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Didn't see a thread on this so I thought I'd start one.

Currently waitlisted.

HMinAZ wrote:Didn't see a thread on this so I thought I'd start one.

Currently waitlisted.

Thanks for getting this thread going! What was your turnaround time like? Did the status checker ever change from Complete to Under Review for you, or did you go straight to a decision?

Thanks!

SlithyTove wrote:

HMinAZ wrote:Didn't see a thread on this so I thought I'd start one.

Currently waitlisted.

Thanks for getting this thread going! What was your turnaround time like? Did the status checker ever change from Complete to Under Review for you, or did you go straight to a decision?

Thanks!

I was accepted in mid-December. My status checker went from complete to under review. Only took about a week from submitting to get my decision.

Tiggly wrote:

SlithyTove wrote:

HMinAZ wrote:Didn't see a thread on this so I thought I'd start one.

Currently waitlisted.

Thanks for getting this thread going! What was your turnaround time like? Did the status checker ever change from Complete to Under Review for you, or did you go straight to a decision?

Thanks!

I was accepted in mid-December. My status checker went from complete to under review. Only took about a week from submitting to get my decision.

Thank you!

Tiggly, were you significantly above their average stats or are they that fast with every turn around?

I went complete on 11/17 and waitlisted on 12/18.

Applied 1/8, Committee Review 1/26.

Hi! I submitted on 1/16, and my status checker is still just "Application Complete" but apparently hasn't been updated since 1/25.
Anyone heard anything recently or have any advice? Should I call?

Also, did anyone hear anything about scholarship or is it a subsequent form you fill out after being accepted?

Thanks!

kkw10 wrote:Hi! I submitted on 1/16, and my status checker is still just "Application Complete" but apparently hasn't been updated since 1/25.
Anyone heard anything recently or have any advice? Should I call?

Also, did anyone hear anything about scholarship or is it a subsequent form you fill out after being accepted?

Thanks!

I don't think it can hurt to call. The admission folk were very nice and responsive when I spoke with them. My scholarship offer came with my acceptance notice. First was an email then I got it snail mail about a week after.

Tiggly wrote:

kkw10 wrote:Hi! I submitted on 1/16, and my status checker is still just "Application Complete" but apparently hasn't been updated since 1/25.
Anyone heard anything recently or have any advice? Should I call?

Also, did anyone hear anything about scholarship or is it a subsequent form you fill out after being accepted?

Thanks!

I don't think it can hurt to call. The admission folk were very nice and responsive when I spoke with them. My scholarship offer came with my acceptance notice. First was an email then I got it snail mail about a week after.

Yeah, you're probably right. Is Arizona the typical phone call notification if you're accepted, or do they just do email?

kkw10 wrote:

Tiggly wrote:

kkw10 wrote:Hi! I submitted on 1/16, and my status checker is still just "Application Complete" but apparently hasn't been updated since 1/25.
Anyone heard anything recently or have any advice? Should I call?

Also, did anyone hear anything about scholarship or is it a subsequent form you fill out after being accepted?

Thanks!

I don't think it can hurt to call. The admission folk were very nice and responsive when I spoke with them. My scholarship offer came with my acceptance notice. First was an email then I got it snail mail about a week after.

Yeah, you're probably right. Is Arizona the typical phone call notification if you're accepted, or do they just do email?

Email. Official acceptance package in the mail a week or so after.

Is the fact that University of Arizona is now accepting GREs in lieu of LSAT scores impacting anyone's decision to attend?

Wow, surprised to see a 2019 thread up so soon. What's up everyone, I'm a 1L at UofA, if anyone has any questions about the school, life in Tucson, or just about the application process in general feel free to ask.

alohalaw wrote:Is the fact that University of Arizona is now accepting GREs in lieu of LSAT scores impacting anyone's decision to attend?

Hope you don't mind me throwing in my 2 cents on the issue since I've been around it. I personally don't think it's quite the doom and gloom that everyone is trumping it up to be. There are valid concerns it's a ploy to inflate UofA's numbers or that it's letting in less qualified applicants, however it's a bit ludicrous that the LSAT is suddenly heralded as the golden standard of gauging success in law school. UofA has been pretty great in making each incoming class diverse by bringing in international students and those out of state, which makes me feel the administration is being sincere when they say they're making this move to have the law school more accessible to demographics that aren't typically reached. Sure, there may be some uncertainty in how this will play out for a few years until these new GRE students come through and produce some results (good or bad), but I'm not convinced it will dramatically alter UofA's reputation as a regional school with minor reach in the neighboring legal markets.

JollyGreenGiant23 wrote:Wow, surprised to see a 2019 thread up so soon. What's up everyone, I'm a 1L at UofA, if anyone has any questions about the school, life in Tucson, or just about the application process in general feel free to ask.

alohalaw wrote:Is the fact that University of Arizona is now accepting GREs in lieu of LSAT scores impacting anyone's decision to attend?

Hope you don't mind me throwing in my 2 cents on the issue since I've been around it. I personally don't think it's quite the doom and gloom that everyone is trumping it up to be. There are valid concerns it's a ploy to inflate UofA's numbers or that it's letting in less qualified applicants, however it's a bit ludicrous that the LSAT is suddenly heralded as the golden standard of gauging success in law school. UofA has been pretty great in making each incoming class diverse by bringing in international students and those out of state, which makes me feel the administration is being sincere when they say they're making this move to have the law school more accessible to demographics that aren't typically reached. Sure, there may be some uncertainty in how this will play out for a few years until these new GRE students come through and produce some results (good or bad), but I'm not convinced it will dramatically alter UofA's reputation as a regional school with minor reach in the neighboring legal markets.

