thatkid000 (2022-2023)

Good to hear from you...hopefully you're right. Good luck this cycle!

Good luck to you as well. I would love to go to uconn or mason. I'm crossing my fingers wtih those two. Other than that I also like villanova, baylor and st. johns.

What do you think your chances are at American?

Same with me, the lsat really makes it tough, i was thinking around 40% chance. Well, good luck getting in there and into George Washington.

thanks for the insight! i know my top choices will be tough, but im hoping for some magic. i figured that i would take a shot, and if things dont work out ill take a year off, retake, and work. im still not sure why people are in favor of drexel, it makes me nervous that their not accredited yet

very helpful info.

Im a 1L at Golden Gate Law. just a heads up, i had a 3.71 gpa, a kick ass essay, and a 153 lsat (not to mention im a minority and had lots of extracurrics in college which i finished in three years). My point being that lookin at ur stats, i know ur gonna be borderline in at most schools u apply to. U need a couple of safety ones. I was waitlisted at hastings, loyola, USf, Chapman, like 10 diff't schools waitlisted me and they got back to me too late when they finally accepted ( iw as three weeks into school at golden gate) Anyways just so u know even though GGU may look terrible on paper, it is not a bad school at all. They teach bar style, probation has been lifted and our new passage rate is 68%. Plus they gave me a 25k scholarship. Anyways call them up and ask to have ur app fee waved. trust me u r in for months of waiting, u might as well ahve some safety schools. Also, I just finished my sem here at GGU and although it was tough i think i made deans list. the teachers are amazing (my fav. teacher is from Harvard) and so are the students. seriously consider GGU as a back up. trust me. and let me know if u have any other q's about the admissions process.

why do you have a decision date for newark if you are still pending?

Well, I want to practice public interest. So, a lot of the rankings have to do with how well career services and faculty seem to focus on public interest/government work. Schools with great clinics and externships rank high with me. I'm hoping to go into a field that doesn't pay much (compared with things like corporate law, etc) overall. So, I'm looking to get all the practical experience I can as an advantage that I can play towards a better starting salary. I don't really care where I practice at this point. I realize that might change. If I ever want to come back to Ohio I have a lot of ins in state government so I'm not too worried about that. As far as sitting for the bar, I'll have to take a review course no matter where I sit. Both schools I've applied to in Louisianna have a track for common law. So if I don't think that I'd 99% want to stay in Louisianna I will not take the civil law route at those institutions. I did take location and natural beauty/local culture into account as well. Obviously with places like Miami, Boston, Santa Clara, etc there are other draws besides career prospects. Ha. UC, my only Ohio school was applied to because of its great dual degree program in Women's Studies (which was my undergraduate major). They have a great law school which is focused on international public interst work more than domestic, but I feel I could really carve out a great niche for myself there by being part of their dual degree program. I'd love to get out of Ohio, but if by some miracle I got in at UC in both programs it would be very, very difficult to say no to the in state tuition. Sorry for the rant, hopefully that helped.

P.S. Are you worried that you didn't hear from Catholic via e-mail yesterday. They are required to render a decision on early action today...I'm guessing the people getting mail are rejections or waitlists... AND, Rutgers' website says decision will only be sent via snail mail. Why do people LIE?!

I appreciate it. I think you picked a good mix of schools, based on your LSAT and GPA. If you're going to apply to any other schools, pick places where you'd like to live AND you have a decent chance. Most schools are regional schools. Good luck!

I was so happy! Good luck to you as well, I am sure you will be fine!

And good luck to you too!!!!

Yeah you made it just under the early decision deadline. We'll hear soon enough, I guess. I'll cross my fingers for you. Newarks' website says decisions only by mail...you got an e-mail? Gosh, this process is crazy frustrating and filled with misinformation. Congrats and good luck with the rest of the cycle.

Only Georgetown was binding. The other schools called it ED, but that just meant I got a decision sooner than other applicants

Thanks for the info. Rutgers is higher ranked but I'm still hoping we both get good news from Catholic early this week. Their admissions blog says they sent out all the decision on Friday. I should get mine today if they sent them in the morning, and tomorrow if they sent them in the afternoon. We'll see...

If you were to choose between Rutgers and Catholic, which would you choose?

That's about we're I'm at too, I'm not too sure either. The wait at American and these other schools...is long.

yeah, the money for drexel is per year

you might have a better chance with your numbers, but I got the WL today

Yeah was a bit surprised, sorry about yours too.

At least I wasn't regected...umm I found out last Thursday via regular mail.

Sorry about that, it looks like our cycle is going about the same way. Are you going to stay on the waitlist?

I'm really hoping to get lucky with American I guess otherwise I'm chosing one I already got accepted to. I'm going to visit them soon and decide, but none of my choices are too exciting.

I'm curious...why did you lose interest?

I don't know if you're interested in moving to queens, but I visited St. Johns and very impressed with the Law School building. It seems like a real top flight school.

I checked out Rutgers, which I like esp. because of its location close to New York and Catholic, which I was impressed with at all on first impression.

I meant uimpressed with Catholic and I'm 95% sure I'm going to Rutgers by the way

I know...I probably should have taken the lsats twice. Our numbers are perfect for waitlists.

I visited American and asked them about their waitlist. They woulddn't come out and say it, but the chances to get in seemed slim to none. Best thing to do is write a letter of continuing interest and keep bothering them by calling them so that they know your name when a spot opens up.

Email it to me when you get a chance.

Thank you. In both cases, I got an e-mail from the dean of admissions. With AU, they said they would be looking at a few candidates to admit from the wait list; with GW, the dean just said to call her back ASAP. I talked to both deans and they offered me admission.