Harvard, C/O 2017, Applicants Thread (2013-2014) Forum

[Nooblarzlarz]

So after the JS1, is there any reason to look at the status checker?

[wtrc]

So after the JS1, is there any reason to look at the status checker?

I don't think so -- my checker updated when I was admitted I think, but the call came at the same time.

[bbkk]

So after the JS1, is there any reason to look at the status checker?

I don't think so -- my checker updated when I was admitted I think, but the call came at the same time.

Were you relentlessly refreshing the checker when JS called?

[erm15]

Hey guys, I hadn't created an account until now, but had browsed some posts- I'm not up on TLS lingo but I believe you refer to that as "lurking." Anyway, I had my JS1(? interview) on December 20 and, like most of you, have been waiting impatiently to hear something since then.

The question I have is: I see people posting their GPAs in here, but I haven't been able to figure out if they're talking about the GPA on their official transcript or the GPA LSAC gave them. My LSAC GPA is slightly higher than my transcript GPA, but enough to take me from below the median to just below the 75th percentile. Can you tell me which GPA HLS looks at?

Thanks, and good luck to everyone!

[Gary]

Hey guys, I hadn't created an account until now, but had browsed some posts- I'm not up on TLS lingo but I believe you refer to that as "lurking." Anyway, I had my JS1(? interview) on December 20 and, like most of you, have been waiting impatiently to hear something since then.

The question I have is: I see people posting their GPAs in here, but I haven't been able to figure out if they're talking about the GPA on their official transcript or the GPA LSAC gave them. My LSAC GPA is slightly higher than my transcript GPA, but enough to take me from below the median to just below the 75th percentile. Can you tell me which GPA HLS looks at?

Thanks, and good luck to everyone!

They look at your LSAC GPA

[IrishJew]

This is old (from the late spring), but I hadn't seen it before. Interesting, even though it only applies to Harvard College students: http://blog.accepted.com/2013/05/28/har ... n-program/

Is it only for Harvard College people? HBS has a similar program which is open to students from any school.

[Mort_the_Tort]

save your 100th post IJ !!

-Mort

[lawschool22]

This is old (from the late spring), but I hadn't seen it before. Interesting, even though it only applies to Harvard College students: http://blog.accepted.com/2013/05/28/har ... n-program/

Is it only for Harvard College people? HBS has a similar program which is open to students from any school.

Interesting link. Seems like they're gunning for a more "experienced" class.

[malleus discentium]

Hey guys, I hadn't created an account until now, but had browsed some posts- I'm not up on TLS lingo but I believe you refer to that as "lurking." Anyway, I had my JS1(? interview) on December 20 and, like most of you, have been waiting impatiently to hear something since then.

The question I have is: I see people posting their GPAs in here, but I haven't been able to figure out if they're talking about the GPA on their official transcript or the GPA LSAC gave them. My LSAC GPA is slightly higher than my transcript GPA, but enough to take me from below the median to just below the 75th percentile. Can you tell me which GPA HLS looks at?

Thanks, and good luck to everyone!

Median to 75 is .07 points, so that's not really "slightly" different, but the good news is that the LSAC GPA is the one that counts

[edwardt1988]

save your 100th post IJ !!

-Mort

The question is all yours today and from now on, buddy. Hope you can eventually find it in your heart to forgive my previous transgression

[Gary]

thursdays gonna be the big day guys..... i can feel it

[barrelofmonkeys]

thursdays gonna be the big day guys..... i can feel it

ew
i can't wait that long

[andapieceoftoast]

Mort the Tort, you're the only one making this process bearable for me -- thanks for being you.

[lawschool22]

save your 100th post IJ !!

-Mort

Hah! I was going to save my 1,000 post way back when hoping for JS2's to come out. You can see the good that did

[1278]

so I went complete on 12/2, but still have not heard anything yet. Does this mean that I'm pretty much out? I took the LSAT twice, 171 (2012) and 175 (2013 OCt). Does HLS see me as a 173?