Awesome to hear. I am personally very excited by this move. I've never believed in the power of the LSAT, and I think the test itself is very dated. I am very excited to see what impact this has for the University and law schools in general. Its my opinion that numbers are too often a common thread among law school considerations. So expanding at least what numbers are being considered is a step in the right direction.

Edit: Double post (damn TLS's policy of not allowing deleting comments).

alohalaw wrote:

JollyGreenGiant23 wrote:Wow, surprised to see a 2019 thread up so soon. What's up everyone, I'm a 1L at UofA, if anyone has any questions about the school, life in Tucson, or just about the application process in general feel free to ask.

alohalaw wrote:Is the fact that University of Arizona is now accepting GREs in lieu of LSAT scores impacting anyone's decision to attend?

Hope you don't mind me throwing in my 2 cents on the issue since I've been around it. I personally don't think it's quite the doom and gloom that everyone is trumping it up to be. There are valid concerns it's a ploy to inflate UofA's numbers or that it's letting in less qualified applicants, however it's a bit ludicrous that the LSAT is suddenly heralded as the golden standard of gauging success in law school. UofA has been pretty great in making each incoming class diverse by bringing in international students and those out of state, which makes me feel the administration is being sincere when they say they're making this move to have the law school more accessible to demographics that aren't typically reached. Sure, there may be some uncertainty in how this will play out for a few years until these new GRE students come through and produce some results (good or bad), but I'm not convinced it will dramatically alter UofA's reputation as a regional school with minor reach in the neighboring legal markets.

Awesome to hear. I am personally very excited by this move. I've never believed in the power of the LSAT, and I think the test itself is very dated. I am very excited to see what impact this has for the University and law schools in general. Its my opinion that numbers are too often a common thread among law school considerations. So expanding at least what numbers are being considered is a step in the right direction.

I personally like it since I've never been a fan of how annoyingly bureaucratic and greedy LSAC is (seriously, how the hell do they justify charging you $25 a pop for each law school application even when you've got a waiver and send them all out at the same time?!?!). I want to get an MBA, but am currently facing the issue that many business schools won't accept my LSAT score in place of a GMAT score, so I'm a bit empathetic to those facing the same issue on the other side. With my minor in programming it probably wouldn't be the hardest test to take, but as a 1L you just don't want to add anything extra to your plate if you can avoid it.

I'd imagine the main affect this move has is encouraging the incoming classes to have more scientific or business oriented backgrounds than the typical "law school or bust" applicants who choose relatively easy majors like Political Science to keep their GPA afloat (I'm speaking as one of those people unfortunately). I know two of my classmates are working on their Ph.D.'s while taking law classes so I'd imagine it'd probably bring in more people like them.

Has anyone heard anything recently? I've been in "committee review" since the 19th and still haven't gotten anything

kkw10 wrote:Has anyone heard anything recently? I've been in "committee review" since the 19th and still haven't gotten anything

I'm in the same boat...I've been in "committee review" since January 25th and haven't heard anything.

kkw10 wrote:Has anyone heard anything recently? I've been in "committee review" since the 19th and still haven't gotten anything

I was under review as of 1/26 and just got my acceptance last week. Thursday, I believe.

SlithyTove wrote:

kkw10 wrote:Has anyone heard anything recently? I've been in "committee review" since the 19th and still haven't gotten anything

I was under review as of 1/26 and just got my acceptance last week. Thursday, I believe.

If you don't mind me asking, were you accepted after such a long period? Getting worried that the time means I was rejected

Just went complete today, wish they hadn't held it for my Feb LSAT score since it didn't go up and I basically just wasted a lot of time in the cycle, oh well hopefully I hear something soon(ish).

kkw10 wrote:

SlithyTove wrote:

kkw10 wrote:Has anyone heard anything recently? I've been in "committee review" since the 19th and still haven't gotten anything

I was under review as of 1/26 and just got my acceptance last week. Thursday, I believe.

If you don't mind me asking, were you accepted after such a long period? Getting worried that the time means I was rejected

I was accepted, with a generous scholarship. The wait was only half as long as some of the other places I applied so I wouldn't worry. But I hope you hear soon; good luck!

Still waiting committee review from 1/26/16....The suspense is killing me. Its the last one I have to hear from.

Shib26 wrote:Just went complete today, wish they hadn't held it for my Feb LSAT score since it didn't go up and I basically just wasted a lot of time in the cycle, oh well hopefully I hear something soon(ish).

I wouldn't worry too much, I didn't get my application in until mid-March last year and ended up being more than fine. As long as you sent in your preliminary application pretty early and your completed application before March it shouldn't hurt you much at all.

kkw10 wrote:

SlithyTove wrote:

kkw10 wrote:Has anyone heard anything recently? I've been in "committee review" since the 19th and still haven't gotten anything

I was under review as of 1/26 and just got my acceptance last week. Thursday, I believe.

If you don't mind me asking, were you accepted after such a long period? Getting worried that the time means I was rejected.

I wouldn't worry about that at all, the decision committee is probably just on the fence with your application and are waiting to see how the class fills out before giving you a spot. As long as you got your submission in before February/March and they don't outright reject you you'll probably get in. Worst case scenario is they wait-list you and then eventually give you a spot as they lose candidates to the domino affect of people making moves up the ranking ladder; happens every year. I got my submission in mid-March, got put onto the wait-list a month later, and then eventually accepted in May with scholarship (which surprised me to be honest but it does happen).

Just a heads up for those still waiting, my status checker updated to complete and then to committee review but still hasn't been updated to reflect the decision even though I was admitted last Thursday. Just in case anyone is as obsessive as I am about status checkers, don't waste your time/sanity here; decisions will come via email.