Harvard Law School c/o 2018 Waitlist Forum

[Mack.Hambleton]

@mwonka and others, from what I can tell post waitlist JS1s are different then pre waitlist JS1s

[crookedjaws]

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[Mack.Hambleton]

I think wait list interviews they ask more about how likely you are to attend, your current law school plans, and then general resume stuff. Maybe pm some people who did post WL interviews last year

[crookedjaws]

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[Hikari]

we're up to 31 withdrawn acceptances on LSN

Wow... How did you get that number? Went through every profile?
That's a high number because I suspect a lot of withdrawal will happen in June/July. I think there is something different with the application pool this cycle. Also a lot more people are following the $$$$.

[newnew80]

A little late to the party, but I'll post my information anyways.

Received a JS1 around May 7, and will be interviewing this week. Seems like the interview period will be between Monday ~ Thursday.

I'll post again after the interview, good luck to everyone.

[The thinker]

we're up to 31 withdrawn acceptances on LSN

Wow... How did you get that number? Went through every profile?
That's a high number because I suspect a lot of withdrawal will happen in June/July. I think there is something different with the application pool this cycle. Also a lot more people are following the $$$$.

Probably got the number by sorting the LSN Applicants data by status then counting. I also see in the Stanford wait list thread that a ton of those wait listed are depositing at Harvard so some movement might be dependent on other wait lists as well

[Mack.Hambleton]

we're up to 31 withdrawn acceptances on LSN

Wow... How did you get that number? Went through every profile?
That's a high number because I suspect a lot of withdrawal will happen in June/July. I think there is something different with the application pool this cycle. Also a lot more people are following the $$$$.

Why June/July?

[pylon]

Have been off TLS for a while but am checking in to the WL! Good luck everyone!

Also sorting and counting on LSN is how I've done it in the past. It's very quick.

[wonka]

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[qwertyTLS]

we're up to 31 withdrawn acceptances on LSN

Wow... How did you get that number? Went through every profile?
That's a high number because I suspect a lot of withdrawal will happen in June/July. I think there is something different with the application pool this cycle. Also a lot more people are following the $$$$.

Why June/July?

yeah i'd imagine waitlist movement from YS. but for Y (if it happens at all) would happen in may. not sure about stanford

[Mack.Hambleton]

Yeah Stanford movement is usually june/july but they don't take a ton of people. The vast majority of WL movement will still be in May most likely

[qwertyTLS]

agreed. big wave in may, smaller wave in june, and then trickle until august.

[Indifference]

Just popping in to say best of luck to all on the WL!

[Hikari]

Is the waitlist small this year relative to the number of people admitted so far?

[Mack.Hambleton]

Is the waitlist small this year relative to the number of people admitted so far?

I don't think anyone could know that outside of the admissions office. Why do you think so?

[Hikari]

Is the waitlist small this year relative to the number of people admitted so far?

I don't think anyone could know that outside of the admissions office. Why do you think so?

The WL just does not seem as dynamic as in previous years. I think there were some pretty high numbers here. Or may be people are just waiting for more WL movement to come out.
Anyone knows if there are still slots open next week. I hope they send more JS1 our way!

[qwertyTLS]

2013-2014:
Waitlisted: 99
Median LSAT: 172
Median GPA: 3.82
25th LSAT: 170
25th GPA: 3.72
75th LSAT: 175
75th GPA: 3.9

2014-2015:
Waitlisted: 121
Median LSAT: 171
Median GPA: 3.78
25th LSAT: 168
25th GPA: 3.64
75th LSAT: 172
75th GPA: 3.9

Conclusions: More people waitlisted this year. The quality of the waitlist is lower this year.

Any thoughts or ideas why this is?

Edit:

23% of this year's WLd applicants are at or above 173 LSAT (H's median), while last year that number was 42%.
Similarly, 33% of this year's WL'd applicants are at or above 3.87 GPA (H's median), when last years it was 41%.

great analysis from comma split. this is probably our best (albeit imperfect) indicator of the WL. bigger with lower stats.

[Mack.Hambleton]

Any people having JS1s tomorrow pls pm or post here what kinda questions they ask TYIA!

[Mack.Hambleton]

Also still 12 slots open tues/wed/thurs but looks like they're just unused ones from the last wave

[qwertyTLS]

was thursday the last possible day for people to schedule js1s?

[mjf11412]

hard question to answer but how many days after the post-WL interview do decisions typically happen?

[Mack.Hambleton]

hard question to answer but how many days after the post-WL interview do decisions typically happen?

Should be week or two

[MajinBuu]

hard question to answer but how many days after the post-WL interview do decisions typically happen?

Based on last year's timeline I would say that JS1bs and the first WL JS2s will probably start next week.

[qwertyTLS]

hard question to answer but how many days after the post-WL interview do decisions typically happen?

Based on last year's timeline I would say that JS1bs and the first WL JS2s will probably start next week.

agreed. because interviews go all the way until at least thursday, i feel like then early next week it's fair to assume JS1bs and then late next week JS2s. may 20th is my guess