Harvard C/O 2019 Applicants Forum

[zenforthewen]

Looonnnnnnngtime lurker here... JS2 about 45 min ago, and my online status checker is already updated. I know some of y'all were worried about this, so I thought I'd provide the update

[gamerish]

Got my admit email. JS2 yesterday

[lawj5]

Looks like the wave is done?

[pittsburghpirates]

Congrats again to all of the new JS2s and JS1s! Great start to the weekend!

[Hildegard15]

Was there a ding wave today? I thought I saw somebody mention it but it got swallowed up by all the joyous news.

[freshprinceoflaw]

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[buffy123]

How many more JS2 waves do we anticipate? Any guesses??

[lawj5]

How many more JS2 waves do we anticipate? Any guesses??

Probably one big one at the end of March, based on previous cycles. Although hopefully there will be more coming along sooner.

[ihenry]

Was there a ding wave today? I thought I saw somebody mention it but it got swallowed up by all the joyous news.

Me, after November JS1. But it seems I am the only person today at least on this forum, so I wouldn't count it as a separate "wave" to occupy a single whole number either. Maybe it's just the server batch job leftover from yesterday (or they made this specifically for me )

[MmeDefarge]

Hello everyone,
I have been enjoying reading this thread for quite a while. I applied early October and interviewed mid-November. My GPA> 75th and 25th< my LSAT < 50th. KJD, unusual softs, non-URM. It is pretty discouraging to watch so many people who interviewed after me getting accepted before I have heard anything. Does this mean I am likely heading for the waitlist? Also, does Harvard appreciate LOCIs? Sorry if this has been asked and thanks for your feedback!

[texasellewoods]

Guys, I'm in. Kelly just called.

YAAAAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[buffy123]

Hello everyone,
I have been enjoying reading this thread for quite a while. I applied early October and interviewed mid-November. My GPA> 75th and 25th< my LSAT < 50th. KJD, unusual softs, non-URM. It is pretty discouraging to watch so many people who interviewed after me getting accepted before I have heard anything. Does this mean I am likely heading for the waitlist? Also, does Harvard appreciate LOCIs? Sorry if this has been asked and thanks for your feedback!

According to the facebook group, there's only about half of the accepted students numbers right now so don't despair! You have amazing numbers

[Dishydiana]

Guys, I'm in. Kelly just called.

YAAAAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's great news! Would you mind sharing (again, maybe?) when your JS1 was?

I've been lurking here pretty much since my interview on 02/26. The wait has been brutal

[schocolate]

That's great news! Would you mind sharing (again, maybe?) when your JS1 was?

I've been lurking here pretty much since my interview on 02/26. The wait has been brutal

Yeah, waiting is definitely the worst, but I wouldn't be too worried yet. I had my interview on January 15, and I heard back yesterday. I applied at the end of November.

[Hildegard15]

Anybody have ideas for a new poll? I'm gonna be changing this one soon

[gamerish]

Anybody have ideas for a new poll? I'm gonna be changing this one soon

People's opinions on sharing a bathroom with an entire floor at Gropius:

1. Initiating daily orgies in the gender neutral bathrooms
2. Selling various internal organs and moving into an HLS Apartment cuz those hardwood floors tho
3. I'm a level 19 vegan subsisting solely on sunlight and Harvard prestige and haven't made use of my digestive system in 6 years
4. You mean there are people that share bathrooms?! *drives away in solid gold Rolls Royce with THXDADDY vanity plates*

[coldmonkey13]

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[pterodactyls]

Anybody have ideas for a new poll? I'm gonna be changing this one soon

Which would you choose if given the options:
-Yale sticker plus 25% of additional fees (1.25x sticker)
-Harvard sticker
-Stanford sticker
-Chicago half tuition
-Columbia half tuition
-NYU full tuition
-Georgetown full COA
-NYLS full COA plus they will pay you an additional $300k
-Cooley full COA plus they will pay you an additional $500k

[LMD]

Cooley, show up for nothing but exams, work on attaining skills for another career for three years (or even working another career), enjoy half mil jumpstart on life.

