Georgia 2011 Applicants Forum

Sandro · Post by **Sandro** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:27 pm

JenDarby wrote:So, I was accepted a few weeks back, with no mention of any scholarship. That being the case, I wont be attending. I'm contemplating send an email regarding it, anyone have any experience negotiating with them?

I would shoot them an email. PMed you.

iambeautiful · Post by **iambeautiful** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:41 pm

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bartleby · Post by **bartleby** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:59 pm

anyone have any success negotiating? just a grand or two a year would do it for me.

bergg007 · Post by **bergg007** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:04 pm

I'm wondering about this too. as anyone had success asking for a tuition equalizer or anything? I got a letter telling me that i would have to pay sticker and Even though I really want to go there, my wife is hard to convince. a tuition equalizer might just do it.

bartleby · Post by **bartleby** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:08 pm

bergg007 wrote:I'm wondering about this too. as anyone had success asking for a tuition equalizer or anything? I got a letter telling me that i would have to pay sticker and Even though I really want to go there, my wife is hard to convince. a tuition equalizer might just do it.

Can you tell me why you'd be interested in UGA over SMU w/ that scholarship? I'm just wondering cause I'm in the same boat.

pballer · Post by **pballer** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:18 pm

bergg007 wrote:I'm wondering about this too. as anyone had success asking for a tuition equalizer or anything? I got a letter telling me that i would have to pay sticker and Even though I really want to go there, my wife is hard to convince. a tuition equalizer might just do it.

I'm visiting in 2 and a half weeks and am going to ask about tuition equalization then. I'll relay the procedure and response when I talk with them.

Mr_Brightside · Post by **Mr_Brightside** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:23 pm

STILL UR, complete since early December. WTF. Wait list here I come

leidice · Post by **leidice** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:39 pm

Held today. I feel like it's a little late for that.. hasn't their app deadline passed? who/what else are they waiting on? haha

spets · Post by **spets** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:12 pm

leidice wrote:Held today. I feel like it's a little late for that.. hasn't their app deadline passed? who/what else are they waiting on? haha

millardtime · Post by **millardtime** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:22 pm

Also held today. Better than a flat out rejection. My only hope is that I'm in-state.

ga345 · Post by **ga345** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:47 pm

Wow uga took a hit in the rankings! I know some are saying last year was a fluke but what does it mean for all the high scores they have been letting in/low scores they havent

cake · Post by **cake** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:15 pm

ga345 wrote:Wow uga took a hit in the rankings! I know some are saying last year was a fluke but what does it mean for all the high scores they have been letting in/low scores they havent

Not really. With all the ties, we only dropped one or two positions. I just hope the numbers improve next year when I'm looking for a job...

Stonewall · Post by **Stonewall** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:20 pm

cake wrote:
ga345 wrote:Wow uga took a hit in the rankings! I know some are saying last year was a fluke but what does it mean for all the high scores they have been letting in/low scores they havent
Not really. With all the ties, we only dropped one or two positions. I just hope the numbers improve next year when I'm looking for a job...

not that it makes a real difference but the wake$$$ v. Uga dilemma just got that much more difficult for me

PrayingforHYS · Post by **PrayingforHYS** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:41 am

cake wrote:
ga345 wrote:Wow uga took a hit in the rankings! I know some are saying last year was a fluke but what does it mean for all the high scores they have been letting in/low scores they havent
Not really. With all the ties, we only dropped one or two positions. I just hope the numbers improve next year when I'm looking for a job...

Yeah, there are some ties, but the rankings are still the rankings...UGA dropped from 28 to 35

In the grand scheme of things, UGA is still going to place well in the south (particularly GA, obvs) ... dropping 7 spots in the USNWR isn't going to really affect that. However, in terms of national prospects, I don't know what % of UGA grads go on to NLJ250, but that could take a hit, especially with schools like IU-B, UC-Davis, Washington, W and L making gains right around/above UGA

Disclaimer: What the hell do I know, though? Also, I'd still be very happy to receive an acceptance to UGA, so.... sometime soon please

Emory also took a dive this year (22 to 30), so UGA is actually closer in the rankings to Emory than previously. Make of that what you will.

athenian · Post by **athenian** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:04 am

UGA's drop from 28 to 35 won't affect them at all. Georgia has always hovered in the mid 30's... they aren't really breaking new ground here.

As far as UGA's NLJ placement, I'm failry certain that nearly all of it occurs in the Atlanta market, a market that UGA has an increibly strong reputation in. Dropping a few spots in the rankings isn't going to change that reputation and it isn't gonig to change the fact that a large number of the partners and the people that make the hiring decisions at the major Atlanta firms have UGA connections.

