Northwestern Law c/o 2017 Applicants (2013-2014 cycle) Forum

[Marshmallow]

hi everyone! checking in... I also have a quick question: i applied earlier this week, and my status checker says my application is incomplete. the only things missing are the optional essays, optional early decision certification (not applying ED), and optional disciplinary explanation. will they figure out i'm just not providing these, or have i done something wrong?? sorry for the paranoia!

Did you sign up for an interview? It will remain incomplete until the interview is conducted... also it's only been a few days, so I wouldn't worry at all just yet

thanks! i did sign up for an interview. i remember reading about this, but in the moment, i forgot everything and decided to freak out :/

[gbelle]

hi everyone! checking in... I also have a quick question: i applied earlier this week, and my status checker says my application is incomplete. the only things missing are the optional essays, optional early decision certification (not applying ED), and optional disciplinary explanation. will they figure out i'm just not providing these, or have i done something wrong?? sorry for the paranoia!

Did you sign up for an interview? It will remain incomplete until the interview is conducted... also it's only been a few days, so I wouldn't worry at all just yet

thanks! i did sign up for an interview. i remember reading about this, but in the moment, i forgot everything and decided to freak out :/

Totally understandable. Glad it's sorted

[amglanyc]

Hi All!

I have been hesitant to jump into the convo, but I cannot resist. I am an AJD applicant. I have a very non traditional situation. I worked for over 12 years following high school in the entertainment industry and built a really interesting career. I have spent the past 7 years taking Broadway shows to Asia.
I will graduate from Columbia in the spring. My major is poli sci. My GPA is very strong, but the LSAT didn't go nearly as well as I had hoped.

I interviewed on campus in Nov. I thought it went really well. NU, AJD is my absolute first choice, and to some extent my only choice.

I would love to hear more from some of the AJD candidates out there! What are your stories? Why law school now?

[thechancellor]

Hi All!

I have been hesitant to jump into the convo, but I cannot resist. I am an AJD applicant. I have a very non traditional situation. I worked for over 12 years following high school in the entertainment industry and built a really interesting career. I have spent the past 7 years taking Broadway shows to Asia.
I will graduate from Columbia in the spring. My major is poli sci. My GPA is very strong, but the LSAT didn't go nearly as well as I had hoped.

I interviewed on campus in Nov. I thought it went really well. NU, AJD is my absolute first choice, and to some extent my only choice.

I would love to hear more from some of the AJD candidates out there! What are your stories? Why law school now?

Welcome to the forum!! Nothing to contribute re: ajd, but glad to have you

[MrsHello]

Woot! My interviewer just confirmed our meeting for Monday (after work!) .... wish me luck!

Weird because I just looked up some info on my interviewer and she's younger than me.

[MrsHello]

Hi All!

I have been hesitant to jump into the convo, but I cannot resist. I am an AJD applicant. I have a very non traditional situation. I worked for over 12 years following high school in the entertainment industry and built a really interesting career. I have spent the past 7 years taking Broadway shows to Asia.
I will graduate from Columbia in the spring. My major is poli sci. My GPA is very strong, but the LSAT didn't go nearly as well as I had hoped.

I interviewed on campus in Nov. I thought it went really well. NU, AJD is my absolute first choice, and to some extent my only choice.

I would love to hear more from some of the AJD candidates out there! What are your stories? Why law school now?

Welcome to the forum!! Nothing to contribute re: ajd, but glad to have you

Hey There ... I, too, am a AJD applicant. Best of luck! I got 10+ years of experience too and from what I gather, NU law greatly appreciate the WE. Best of luck!

[kmiller]

Hi All!

I have been hesitant to jump into the convo, but I cannot resist. I am an AJD applicant. I have a very non traditional situation. I worked for over 12 years following high school in the entertainment industry and built a really interesting career. I have spent the past 7 years taking Broadway shows to Asia.
I will graduate from Columbia in the spring. My major is poli sci. My GPA is very strong, but the LSAT didn't go nearly as well as I had hoped.

I interviewed on campus in Nov. I thought it went really well. NU, AJD is my absolute first choice, and to some extent my only choice.

I would love to hear more from some of the AJD candidates out there! What are your stories? Why law school now?

