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r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:54 pm

This is evil! I obviously don't want to hope for a WL, but for every second that I don't get a WL, the possiblity of a ding increase by a lot... I really want to hope for an acceptance but that's so so so unlikely

someones alt · Post by **someones alt** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:05 pm

r6_philly wrote:This is evil! I obviously don't want to hope for a WL, but for every second that I don't get a WL, the possiblity of a ding increase by a lot... I really want to hope for an acceptance but that's so so so unlikely

I feel the same way. Lets try to stay positive though!

Pee N · Post by **Pee N** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:21 pm

blue5385 wrote:and hopefully the market for law jobs will be much better when you get out of LS in 2015-ish than it will be for the c/o 2013...

This is an excellent point, blue. (We had a discussion about this in one of the other employment threads).

What is it? Something to the tune of 40% of the HLS class of 2010 doesn't have any jobs lined up? And less than 10% are differed at big laws?!?!? Crazy, I say! This economic downtown has hit really hard. I think I was reading somewhere that HLS got rid of some "free 3L year tuition" to those seeking to enter public service work. Not to mention all the "perks" that HLS did away with (eg, free coffee, midnight pancakes, etc)

I really feel for many of you young cats coming right of undergrad, especially those entering the attorney track. I was reading in WSJ that about 950K big law (associate & partner) jobs were lost in NY/Boston alone. And many of these jobs aren't even coming back as corporations take work in-house or demand flat-rate retainers instead of the billable-by-the-hour model. Hard times!

Thank goodness I'm in a different career path.

Interesting read: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/busin ... ml?_r=3&em

This one's good, too: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/nyreg ... ml?_r=2&em

r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:27 pm

So you are saying, if I don't get what I want next year try for a third time?

There is no downside of me waiting other than me getting older. Maybe I should finish a PhD first?

I could conceivably take "HYS or bust" to a whole new level!

Nom Sawyer · Post by **Nom Sawyer** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:29 pm

emrose wrote:
Nom Sawyer wrote:
Noooo Forzaaa... dang wish you got in
Something tells me Forza will be just fine at #6.

lol i'm sure he will be with that scholarship

...

you going with the Darrow Emrose?

of Benito Cereno · Post by **of Benito Cereno** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:37 pm

so, as the day comes to and end let's do an informal rollcall of pending applicants.
me. high lsat splitter.
[edit] also some compelling softs

Fancy Pants · Post by **Fancy Pants** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:38 pm

Nom Sawyer wrote:you going with the Darrow Emrose?

He's going to take his big monies at Chicago.

r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:42 pm

of Benito Cereno wrote:so, as the day comes to and end let's do an informal rollcall of pending applicants.
me. high lsat splitter.

Me below/above median (barely).

odiero · Post by **odiero** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:45 pm

of Benito Cereno wrote:so, as the day comes to and end let's do an informal rollcall of pending applicants.
me. high lsat splitter.

me: lsat and gpa both below median. quasi-non-trad

alexanderrayhammond · Post by **alexanderrayhammond** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:47 pm

i don't know the lingo..but i am a ffffffaaaaaaaaarrrrrr shot for this school....but i do have expereince

of Benito Cereno · Post by **of Benito Cereno** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:49 pm

alexanderrayhammond wrote:i don't know the lingo..but i am a ffffffaaaaaaaaarrrrrr shot for this school....but i do have expereince

when did you submit? lsat above 175? gpa above 3.9?

someones alt · Post by **someones alt** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:54 pm

Still standing, stats in profile.

clintonius · Post by **clintonius** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:55 pm

Still alive, no word at all. Below both medians.

of Benito Cereno · Post by **of Benito Cereno** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:56 pm

so far it seems most still standing have somewhat reasonable shots. ugh false hope springs eternal but I imagine I'll be without feathers soon enough.

wishfulnyc · Post by **wishfulnyc** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:57 pm

it's odd that waitlists and rejections are not interspersed at all, as they seem to be in the past few previous years (i.e., by this point in the app process the remaining pool of candidates was either WL or reject, but they happened simultaneously)

somewhatwayward · Post by **somewhatwayward** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:00 pm

I wish I knew whether my 3.89 was going to be above median this year

Nom Sawyer · Post by **Nom Sawyer** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:11 pm

Fancy Pants wrote:
Nom Sawyer wrote:you going with the Darrow Emrose?
He's going to take his big monies at Chicago.

Big Monies?!?

Nice! How much big monies did emrose get from them... the 75K one or more?

chi16 · Post by **chi16** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:15 pm

I'm starting to think I should just withdraw my application and end the agony. I've been UR since 2/24 and have had no JR1.

Please tell me there is at least one other person in my boat??

of Benito Cereno · Post by **of Benito Cereno** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:16 pm

chi16 wrote:I'm starting to think I should just withdraw my application and end the agony. I've been UR since 2/24 and have had no JR1.

Please tell me there is at least one other person in my boat??

a urm 169/3.9... why?

wishfulnyc · Post by **wishfulnyc** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:17 pm

anyone held and still waiting?

edit: held since Jan

Jericwithers · Post by **Jericwithers** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:17 pm

wishfulnyc wrote:anyone held and still waiting?

*raises hand*

Hattori Hanzo · Post by **Hattori Hanzo** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:18 pm

somewhatwayward wrote:I wish I knew whether my 3.89 was going to be above median this year

Gussing from the trend, probably not.

Netsirk · Post by **Netsirk** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:35 pm

wishfulnyc wrote:anyone held and still waiting?

edit: held since Jan

ME! and it's killing me...

forza · Post by **forza** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:41 pm

Fancy Pants wrote:
forza wrote:Waitlisted today. 173/4.0 still in UG at a large state school.

Better than dinged.

/cycle
Are you going to WD?

Yep. Cycle over!

clintonius · Post by **clintonius** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:42 pm

chi16 wrote:I'm starting to think I should just withdraw my application and end the agony. I've been UR since 2/24 and have had no JR1.

Please tell me there is at least one other person in my boat??

Yes.

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