Northwestern Law C/O 2016 (2012-2013 Applicants) Forum

[comeonletsgo]

Status checker updated on 12/26. Went complete on 11/19. HMMM

[alwayssunnyinfl]

Status checker updated on 12/26. Went complete on 11/19. HMMM

WAT

[comeonletsgo]

Status checker updated on 12/26. Went complete on 11/19. HMMM

WAT

WAT right back at you

I don't know what the update means!!

[DoveBodyWash]

Got a call last friday for an interview, looks like i am in chicago on jan 4....burrrrrrrr any ideas on the questions?

Here are some things they asked me when I went in for my on-campus interview last year:
-Tell me about yourself. (This was pretty blunt and I wasn't ready for this)
-Why Northwestern?
-Why do you want to be a lawyer? When did you know you wanted to be a lawyer?
-Do you know what kind of law you want to practice? What are your short-term/long-term career goals.
-Out of the things listed on your resume, which experience did you learn the most from? Which experience were you the most passionate about?
-If you're relatively young (e.g. undergrad or recent grad) be prepared to defend why you think you're prepared for law school despite your lack of work experience.

And be sure to prepare plenty of your own questions since they'll give you time to ask them towards the end! Good luck!

[DoveBodyWash]

Status checker updated on 12/26. Went complete on 11/19. HMMM

WAT

WAT right back at you

I don't know what the update means!!

No update for me
Went complete: 11/1
2nd update: 11/28

[comeonletsgo]

Status checker updated on 12/26. Went complete on 11/19. HMMM

WAT

WAT right back at you

I don't know what the update means!!

No update for me
Went complete: 11/1
2nd update: 11/28

I don't know what it means at all! Probably 1st read. I haven't been good about checking the status checker, but I really really hope there's a January acceptance coming...

[DoveBodyWash]

Status checker updated on 12/26. Went complete on 11/19. HMMM

WAT

WAT right back at you

I don't know what the update means!!

No update for me
Went complete: 11/1
2nd update: 11/28

I don't know what it means at all! Probably 1st read. I haven't been good about checking the status checker, but I really really hope there's a January acceptance coming...[/quote]

Dammmmmmmm that would mean my app was read in late November but I still haven't received a decision yet..which can't be good

[alwayssunnyinfl]

Dammmmmmmm that would mean my app was read in late November but I still haven't received a decision yet..which can't be good

I don't think this means anything at all.

[oaken]

Got a call last friday for an interview, looks like i am in chicago on jan 4....burrrrrrrr any ideas on the questions?

Here are some things they asked me when I went in for my on-campus interview last year:
-Tell me about yourself. (This was pretty blunt and I wasn't ready for this)
-Why Northwestern?
-Why do you want to be a lawyer? When did you know you wanted to be a lawyer?
-Do you know what kind of law you want to practice? What are your short-term/long-term career goals.
-Out of the things listed on your resume, which experience did you learn the most from? Which experience were you the most passionate about?
-If you're relatively young (e.g. undergrad or recent grad) be prepared to defend why you think you're prepared for law school despite your lack of work experience.

And be sure to prepare plenty of your own questions since they'll give you time to ask them towards the end! Good luck!

+1 for having a shitty answer for "tell me about yourself". Basically just reiterated my résumé. I had insightful answers ready for minute details of my work experience, etc but some of the big picture stuff caught me off guard.

[ashockofpink]

ED applicant here. Still "complete" as of 11/14... absolutely zero movement which is somewhat (read: extremely) disconcerting. Called the admissions office and they said to expect a reply no later than next week so ... hopefully good news to those ED applicants still up in the air? SIGH.

[DoveBodyWash]

ED applicant here. Still "complete" as of 11/14... absolutely zero movement which is somewhat (read: extremely) disconcerting. Called the admissions office and they said to expect a reply no later than next week so ... hopefully good news to those ED applicants still up in the air? SIGH.

Oh wow that does sound extremely stressful. If it makes you feel better I highly highly doubt a ding is coming your way. At worst you'll be deferred and admitted RD or something , good luck!

[DoveBodyWash]

Anytime I see a reference to Northwestern outside of TLS:

--ImageRemoved--

[maxiguess]

Interview tonight, and then I'm finally done with everything.

[francesfarmer]

Interview tonight, and then I'm finally done with everything.

Wooooo!

[bananasplit19]

Interview tonight, and then I'm finally done with everything.

Knock 'em dead.

Also, try to avoid doing this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJlbAUYE-ls

[maxiguess]

Went well I think. We chatted for over 2 hours and became buddies.

[20141023]

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[az21833]

Hey guys, I'm late to this party but need everybody's advice. I live in NYC and am applying to NW law, my plan was to interview off campus with alumni but i just realized they had a deadline of 12/1 (wtf?). I took december lsat so I starting filling out the actual forms a few weeks ago and just now realized this. For some reason the on campus deadline is like three months later but i work close to 80,90 hours a week and its really hard to get away. couple questions

1) do they pay to fly you out, put you up etc.
2) should i fly out same AM and come back same PM if not
3) how important is it that I go through all this trouble for admission
4) will they accomodate a phone/skype interview given the circumstances?

gpa ~4.0, lsat ~170. 2 yrs WE in finance.

i received a fee waiver after the October LSAT and have been receiving a bunch of other list-serv type things from NU since, if that matters at all.

[BigZuck]

Hey guys, I'm late to this party but need everybody's advice. I live in NYC and am applying to NW law, my plan was to interview off campus with alumni but i just realized they had a deadline of 12/1 (wtf?). I took december lsat so I starting filling out the actual forms a few weeks ago and just now realized this. For some reason the on campus deadline is like three months later but i work close to 80,90 hours a week and its really hard to get away. couple questions

1) do they pay to fly you out, put you up etc.
2) should i fly out same AM and come back same PM if not
3) how important is it that I go through all this trouble for admission
4) will they accomodate a phone/skype interview given the circumstances?

gpa ~4.0, lsat ~170. 2 yrs WE in finance.

1) Of course not.
2) That's up to you. How could we possibly answer that question?
3) Probably doesn't really matter, your numbers should be good enough.
4) Maybe not, it's not their problem you didn't read the instructions.

[20141023]

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[az21833]

whoops, completely meant NU law. Looks like the next available interview date on campus is 1/31. Is it worth delaying review of my application to review? It seems like it is so I think I'll go ahead and sign-up.

[teiswei]

Woo! First bowl win in 63 years!

[BigZuck]

whoops, completely meant NU law. Looks like the next available interview date on campus is 1/31. Is it worth delaying review of my application to review? It seems like it is so I think I'll go ahead and sign-up.

Saw some of your other threads/posts, do you even have an LSAT score yet?

[20141023]

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[az21833]

good idea.. will do. have a 167 from october but think i did 170 on december, for whatever its worth. will have a better idea tomorrow. sorry for all the posts just trying to figure everything out so i can hit the ground running tomorrow with submitting etc.