Cornell c/o 18 Applicants Forum

[xylocarp]

Hehe I'm actually not even applying to Berk. And S is neeeever gonna happen. The others are still too cold! I just want to wear sundresses in January ya know

(I'm not actually going to let weather influence my law school decision, for the record haha)

not with that kinda attitude, ya never know

I mean I'm applying haha. & putting it on my mental dream board so that should help

[schmelling]

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[Dream_weaver32]

Well tomorrow is the day! Good luck to everyone as the 14-15 Cycle officially begins!

[darla2013]

who's applying today???

[xylocarp]

looks like they don't actually allow you to submit until tomorrow

[Gray]

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[MidwestLifer]

Went ahead and solicited a fee waiver, so as soon as that comes back I'll be sending mine off!

(If I get one )

[Toby Ziegler]

looks like they don't actually allow you to submit until tomorrow

I started filling out the app though! So exciting! no LSAT score, PS or LOR yet, but... exciting!

Samesies. Except I have my LOR's

[macha]

Went ahead and solicited a fee waiver, so as soon as that comes back I'll be sending mine off!

(If I get one )

Who'd you send your e-mail to? Just JD admissions?

[middlebear]

looks like they don't actually allow you to submit until tomorrow

I started filling out the app though! So exciting! no LSAT score, PS or LOR yet, but... exciting!

Samesies. Except I have my LOR's

I have LSAT, PS, and most of my school-specific essays... just need those LORs GAH.

[ikethegremlin]

Hehe I'm actually not even applying to Berk. And S is neeeever gonna happen. The others are still too cold! I just want to wear sundresses in January ya know

(I'm not actually going to let weather influence my law school decision, for the record haha)

Yo Xylo why aren't you applying to Berkeley?

[MidwestLifer]

Went ahead and solicited a fee waiver, so as soon as that comes back I'll be sending mine off!

(If I get one )

Who'd you send your e-mail to? Just JD admissions?

Yup! Seemed like a fine enough catch-all.

[xylocarp]

Hehe I'm actually not even applying to Berk. And S is neeeever gonna happen. The others are still too cold! I just want to wear sundresses in January ya know

(I'm not actually going to let weather influence my law school decision, for the record haha)

Yo Xylo why aren't you applying to Berkeley?

Well I don't want to end up on the West Coast, and Berk is no good for scholarship negotiation because of their matching scholarships program. So there's no use applying there (as opposed to other T14s) if you wouldn't actually go there.

MidwestLifer, let us know if they give you the fee waiver (merit based?) please!

[Toby Ziegler]

looks like they don't actually allow you to submit until tomorrow

I started filling out the app though! So exciting! no LSAT score, PS or LOR yet, but... exciting!

Samesies. Except I have my LOR's

I have LSAT, PS, and most of my school-specific essays... just need those LORs GAH.

Nice! Yeah creeping around these boards helped me to ask for recommendations way in advance! I didn't need the extra stress. Haha

[Gray]

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[Lavitz]

Well I don't want to end up on the West Coast, and Berk is no good for scholarship negotiation because of their matching scholarships program. So there's no use applying there (as opposed to other T14s) if you wouldn't actually go there.

MidwestLifer, let us know if they give you the fee waiver (merit based?) please!

FWIW, they're probably going to say that they don't respond to solicitations and you should wait for the CRS wave. Maybe that changed last cycle, but I forget.

And, as a sidenote, I didn't apply to Berkeley for the same reasons. Don't really regret it.

[Toby Ziegler]

Well I don't want to end up on the West Coast, and Berk is no good for scholarship negotiation because of their matching scholarships program. So there's no use applying there (as opposed to other T14s) if you wouldn't actually go there.

MidwestLifer, let us know if they give you the fee waiver (merit based?) please!

FWIW, they're probably going to say that they don't respond to solicitations and you should wait for the CRS wave. Maybe that changed last cycle, but I forget.

And, as a sidenote, I didn't apply to Berkeley for the same reasons. Don't really regret it.

Lavitz, the highest Cornell authority TLS has to offer. Welcome my friend. It feels like it was forever ago we talked about applying and the pros of Cornell/Ithaca. Thanks for all the help you have, and surely will continue, to contribute. Crazy the application cycle has begun. Are you aware if the addition of the ED option showed a boost in odds of being admitted? For science, of course.

[MidwestLifer]

They said exactly that, Lavitz. Any idea when to expect the CRS wave?

[Lavitz]

Lavitz, the highest Cornell authority TLS has to offer. Welcome my friend. It feels like it was forever ago we talked about applying and the pros of Cornell/Ithaca. Thanks for all the help you have, and surely will continue, to contribute. Crazy the application cycle has begun. Are you aware if the addition of the ED option showed a boost in odds of being admitted? For science, of course.

I do think it helped a little based on nothing more than anecdotal data. I don't have time to analyze any data, since I'm actually supposed to be packing to move back to Ithaca right now, and I'm not sure why I'm still procrastiTLSing.

They said exactly that, Lavitz. Any idea when to expect the CRS wave?

2 years ago they snail-mailed really nice booklets to a bunch of people and included a letter saying whether the fee was already waived. Last cycle, I remember a bunch of people got e-mails instead of snail mail, and they didn't send them out for a while, so maybe a week? I just remember them being really slow about it after the app opened. I'd have to go back to last year's thread. You can just check for a hidden one too, of course.

Edit: Just checked. Some people got it after a week, some after a month, some after 2 months.

[R. Jeeves]

looks like they don't actually allow you to submit until tomorrow

I started filling out the app though! So exciting! no LSAT score, PS or LOR yet, but... exciting!

Samesies. Except I have my LOR's

I have LSAT, PS, and most of my school-specific essays... just need those LORs GAH.

I thought you could submit your app before having the LORs...am I wrong?

[Toby Ziegler]

You may be able to, but you won't go complete until they have them, so either way it doesn't matter.

[R. Jeeves]

You may be able to, but you won't go complete until they have them, so either way it doesn't matter.

gotcha. so they won't even begin to look at your file until the LORs are in?

[hillz]

I have LSAT, PS, and most of my school-specific essays... just need those LORs GAH.

Nice! Yeah creeping around these boards helped me to ask for recommendations way in advance! I didn't need the extra stress. Haha

I've been thinking about it since april, but for some reason it's been the hardest thing for me to do! I'm so lame....

Ok seriously guys If I don't ask for recs this weekend, I hope you will all find a way to shame me publicly.

I still haven't done mine either! We both have to this weekend...you can shame me if I don't do mine.

[middlebear]

App question: they ask you to list who has most influenced you to apply to Cornell. I know people that went there for undergrad, but not anyone who went to the LS, and no one who particularly influenced me. Do you think it's valid to say I don't know any alums, or should I talk about how much my friends/coworkers who went there for undergrad love Cornell or something?

[xylocarp]

App question: they ask you to list who has most influenced you to apply to Cornell. I know people that went there for undergrad, but not anyone who went to the LS, and no one who particularly influenced me. Do you think it's valid to say I don't know any alums, or should I talk about how much my friends/coworkers who went there for undergrad love Cornell or something?

Talk about the people who influenced you if they did. According to Lavitz you can just put N/A if nobody really did though