by around 20% so it seems there will be less acceptances.

They are serious about cutting back on class size this year? I'd expected that to be the kind of thing that would be perpetually postponed.

Source?

Email to the whole student body.

[splitbrain]

First I was impressed by their employment reporting, now I am impressed by their steps to cut back. That's fantastic.