Northwestern 2010 Forum

[danidancer]

Wow. Those WL numbers are intense. I'm a lethargic 3.45/168. Seriously, no idea how I made the cut.

[MirandaHobbes]

If they were gonna axe the rest they would just put us out of our misery today, I'm quite certain...

edit: Northwestern Law admissions, if you are reading this and plan on dinging the rest of us holders, do it now pls

maybe we're on the line dividing WL and ding and they're waiting to see what happens after the april 30 seat deposit deadline. if enough people deposit, we're getting the ding. and if they don't get the numbers, we get WL letters.

[dreaming]

If they were gonna axe the rest they would just put us out of our misery today, I'm quite certain...

edit: Northwestern Law admissions, if you are reading this and plan on dinging the rest of us holders, do it now pls

maybe we're on the line dividing WL and ding and they're waiting to see what happens after the april 30 seat deposit deadline. if enough people deposit, we're getting the ding. and if they don't get the numbers, we get WL letters.

It's going to be really hard to wait this out another week or two.

[apples]

WL from hold for me. (ltr is dated 4/22 like others. i didn't think to check on it until reading these posts now.

i am sad.

i have nothing new to say in a loci. i already told them they were my one and only.

[jms85]

If they were gonna axe the rest they would just put us out of our misery today, I'm quite certain...

edit: Northwestern Law admissions, if you are reading this and plan on dinging the rest of us holders, do it now pls

maybe we're on the line dividing WL and ding and they're waiting to see what happens after the april 30 seat deposit deadline. if enough people deposit, we're getting the ding. and if they don't get the numbers, we get WL letters.

Seems like an overly pessimistic outlook to me. It could be that we're on an admit/waitlist borderline, and they're waiting until seat deposits come in to figure out exactly where the cutoff point is.

I find it hard to believe they'd reject so many 3.4-3.5, 170-1-2-3s. Should be waitlisted at least. I mainly say that because seat deposits don't guarantee that a person is going to attend. So while a low number number of seat deposits would probably tend to warrant more acceptances, a high number of seat deposits would probably tend to move people from acceptance to waitlist. I doubt it would move many people from acceptance range to rejection range.

I may just be trying to rationalize my (tempered) optimism, but there it is.

[MirandaHobbes]

Seems like an overly pessimistic outlook to me. It could be that we're on an admit/waitlist borderline, and they're waiting until seat deposits come in to figure out exactly where the cutoff point is.

I find it hard to believe they'd reject so many 3.4-3.5, 170-1-2-3s. Should be waitlisted at least. I mainly say that because seat deposits don't guarantee that a person is going to attend. So while a low number number of seat deposits would probably tend to warrant more acceptances, a high number of seat deposits would probably tend to move people from acceptance to waitlist. I doubt it would move many people from acceptance range to rejection range.

I may just be trying to rationalize my (tempered) optimism, but there it is.

good point, jms. i'll try to adopt some of your optimism.

[cheesus]

If they were gonna axe the rest they would just put us out of our misery today, I'm quite certain...

edit: Northwestern Law admissions, if you are reading this and plan on dinging the rest of us holders, do it now pls

maybe we're on the line dividing WL and ding and they're waiting to see what happens after the april 30 seat deposit deadline. if enough people deposit, we're getting the ding. and if they don't get the numbers, we get WL letters.

Seems like an overly pessimistic outlook to me. It could be that we're on an admit/waitlist borderline, and they're waiting until seat deposits come in to figure out exactly where the cutoff point is.

I find it hard to believe they'd reject so many 3.4-3.5, 170-1-2-3s. Should be waitlisted at least. I mainly say that because seat deposits don't guarantee that a person is going to attend. So while a low number number of seat deposits would probably tend to warrant more acceptances, a high number of seat deposits would probably tend to move people from acceptance to waitlist. I doubt it would move many people from acceptance range to rejection range.

I may just be trying to rationalize my (tempered) optimism, but there it is.

+1

[autarkh]

Tempered optimism is still in order, methinks. I don't see the list of people on the hold side being outright dings.

[Encyclopedia Brown]

WL:
170/3.0x
177/2.95
171/3.4
169/3.87

Still on hold:
171/3.47
172/3.2x
171/3.2
173/3.5ish
172/3.5
169/3.5x

Reposted for analysis:

No way those holds are all dings. Look at those numbers.

End analysis.

[TTT-LS]

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[Encyclopedia Brown]

Lots of those high numbers (e.g., 3.5/172) type are probably delay-YPs. As in, the school figures they're in somewhere else of equal or greater rank and may be using delay to identify the people who are truly interested.

Any protips for getting off the waitlist, TTT-LS?

[MirandaHobbes]

Lots of those high numbers (e.g., 3.5/172) type are probably delay-YPs. As in, the school figures they're in somewhere else of equal or greater rank and may be using delay to identify the people who are truly interested.

Any protips for getting off the waitlist, TTT-LS?