Welcome to the forum!! Nothing to contribute re: ajd, but glad to have you

Hey There ... I, too, am a AJD applicant. Best of luck! I got 10+ years of experience too and from what I gather, NU law greatly appreciate the WE. Best of luck!

Also an AJD hopeful! 6 years WE with a Master's. Is it true they don't release AJD decisions until February?? That seems like such short notice for a May start!

[MrsHello]

Hi All!

I have been hesitant to jump into the convo, but I cannot resist. I am an AJD applicant. I have a very non traditional situation. I worked for over 12 years following high school in the entertainment industry and built a really interesting career. I have spent the past 7 years taking Broadway shows to Asia.
I will graduate from Columbia in the spring. My major is poli sci. My GPA is very strong, but the LSAT didn't go nearly as well as I had hoped.

I interviewed on campus in Nov. I thought it went really well. NU, AJD is my absolute first choice, and to some extent my only choice.

I would love to hear more from some of the AJD candidates out there! What are your stories? Why law school now?

Welcome to the forum!! Nothing to contribute re: ajd, but glad to have you

Hey There ... I, too, am a AJD applicant. Best of luck! I got 10+ years of experience too and from what I gather, NU law greatly appreciate the WE. Best of luck!

Also an AJD hopeful! 6 years WE with a Master's. Is it true they don't release AJD decisions until February?? That seems like such short notice for a May start!

That's what I heard too... it's because (and this is from the rep I spoke to during the LSAC forum event) they go through the ED first and after they had decided from those applicants THEN they look into the AJD ones. Oh, got 2 MA too. It should give us a little bit of edge to have grad degrees, right?

[objection_your_honor]

Hi All!

I have been hesitant to jump into the convo, but I cannot resist. I am an AJD applicant. I have a very non traditional situation. I worked for over 12 years following high school in the entertainment industry and built a really interesting career. I have spent the past 7 years taking Broadway shows to Asia.
I will graduate from Columbia in the spring. My major is poli sci. My GPA is very strong, but the LSAT didn't go nearly as well as I had hoped.

I interviewed on campus in Nov. I thought it went really well. NU, AJD is my absolute first choice, and to some extent my only choice.

I would love to hear more from some of the AJD candidates out there! What are your stories? Why law school now?

User captainplanet is in the AJD program. He has a thread about it here: http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 1&t=217923

[joshringu]

Hey guys! I was just wondering why this school has a better chance of acceptance than other top tier but lower ranked law schools? Some insight will be appreciated.

Thanks!

[lawschool22]

Hey guys! I was just wondering why this school has a better chance of acceptance than other top tier but lower ranked law schools? Some insight will be appreciated.

Thanks!

Not sure what exactly you're referring to. Are you talking about the % of people accepted? Chance of acceptance is primarily determined by your particular LSAT/GPA combo. Use http://mylsn.info/.

[objection_your_honor]

Hey guys! I was just wondering why this school has a better chance of acceptance than other top tier but lower ranked law schools? Some insight will be appreciated.

Thanks!

NU's medians are generally higher than all schools ranked below it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... XZnc#gid=0

[Serett]

Hey guys! I was just wondering why this school has a better chance of acceptance than other top tier but lower ranked law schools? Some insight will be appreciated.

Thanks!

NU's medians are generally higher than all schools ranked below it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... XZnc#gid=0

Adding to this, its acceptance rate isn't any relevantly different from GULC and Cornell. If there is some sort of difference, it would likely relate to Northwestern emphasizing work experience as a quality and numbers a bit less, but I don't really see it reflected in medians or acceptance rate.

[MrsHello]

[quote="amglanyc"]Hi All!

I have been hesitant to jump into the convo, but I cannot resist. I am an AJD applicant. I have a very non traditional situation. I worked for over 12 years following high school in the entertainment industry and built a really interesting career. I have spent the past 7 years taking Broadway shows to Asia.
I will graduate from Columbia in the spring. My major is poli sci. My GPA is very strong, but the LSAT didn't go nearly as well as I had hoped.

I interviewed on campus in Nov. I thought it went really well. NU, AJD is my absolute first choice, and to some extent my only choice.

I would love to hear more from some of the AJD candidates out there! What are your stories? Why law school now?[/q

[NYC-WVU]

Hey guys! I was just wondering why this school has a better chance of acceptance than other top tier but lower ranked law schools? Some insight will be appreciated.

