USC c/o 2018 Applicants Thread (2014-2015) Forum

[impalpable]

Decision Finalized as well!
gonna ask ac to check before an intl mail arrives...
btw, how do you guys will choose if between USC and GWU?

[LawsRUs]

Decision Finalized as well!
gonna ask ac to check before an intl mail arrives...
btw, how do you guys will choose if between USC and GWU?

really three things:
money, money, and money

i hope you receive some good news~~!
(your avatar trips me out, i like it)

[svx5013]

Decision Finalized as well!
gonna ask ac to check before an intl mail arrives...
btw, how do you guys will choose if between USC and GWU?

On LST http://www.lstscorereports.com/national/, GWU's employment score is much higher than USC's.

[mieko]

Anyone here negotiate scholarships yet??

I was able to get them to raise mine a bit. I will PM you details.

Long time lurker here as well, would you mind PM-ing me the details as well? USC is at the top of my list but I definitely need to negotiate before committing to anything. Thanks!

Another lurker here, would you mind PMing me with details as well? Thank you!

[LaraCroftEsq]

Decision Finalized as well!
gonna ask ac to check before an intl mail arrives...
btw, how do you guys will choose if between USC and GWU?

On LST, GWU's employment score is much higher than USC's.

I think it really comes down to where you want to be. I'd much rather be in LA than DC so choosing USC would be a no-brainer. And GWU may be ranked higher on LST, but USC did rank higher than GWU on the National Law Journal's recent list of Go-To Law Schools. http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=12 ... aw-Schools

[Winston1984]

Decision Finalized as well!
gonna ask ac to check before an intl mail arrives...
btw, how do you guys will choose if between USC and GWU?

On LST http://www.lstscorereports.com/national/, GWU's employment score is much higher than USC's.

Once you remove school funded jobs it is much closer. If you want to be in DC or NYC, I would lean GWU. CA, then USC. They are both pretty regional.

[svx5013]

Decision Finalized as well!
gonna ask ac to check before an intl mail arrives...
btw, how do you guys will choose if between USC and GWU?

On LST, GWU's employment score is much higher than USC's.

I think it really comes down to where you want to be. I'd much rather be in LA than DC so choosing USC would be a no-brainer. And GWU may be ranked higher on LST, but USC did rank higher than GWU on the National Law Journal's recent list of Go-To Law Schools. http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=12 ... aw-Schools

101+ big law jobs, GW is 28%, USC is 29.8%, not a huge difference. NLJ's 250 does not include all the biglaws.

[svx5013]

Decision Finalized as well!
gonna ask ac to check before an intl mail arrives...
btw, how do you guys will choose if between USC and GWU?

On LST http://www.lstscorereports.com/national/, GWU's employment score is much higher than USC's.

Once you remove school funded jobs it is much closer. If you want to be in DC or NYC, I would lean GWU. CA, then USC. They are both pretty regional.

as long as the school funded jobs are not discounted by LST, that means these are long term, full time school funded positions that are not just constructed for boosting the school's 9 months after graduation employment statistic. For example, graduates can have these indirectly funded jobs while preparing for bar tests, then move on.

[Winston1984]

Decision Finalized as well!
gonna ask ac to check before an intl mail arrives...
btw, how do you guys will choose if between USC and GWU?

On LST http://www.lstscorereports.com/national/, GWU's employment score is much higher than USC's.

Once you remove school funded jobs it is much closer. If you want to be in DC or NYC, I would lean GWU. CA, then USC. They are both pretty regional.

as long as the school funded jobs are not discounted by LST, that means these are long term, full time school funded positions that are not just constructed for boosting the school's 9 months after graduation employment statistic. For example, graduates can have these indirectly funded jobs while preparing for bar tests, then move on.

LST includes an asterisk there so people can see the difference. These school funded jobs change from school to school, but from what I understand about GWU, they pay $15 an hour and are solely to boost employment ratings. I would ask a GWU student.

[svx5013]

LST includes an asterisk there so people can see the difference. These school funded jobs change from school to school, but from what I understand about GWU, they pay $15 an hour and are solely to boost employment ratings. I would ask a GWU student.

I see. This year, Emory has the highest school funded positions. But from what I learned from their students, and third parties, as least it is deemed as a positive thing at Emory.
I believe LST would discount all part time short term school funded positions, so, at least technically, these "bad" school funded positions won't even show up on their report numbers

[Winston1984]

LST includes an asterisk there so people can see the difference. These school funded jobs change from school to school, but from what I understand about GWU, they pay $15 an hour and are solely to boost employment ratings. I would ask a GWU student.

