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Kicking it off. Just went Under Review 11/7. Applied 11/2

Still planning on applying, but an admissions rep is visiting my school next week so I'll try and see if I can get a fee waiver then. UMD is one of my top choices though if they can offer me a decent package hopefully, I would love to stay in Baltimore.

I'm a 1L at Maryland, if you have any questions, I can try to answer them

applied 3.3/161 -- probably getting waitlisted. went under review this week.

Also under review

stephinmd wrote:I'm a 1L at Maryland, if you have any questions, I can try to answer them

What's your opinion on the atmosphere? How're job prospects looking?

slawww wrote:What's your opinion on the atmosphere? How're job prospects looking?

I like the atmosphere. The students seem friendly, and I've not seen any gunnerish tendencies in my classmates. It's getting near exam time, and so the stress levels are rising, but I've not seen any one biting someone else's head off. The teachers encourage you to ask questions and to come to office hours. There's always something going on, be it club meetings or events - you won't be bored.

As to jobs, as a 1L, the school just started talking to us about preparing for job searches, so I'm not sure how prospects are looking (I don't think we can get into the job postings system until Dec. 1). There was an information fair this week, and one of the firms told me hiring was probably going to be better, but that they wouldn't know for sure until the time came to actually start hiring. The school has been upfront with us about the difficulties of finding a job in this economy.

Overall, I'm glad I came here.

Applied 11/13. Status checker received today - app received status. Hoping to be under review soon. When did Maryland come out with their first decisions last year?

--> Went under review yesterday 11/16

Went under review today! Expecting a decision maybe the first week of December...

went under review on nov 7th hoping for an answer this week

but earliest from last year on LSN in Nov 28th :/

Been under review for about 2 weeks. Any idea on how long they usually take to render a decision?

i would think the week after thanksgiving

got a second update today. my status now says: updated 11/20 - in review

how many reviews do you go under for maryland?

idk when was your original one? mine still says 11/7 possibly they are just re-examining your app. Are review updates automatic or manual?

harveyfan wrote:got a second update today. my status now says: updated 11/20 - in review

how many reviews do you go under for maryland?

Same here, I'm hoping for a decision before Thanksgiving.

my statuses have been: 11/15 app received, 11/16 in review, 11/20 in review

slawww wrote:

harveyfan wrote:got a second update today. my status now says: updated 11/20 - in review

how many reviews do you go under for maryland?

Same here, I'm hoping for a decision before Thanksgiving.

hopefully it's good, and not so easy for them to make a bad decision.

with my numbers, i'm safe, but i found a typo in my personal statement yesterday so blahhh.

harveyfan wrote:

slawww wrote:

harveyfan wrote:got a second update today. my status now says: updated 11/20 - in review

how many reviews do you go under for maryland?

Same here, I'm hoping for a decision before Thanksgiving.

hopefully it's good, and not so easy for them to make a bad decision.

with my numbers, i'm safe, but i found a typo in my personal statement yesterday so blahhh.

Same exact thing here. It was in the last sentence, so I'm hoping they didn't notice.

slawww wrote:

harveyfan wrote:

slawww wrote:

harveyfan wrote:got a second update today. my status now says: updated 11/20 - in review

how many reviews do you go under for maryland?

Same here, I'm hoping for a decision before Thanksgiving.

hopefully it's good, and not so easy for them to make a bad decision.

with my numbers, i'm safe, but i found a typo in my personal statement yesterday so blahhh.

Same exact thing here. It was in the last sentence, so I'm hoping they didn't notice.

bahahah same exact thing here!

second "in review" status update today!

Granfalloon12 wrote:second "in review" status update today!

Hopefully the updates are indicitave of good news. I'm at the LSAT median & URM

slawww wrote:

Granfalloon12 wrote:second "in review" status update today!

Hopefully the updates are indicitave of good news. I'm at the LSAT median & URM

168 / 3.06 checking in, any news on what (if anything) this means would be appreciated

Granfalloon12 wrote:

slawww wrote:

Granfalloon12 wrote:second "in review" status update today!

Hopefully the updates are indicitave of good news. I'm at the LSAT median & URM

168 / 3.06 checking in, any news on what (if anything) this means would be appreciated

+1. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is the update before they send out the acceptance letters tomorrow. Also, your 168 is golden.

i promise you if you just got the status update you're in.

zoomzoom88 wrote:i promise you if you just got the status update you're in.

????

Source?

Or wait, am I being super gullible haha?