WUSTL c/o 2018 Applicants Forum

regulartime · Post by **regulartime** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:21 pm

imKMart wrote:
regulartime wrote:
conorhall wrote:Checking in. Definitely a reach here but older and military so here goes nothing.

This describes me as well. Hoping my PT scores hold up for the real thing next week so that Wash U is a realistic option. I'm honestly pretty much Wash U or bust, unless I get the 1843 at SLU.
What are your PT scores?

167 almost every time. Never lower than that, but never higher than 169. It doesn't matter if its PT 2 or 72, always the same.

KMart · Post by **KMart** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:37 pm

regulartime wrote:

167 almost every time. Never lower than that, but never higher than 169. It doesn't matter if its PT 2 or 72, always the same.

You're consistency is remarkable. Best of luck to you on test day!

regulartime · Post by **regulartime** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:43 pm

imKMart wrote:
regulartime wrote:

167 almost every time. Never lower than that, but never higher than 169. It doesn't matter if its PT 2 or 72, always the same.
You're consistency is remarkable. Best of luck to you on test day!

Thank you. I am trying to look at the consistency as a good thing, but its frustrating to not be improving with all of the work I am putting in.

KMart · Post by **KMart** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:51 pm

What sections are you missing the most in? I'm assuming you're drilling that section harder and focusing on your challenging concepts more than the others?

regulartime · Post by **regulartime** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:56 pm

imKMart wrote:What sections are you missing the most in? I'm assuming you're drilling that section harder and focusing on your challenging concepts more than the others?

LG has been my problem from the start. I usually only miss a 1 or 2 total from both LR sections, usually with one section perfect and the other with both misses. RC is usually around -4 or so and I usually miss around 8 on LG. Untimed I'm almost perfect on LG, but I can't get my speed up. I think I miss important inferences when I am timed and then take too long on the questions. I'm almost at the point where I am wanting to just focus on taking my time and finishing three out of the four games perfectly, but I know that is discouraged.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:42 pm

imKMart wrote:
scottidsntknow wrote:
itskevin wrote:Hopefully, and thanks for the support!
Good luck! The interviews at WUSTL are pretty low-key and all of the adcomms are super friendly, so definitely don't stress about it or anything.
Low-key: would this still mean formal attire?

I mean you're doing on campus right? If so a suit wouldn't be out of place, but you'd be fine in biz cas. I just wore a button up and tie for my Skype interview... With underwear.

Fiero85 · Post by **Fiero85** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:41 pm

scottidsntknow wrote:I mean you're doing on campus right? If so a suit wouldn't be out of place, but you'd be fine in biz cas. I just wore a button up and tie for my Skype interview... With underwear.

At least you weren't bare ass...a fire alarm coulda been pretty awkward though

KMart · Post by **KMart** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:43 pm

Fiero85 wrote:
scottidsntknow wrote:I mean you're doing on campus right? If so a suit wouldn't be out of place, but you'd be fine in biz cas. I just wore a button up and tie for my Skype interview... With underwear.

I always say I'm going to be the interviewer who asks them to stand up at the start; just to keep them on edge and laugh afterwords at what people wear and what they do.

Actually, this is a good strategy to see if they are a safe person or how they react on their feet.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:08 pm

Ignore fierowhatever. I have to sit next to him in class unfortunately, it's dreadful. I even get roped into going to lunch with him sometimes, that's even worse!

PourMeTea · Post by **PourMeTea** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:10 pm

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DoveBodyWash · Post by **DoveBodyWash** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:18 am

i'm not sure if things have changed (maybe the adcomm is interviewing everyone now) but being invited to interview is usually a good sign. But that doesn't mean it's a bad sign if u don't get one, i have friends who were admitted without being interviewed.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:23 am

cusenation wrote:i'm not sure if things have changed (maybe the adcomm is interviewing everyone now) but being invited to interview is usually a good sign. But that doesn't mean it's a bad sign if u don't get one, i have friends who were admitted without being interviewed.

Seems like they're moving super fast this year giving out some requests within 24 hours. I heard they're aiming for like a 2 or 3 week turnaround time for applications this cycle.

DoveBodyWash · Post by **DoveBodyWash** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:35 am

scottidsntknow wrote:
cusenation wrote:i'm not sure if things have changed (maybe the adcomm is interviewing everyone now) but being invited to interview is usually a good sign. But that doesn't mean it's a bad sign if u don't get one, i have friends who were admitted without being interviewed.
Seems like they're moving super fast this year giving out some requests within 24 hours. I heard they're aiming for like a 2 or 3 week turnaround time for applications this cycle.

ah i see.

