Penn c/o 2019 Applicants (2015-2016) Forum

[Nagster5]

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[FastRun]

Got the call! Congrats to everyone else. I was under review 12/24 (wasn't sure if that was UR1 or UR2, but apparently it was UR2), so that should give some hope to those with later UR dates hoping for the call today!

[rska884]

Can anyone help me decipher what my status indicates.

Complete: 12/11
Then my status changed to something I can't remember. I think it was "in queue for review" Can anyone confirm for me this is usually what follows complete.
"Under Committee review": 1/5

Am I UR1 or UR2?

That's what it says for all URs. UR1 vs. UR2 is just the date changes, so if 1/5 was the first you saw this status, you're UR1.

[cc1012]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

[ltbenn]

ur1 12/11 - pretty sure I'm in admissions purgatory, doomed to forever hang in limbo...

eta- congrats to all the admits. and condolences to the dings/wl.

[december1205]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

Sorry to hear that. You seem like a strong (and safe) candidate for UPenn admissions. I'm starting to get scared seeing how Penn is rejecting strong candidates.... Is this cycle really harder than others?

[k10f]

Does anyone know if they call international (specifically Canada)? I'm UR2 12/24 and have heard no things yet.

[cc1012]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

Sorry to hear that. You seem like a strong (and safe) candidate for UPenn admissions. I'm starting to get scared seeing how Penn is rejecting strong candidates.... Is this cycle really harder than others?

Strangely enough, Law School Predictor had me as a safe admit, yet MyLSN had me at a 36% chance which is far lower than similarly ranked schools.

[EnderWiggin]

Does anyone know if they call international (specifically Canada)? I'm UR2 12/24 and have heard no things yet.

This person in Canada reported receiving a call during the first round of RD admits on 12/22:

Ahhhh got the call an hour ago!!! I'm from Canada so I guess they at least call Canadian applicants instead of email!

RD; UR1 11/30; UR2 12/17

[LaRetaguardia]

Rejected today--

3.5 GPA 164 LSAT

URM

I'm in the uncomfortable position of transferring during undergrad with a low 3's GPA (after two years) and graduating with a 3.89 (after three years)... I'd hoped they would see an upward trend but.... yeah.

Good luck to everyone else!

[James.K.Polk]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

Sorry to hear that. You seem like a strong (and safe) candidate for UPenn admissions. I'm starting to get scared seeing how Penn is rejecting strong candidates.... Is this cycle really harder than others?

Strangely enough, Law School Predictor had me as a safe admit, yet MyLSN had me at a 36% chance which is far lower than similarly ranked schools.

Do you know where those myLSN numbers come from? Mine say I have a better chance at Penn (38%) than Michigan (10%) while I've been admitted to Michigan and feel very strongly I won't be to Penn.

[clarf]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

Sorry to hear that. You seem like a strong (and safe) candidate for UPenn admissions. I'm starting to get scared seeing how Penn is rejecting strong candidates.... Is this cycle really harder than others?

Strangely enough, Law School Predictor had me as a safe admit, yet MyLSN had me at a 36% chance which is far lower than similarly ranked schools.

Ditto. I'm an URM with similar stats, 172 and 3.6. Starting to think the TLS predictor isn't that accurate.

[k10f]

Does anyone know if they call international (specifically Canada)? I'm UR2 12/24 and have heard no things yet.

This person in Canada reported receiving a call during the first round of RD admits on 12/22:

Ahhhh got the call an hour ago!!! I'm from Canada so I guess they at least call Canadian applicants instead of email!

RD; UR1 11/30; UR2 12/17

Thanks!! Hopefully I will hear something soon.

[lymenheimer]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

Sorry to hear that. You seem like a strong (and safe) candidate for UPenn admissions. I'm starting to get scared seeing how Penn is rejecting strong candidates.... Is this cycle really harder than others?

Strangely enough, Law School Predictor had me as a safe admit, yet MyLSN had me at a 36% chance which is far lower than similarly ranked schools.

Ditto. I'm an URM with similar stats, 172 and 3.6. Starting to think the TLS predictor isn't that accurate.

Do you know where those myLSN numbers come from?

It's not a TLS predictor. It's self-reported numbers drawn from lawschoolnumbers. Have y'all never actually read the stuff on mylsn?

[cc1012]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

Sorry to hear that. You seem like a strong (and safe) candidate for UPenn admissions. I'm starting to get scared seeing how Penn is rejecting strong candidates.... Is this cycle really harder than others?

Strangely enough, Law School Predictor had me as a safe admit, yet MyLSN had me at a 36% chance which is far lower than similarly ranked schools.

