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JamMasterJ

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by JamMasterJ » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:42 pm
rinkrat19 wrote:JamMasterJ wrote:kmh504 wrote:To the held applicants that have a done a "hold interview" this month - did it seem worth your time (and money) to travel. From what has been posted, it seems as if interviewers are just asking everyone to verbalize their resumes...and with so many hold applicants, I wonder just how much our interview performance will play a roll in coming off the list or not. I'll more likely than not go through my my interview since I'm an NU alumna and have taken classes by some law faculty as an undergrad, so I figure that would be something worthy of discussion with the interviewer...
I'm guessing it's less about the content of the interview than the fact that people show enough interest to spend the time/money to go to Chicago
Yep.
NU seems very big on the "if you don't make the effort, why should we?" theory. See: Johann's tweets about optional essays not really being optional.
this reminds me. I need to write the second (and third) essay.
Maybe I'll break it up into little parts and send it as tweets and G+ posts. I'll make the conclusion into a flyover banner and hire a plane to go past his office with it
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rinkrat19

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by rinkrat19 » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:45 pm
JamMasterJ wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:JamMasterJ wrote:kmh504 wrote:To the held applicants that have a done a "hold interview" this month - did it seem worth your time (and money) to travel. From what has been posted, it seems as if interviewers are just asking everyone to verbalize their resumes...and with so many hold applicants, I wonder just how much our interview performance will play a roll in coming off the list or not. I'll more likely than not go through my my interview since I'm an NU alumna and have taken classes by some law faculty as an undergrad, so I figure that would be something worthy of discussion with the interviewer...
I'm guessing it's less about the content of the interview than the fact that people show enough interest to spend the time/money to go to Chicago
Yep.
NU seems very big on the "if you don't make the effort, why should we?" theory. See: Johann's tweets about optional essays not really being optional.
this reminds me. I need to write the second (and third) essay.
Maybe I'll break it up into little parts and send it as tweets and G+ posts. I'll make the conclusion into a flyover banner and hire a plane to go past his office with it
Optional essay as social media performance art. Could work.

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JamMasterJ

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by JamMasterJ » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:51 pm
rinkrat19 wrote:Optional essay as social media performance art. Could work.

damn,
already did that one
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by Samara » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:54 pm
thelawschoolproject wrote:Yeah...I am seriously considering taking the train to Chicago next week.
WUSTL ASW Redux?

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thelawschoolproject

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by thelawschoolproject » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:55 pm
Samara wrote:thelawschoolproject wrote:Yeah...I am seriously considering taking the train to Chicago next week.
WUSTL ASW Redux?

Only if I don't need a drug provider this time...
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by crumpetsandtea » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:56 pm
thelawschoolproject wrote:Yeah...I am seriously considering taking the train to Chicago next week.
Would you honestly consider NU at sticker over 67.5K at Michigan? o_O I mean, I love NU, but the chances of getting $$ after getting in off the WL seem to be prettttttttttyyy slim, particularly because of NU's reputation for being relatively stingy with smaller aid packages.
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by Samara » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:01 pm
thelawschoolproject wrote:Samara wrote:thelawschoolproject wrote:Yeah...I am seriously considering taking the train to Chicago next week.
WUSTL ASW Redux?

Only if I don't need a drug provider this time...
I'm in.
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thelawschoolproject

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by thelawschoolproject » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:03 pm
crumpetsandtea wrote:thelawschoolproject wrote:Yeah...I am seriously considering taking the train to Chicago next week.
Would you honestly consider NU at sticker over 67.5K at Michigan? o_O I mean, I love NU, but the chances of getting $$ after getting in off the WL seem to be prettttttttttyyy slim, particularly because of NU's reputation for being relatively stingy with smaller aid packages.
Well...honestly I think at this point, I just want to do all that I can to see where I get in...I fail at rejection.
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crumpetsandtea

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by crumpetsandtea » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:16 pm
thelawschoolproject wrote:crumpetsandtea wrote:thelawschoolproject wrote:Yeah...I am seriously considering taking the train to Chicago next week.
Would you honestly consider NU at sticker over 67.5K at Michigan? o_O I mean, I love NU, but the chances of getting $$ after getting in off the WL seem to be prettttttttttyyy slim, particularly because of NU's reputation for being relatively stingy with smaller aid packages.
Well...honestly I think at this point, I just want to do all that I can to see where I get in...I fail at rejection.
I understand the feeling 100%, but if you already pretty much know where you're going, and you know that you won't be attending NU regardless of whether you've gotten off the hold list or not, it might be worth considering withdrawing to raise the chances of others on hold (coughjamcough), even if it is by a miniscule %age. ^_^
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Tiago Splitter