[lawschool22]

so I went complete on 12/2, but still have not heard anything yet. Does this mean that I'm pretty much out? I took the LSAT twice, 171 (2012) and 175 (2013 OCt). Does HLS see me as a 173?

No and No. Be Patient, young Jedi. They will look at your 175. Take a look at the spreadsheet in the OP for approximate wait times.

[paglababa]

so I went complete on 12/2, but still have not heard anything yet. Does this mean that I'm pretty much out? I took the LSAT twice, 171 (2012) and 175 (2013 OCt). Does HLS see me as a 173?

Both of these seem good to me! (well depending on what your gpa is).

[Mort_the_Tort]

Mort the Tort, you're the only one making this process bearable for me -- thanks for being you.

the feeling is mutual to you and everyone else in this thread.

-Mort

[chneyo]

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[1278]

so I went complete on 12/2, but still have not heard anything yet. Does this mean that I'm pretty much out? I took the LSAT twice, 171 (2012) and 175 (2013 OCt). Does HLS see me as a 173?

No and No. Be Patient, young Jedi. They will look at your 175. Take a look at the spreadsheet in the OP for approximate wait times.

Thanks LS22! Well according the spreadsheet, the (current) average time from complete to interview request is 13.8 days. My waiting has been more than the double of 13.8 days, holidays excluded. Oh well...

So HLS doe NOT average multiple LSATs?

[wtrc]

So after the JS1, is there any reason to look at the status checker?

I don't think so -- my checker updated when I was admitted I think, but the call came at the same time.

Were you relentlessly refreshing the checker when JS called?

Nope, was relentlessly refreshing this thread and obsessively looking at my phone .

[1278]

so I went complete on 12/2, but still have not heard anything yet. Does this mean that I'm pretty much out? I took the LSAT twice, 171 (2012) and 175 (2013 OCt). Does HLS see me as a 173?

Both of these seem good to me! (well depending on what your gpa is).

No GPA -- international applicant, transcript evaluation: "above average".

[lawschool22]

so I went complete on 12/2, but still have not heard anything yet. Does this mean that I'm pretty much out? I took the LSAT twice, 171 (2012) and 175 (2013 OCt). Does HLS see me as a 173?

No and No. Be Patient, young Jedi. They will look at your 175. Take a look at the spreadsheet in the OP for approximate wait times.

Thanks LS22! Well according the spreadsheet, the (current) average time from complete to interview request is 13.8 days. My waiting has been more than the double of 13.8 days, holidays excluded. Oh well...

So HLS doe NOT average multiple LSATs?

Oh I haven't been on the spreadsheet for a bit, I didn't know it was 14 days currently. You're at about 23 days since complete (you really have to take out two weeks for the holidays I would say) which is well within a reasonable range. You're not out of the running at all.

And by all anecdotal evidence we have, they do not average.

[db1990]

thursdays gonna be the big day guys..... i can feel it

That definitely might be true. Probably.

[1278]

so I went complete on 12/2, but still have not heard anything yet. Does this mean that I'm pretty much out? I took the LSAT twice, 171 (2012) and 175 (2013 OCt). Does HLS see me as a 173?

No and No. Be Patient, young Jedi. They will look at your 175. Take a look at the spreadsheet in the OP for approximate wait times.

Thanks LS22! Well according the spreadsheet, the (current) average time from complete to interview request is 13.8 days. My waiting has been more than the double of 13.8 days, holidays excluded. Oh well...

So HLS doe NOT average multiple LSATs?

Oh I haven't been on the spreadsheet for a bit, I didn't know it was 14 days currently. You're at about 23 days since complete (you really have to take out two weeks for the holidays I would say) which is well within a reasonable range. You're not out of the running at all.

And by all anecdotal evidence we have, they do not average.

Dear LS22,

thank you for allowing me to take 1mg less Xanax for today.

yours
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