Failing to auto-admit Forum

[Gizmo]

People say that with a 3.9x, 176-180 (or w/e) you're in basically anywhere, unless you mess up terribly. So. What does it to "mess up terribly"?

[fatduck]

a couple things off the top of my head:

1. murdering a member of the dean's family
2. fake college degree discovered
3. making this thread

[Gizmo]

Uh oh. Will a mod please delete?

[admisionquestion]

"Highest LSAT: 149
GPA: 2.7
LSDAS GPA: 2.6
Undergrad Institution: Top 317"

Why?

[fatduck]

Uh oh. Will a mod please delete?

if you pm SBL, he'll do it. you just need a reason (doesn't have to be a good one, just mention your copy writes)

[superhands]

This list is by no means exhaustive, and there is probably an unlimited number of factors that would preclude you from law school, but a few do come to mind:

1) Driving home drunk from a inter-species orgy/neo-nazi rally and crashing your car into a bus full of disabled children and/or puppies with AIDS;
2) Accidentally inserting your penis into a nun; or
3) Being any one of the cast members of Jersey Shore.

[redwings15]

Flame

[fatduck]

Flame

[Gizmo]

Clearly, clubbing baby seals and and joining the KKK are frowned upon. I just wonder what people think the lower limit is, or what they have in mind when such a warning is issued.

Flame

Or maybe it's just this.

[Cavalier]

People say that with a 3.9x, 176-180 (or w/e) you're in basically anywhere, unless you mess up terribly. So. What does it to "mess up terribly"?

You don't have to "mess up terribly." Stanford and Yale are never guaranteed, and beyond that, you still have to somewhat convince schools that you're interested in going there. If your ties are all in the Northeast and you can't even bother to throw in a paragraph in your PS about why you're interested in Michigan, they may reject you because they assume you'll just go to Harvard. Also applying late can hurt you--I could have been competitive for a scholarship at Columbia, but instead waited to apply in January after they had finally sent me a fee waiver; I was put on hold (and then committed to UVA before a decision was made). Not sure if applying late counts as "messing up terribly," but it's certainly ill-advised.

[glewz]

Tack on a few more:
- Applying a few weeks shy of app deadline
- Not adhering to early decision contract
- Prior recurring and progressive criminal activity

Together with fatduck's and superhands' lists, I think we've got nearly all bases covered. Enjoy HYS btw if you have those numbers.

[cmckid]

Got one.
Write a personal statement to Duke Law about how its your dream school since Tucker Max went there.

[vanwinkle]

Got one.
Write a personal statement to Duke Law about how its your dream school since Tucker Max went there.

Then submit this PS to Penn by accident.

[Bildungsroman]

Don't fuck the Dean's daughter.

[TheFactor]

This list is by no means exhaustive, and there is probably an unlimited number of factors that would preclude you from law school, but a few do come to mind:

1) Driving home drunk from a inter-species orgy/neo-nazi rally and crashing your car into a bus full of disabled children and/or puppies with AIDS;
2) Accidentally inserting your penis into a nun; or
3) Being any one of the cast members of Jersey Shore.

This was not funny at all.

[zanzbar]

This list is by no means exhaustive, and there is probably an unlimited number of factors that would preclude you from law school, but a few do come to mind:

1) Driving home drunk from a inter-species orgy/neo-nazi rally and crashing your car into a bus full of disabled children and/or puppies with AIDS;
2) Accidentally inserting your penis into a nun; or
3) Being any one of the cast members of Jersey Shore.

I guess its save to say we can say Ryan Dunn isn't an auto admit anymore due to #1.

[Gizmo]

Just saying, the various high-scoring "wait-listed" or flat out rejected on LSN fascinate me. Some of them submitted extremely late, to be fair, but others seem inexplicable.

[cinephile]

Just saying, the various high-scoring "wait-listed" or flat out rejected on LSN fascinate me. Some of them submitted extremely late, to be fair, but others seem inexplicable.

Yield protection?

[Gizmo]

Yield protection?

At CCN? And why those specific individuals, and not the ones just above/below their numbers?

[cinephile]

Yield protection?

At CCN? And why those specific individuals, and not the ones just above/below their numbers?

Wasn't sure which schools we were talking about.

Maybe their LOR said do not admit this applicant. Or anything others have said above.

[superhands]

This list is by no means exhaustive, and there is probably an unlimited number of factors that would preclude you from law school, but a few do come to mind:

1) Driving home drunk from a inter-species orgy/neo-nazi rally and crashing your car into a bus full of disabled children and/or puppies with AIDS;
2) Accidentally inserting your penis into a nun; or
3) Being any one of the cast members of Jersey Shore.

This was not funny at all.

Apparently you’re not a fan of sodomizing nuns.

[TheFactor]

This list is by no means exhaustive, and there is probably an unlimited number of factors that would preclude you from law school, but a few do come to mind:

1) Driving home drunk from a inter-species orgy/neo-nazi rally and crashing your car into a bus full of disabled children and/or puppies with AIDS;
2) Accidentally inserting your penis into a nun; or
3) Being any one of the cast members of Jersey Shore.

This was not funny at all.

Apparently you’re not a fan of sodomizing nuns.

SWEET BUMP BRO!