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Waitlist interview/meeting

Post by ibarae13@gmail.com » Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:55 pm

Can someone who did the in person interview please explain what it was like? Ie How long, how formal it was, etc. If private messaging is preferable please do so. Thanks. Appreciate any help.

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Post by littlekidlover » Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:58 am

ibarae13@gmail.com wrote:Can someone who did the in person interview please explain what it was like? Ie How long, how formal it was, etc. If private messaging is preferable please do so. Thanks. Appreciate any help.
If you go a few pages back in this thread (to pages 8-10?) there are several accounts of the in person interview, including my own.

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Post by jamesmangi » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:20 am

will we get an update today??

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Post by SybillAnnDorsett » Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:38 pm

last two update emails for me are time-stamped 3:40 and 6:30, respectively. giving up at 6:30 today and then awaiting an update tomorrow afternoon.

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Post by skurfy » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:49 pm

Standard WL update e-mail just now

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Post by Instrumental » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:50 pm

skurfy wrote:Standard WL update e-mail just now

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Post by SybillAnnDorsett » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:53 pm

Instrumental wrote:
skurfy wrote: pointless Standard WL update e-mail just now

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Post by latinxlawschool2020 » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:57 pm

Can someone please explain what this informal meeting is about ? Does everyone on the waitlist get asked this or is this something different?

Im confused as to why they continue to keep me on their waitlist. I haven't sent a LOCI, but thinking about it.

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Post by hbdash » Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:15 pm

On last year's second waitlist notification email they said that they "anticipate extending up to 20 additional offers". Do we think it's a good or bad sign that they didn't specify a number this time?

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Post by 34iplaw » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:19 pm

hbdash wrote:On last year's second waitlist notification email they said that they "anticipate extending up to 20 additional offers". Do we think it's a good or bad sign that they didn't specify a number this time?
Unless they sent another email detailing the numbers at a later date, I think it just goes to show there is some uncertainty due to possible WL movement in HCCN. Either way, I think it's good if you're flexible and can accept later/last minute, but I think it's neutral otherwise.

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Post by 34iplaw » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:22 pm

latinxlawschool2020 wrote:Can someone please explain what this informal meeting is about ? Does everyone on the waitlist get asked this or is this something different?

Im confused as to why they continue to keep me on their waitlist. I haven't sent a LOCI, but thinking about it.
If you would actually consider going if admitted, you should go for it. If you would not go if admitted under any circumstance, you shouldn't; it just bogs things down for everyone else.

I don't think many of the schools have really dropped people from WLs yet. I think you'll start to see that happening soon.

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Post by SybillAnnDorsett » Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:56 pm

I can't help but think they and NYU are waiting on Columbia to move this week and next. I truly believe that will shrink the WLs at P and N, generating movement throughout June and possibly early July - when we should get the 3rd update with an estimate of the remaining number of seats, down to the specifics (like last year's ~20 clause).

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Post by melmelcoolj » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:34 pm

SybillAnnDorsett wrote:I can't help but think they and NYU are waiting on Columbia to move this week and next. I truly believe that will shrink the WLs at P and N, generating movement throughout June and possibly early July - when we should get the 3rd update with an estimate of the remaining number of seats, down to the specifics (like last year's ~20 clause).
Yet Columbia is waiting on Harvard? And NYU is waiting on Columbia, and Penn is waiting on NYU. Oh frak, why can't it all happen at once?

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Post by carsondalywashere » Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:15 pm

Is it advised to do the informal info session?

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Post by jamesmangi » Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:41 pm

carsondalywashere wrote:Is it advised to do the informal info session?
intuitively i feel like it cant hurt, but honestly i dont think they care if u go lol

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Post by SybillAnnDorsett » Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:47 pm

carsondalywashere wrote:Is it advised to do the informal info session?
If you have questions to ask them, you should go; you could also do it over the phone or skype if you're too far to travel at a decent rate. But if you're asking whether it will boost your chances, I'm inclined to say no, based solely on this year's data. One person who did an informational meeting was admitted after the meeting, but had already received a feeler a week prior - which was the case for all applicants admitted from the wait list this year (feeler one week, admission the next).

Anecdotally, one person reported two years ago that they feel their meeting made all the difference and that they were actually offered admission DURING the meeting. Not sure if it was a flame or if this story holds any value in the current climate of this particular cycle, but I'm just sharing the info I gather at work while I'm - you guessed it - avoiding all possible interaction with any element of said work.

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Post by carsondalywashere » Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:52 pm

SybillAnnDorsett wrote:
carsondalywashere wrote:Is it advised to do the informal info session?
If you have questions to ask them, you should go; you could also do it over the phone or skype if you're too far to travel at a decent rate. But if you're asking whether it will boost your chances, I'm inclined to say no, based solely on this year's data. One person who did an informational meeting was admitted after the meeting, but had already received a feeler a week prior - which was the case for all applicants admitted from the wait list this year (feeler one week, admission the next).

Anecdotally, one person reported two years ago that they feel their meeting made all the difference and that they were actually offered admission DURING the meeting. Not sure if it was a flame or if this story holds any value in the current climate of this particular cycle, but I'm just sharing the info I gather at work while I'm - you guessed it - avoiding all possible interaction with any element of said work.
Thanks for the detailed response! I really don't have any questions that I can't find answers to on my own, so the informal session may just make me look bad lol.

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Post by jamesmangi » Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:37 pm

Columbia 2nd reserves went out. do you think that would trigger anything for us?

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Post by 34iplaw » Wed Jun 07, 2017 1:15 am

jamesmangi wrote:Columbia 2nd reserves went out. do you think that would trigger anything for us?
Not on its own.

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Post by SybillAnnDorsett » Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:55 am

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Post by 34iplaw » Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:20 am

Best of luck and I seriously appreciate all the info and help you've given!

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Post by melmelcoolj » Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:52 pm

SybillAnnDorsett wrote:Withdrew from the WL this morning, never really had a chance and beginning to embrace the school where I enrolled.
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Post by Shangrilala » Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:11 am

would there be any movement this week? :(
wonder when would be the next one...

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Post by JoshLyman13 » Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:58 am

Shangrilala wrote:would there be any movement this week? :(
wonder when would be the next one...
I think there's been movement all along, just quietly. From personal experience and reading back in the thread a bit, feeler calls seem to go out on Tuesdays for the most part.

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Post by 34iplaw » Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:09 am

At least from my informational meeting, it did not seem like Penn Law suspected they would ever have a 'wave' in the way some other larger schools may have down the line or had earlier in the process. I imagine that is a consequence of being a highly ranked small school as opposed to a highly ranked large school like NYU or CLS.

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