Thanks!

The only thing I can think of that you might be referring to is the fact that NU has lower 25th percentiles for GPA and LSAT than Georgetown or Cornell, despite the fact that it has higher (or equal) medians. There are two reasons why this could happen. One is that the school with higher medians but lower 25ths is more concerned about certain factors other than numbers, which drives it to accept applicants with these low numbers. The other possibility is that the school, for some reason, has a majority of candidates with high numbers but not enough to fill it's ranks, and thus it accepts students with lower numbers in order to maintain its class size.
Conventional wisdom, and much more plausible, is that NU cares about certain softs more than other schools, and thus might admit someone with a low GPA or LSAT, because they have proven themselves as a good candidate by other means. Typically, it is thought that work experience is the soft that NU cares so much about. (I assume that this is not wishful thinking on my part, 10 years out of UG).
The data doesn't support the second possibility for NU (and probably not for any school).

[midwest17]

Hey guys! I was just wondering why this school has a better chance of acceptance than other top tier but lower ranked law schools? Some insight will be appreciated.

Thanks!

The only thing I can think of that you might be referring to is the fact that NU has lower 25th percentiles for GPA and LSAT than Georgetown or Cornell, despite the fact that it has higher (or equal) medians. There are two reasons why this could happen. One is that the school with higher medians but lower 25ths is more concerned about certain factors other than numbers, which drives it to accept applicants with these low numbers. The other possibility is that the school, for some reason, has a majority of candidates with high numbers but not enough to fill it's ranks, and thus it accepts students with lower numbers in order to maintain its class size.
Conventional wisdom, and much more plausible, is that NU cares about certain softs more than other schools, and thus might admit someone with a low GPA or LSAT, because they have proven themselves as a good candidate by other means. Typically, it is thought that work experience is the soft that NU cares so much about. (I assume that this is not wishful thinking on my part, 10 years out of UG).
The data doesn't support the second possibility for NU (and probably not for any school).

Low 25ths can also indicate a school that games its medians by accepting lots of super splitters.

[Luchi91]

What does Johann mean by "Wheels up!" ???
Maybe they are done!!

[NYC-WVU]

What does Johann mean by "Wheels up!" ???
Maybe they are done!!

DECISION LETTER AVAILABLE WITHIN 24 HOURS! I am ED, btw.

[Luchi91]

What does Johann mean by "Wheels up!" ???
Maybe they are done!!

DECISION LETTER AVAILABLE WITHIN 24 HOURS! I am ED, btw.

Historically, looks like you're in!

[monsterman]

What does Johann mean by "Wheels up!" ???
Maybe they are done!!

DECISION LETTER AVAILABLE WITHIN 24 HOURS! I am ED, btw.

Does status checker say this?? Mine does not. I'm also ED

[Luchi91]

What does Johann mean by "Wheels up!" ???
Maybe they are done!!

DECISION LETTER AVAILABLE WITHIN 24 HOURS! I am ED, btw.

Does status checker say this?? Mine does not. I'm also ED

Constantly refreshing. No changes yet

[monsterman]

What does Johann mean by "Wheels up!" ???
Maybe they are done!!

DECISION LETTER AVAILABLE WITHIN 24 HOURS! I am ED, btw.

Does status checker say this?? Mine does not. I'm also ED

Constantly refreshing. No changes yet

+1

[Snowboarder1588]

Hopefully you all get good news today! I wish AJD applicants got their decisions this early...

[NYC-WVU]

does the status checker actually change beyond 'Completed'?

does it go to UR?

Nope, it eventually goes from complete to the ominous "Decision Letter Available within 24 Hours", then you check the decision letter delivery site (link is on the regular status check page) like a crazy person until a PDF of your letter shows up there. So get excited for that.

Got my ED certification to the admissions office today. Is it not possible to check 24 hours after you see the "ominous 'Decision Letter Available within 24 Hours'"? I would love to be able to see that post, and then just check the same time on the next day. Probably won't have the discipline, though. Can we at least assume that the Decision letter won't be sent outside of regular-ish office hours?

It is NOT possible. Refreshing is inevitable. I think I would have the internet open and be refreshing constantly even if I was at the Superbowl.

[objection_your_honor]

ED, no movement here.