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Applications will be available September 1

Key Dates: http://www.law.umich.edu/prospectivestu ... ocess.aspx

We will accept applications for the 2011-2012 academic year between September 1, 2010, and February 15, 2011.

NOTE: Transmission of electronic applications to this law school will begin on 9/15/2011. Please return to this page at that time to transmit your application.

Early Decision Program: http://www.law.umich.edu/prospectivestu ... ption.aspx

We have an Early Decision program for summer starters only; it is binding, which means that in applying, you agree to come if we make you an offer. We recommend that applicants to the Early Decision program submit their materials by about November 1 in order for their files to be completed by our November 15 deadline; we will make all decisions by December 15.

Application Checklist: http://www.law.umich.edu/prospectivestu ... higan.aspx

-Valid LSAT score
- CAS
- Completed application form for the University of Michigan’s J.D. program.
- Application fee ($75) or waiver
- One to three letters of recommendation
- Personal statement and any optional essays

Application Timeline:


2012 PDF Application: http://www.law.umich.edu/prospectivestu ... /jdapp.pdf

JD Online Status Check: http://web.law.umich.edu/AdmAppStatus/home.aspx

Admitted Students Website: https://www.law.umich.edu/_forms/Emplid ... tudents%2f

More informative than the status checker since they try to coincide any change in the status checker with the reception of mail. If you are able to log into this site, then you've been admitted. Updates once a day, so don't go too crazy checking this.

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c/o 2014 Reference Threads:
Applicants: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=129889
Attending: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 8&t=125750
Waitlisted: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 7&t=148902
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Michigan Decision Date Graph, 2009-2010:


Decision Date Spreadsheet for Oct/Nov Apps:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreads ... y=CPDa_84M

LSN 2011-2012 Cycle Applicants: http://michigan.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants
LSN 2010-2011 Cycle Applicants: http://michigan.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants/1011/

I kind of like that they sent out a decent sized batch of admits in late Oct/early Nov. Makes me feel like the early bird may get a worm here. I wonder if they were all ED or...? OK, fine, HP/Gob just made 27 threads, I suppose I can do a tiny bit of research on my own.

Never mind, looks like the earliest was mid-November, even with a September app. *whistles while walking away*

Jeez look at that waitlist spike.

this thread is relevant to my interests (hopefully)

I am applying to Michigan too. Yay!

Just updated the OP with relevant info!

So pumped.

Debating applying to UM...but does it place better than even Cornell into NYC biglaw?

PSUdevon wrote:Debating applying to UM...but does it place better than even Cornell into NYC biglaw?

There is no real answer to that. None of the data we have is rock solid with respect to hiring ITE. That being said, Mich places a large chunk of its class into biglaw, has a much wider reach than Cornell as it feeds into the Chicago legal market as, and isn't in motherfucking Ithaca. I would apply, at the very least, to see if I could use it to leverage scholarship money.

dakure wrote:

PSUdevon wrote:Debating applying to UM...but does it place better than even Cornell into NYC biglaw?

There is no real answer to that. None of the data we have is rock solid with respect to hiring ITE. That being said, Mich places a large chunk of its class into biglaw, has a much wider reach than Cornell as it feeds into the Chicago legal market as, and isn't in motherfucking Ithaca. I would apply, at the very least, to see if I could use it to leverage scholarship money.

That's probably what I'm going to end up doing, even though I have no desire to live in Chicago and am ED'ing NYU. Eh, worst case scenario I'm out $80.

PSUdevon wrote:

dakure wrote:

PSUdevon wrote:Debating applying to UM...but does it place better than even Cornell into NYC biglaw?

There is no real answer to that. None of the data we have is rock solid with respect to hiring ITE. That being said, Mich places a large chunk of its class into biglaw, has a much wider reach than Cornell as it feeds into the Chicago legal market as, and isn't in motherfucking Ithaca. I would apply, at the very least, to see if I could use it to leverage scholarship money.

That's probably what I'm going to end up doing, even though I have no desire to live in Chicago and am ED'ing NYU. Eh, worst case scenario I'm out $80.

Who knows, you may get a fee waiver as well.

Checking in. From Miami to UF to Ann Arbor? Brrrr

Love the cash Michigan has been sending out in recent years, especially to the splitter crew. Count me in.

vincanity1 wrote:Checking in. From Miami to UF to Ann Arbor? Brrrr

I'm new here but there was a poster who got in off the waitlist just a couple weeks ago who went to UF.

dakure wrote:

vincanity1 wrote:Checking in. From Miami to UF to Ann Arbor? Brrrr

I'm new here but there was a poster who got in off the waitlist just a couple weeks ago who went to UF.

Good stuff. I'll check to see if I can find his stats. Hopefully I don't get wl'd in the first place lol

Hi fellow applicants. The graph here is interesting...

If I could get a 175+ and Michigan by some miracle let me in with my low GPA, I could die happy.

Want Hogwarts Michigan. Bad.

UnamSanctam wrote:If I could get a 175+ and Michigan by some miracle let me in with my low GPA, I could die happy.

you got it. Remember, 177s and drinking in AA with Eich and tmon?

JamMasterJ wrote:

UnamSanctam wrote:If I could get a 175+ and Michigan by some miracle let me in with my low GPA, I could die happy.

you got it. Remember, 177s and drinking in AA with Eich and tmon?

ahem

HP you're the best.

outsidethescope wrote:HP you're the best.

How many/which optionals is everyone submitting?

PSUdevon wrote:How many/which optionals is everyone submitting?

Only the Why Michigan essay.

soj wrote:

JamMasterJ wrote:

UnamSanctam wrote:If I could get a 175+ and Michigan by some miracle let me in with my low GPA, I could die happy.

you got it. Remember, 177s and drinking in AA with Eich and tmon?

ahem

And soj!!

Oh, and as a post grad Wolverine I am in on this thread so hard. Probably one of my top two "target" schools assuming I can push my LSAT up just a little bit more in the next month and a half.