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Accepted: Georgia

Rejected: Miami

Waitlisted: Notre Dame, Emory, Duke, Florida, Vanderbilt

Seriously...WTF. 4 straight days of getting letters saying I've been waitlisted. Anyone else?

EDIT: Just got my letter of waitlist from Vanderbilt. WTF man.

I got 4 in a week, but that was in February.

Sucky.

Welcome to my world.

xeckosk8trx wrote:Welcome to my world.

Accepted:
University of Iowa (26)
University of Cincinnati (52)
Case Western Reserve Univesirty (55) $10,000
Louisiana State University (75)
University of Buffalo-SUNY (87)
Catholic University (94) $10,000
Florida International University (Tier 4)
Nova Southeastern University (Tier4)
Florida Coastal ( Tier 4) $15,000

Waitlisted:

William and Mary (28)
University of North Carolina (30)
Washington and Lee (30)
American University (45)
Tulane University (45)
University of Florida (51)
Villanova Law (61)
Penn State University (65)
University of Miami (71)
DePaul University (87)
Loyola Chicago (87)

Do you maybe think the reason for so many waitlists is people applying to 50 schools like this??? You were accepted to almost the same amount I applied to.

Kakarot wrote:

xeckosk8trx wrote:Welcome to my world.

Accepted:
University of Iowa (26)
University of Cincinnati (52)
Case Western Reserve Univesirty (55) $10,000
Louisiana State University (75)
University of Buffalo-SUNY (87)
Catholic University (94) $10,000
Florida International University (Tier 4)
Nova Southeastern University (Tier4)
Florida Coastal ( Tier 4) $15,000

Waitlisted:

William and Mary (28)
University of North Carolina (30)
Washington and Lee (30)
American University (45)
Tulane University (45)
University of Florida (51)
Villanova Law (61)
Penn State University (65)
University of Miami (71)
DePaul University (87)
Loyola Chicago (87)

Do you maybe think the reason for so many waitlists is people applying to 50 schools like this??? You were accepted to almost the same amount I applied to.

could be a good theory

this also seemed to be the year of the fee waiver with the economy being the way it is, i wouldn't be shocked if average number of applications per person is way up

That is one reason why. These schools are not dumb. They are well aware that students, especially the ones with good numbers, apply to many schools. When a 175/4.0 person applies to Penn State and Depaul, these schools know they are safties. Hence why schools have ED and EA programs.

Fee waivers are the result of schools wanting to increase their stupid USNWR rankings. By inviting tons of people to apply, many of whom are not "qualified", they can increase their applicants, reject them, and then seem much more selective thus rising in the rankings.

Its just ridiculous. I wish USNWR rankings would be abolished. Or at least make them relevant to things that truly matter. Not acceptance rates, surveys and yield rates.

i have 3 waitlists... expecting 2 more...

5 waitlists and 2 holds....

UVA actually just waitlisted my dog.

I talked to a friend who works admissions and they said that this is one of the more robust cycles they have seen both in terms of quality and quantity of applicants. I can't quote the USNWR ranking directly but I think the school is a mid-level T2.

I feel like I have the bookends (of T14)

Accepted-
Chicago
Cornell

Waitlist-
Duke
Penn
Columbia
Northwestern
Georgetown

Still waiting on NYU after an ED deferral

I had a fee waiver to all the schools I applied to. So if its free, why not apply? If you didn't have to pay a fee, you would of done the same thing.

thickfreakness wrote:UVA actually just waitlisted my dog.

thickfreakness wrote:UVA actually just waitlisted my dog.

any good softs?

gdane5 wrote:That is one reason why. These schools are not dumb. They are well aware that students, especially the ones with good numbers, apply to many schools. When a 175/4.0 person applies to Penn State and Depaul, these schools know they are safties. Hence why schools have ED and EA programs.

lol, UPenn is a safety for someone with a 175/4.0

The number of increased apps makes it hard to schools to accurately predict how to fill a class. So they are being a bit more cautious.

I have a feeling schools will recruit heavily off their waitlist.

But also some schools are known for having waitlists that are basically soft rejections.

pleasetryagain wrote:

thickfreakness wrote:UVA actually just waitlisted my dog.

any good softs?

173/3.9, taught obedience classes in China 3 summers running. She's really upset and confused by it.

Desert Fox wrote:The number of increased apps makes it hard to schools to accurately predict how to fill a class. So they are being a bit more cautious.

I have a feeling schools will recruit heavily off their waitlist.

But also some schools are known for having waitlists that are basically soft rejections.

I hope you're right ... (and not talking about the school I'm WLd at in the last part of that statement)

I win:

UVA-Waitlisted -->Heartbroken
Duke-Waitlisted
Cornell-Waitlisted --->Devastated
Vanderbilt-Waitlisted
UMinn-Waitlisted
Notre Dame - Waitlisted -->Homophobes
Boston College-Waitlisted -->Crushed (Was my dream school)

/ thread

Cupidity wrote:I win:

UVA-Waitlisted -->Heartbroken
Duke-Waitlisted
Cornell-Waitlisted --->Devastated
Vanderbilt-Waitlisted
UMinn-Waitlisted
Notre Dame - Waitlisted -->Homophobes
Boston College-Waitlisted -->Crushed (Was my dream school)

/ thread

I'm surprised by Minn, ND and BC. When did you apply?

thickfreakness wrote:

pleasetryagain wrote:

thickfreakness wrote:UVA actually just waitlisted my dog.

any good softs?

173/3.9, taught obedience classes in China 3 summers running. She's really upset and confused by it.

Could be a YP, have him write a LOCI.

xeckosk8trx wrote:I had a fee waiver to all the schools I applied to. So if its free, why not apply? If you didn't have to pay a fee, you would of done the same thing.

I ended up with something like 65 fee waivers, each to a different school. I used 6.... Maybe it was the $12.00 that turned me off or the fact I wouldn't go to them so why apply.

T_Easy wrote:Accepted: Georgia

Rejected: Miami

Waitlisted: Notre Dame, Emory, Duke, Florida.

Waiting to hear from: Vanderbilt

Seriously...WTF. 4 straight days of getting letters saying I've been waitlisted. Anyone else?

Umm I'm on ten, I think I own this crown. Just got wait listed at Emory today

Every year = year of the waitlist, most competitive cycle in recent history, et cetra.

posted this before but will do it again to commiserate.

Stats are (approx) 3.7-3.75, 170-171. Applied after Dec LSAT.

Harvard - no response
Columbia - Held
NYU - No response
Berkeley - Rejected
Chicago - No response
Penn - No response
Michigan - W
Duke - W
UVA - W
Cornell - No response
Georgetown - W
U Minn - Twin Cities - W

That's a whole lotta W's