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by Tiago Splitter » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:43 pm
rinkrat19 wrote:
NU seems very big on the "if you don't make the effort, why should we?" theory. See: Johann's tweets about optional essays not really being optional.
And then there was Tiago.
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by rinkrat19 » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:45 pm
Tiago Splitter wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:
NU seems very big on the "if you don't make the effort, why should we?" theory. See: Johann's tweets about optional essays not really being optional.
And then there was Tiago.
And me. No interview, no optional essays, unspectacular WE. Turns out that I really DO want to go there liek woah, but I didn't realize that until after they'd admitted me for some unknown reason. (THANK YOU, JOHANN!)
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by Tiago Splitter » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:08 pm
rinkrat19 wrote:Tiago Splitter wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:
NU seems very big on the "if you don't make the effort, why should we?" theory. See: Johann's tweets about optional essays not really being optional.
And then there was Tiago.
And me. No interview, no optional essays, unspectacular WE. Turns out that I really DO want to go there liek woah, but I didn't realize that until after they'd admitted me for some unknown reason. (THANK YOU, JOHANN!)
Haha maybe if you're old like us those requirements get loosened a little.
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by gatorapplicant » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:08 pm
kmh504 wrote:To the held applicants that have a done a "hold interview" this month - did it seem worth your time (and money) to travel. From what has been posted, it seems as if interviewers are just asking everyone to verbalize their resumes...and with so many hold applicants, I wonder just how much our interview performance will play a roll in coming off the list or not. I'll more likely than not go through my my interview since I'm an NU alumna and have taken classes by some law faculty as an undergrad, so I figure that would be something worthy of discussion with the interviewer...
definitely worth my time in that i realized how badly i want to go to northwestern, and i don't think the interview hurt me in any way. it was a lot of money to spend to discuss my resume. overall though i'd recommend it.
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by ricsllscir » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:52 pm
Just sifted through the last 15 pages or so for the answer to this question and then got lazy...who are you all addressing your LOCI's to?
Thanks!
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by BigBlueLaw » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:56 pm
ricsllscir wrote:Just sifted through the last 15 pages or so for the answer to this question and then got lazy...who are you all addressing your LOCI's to?
Thanks!
Dean Lee.
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by mottainai » Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:58 pm
Any other ED holds out there still waiting?
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by Perdevise » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:00 pm
JamMasterJ wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:JamMasterJ wrote:kmh504 wrote:To the held applicants that have a done a "hold interview" this month - did it seem worth your time (and money) to travel. From what has been posted, it seems as if interviewers are just asking everyone to verbalize their resumes...and with so many hold applicants, I wonder just how much our interview performance will play a roll in coming off the list or not. I'll more likely than not go through my my interview since I'm an NU alumna and have taken classes by some law faculty as an undergrad, so I figure that would be something worthy of discussion with the interviewer...
I'm guessing it's less about the content of the interview than the fact that people show enough interest to spend the time/money to go to Chicago
Yep.
NU seems very big on the "if you don't make the effort, why should we?" theory. See: Johann's tweets about optional essays not really being optional.
this reminds me. I need to write the second (and third) essay.
Maybe I'll break it up into little parts and send it as tweets and G+ posts. I'll make the conclusion into a flyover banner and hire a plane to go past his office with it
I want to be in whatever thread you post your first acceptance in.
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BigBlueLaw

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by BigBlueLaw » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:04 pm
mottainai wrote:Any other ED holds out there still waiting?
Johann's g+ account said that all holds (ED and regular) are basically in the same pile. He said the only difference between both is if there are two equal candidates the EDer gets in over the regular.
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by Samara » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:19 pm
New G+ post, but I can't see it even though I'm in his circles. I guess I'm not in the right one.

Can someone PM me the info?
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by crumpetsandtea » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:24 pm
Samara wrote:New G+ post, but I can't see it even though I'm in his circles. I guess I'm not in the right one.

Can someone PM me the info?
PM'ed

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JamMasterJ

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by JamMasterJ » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:41 pm
Perdevise wrote:JamMasterJ wrote:
this reminds me. I need to write the second (and third) essay.
Maybe I'll break it up into little parts and send it as tweets and G+ posts. I'll make the conclusion into a flyover banner and hire a plane to go past his office with it
I want to be in whatever thread you post your first acceptance in.
This one, obv
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by initech » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:35 am
crumpetsandtea wrote:Samara wrote:New G+ post, but I can't see it even though I'm in his circles. I guess I'm not in the right one.

Can someone PM me the info?
PM'ed

Would you mind sending it my way as well Crumpets?
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by zor » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:39 pm
Another hold question: so I'm going to be writing the three optional hold essays (I'm also interviewing soon, eek!). I never did submit a Why Northwestern? though. I feel my first LOCI did address this, and I anticipate my future LOCIs to address it as well. Would it be a good or bad idea to write a Why Northwestern? at this point, given that a) it's not explicitly mentioned as recommended on the Hold FAQ site; b) my LOCIs have and will address it; but c) I never did one, and am not sure that they are taking me seriously because of that oversight.
Seriously? What are you waiting for?
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