Dear soon-to-be-admitted-0L's. This is what will happen for a lot of you. You will be admitted to WUSTL on the earlier end. Maybe it'll be your first acceptance. You'll be pumped as fuck. Will probably post a status about it, lots of people will like it. Then you'll get some more offers and the sparkly WUSTL admission won't seem so sparkly anymore. Then maybe you get a large scholarship, enthusiasm goes back up. But then Vanderbilt gives u some money (less than WUSTL) or maybe you get into GULC but at sticker, or maybe it's Cornell at sticker. The lower-T14 siren song will start to get louder. Or maybe UIUC comes knocking with a comparable scholarship. You've searched for WUSTL threads on TLS. Maybe some poster has said WUSTL is shitty because XYZ. Maybe you stumbled across one of the older OCI threads and there aren't as many offers as you would like to see. By now your WUSTL excitement has subsided and you're thinking of letting the offer pass. When you reach that point, come back to this thread or PM some of us. WUSTL is not always the answer, but it deserves serious consideration under most circumstances.

ETA: I transferred out of the school, so i probably won't ever meet any of you and i don't really care what happens to WUSTL's medians. So this is coming from someone who has first-hand experience with the school but has no vested interest in helping their admissions or whatever.

dwil770 · Post by **dwil770** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:41 am

imKMart wrote:
Fiero85 wrote:
scottidsntknow wrote:I mean you're doing on campus right? If so a suit wouldn't be out of place, but you'd be fine in biz cas. I just wore a button up and tie for my Skype interview... With underwear.

I always say I'm going to be the interviewer who asks them to stand up at the start; just to keep them on edge and laugh afterwords at what people wear and what they do.

Actually, this is a good strategy to see if they are a safe person or how they react on their feet.

Or more importantly for an adcom, gauge height.

itskevin · Post by **itskevin** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:26 am

I'm going suited up of course. I found it really cool that they made an itinerary and have me visiting a first year class after the interview. (First-timer in St. Louis by the way, or Missouri for that matter)

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:18 am

itskevin wrote:I'm going suited up of course. I found it really cool that they made an itinerary and have me visiting a first year class after the interview. (First-timer in St. Louis by the way, or Missouri for that matter)

What class are you going to with what professor?

itskevin · Post by **itskevin** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:40 pm

scottidsntknow wrote:
itskevin wrote:I'm going suited up of course. I found it really cool that they made an itinerary and have me visiting a first year class after the interview. (First-timer in St. Louis by the way, or Missouri for that matter)
What class are you going to with what professor?

First year torts at 3pm, not sure the Professor though.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:45 pm

itskevin wrote:
scottidsntknow wrote:
itskevin wrote:I'm going suited up of course. I found it really cool that they made an itinerary and have me visiting a first year class after the interview. (First-timer in St. Louis by the way, or Missouri for that matter)
What class are you going to with what professor?
First year torts at 3pm, not sure the Professor though.

Lol that's my class.

itskevin · Post by **itskevin** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:16 pm

I'll be the only one showing up with a suit then haha.

chuckbass · Post by **chuckbass** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:03 pm

itskevin wrote:I'll be the only one showing up with a suit then haha.

Lol that plus it's a small class. Just sit in the back though, we have assigned seats and you probably don't want to get cold-called in that class.

I'll preface this by saying that that professor is one of our best, but also he rails on one student for the entire class and it's really intimidating, but you shouldn't let that be the expectation of all law school classes.

itskevin · Post by **itskevin** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:16 pm

Even if you're not a student yet? Looking forward to the whole experience. I'll take your advice though

PourMeTea · Post by **PourMeTea** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:33 am

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Fiero85 · Post by **Fiero85** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:31 am

dwil770 wrote:
imKMart wrote: I always say I'm going to be the interviewer who asks them to stand up at the start; just to keep them on edge and laugh afterwords at what people wear and what they do.

Actually, this is a good strategy to see if they are a safe person or how they react on their feet.
Or more importantly for an adcom, gauge height.

And other related lengths, if the applicant is caught sans-culottes

Fiero85 · Post by **Fiero85** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:32 am

scottidsntknow wrote:Ignore fierowhatever. I have to sit next to him in class unfortunately, it's dreadful. I even get roped into going to lunch with him sometimes, that's even worse!

[shrug]

HavingFun · Post by **HavingFun** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:31 am

Has anyone else had their interview yet?