Chicago Law School c/o 2018 Applicants Forum

[jimmymac]

How does Chicago send out interview invites? I haven't been keeping up with my status checker at all, but for some reason I decided to check it this morning, and it says "Invited For Interview" with a date of 12/23. I don't have an email or call though...

Mine says the same

[Barbaroix2]

How does Chicago send out interview invites? I haven't been keeping up with my status checker at all, but for some reason I decided to check it this morning, and it says "Invited For Interview" with a date of 12/23. I don't have an email or call though...

Email

Thanks! Actually the email just arrived! Very happy to hear from them! I was starting to get worried after radio silence since applying in early November.

[Hand]

What are the chances of admission after an interview request? Similar to Harvard or not so much?

[Kobaine51]

Yeah just got an interview - does anyone know the # interview/accepted splits?

[AOT]

Yay

First movement in the cycle so far. I know it doesn't necessarily mean much but it's still so nice to hear something

[jimmymac]

Also just got the interview invite over email!! Complete 10/22, UR1 10/29, above/at 75th

[Mrocky2]

How does Chicago send out interview invites? I haven't been keeping up with my status checker at all, but for some reason I decided to check it this morning, and it says "Invited For Interview" with a date of 12/23. I don't have an email or call though...

Email

Thanks! Actually the email just arrived! Very happy to hear from them! I was starting to get worried after radio silence since applying in early November.

I literally checked my status checker a min after reading this, it said Invited for Interview, received the email 10 secs later! I have had silence since early November also.

[terrier27]

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[musedreverie]

What are the chances of admission after an interview request? Similar to Harvard or not so much?

Irontryad analysed this a while ago ITT; I think this was an analysis of last year's spreadsheet. I'll quote here:--

Yeah, sure, I'll bite.

73 recorded interviews in that sheet out of 167 applicants. 32 accepted with interviews (43.8%). 11 wait-listed (15.1%), 28 decision pending (38.4%), 0 denied. That decision pending number is surely inflated by people who didn't edit to reflect admission. I'd think the actual acceptance percentage is somewhere closer to two-thirds, if we put half of the pending applications in acceptance and half on the wait-list, we'll get 46 (63%) admitted.

Now, going a step further, I sorted by interview request date. 31 applicants received interview invites prior to January 1st. Of those, 5 were wait-listed (16%), 4 are decision pending (13%), and 22 were accepted (71%). Of the five November invites, four were accepted and one is still listed as pending (but was probably accepted).

Hope that helps to shed some light on the situation. I was surprised that there were only five November invites in the spreadsheet last year -- seems like we already have more than that this year. No October invites are listed on last year's sheet.

And congrats on all the interviews everyone! Great way to lift the holiday spirit

[Hand]

What are the chances of admission after an interview request? Similar to Harvard or not so much?

Irontryad analysed this a while ago ITT; I think this was an analysis of last year's spreadsheet. I'll quote here:--

Yeah, sure, I'll bite.

73 recorded interviews in that sheet out of 167 applicants. 32 accepted with interviews (43.8%). 11 wait-listed (15.1%), 28 decision pending (38.4%), 0 denied. That decision pending number is surely inflated by people who didn't edit to reflect admission. I'd think the actual acceptance percentage is somewhere closer to two-thirds, if we put half of the pending applications in acceptance and half on the wait-list, we'll get 46 (63%) admitted.

Now, going a step further, I sorted by interview request date. 31 applicants received interview invites prior to January 1st. Of those, 5 were wait-listed (16%), 4 are decision pending (13%), and 22 were accepted (71%). Of the five November invites, four were accepted and one is still listed as pending (but was probably accepted).

Hope that helps to shed some light on the situation. I was surprised that there were only five November invites in the spreadsheet last year -- seems like we already have more than that this year. No October invites are listed on last year's sheet.

Cool, thanks for digging that up. And congrats everybody who also got an invite today!

[ElizabethKB]

Just received the interview invite as well. Went complete early Nov.

[lnick93]

Got an interview invite today as well! Submitted 11/21, UR 12/8. LSAT at median and GPA between 25th and median.

[lapata]

Interview! LSAT median, GPA less than median, so that's weird. Complete like 11/3. Wrote Why UChicago.

[Tr3]

Where is the "interview thread"?

Interview Invite. UR 11/26

[purple04]

Also just received the interview invite! Any info on what to expect during the interview?

[RSN]

Also just received the interview invite! Any info on what to expect during the interview?

Read over this thread, there's quite a bit of discussion.

Also, the interview thread is here, and it's awesome: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=200887

[ChemEng1642]

Interview Invite Received!

See spreadsheet for stats

[dtd5]

joining the set of jolly folk w/ an interview today!
GPA+LSAT at 25th
app complete 11/25

[pylon]

Same here with the interview invite! Submitted mid-November, PM for stats. Congrats everyone!

[soexcited]

Is it just me, or are there no slots available until Jan. 12? Was I slow to respond if I got the interview invite earlier today?

[Hand]

Is it just me, or are there no slots available until Jan. 12? Was I slow to respond if I got the interview invite earlier today?

no I checked immediately and the earliest spots where in that week

[Tr3]

A few opened for Dec. 29. Not sure if they are taken now.

[lnick93]

Is it just me, or are there no slots available until Jan. 12? Was I slow to respond if I got the interview invite earlier today?

no I checked immediately and the earliest spots where in that week

There were slots before that. I have my interview scheduled for early January.

[Hand]

Is it just me, or are there no slots available until Jan. 12? Was I slow to respond if I got the interview invite earlier today?

no I checked immediately and the earliest spots where in that week

There were slots before that. I have my interview scheduled for early January.

hmm maybe I wasn't that quick

[lnick93]

Is it just me, or are there no slots available until Jan. 12? Was I slow to respond if I got the interview invite earlier today?

no I checked immediately and the earliest spots where in that week

There were slots before that. I have my interview scheduled for early January.

hmm maybe I wasn't that quick

To be fair, I think I probably was one of the first people on- every day was available, including some before New Years