Biggest surprises this cycle Forum

tinlawman · Post by **tinlawman** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:15 pm

What were your biggest surprises (both acceptances and rejections/waitlists)? Please include your stats

I'll start
170/sub 2.6

Accepted: UMN
Waitlisted: GW (thought I would be a rejection), Syracuse (thought I would get in for sure-this was my safety school)
Rejected: UPitt (thought I would get in-I go to school near Pitt)

kkklick · Post by **kkklick** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:17 pm

My cycle has played out EXACTLY as it would in relation to medians with not 1 deviation. I doubt there will be many surprises, admissions in the states is as predictable as whose going to have the highest payroll in baseball.

EricBerry · Post by **EricBerry** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:24 pm

160, 3.0

Surprise Acceptance:
FSU-- OOS, non-URM

Surprise Non-Acceptance:
UTK waitlist-- In-state. Looking at the medians, it shouldn't be much of a surprise, but after getting into FSU (OOS, higher ranking, higher admissions standards), I was kind of expecting to get in.

MrPapagiorgio · Post by **MrPapagiorgio** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:28 pm

Dinged from BC with 3.7/169

Adjudicator · Post by **Adjudicator** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:31 pm

Obviously my biggest surprise was getting flat-out rejected by UW, since my entire cycle was geared around getting in to UW. The whole reason that I took an extra year and retook the LSAT and scored a 175 was to boost my chance of getting in to UW. And then, in the end, I didn't.

Sandro · Post by **Sandro** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:12 pm

Denied at GSU.

canes · Post by **canes** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:32 pm

zonto · Post by **zonto** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:08 pm

Adjudicator wrote:Obviously my biggest surprise was getting flat-out rejected by UW, since my entire cycle was geared around getting in to UW. The whole reason that I took an extra year and retook the LSAT and scored a 175 was to boost my chance of getting in to UW. And then, in the end, I didn't.

DeeCee · Post by **DeeCee** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:13 pm

WL at Penn with a 157/3.95 (thought it would be an outright rejection).

I am white/Cuban, so a little semi-URM action is going on there I guess.

3ThrowAway99 · Post by **3ThrowAway99** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:23 pm

Adjudicator wrote:Obviously my biggest surprise was getting flat-out rejected by UW, since my entire cycle was geared around getting in to UW. The whole reason that I took an extra year and retook the LSAT and scored a 175 was to boost my chance of getting in to UW. And then, in the end, I didn't.

Sorry to hear that.. They really seem to be pretty crazy about GPAs.. I got dinged there too last year. Had a much lower LSAT, but I think it was still at their median or close to it, and I had a 3.5 UGPA. With your numbers I bet you'll get at least one T14 though no?

ElvisAaron · Post by **ElvisAaron** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:59 pm

WL @ BU. 171/4.0

Adjudicator · Post by **Adjudicator** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:11 pm

Lawquacious wrote:
Adjudicator wrote:Obviously my biggest surprise was getting flat-out rejected by UW, since my entire cycle was geared around getting in to UW. The whole reason that I took an extra year and retook the LSAT and scored a 175 was to boost my chance of getting in to UW. And then, in the end, I didn't.
Sorry to hear that.. They really seem to be pretty crazy about GPAs.. I got dinged there too last year. Had a much lower LSAT, but I think it was still at their median or close to it, and I had a 3.5 UGPA. With your numbers I bet you'll get at least one T14 though no?

Nope, I didn't... the only schools I was accepted to at all this cycle were WUSTL and Seattle U. Got dinged by UVA and Northwestern, and still haven't heard from Columbia; they probably saw my application and just laughed and tossed it, figuring it was a joke.

Maybe I should have applied to more schools, but I thought I had a good group already. Hindsight, I guess.

2011Law · Post by **2011Law** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:17 pm

168 / ~3.4 Cuban American

106k @ GW

Pricer · Post by **Pricer** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:22 pm

WL at every school I was a strong consider and consider. No response from a school I was admit at over two months after applying.

dabbadon8 · Post by **dabbadon8** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:27 pm

WL UIUC w/ 3.49/173. Other then that cycle was predictable, nothing surprisingly good or bad.

HeavenWood · Post by **HeavenWood** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:31 pm

My ED acceptance to Penn and my YP rejection from George Mason (166/3.94).

graceful1 · Post by **graceful1** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:39 pm

151/3.91

RD acceptance to Houston FT.

robchuckbob · Post by **robchuckbob** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:48 pm

3.6/166 URM

Biggest Surprises:

Waitlisted at Chicago
Rejected to George Washington
Pending (after 4 months) at Harvard -- I assumed I would get an immediate rejection...

SchopenhauerFTW · Post by **SchopenhauerFTW** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:56 am

L.OL/retake

Not a single restraining order filed against me by a school.

onepass · Post by **onepass** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:33 am

Biggest surprise: Getting In at Georgetown with a 161 and just over a 4.0.

Smaller surprise: Getting into Emory with money.

Also, surprised that UPenn actually decided to put me under committee review without denying me flat out! The rejection should come any day now...

GentlemanJim · Post by **GentlemanJim** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:08 am

WL at UVA. OOS, 165, 3.3. Thought I was an auto-ding.

thunderflesh · Post by **thunderflesh** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:26 am

172 / 3.63

Accepted at Columbia
Rejected at Michigan

Happy, but confused.

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