[RZ5646]

Anybody have ideas for a new poll? I'm gonna be changing this one soon

Which would you choose if given the options:
-Yale sticker plus 25% of additional fees (1.25x sticker)
-Harvard sticker
-Stanford sticker
-Chicago half tuition
-Columbia half tuition
-NYU full tuition
-Georgetown full COA
-NYLS full COA plus they will pay you an additional $300k
-Cooley full COA plus they will pay you an additional $500k

I'd also go with Cooley. Forget about the law degree, invest the 500k, and use the three years to learn business skills.

[James.K.Polk]

Anybody have ideas for a new poll? I'm gonna be changing this one soon

Which would you choose if given the options:
-Yale sticker plus 25% of additional fees (1.25x sticker)
-Harvard sticker
-Stanford sticker
-Chicago half tuition
-Columbia half tuition
-NYU full tuition
-Georgetown full COA
-NYLS full COA plus they will pay you an additional $300k
-Cooley full COA plus they will pay you an additional $500k

I'd also go with Cooley. Forget about the law degree, invest the 500k, and use the three years to learn business skills.

Realistically I'd pick Georgetown, and entirely free and well-respected degree.

[RZ5646]

Anybody have ideas for a new poll? I'm gonna be changing this one soon

Which would you choose if given the options:
-Yale sticker plus 25% of additional fees (1.25x sticker)
-Harvard sticker
-Stanford sticker
-Chicago half tuition
-Columbia half tuition
-NYU full tuition
-Georgetown full COA
-NYLS full COA plus they will pay you an additional $300k
-Cooley full COA plus they will pay you an additional $500k

I'd also go with Cooley. Forget about the law degree, invest the 500k, and use the three years to learn business skills.

Realistically I'd pick Georgetown, and entirely free and well-respected degree.

Admittedly I don't know much about investing, but if you gave 500k to a good financial adviser, you could live off of the returns, right? Being totally free to focus on my own projects and not have to worry about putting bread on the table would be worth having a lesser degree.

[Riversend]

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[James.K.Polk]

Admittedly I don't know much about investing, but if you gave 500k to a good financial adviser, you could live off of the returns, right? Being totally free to focus on my own projects and not have to worry about putting bread on the table would be worth having a lesser degree.

You'd probably still want a decent job to cover basic expenses, but with that money in the bank you would have greater freedom in finding one you like rather than needing to find one that pays very well.

You'd have to make some really good investments if you wanted to live comfortably. But yeah, if you found a job (probably non-law job, because Cooley) to cover your rent/mortgage, you could live pretty pleasantly.

[frasier]

Anybody have ideas for a new poll? I'm gonna be changing this one soon

Which would you choose if given the options:
-Yale sticker plus 25% of additional fees (1.25x sticker)
-Harvard sticker
-Stanford sticker
-Chicago half tuition
-Columbia half tuition
-NYU full tuition
-Georgetown full COA
-NYLS full COA plus they will pay you an additional $300k
-Cooley full COA plus they will pay you an additional $500k

I'd also go with Cooley. Forget about the law degree, invest the 500k, and use the three years to learn business skills.

Realistically I'd pick Georgetown, and entirely free and well-respected degree.

Admittedly I don't know much about investing, but if you gave 500k to a good financial adviser, you could live off of the returns, right? Being totally free to focus on my own projects and not have to worry about putting bread on the table would be worth having a lesser degree.

Think about it like this. If you sunk the $500k in an ETF that matched the S&P500, then you would get the average rate of return in the long run--8%, I think.

If you harvested ALL of your gains in an average year, then you'd get $40k/year. (500*.08)

Not a terrible fallback source of income, but not every year will be average, and you'd be better off just letting that baby grow, reinvesting the income, and then use that jumpstart on retirement savings in order to retire early.

But yeah, I'd probably take the Cooley +500k. Which then calls into question why I'm about to go $200k further into debt in order to get a law degree... but.. fuck it.