I see. This year, Emory has the highest school funded positions. But from what I learned from their students, and third parties, as least it is deemed as a positive thing at Emory.
I believe LST would discount all part time short term school funded positions, so, at least technically, these "bad" school funded positions won't even show up on their report numbers

Well, technically if the $15 an hour job lasts for 9 months, it's considered long-term. I think that's garbage, but that's the way the ABA defines it for now. I agree that they are better than nothing, but schools like Emory's and GW's employment score should be taken with a big grain of salt.

[svx5013]

LST includes an asterisk there so people can see the difference. These school funded jobs change from school to school, but from what I understand about GWU, they pay $15 an hour and are solely to boost employment ratings. I would ask a GWU student.

I see. This year, Emory has the highest school funded positions. But from what I learned from their students, and third parties, as least it is deemed as a positive thing at Emory.
I believe LST would discount all part time short term school funded positions, so, at least technically, these "bad" school funded positions won't even show up on their report numbers

Well, technically if the $15 an hour job lasts for 9 months, it's considered long-term. I think that's garbage, but that's the way the ABA defines it for now. I agree that they are better than nothing, but schools like Emory's and GW's employment score should be taken with a big grain of salt.

but maybe it's just a part time job? i don't know...

[HalfStudent]

You should probably wait for 2014 employment stats although USC already beat GWU by a ton for big law(32% vs 21%).. USC had a bad 2013 year because of unusually high grads. USC>>>>GW equal money.. It's no contest..

[Dipper]

Last night I dreamt that USC sent me a nastygram letter in response to my request for increased scholarship consideration. They gave me a $1K/yr increase and said they knew I was a dirty liberal and didn't want to go there anyway. Dream Dipper immediately posted the letter on TLS.

[gilessanderson]

Last night I dreamt that USC sent me a nastygram letter in response to my request for increased scholarship consideration. They gave me a $1K/yr increase and said they knew I was a dirty liberal and didn't want to go there anyway. Dream Dipper immediately posted the letter on TLS.

hey it could be worse, dream USC could've rescinded their offer given your dirty liberal status

[LawsRUs]

loool cant stop laughing right now

[lawplaya]

By the way USC law faculty is all 100% hardcore liberals, Berkeley types. The extreme left type.

[WhatCouldHaveBeen]

Anyone know when travel stipend requests will be approved (or not approved)?

[vegaskid123]

Anyone know when travel stipend requests will be approved (or not approved)?

Mine was approved a few days ago and I just finalized everything with the travel agency yesterday.

[bisa]

Hello - long-time lurker here! I’ve finally registered b/c the wait is starting to take its toll…

I went Complete 1/12 and I haven’t seen any movement on my file. I know others stayed at complete for several months (or longer!), but I’m wondering if anyone else from January Completes is still stuck there also.

Also, on my status checker, the LOR section has some errors. My rec writers all have professional prefixes or suffixes, yet on the page, these are all mismatched to the wrong writer. Since the letters are sent via LSAC, the actual letters will not contain this mismatch (won’t affect my file) so I dismissed this as a clerical/inputting error. But now, I’m itching for any communication – do you think it would be a good idea to alert admissions of the discrepancy and then use the email to reiterate my interest in USC (like a LOCI)?

I don’t want to annoy admissions especially after the Feb score influx, but I just want to be under review (& well, get in, of course)!!

i think that's what i would do! just shoot them an email, telling them the error, then say sth like USC is still my top choice etc etc...

thanks, but what do you know, a day later and finally at CR1! maybe I'll send the email anyway just to be safe

[LaraCroftEsq]

PSA: The Office of Admissions doesn't accept additional materials once you're in CR2.
Sent in a Why USC and updated resume just in case and they confirmed that it was too late to add anything to my file.

[unicorntamer666]

Anyone here negotiate scholarships yet??

I was able to get them to raise mine a bit. I will PM you details.

Long time lurker here as well, would you mind PM-ing me the details as well? USC is at the top of my list but I definitely need to negotiate before committing to anything. Thanks!

Another lurker here, would you mind PMing me with details as well? Thank you!

What she said ^

[BertYoo]

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[idontknow1]

Anyone else who went Decision Finalized on 3/4 hear anything? The increasing wait makes me feel as though a snail mail letter is coming my way

Nothing Even if it is snail mail I am hoping it is a big package.

[UOI4430]

Anyone else who went Decision Finalized on 3/4 hear anything? The increasing wait makes me feel as though a snail mail letter is coming my way

Nothing Even if it is snail mail I am hoping it is a big package.

Keep the faith. The acceptance "package" is an envelope with one piece of paper in it.