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[RSN]

This thread died.

Not surprising since the majority of decisions are out. Everyone's over in the waitlist or class of 2018 threads, or the Choosing forum now. It was a good run, everybody.

I thought there were still a decent amount of applicants left though, no? I figure we'll get a rejection (and hopefully wl) wave early next week.

There are still decisions to be made of course, but the majority are done.

Correct, to my knowledge

[Harvette]

Probably more waitlists/decisions coming. Only 30 waitlists were reported here, whereas there were over 80 last cycle. And the # of admits in the Facebook lags behind any reported in previous cycles at this time of the year... Unless the are planning to admit everyone off the current waitlist
GL to everyone else waiting!

[qwertyTLS]

soooo... is anyone else still waiting?

[qwertyTLS]

soooo... is anyone else still waiting?

bump? lol i guess not.

[mimiquestionmark]

Does this maybe mean that the waitlist is just really small this year?

[Hikari]

Does this maybe mean that the waitlist is just really small this year?

They are probably busy with ASW coming soon.

[w0w]

Does this maybe mean that the waitlist is just really small this year?

I hope - since it seems like they haven't accepted many people as this time in previous cycles.

[Mack.Hambleton]

you could compare Wls on LSN this year vs last

[The thinker]

About the same number of waitlists reported last year on LSN as the number that have been reported this year

[Hikari]

About the same number of waitlists reported last year on LSN as the number that have been reported this year

Does LSN let you compare number of waitlists reported in both cycles on relatively same dates?
It would be normal for the total number of waitlists at the end of the 2014 cycle to be smaller than the number reported as of now in cycle 2015 if we are only looking at 2014 waitlists after more people have been accepted or taken off the wait list.
If not, then the fact that 2015 (late in the cycle but not end of the cycle) is currently the same size as 2014 (end of cycle) can led one to believe that the waitlist this year is quite small or there are more people to be added. Especially when you look at how many acceptances have been sent out compared to last year.

[Mack.Hambleton]

If you're accepted it shows up as WL, A

[The thinker]

About the same number of waitlists reported last year on LSN as the number that have been reported this year

Does LSN let you compare number of waitlists reported in both cycles on relatively same dates?
It would be normal for the total number of waitlists at the end of the 2014 cycle to be smaller than the number reported as of now in cycle 2015 if we are only looking at 2014 waitlists after more people have been accepted or taken off the wait list.
If not, then the fact that 2015 (late in the cycle but not end of the cycle) is currently the same size as 2014 (end of cycle) can led one to believe that the waitlist this year is quite small or there are more people to be added. Especially when you look at how many acceptances have been sent out compared to last year.

I just roughly compared the number of waitlists this year to those last year total (including WL,A WL, Ding and WL, withdraw) after a bit of copying and pasting into excel:

2015:
Waitlist , no decision : 102
Waitlist, W : 10
Waitlist, total: 112

2014:
waitlist, no decision: 60 (60.6%)
waitlist, W : 14 (14.14%)
waitlist, A : 20 (20.2 %)
waitlist, Ding : 5 (5.05%)
waitlist total: 99

So in fact there is evidence for this year's wait list being larger than last years

[Hikari]

About the same number of waitlists reported last year on LSN as the number that have been reported this year

Does LSN let you compare number of waitlists reported in both cycles on relatively same dates?
It would be normal for the total number of waitlists at the end of the 2014 cycle to be smaller than the number reported as of now in cycle 2015 if we are only looking at 2014 waitlists after more people have been accepted or taken off the wait list.
If not, then the fact that 2015 (late in the cycle but not end of the cycle) is currently the same size as 2014 (end of cycle) can led one to believe that the waitlist this year is quite small or there are more people to be added. Especially when you look at how many acceptances have been sent out compared to last year.

I just roughly compared the number of waitlists this year to those last year total (including WL,A WL, Ding and WL, withdraw) after a bit of copying and pasting into excel:

2015:
Waitlist , no decision : 102
Waitlist, W : 10
Waitlist, total: 112

2014:
waitlist, no decision: 60 (60.6%)
waitlist, W : 14 (14.14%)
waitlist, A : 20 (20.2 %)
waitlist, Ding : 5 (5.05%)
waitlist total: 99

So in fact there is evidence for this year's wait list being larger than last years

What about the number of acceptances?
Which one is bigger?

[pylon]

On the spreadsheet I was using to keep track of acceptances this cycle, the difference is negligible. 232 acceptances this year compared to 239 acceptances last (pre-WL). That's small enough to be random variance. This is from TLS, not from LSN though.

[Hikari]

On the spreadsheet I was using to keep track of acceptances this cycle, the difference is negligible. 232 acceptances this year compared to 239 acceptances last (pre-WL). That's small enough to be random variance. This is from TLS, not from LSN though.

Thanks Pylon.

[Broncos15]

Hey,

Interested Harvard applicant c/o 2019.

Dream school , but a longshot given my GPA in the 3.5 -3.6 range....if i increase it to a 3.6-3.7 range I feel I would have a fighting chance ( taking LSAT after UG)

My question is ...does it look bad if i take some Community college courses ( which looks somewhat weird as a senior ) to increase my chances of graduating this December in the mid to high 3.6-3.7 range? Thats my main concern is It would look somewhat questionable

[hermione1000]

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[downbeat14]

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[wonka]

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[ChemEng1642]

Hey,

Interested Harvard applicant c/o 2019.

Dream school , but a longshot given my GPA in the 3.5 -3.6 range....if i increase it to a 3.6-3.7 range I feel I would have a fighting chance ( taking LSAT after UG)

My question is ...does it look bad if i take some Community college courses ( which looks somewhat weird as a senior ) to increase my chances of graduating this December in the mid to high 3.6-3.7 range? Thats my main concern is It would look somewhat questionable

Just my two cents as a successful applicant (GPA @25th, LSAT>75th) with no insider info. BUT, if I was an adcomm, I would personally care less about the tactics used and what the number is. Getting closer to the 25th percentile GPA is definitely better than being firmly below it in my estimation. As an adcomm, before I even look at what courses you took etc., I am probably going to look at the raw numbers first to get through the initial sorting. You have to survive the numerical test first before soft factors are going to play a substantial role (save incredible softs).

No matter what you end up doing, as you prob know, the WAY more important thing is going to be getting your LSAT to 175 or above given your lower GPA. Do that, and you have a shot. If not, unlikely (assuming non-URM?).

Good luck!

I think HLS has a general soft GPA floor of about 3.7 (at least they did in 2009, according to this: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... p?t=162680)

This isn't to say they never admit applicants with GPAs below 3.7, but it might be harder to get your foot in the door without something stellar to make up for it. If I were you I'd definitely want to get the LSDAS GPA number up to 3.7, even if it's with CC classes. You want to make sure you're not an auto-deny based on the number alone.

Well if it makes you feel any better OP I got in with a 3.6X, and someone else this year got in with a 3.5 - although both of our LSATs were 75th and above and both of us had work experience. Try to get the GPA up if you can but if you can't, go hard on the LSAT