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Class of 2015 Profile:
Median GPA: 3.8
Median LSAT: 167
36 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
7 foreign countries
120+ undergraduate institutions
32% Minnesota residents
68% nonresidents
http://www.law.umn.edu/prospective/profile.html

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GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE FALL!!!!

Good luck all!

Checking in...Good luck to everyone...

Checking in! Good luck

Already under review crazy!!

http://www.usnews.com/education/article ... law-school

This link should be helpful for those of you still working on applications.

Planning to submit the app in 1-2 days..
Minnesota is one of my top choices!

This just started,

But UMN 1L's taking questions:

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 7#p5910287

tylerdurden8 wrote:http://www.usnews.com/education/article ... law-school

This link should be helpful for those of you still working on applications.

No offense, but the truth is... be above 1 of their medians (without being way off on the other)

ThreeRivers wrote: be above 1 of their medians (without being way off on the other)

This. UMN is like UVA, get above one median and you're likely to get in. Be above one median and above 25% for the other, and you have an awesome shot.

Currently "In Review"

Sent in today. Good luck to all!

I applied the day it was first avaliable. I wish everyone else luck.... and scholarship! Brrrrrr .... I think Minnesota gets cold.

minnbills wrote:

ThreeRivers wrote: be above 1 of their medians (without being way off on the other)

This. UMN is like UVA, get above one median and you're likely to get in. Be above one median and above 25% for the other, and you have an awesome shot.

+1

michaelm55 wrote:I applied the day it was first avaliable. I wish everyone else luck.... and scholarship! Brrrrrr .... I think Minnesota gets cold.

September was amazing, and its 68 outside right now

what is the general consensus on if your status checker has seat-deposit deadlines listed while it is under review? None of my other status checkers have this.

TheThriller wrote:what is the general consensus on if your status checker has seat-deposit deadlines listed while it is under review? None of my other status checkers have this.

I don't think it means anything

I didn't know everyone here worked for UMN admissions...

tylerdurden8 wrote:I didn't know everyone here worked for UMN admissions...

A bunch of us are current students, 1Ls to boot, none of us work for admissions.

minnbills wrote:

tylerdurden8 wrote:I didn't know everyone here worked for UMN admissions...

A bunch of us are current students, 1Ls to boot, none of us work for admissions.

Nice. How are you finding it?

tylerdurden8 wrote:

minnbills wrote:

tylerdurden8 wrote:I didn't know everyone here worked for UMN admissions...

A bunch of us are current students, 1Ls to boot, none of us work for admissions.

Nice. How are you finding it?

I like it a lot. I actually can't think of any complaints, although the stress regarding grades and jobs is mounting. But that will be the case at almost any school.

If any of you have questions about the school feel free to ask. There is also a thread in the ask a law student forum devoted to UMN.

tylerdurden8 wrote:I didn't know everyone here worked for UMN admissions...

I highly doubt UMN admissions would say such things as "all that matters is getting about 1 median." lol

minnbills wrote:

tylerdurden8 wrote:

minnbills wrote:

tylerdurden8 wrote:I didn't know everyone here worked for UMN admissions...

A bunch of us are current students, 1Ls to boot, none of us work for admissions.

Nice. How are you finding it?

I like it a lot. I actually can't think of any complaints, although the stress regarding grades and jobs is mounting. But that will be the case at almost any school.

If any of you have questions about the school feel free to ask. There is also a thread in the ask a law student forum devoted to UMN.

+ 1. I really think it'd be kind of cool to see this thread evolve.

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 4&t=194431

I am very excited for this cycle and hope to gain admission, but I would encourage all my fellow TLS gurus to check out the law school transparency employment statistics for this fantastic school. It would appear that for a number of reasons, the employment stats are not up to par with some of UMN's peer schools. Of course, it could appear this way for a number of reasons (including employment stat boosting by competing schools), but it is worth checking out none-the-less. Most of you probably already have, and again... good luck!

michaelm55 wrote:I am very excited for this cycle and hope to gain admission, but I would encourage all my fellow TLS gurus to check out the law school transparency employment statistics for this fantastic school. It would appear that for a number of reasons, the employment stats are not up to par with some of UMN's peer schools. Of course, it could appear this way for a number of reasons (including employment stat boosting by competing schools), but it is worth checking out none-the-less. Most of you probably already have, and again... good luck!

I'll add to this by saying that the career services people at the U are very accessible to prospective students. If you shoot them an email they'll get back to you. I had a bunch of questions for Alan Haynes, the director, and he was very open with me.

People should also realize that MN doesn't have much of a biglaw market, and Chicago is super-saturated right now, so if you're biglaw or bust you should really be looking at schools that feed primarily into NY or higher-ranked schools.