…it confirms that I have a shot a target schools). I got a waitlist at one target early on and missed the first several A-waves from other targets. This was a stressful experience; I kept reminding myself, “they still didn’t say no.” **Sending Applications: **I made mistakes that I regret. Mostly, I sent applications…
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Admitted to Fordham UniversityIf you underperformed your stats, play the waitlist game!!! You can differentiate yourself from other applicants by doing as much as possible during the pre-1L summer. Get an internship in an unrelated field, get a job, volunteer, just do something. As you can see, I received zero T20 acceptances and was waitlisted…
…with. I did not write LOCI for any of the schools that waitlisted me because I was already comfortable with where I had gotten into and I honestly wasn’t going to wait until June-August to decide where I was going to live anyways. I did, however, send an updated resume as I got a part-time job on top of my full-time…
…invaluable goodwill later. **Date change tea leaves and waitlist/hold notes: ** Emory took the longest to get back to me. The “pay deposit” button in Opus appeared under the usual “admissions” tab.- GSU scholarship info: looks cheap, actually is my best offer so far. $2000 for 1L, but full tuition + $4000/year…
…UCLA, and Mich A and R waves completely 1/23/24: NU waitlist 🔥 1/24/24 Chicago waitlist 🔥 1/27/24: GULC Waitlist?????????????????? UCLA Waitlist 1/28/24: Columbia Hold 1/29/24: Harvard R 🔥 1/30/24: UPENN WL 😢 2/1/24: sent binding Columbia Hold LOCI 2/6/24: DUKE WL 🔥 2/12/24: UMid WL 🔥 2/13/24: USC WL 🔥 2/14/24: NYU…
…mater, UCI, and chose it over Northwestern. I then got a waitlist interview request from UCLA Law. During the time in between I had attended the Waitlist webinar (they know if you attended it and mark it down) and had sent 3 LOCIs (1 per month). I did the interview and was accepted off the waitlist. UCLA offered me…
Thoughts on particular schools UNC “hold” is a soft waitlist, and unless you demonstrate visit-level interest after receiving it, it will turn into a real waitlist- Address went long at Michigan the Thursday/Friday before the week I got the A Gray bar at WashU within a week of decision GW date did disappear but I do…
https://www.gothambagels.com/blog/what-is-an-egg-bagel I never thought I’d get off a single waitlist, let alone two — I don’t think I did anything in particular that stood out, just responded to each feeler enthusiastically while praying at least one school would find themselves needing high GPA candidates. Also,…
…ago someone with my stats would have an okay shot at it. Waitlisted at Penn: dead inside Changed Duke to ED2 on 1/5 because it’s my life and paying some extra money for a lifelong income and prestige multiplier is worth it for me. Hopefully, I get in. I saw one person on Reddit get in ED with 170, 3.5 so it gives me…
…it seems I neither over/underperformed my numbers. UT waitlist was a pleasant surprise but Irvine waitlist was disappointing — although I was only 1 point above last year’s median so a +2 target (seems very possible) would’ve made me much less competitive. Given the general unpredictability of splitter cycles…
…to that, think about cutting it out. Decisions Getting waitlisted or rejected sucks, but it can be a blessing. It’s easy to get caught up about getting into* *every school, but in the end you’re only choosing one. Even the most perfect applicants still get denied from schools, so don’t take it personally or beat…
They call me the waitlist of all trades, master of two. I never expected to score this high on the LSAT (I retook with a goal of a 168 to be closer to Fordham and GW’s median) and had to completely redo my list a few days before applications opened. It was an absolute blessing to not only get in to schools that were…
…packet (LSAT and/or GPA-wise) can still get immediately waitlisted or rejected. Hard Metrics LSAT: 173, three attempts GPA: 2.72 LSAC (3.mid degree, not relevant to ABA reporting/admissions criteria, but important for other sections in this post) Soft Metrics Applicant: Non-traditional, more than 5 years out of…
…UCLA and USC. It didn’t help at all - getting off the waitlist is ridiculously hard. Takeaways: Don’t take too many risks in your PS like I did. Play it safe unless you absolutely have to. I regret writing about my PS topic - I received a lot of commendation and praise for my writing, but I don’t think it went well…
Write the optional essays, eat well, don’t stress. Things will work out. Don’t apply during a pandemic. The waitlists are pain. Also, don’t be stupid like me and wait two years after taking the LSAT to apply. I got burned by the COVID LSAT median jumps with my pre-COVID score.
Waitlists are real! I assumed they were glorified rejections and I was completely wrong. Treat them all seriously and continue to put your best self out there!
…applicant from the previous cycle where I was rejected or waitlisted from every school I applied to other than 2 non-ranking schools. My LSAT at the time was a 150. That disappointing cycle motivated me to transform my frustration into motivation to score as high as I could before the start of the current cycle. My…
…that I do and go to law school this fall! If I get off a waitlist I’ll update this. Good luck to everyone, be kind and fight for justice!
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