+1 re: getting off hold.

[kingsmill]

still held, 179/foreign Undergrad......

Have sent in 1 LOCI, no response since Mar 26.

[Holly Golightly]

still held, 179/foreign Undergrad......

Have sent in 1 LOCI, no response since Mar 26.

...and I once again wonder how I got in.

[MirandaHobbes]

still held, 179/foreign Undergrad......

Have sent in 1 LOCI, no response since Mar 26.

wow, kingsmill. i feel less crappy knowing i'm in such good company. good luck!

[hmlee]

Lots of those high numbers (e.g., 3.5/172) type are probably delay-YPs. As in, the school figures they're in somewhere else of equal or greater rank and may be using delay to identify the people who are truly interested.

This. As I've said earlier, I think that my LOCI which listed NU as my first choice and offered to withdraw all my applications if I was accepted was what showed NU that I really wanted to go.

I just realized that yesterday was the 1 year mark for me since I got in. Funny. If this year conforms to last, there will be a small number of admits off hold towards the end, and then the list will be split into WLs and rejects. Though, I think as you can see from the WL thread from last year, a decent number of people ended up getting in off the WL too.

[2013esq]

have there been any hold ----->accept?

Not that I've seen so far, unless some of these recent "IN" comments were coming off hold. I think they were just late applicants, though. Oh wait, was 2013esq on hold? I think he was.

yep, she was hold --> accept.

This.

[Xizenta]

173/3.2 app here, sent in my stuff on 3/1/2010, never did an interview. Graduated in Spring 09 and started my own business in early 09 (that's my work experience for the past year.)

Do I even have a shot? Between a late app, little WE, and no interview, I haven't even held my breath for NW.
My app went complete a day after I sent it and i haven't seen any movement since.

[roundabout]

WL from hold for me. (ltr is dated 4/22 like others. i didn't think to check on it until reading these posts now.

i am sad.

i have nothing new to say in a loci. i already told them they were my one and only.

I'm sorry, apples. Did you say you'd withdraw all other apps? Anything you're doing at work you can parlay into another LOCI, or has your boss done the career progress thang?

[09042014]

173/3.2 app here, sent in my stuff on 3/1/2010, never did an interview. Graduated in Spring 09 and started my own business in early 09 (that's my work experience for the past year.)

Do I even have a shot? Between a late app, little WE, and no interview, I haven't even held my breath for NW.
My app went complete a day after I sent it and i haven't seen any movement since.

I'm sure you are headed for a WL, but I think you have a decent shot of getting off that wait list.

[dk8]

DF, since you are the resident NU troll, what do you think of the QOL at NU? I just went hold-->WL there and I'm contemplating eventually sending the "ultimate LOCI". It's a great school but it has a reputation on here as being a retirement home. True?

[09042014]

DF, since you are the resident NU troll, what do you think of the QOL at NU? I just went hold-->WL there and I'm contemplating eventually sending the "ultimate LOCI". It's a great school but it has a reputation on here as being a retirement home. True?

It's one of the best parts of Chicago, which makes living a bit expensive, but you can always move farther away and commute. But it seems like more than half live near campus. The school is in between the Hancock, and Navy Pier, and has a lake view.

The students there were really great. Friendly, interesting and mature. And by mature, I don't mean boring. Chicago has a great nightlife and it seems like a lot take advantage of it.

The admitted students were uniformly 23+, but there weren't too many over 30. It was like the mix you'd find at entry level jobs in any corporation.

I can't compare it to other schools, but I feel like I made the right choice EDing.

Where else are you admitted.

[dk8]

DF, since you are the resident NU troll, what do you think of the QOL at NU? I just went hold-->WL there and I'm contemplating eventually sending the "ultimate LOCI". It's a great school but it has a reputation on here as being a retirement home. True?

It's one of the best parts of Chicago, which makes living a bit expensive, but you can always move farther away and commute. But it seems like more than half live near campus. The school is in between the Hancock, and Navy Pier, and has a lake view.

The students there were really great. Friendly, interesting and mature. And by mature, I don't mean boring. Chicago has a great nightlife and it seems like a lot take advantage of it.

The admitted students were uniformly 23+, but there weren't too many over 30. It was like the mix you'd find at entry level jobs in any corporation.

I can't compare it to other schools, but I feel like I made the right choice EDing.

Where else are you admitted.

I'm in my mid 20's but I still like to have drinks and enjoy myself when possible. As long as there are some people down for that I"ll be fine.

As of now I'm admitted with decent scholarship to W&L and waitlisted at most of the lower T14 (PR at Duke SPWL at GULC). I think I have a decent chance of getting off of one after deposits (I'm 3.5/171) and I'm trying to decide when and where to send that unconditional LOCI.

[Holly Golightly]

Did someone say drinks?

[IAFG]

I would not be afraid to send out two unconditional LOCIs. Just withdraw from the other immediately, no harm no foul