Do you know where those myLSN numbers come from? Mine say I have a better chance at Penn (38%) than Michigan (10%) while I've been admitted to Michigan and feel very strongly I won't be to Penn.

I believe that they are taken from profiles on lawschoolnumbers. Some say that it is the most reliable way to estimate your chances and it has been fairly reliable for me with the exception of a couple of surprises (all of them bad).

[cc1012]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

Sorry to hear that. You seem like a strong (and safe) candidate for UPenn admissions. I'm starting to get scared seeing how Penn is rejecting strong candidates.... Is this cycle really harder than others?

Strangely enough, Law School Predictor had me as a safe admit, yet MyLSN had me at a 36% chance which is far lower than similarly ranked schools.

Ditto. I'm an URM with similar stats, 172 and 3.6. Starting to think the TLS predictor isn't that accurate.

From what I hear, Penn has a tendency to YP. Not saying that that is what this is, just throwing that out there as a possibility.

[clarf]

Waitlisted today as well.

169, 3.75, URM

Wrote a "Why Penn"

Sorry to hear that. You seem like a strong (and safe) candidate for UPenn admissions. I'm starting to get scared seeing how Penn is rejecting strong candidates.... Is this cycle really harder than others?

Strangely enough, Law School Predictor had me as a safe admit, yet MyLSN had me at a 36% chance which is far lower than similarly ranked schools.

Ditto. I'm an URM with similar stats, 172 and 3.6. Starting to think the TLS predictor isn't that accurate.

Do you know where those myLSN numbers come from?

It's not a TLS predictor. It's self-reported numbers drawn from lawschoolnumbers. Have y'all never actually read the stuff on mylsn?

I'm talking about the discrepancy between the TLS predictor and MyLSN. Seems like MyLSN is better to follow.

[lymenheimer]

I'm talking about the discrepancy between the TLS predictor and MyLSN. Seems like MyLSN is better to follow.

Oh...I thought you meant TLS as in "associated with this website".

[nacogdoches]

I'm talking about the discrepancy between the TLS predictor and MyLSN. Seems like MyLSN is better to follow.

From what I've seen, LSP hasn't been updated in several years, whereas MyLSN updates after each cycle. Considering how much admissions practices have changed in the last few years, MyLSN should give you a much more accurate insight into your likely results than LSP. Also, if you read about the documentation on LSP, it explicitly warns about using a fixed bump for URM, rather than using actual results like MyLSN, so LSP is especially less-than-useful for URMs.

[Nnndddd]

Got the call today! It feels so amazing to receive my 1st T14 acceptance! Good luck to everyone else waiting to hear back!!

UR1- 12/11
UR2- 1/4
Reverse splitter (3.93, 164)
Non-urm

Did you write a why penn?

[Jrr13]

UR3 as of today

[clarf]

I'm talking about the discrepancy between the TLS predictor and MyLSN. Seems like MyLSN is better to follow.

From what I've seen, LSP hasn't been updated in several years, whereas MyLSN updates after each cycle. Considering how much admissions practices have changed in the last few years, MyLSN should give you a much more accurate insight into your likely results than LSP. Also, if you read about the documentation on LSP, it explicitly warns about using a fixed bump for URM, rather than using actual results like MyLSN, so LSP is especially less-than-useful for URMs.

+1

[zyxwvut2]

Congrats to everyone who's in!

Reminder to update the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... YsDjQ/edit

For the rest of us still waiting it's another page to compulsively stalk/refresh/stare at longingly.

[fooniff33]

Rejected today--

3.5 GPA 164 LSAT

URM

I'm in the uncomfortable position of transferring during undergrad with a low 3's GPA (after two years) and graduating with a 3.89 (after three years)... I'd hoped they would see an upward trend but.... yeah.

Good luck to everyone else!

If you don't mind me asking what kind of URM are you?

[jleon25]

Got the call today! It feels so amazing to receive my 1st T14 acceptance! Good luck to everyone else waiting to hear back!!

UR1- 12/11
UR2- 1/4
Reverse splitter (3.93, 164)
Non-urm

Did you write a why penn? I have the same numbers and got wait listed

I'm really sorry to hear that:(. I didn't write a "Why Penn". I was very shocked and excited to be accepted! I was hoping for at least a waitlist because I'm taking the LSAT again in February. I'm not sure what soft factors played a part in my acceptance. I'm from Louisiana, and I aspire to be a law professor (significant portion of my PS). Maybe they want future professors or maybe Louisiana isn't represented yet in their class for diversity purposes! I wish you the best. Don't lose hope!