…Lewis & Clark: 10/30 - got an email today inviting me to interview with adcomms - I scheduled a phone interview during the second week of November. 11/12 - interviewed. Conversational, low-stress. Indicated that decisions would roll around in early January. 12/18 - received the acceptance email! Surprised to receive…
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…and draft optional essays. Prepare for different types of interview formats. If given the option to interview, be ready for anything. I found that schools usually do interviews through pre-recorded video responses instead of you talking to someone directly. One school only asked low-stress icebreaker questions and…
…and the to-do list will get shorter. Be authentic in interviews. I was kind of weird in all of my interviews, but being yourself is always better than trying to be “more impressive” or “smarter.” Prepare a little bit ahead of each interview and then just go do your best. They are interviewing you because they like…
…think it would’ve made a difference. Network before your interviews. I waited until after, assuming schools would mostly want to discuss my professional background in the interviews (these questions were few and far between). Instead, the interviews seemed to be a gauge of commitment and fit, and I flopped on a…
…sure to apply ED. Double check the time zones for your interview times 🤦♂️. I missed an interview and had to just about beg to get a new one because I didn’t double check the time zone of the interview. Develop a strong relationship with your pre-law advisor. He/she is the best resource you will have throughout your…
…beg Dean Andy to let me in. - I got invited to do a Group Interview around 2 days after I submitted my app and interviewed on Nov 6. I got the “exceptional group” speech during the group interview and in the email after. WL email was the “special group within our priority waitlist”. Idk what that means because they…
…AT ASU, that one hurt UPDATE - 12/20/2023 - WashU wants to interview me UPDATE - 1/2/2024 - Interview went great UPDATE - 1/24/2024 - AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I GOT IN TO U OF M WOOOOOHOOOOO (pls negotiation don’t fail me now) UPDATE 2/1/2024 - Georgetown wants to interview me UPDATE 3/1/2024 - Notre Dame law Acceptance!!!!!…
…For Northwestern, I opted out of the “optional” video interview. DO THE OPTIONAL VIDEO INTERVIEW IF YOU WANT TO GO TO NORTHWESTERN! I also opted not write any LOCIs for schools I was WLed or put on hold at. Decision times Acceptances: NYU: between 6 and 7:30 am W (and one T)UCLA: between 8:30 am and 4 pm (once…
…(figured they wouldn’t want 20 more pages of me). Chicago interview was not great (did not perform interest in school very well, I think); GULC group interview was fine; NYU IILJ interview went really, really well. Agonized over slow decisions and uncertain results, to the detriment of my own sanity. Realized that…
…later. Oklahoma: Literally love how quickly they moved. My interview wasn’t until 11/13 because of my availability. Otherwise I think my A would have come even faster. My interview was great and made me really want to go there. The only thing that was not great was that they sent scholarship info through the snail…
…for the fee waivers, and shoot your shot. during your interviews, smile. After your interviews, send a thank-you email to your interviewer. In a process like this, manners go a long way. The waiting is horrendous, but don’t let it beat you down. It only takes one yes.
…(how you felt, thought, deliberated, spoke up, etc). Interviews: Kept it personable, friendly, and tried to really connect with the interviewer. I tried to have fun! Applying earlier meant As earlier –> earlier finaid –> more time to negotiate! It feels like crunch time right now (late March) and I can only imagine…
…3/30 - decision rendered 4/16 - LOCI sent 5/25 - WL interview invite, replied same day 5/27 - Sent resume update 5/31 - WL interview 6/1 - Accepted!! (Always emailed when I uploaded anything to the application portal, just like hey I uploaded this to the portal and here it is as a PDF just in case—I’m not sure if…
…based off your essay and application as a whole) are interviewed by a panel of UCLA Alumni and a member of the admissions team. My panel in mid-february had a Black female civil rights lawyer, an East Asian male M&A attorney, and a White female member of the admissions committee. They asked a lot of questions about…
…why x, KIRA invitation Duke - Required why x, scholarship interview UNC - Required why x WashU - NA, interview invitation Northwestern - KIRA interview GULC - One Optional
…what I believed to be a very strong Why UChicago (alas, no interview), and the Stanford music supplemental. That was it as far as optionals; obviously not ideal, and I’d recommend writing as many of those as you have strong narratives for. —After not hearing anything from Michigan since 9/20, I sent a LOCI on…
…Resume/LOCI Sent, Attended Zooms Northwestern Sent 11/21, Interview 12/4, Complete 12/13, Rejection 4/13 Boston University Sent 9/27, Complete 9/28, UR1 11/28, UR2 1/2 (no paragraph), UR3 1/3 (paragraph and substatus), Waitlist 4/14 WL: Resume/LOCI Sent, Tour Vanderbilt Sent 9/22, Complete 9/23, Interview Invite w…
Initial reflections: I think that HYS outcomes are very difficult to predict. Others felt a bit more straightforward. For me, Harvard interview was more direct, more formal, and less friendly than the Chicago interview. For HLS, I would prepare thoroughly and be prepared to give a strong “why law school?” answer…
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