I wouldn't lend much creedence to a one-year movement in the rankings. It's the sustained reputation (not the current ranking) of a school that sways hiring partners. Big jumps overnight aren't going to magically open up more firms at OCI and won't instantly make your school one with national reach. At the end of the day, whether ranked 28th or 35th, Georgia is what it always has been: a strong regional school with an excellent reputation in Atlanta and 0 prospects outside the South.

Plus, UGA doesn't compete with IU-B, Davis, Washington, and W&L. Maybe W&L to an extent, but you've got a far better chance of getting a job in Atlanta with a UGA diploma than with one from W&L. Similarly, UGA wouldn't stand a chance against these schools in Indianapolis, Sacramento, Seattle, and backwoods Virginia, respectively.

plt06 · Post by **plt06** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:53 am

Stonewall wrote:
cake wrote:
ga345 wrote:Wow uga took a hit in the rankings! I know some are saying last year was a fluke but what does it mean for all the high scores they have been letting in/low scores they havent
Not really. With all the ties, we only dropped one or two positions. I just hope the numbers improve next year when I'm looking for a job...
not that it makes a real difference but the wake$$$ v. Uga dilemma just got that much more difficult for me

Take a look at the Employed at Graduation Statistics.

UGA: 83.8% Employed AT Graduation
WFU: 66.1%

And UGA's class size is bigger. UGA's proximity to a major legal market is a huge plus. I like Wake but the important statistics (job placement, salary, cost) don't measure up to UGA, IMO.

millardtime · Post by **millardtime** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:58 am

plt06 wrote:
Stonewall wrote:
cake wrote:
ga345 wrote:Wow uga took a hit in the rankings! I know some are saying last year was a fluke but what does it mean for all the high scores they have been letting in/low scores they havent
Not really. With all the ties, we only dropped one or two positions. I just hope the numbers improve next year when I'm looking for a job...
not that it makes a real difference but the wake$$$ v. Uga dilemma just got that much more difficult for me
Take a look at the Employed at Graduation Statistics.

UGA: 83.8% Employed AT Graduation
WFU: 66.1%

And UGA's class size is bigger. UGA's proximity to a major legal market is a huge plus. I like Wake but the important statistics (job placement, salary, cost) don't measure up to UGA, IMO.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... -law-03120

I'm seeing a 79.6% Employed at Graduation rate for WFU

buchy2009 · Post by **buchy2009** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:37 pm

Just got dinged SO hard (via status checker).

KatieKat · Post by **KatieKat** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:25 pm

I've been in review for almost 3 weeks now... I know that's not long compared to a lot of people, but I'm a little impatient and UGA is one of my top choices (if not my first choice). I thought I might be able to get some scholarship money from them (median LSAT but GPA is wayy above 75th), but now I'm thinking that I may end up getting waitlisted, since I've been in review for so long and they seem to be trying to raise their LSAT median.

I never wrote a why UGA essay because they didn't ask for it, but now I'm wondering if I should have. If I do send them an LOCI/why UGA letter, how long should I wait to do so (assuming my status doesn't change)? I don't want to seem pushy or impatient by sending something too soon after I went under review.

plt06 · Post by **plt06** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:59 pm

[quote=not that it makes a real difference but the wake$$$ v. Uga dilemma just got that much more difficult for me[/quote]

Take a look at the Employed at Graduation Statistics.

UGA: 83.8% Employed AT Graduation
WFU: 66.1%

And UGA's class size is bigger. UGA's proximity to a major legal market is a huge plus. I like Wake but the important statistics (job placement, salary, cost) don't measure up to UGA, IMO.[/quote]

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandr ... -law-03120

I'm seeing a 79.6% Employed at Graduation rate for WFU[/quote]

My bad. In my rush to enter the data into my personal rankings I entered the wrong school's data. The 66.1% figure is SMU.

PrayingforHYS · Post by **PrayingforHYS** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:32 pm

Why's UGA always on the 3rd page when I'm searching for the thread? And why does UGA only have 39 pages in the thread? lol

Oh well, still twiddling my thumbs waiting on a decision.

bartleby · Post by **bartleby** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:57 pm

PrayingforHYS wrote:Why's UGA always on the 3rd page when I'm searching for the thread? And why does UGA only have 39 pages in the thread? lol

Oh well, still twiddling my thumbs waiting on a decision.

bump for front page

ga345 · Post by **ga345** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:07 pm

anyone know when they finished sending out decisions in year past? At least moving people out of UR?

this waiting is driving me CRAZY

gogamecocks · Post by **gogamecocks** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:16 pm

leidice wrote:Held today. I feel like it's a little late for that.. hasn't their app deadline passed? who/what else are they waiting on? haha

Got held yesterday. I know I'm heading for the waitlist if not a flat-out reject. Which suuuuucks, because they are definately my #1

Sandro · Post by **Sandro** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:23 pm

I think theres less discussion because UGA is going slow with admissions. After ASW and deposit deadlines it should pick up....

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