Do most law schools notify via snail mail? Forum

[GoldenBear125]

Just wondering. I put my primary application address as my parents house as I did not want it coming to my place (it often is lost, left outside, stolen, etc.). Do law schools email out decisions/update it on their website/email saying your status has been updated on their website?

[amputatedbrain]

This depends both on the school and the decision. Some send all decisions by snail mail (NYU, Columbia), Some all by e-mail (Duke I think). Quite a few send rejections/waitlists by e-mail and mail acceptances, some put in on their status checkers some don't, and the top ones will call you usually . . . someone made a thread listing a ton of school and their notification methods, try searching for it. If you say a specific school, I'm sure someone will know.

[CardinalRules]

This depends both on the school and the decision. Some send all decisions by snail mail (NYU, Columbia), Some all by e-mail (Duke I think). Quite a few send rejections/waitlists by e-mail and mail acceptances, some put in on their status checkers some don't, and the top ones will call you usually . . . someone made a thread listing a ton of school and their notification methods, try searching for it. If you say a specific school, I'm sure someone will know.

Two others that send all decisions by snail mail are GULC and USC. You may or may not be emailed about a change in status, but most status checkers do (eventually) update.

[JusticeHarlan]

This depends both on the school and the decision. Some send all decisions by snail mail (NYU, Columbia), Some all by e-mail (Duke I think). Quite a few send rejections/waitlists by e-mail and mail acceptances, some put in on their status checkers some don't, and the top ones will call you usually . . . someone made a thread listing a ton of school and their notification methods, try searching for it. If you say a specific school, I'm sure someone will know.

Two others that send all decisions by snail mail are GULC and USC. You may or may not be emailed about a change in status, but most status checkers do (eventually) update.

GULC does rejections by email. Believe me, I would know

[JayTal]

This depends both on the school and the decision. Some send all decisions by snail mail (NYU, Columbia), Some all by e-mail (Duke I think). Quite a few send rejections/waitlists by e-mail and mail acceptances, some put in on their status checkers some don't, and the top ones will call you usually . . . someone made a thread listing a ton of school and their notification methods, try searching for it. If you say a specific school, I'm sure someone will know.

Two others that send all decisions by snail mail are GULC and USC. You may or may not be emailed about a change in status, but most status checkers do (eventually) update.

GULC does rejections by email. Believe me, I would know

+1

[Cleareyes]

There's huge variety. Everything from status checkers to email to, in case of some acceptances, phone calls. It really varies from school to school. But yes, some schools do communicate purely through snail mail. Poke around on this site and you should be able to figure out how each school likes to communicate to applicants.