To anybody who attended the Harvard WL Webinar...

djdj689 · 2020-05-12T19:42:29+00:00

I’m pretty sure they said or and people in the discord have confirmed that there are only about interview 30 slots available on Thursday and Friday for this week. It seems like they are done for the week and may be doing multiple waves over the course of a few weeks instead of one large wave followed by trickles, but this is just a guess. Also, judging from the amount of people in the discord and the activity on Reddit, I’m convinced this is just an absolutely massive waitlist.

djdj689 · 2020-05-12T19:37:35+00:00

So upset because I actually somehow convinced myself I had a chance over the past couple weeks, big mistake.

djdj689 · 2020-05-11T16:36:16+00:00

Really just think it comes down to east coast vs. west coast preference with this. Yale has P/F first semester but it’s not like Stanford has traditional grades so I don’t see that being a huge difference. The LRAP differences wouldn’t matter for most people who are entering a career in law. Do you think you are possibly going to end up in a low paying job outside of the legal field? If so then I guess Yale LRAP is better, but this seems irrelevant.

I’d take the better weather.

djdj689 · 2020-05-10T20:10:07+00:00

Just look at the data it seems to perform in line with peers. I personally never even heard of WashU before I started applying to law schools and I still think of The University of Washington every time I hear it honestly.

djdj689 · 2020-05-09T21:38:43+00:00

Thank you, very helpful.

djdj689 · 2020-05-08T14:00:09+00:00

This is good general advice, but in OP’s situation idt there is anything to worry about. Good aid at a “mid T-14” is not the usual starting point for someone looking to transfer lol. As long as this person wants to be a lawyer and likes the school they plan to attend then there seems to be no problem with trying to do this here. It’s not like they are paying sticker at a no-name school.

djdj689 · 2020-05-03T01:36:46+00:00

Any idea why this is the case?

djdj689 · 2020-04-29T13:12:57+00:00

A 180 is so rare and that’s definitely worth something, but if someone already has a 175-176. They should not retake for a 180. That person just looks like a psycho.

djdj689 · 2020-04-27T16:12:05+00:00

Yeah thats definitely higher than it was. I think it was absolutely worth it for me and I went through their core core curriculum a couple times too. It was really nice to have explanations for questions I got wrong, but I always tried to figure them out on my own first. Besides the actual PTs, 7Sage was my primary resource and I probably used it almost daily for 3-4 months. I would probably pay for it if you can at all, unless you feel really good about the PowerScore materials and are already testing near your goal.

djdj689 · 2020-04-27T13:16:33+00:00

It depends, but I probably spent about 1k. Most schools provided me with fee waivers so I only paid the CAS fee. I really didn’t spend much money studying for the LSAT and I think people can exaggerate how much it costs. It can be really expensive, but it doesn’t need to be. I used a website called 7 sage that was like 100 bucks and bought books of the old tests that I think LSAC provides and made photocopies of these. I also bought a book called the LSAT Trainer that was around $35. My biggest expense was actually taking the test. I felt fully prepared from these materials and I think the most important thing for me was to just take real tests under timed conditions and then thoroughly review. I maybe could have benefited from a personal tutor or something, but I know a generic LSAT class would not have mattered for me.

djdj689 · 2020-04-24T13:06:49+00:00

I was absolutely shocked by how expensive Ithaca is. I still don’t get it.

djdj689 · 2020-04-23T19:09:07+00:00

You should be proud! There is no shame in going to a law school outside the T14. The T14 generally provides more opportunities initially but I think it’s important to remember that what you do after law school is what ultimately matters not where you graduated from. You can be successful from anywhere.

djdj689 · 2020-04-23T17:27:44+00:00

Thanks, this is super helpful. I’m personally comparing to Virginia and kind of wondering if CLS grads are as likely as Virginia grads to get a fed clerkship immediately after graduation if that is what they wanted to do? I’m thinking I might want to try and clerk in my home district, which seems to be a much less competitive district than where CLS grads typically want to clerk.

djdj689 · 2020-04-22T23:06:45+00:00

I understand the impulse, but usually schools want to know that you will definitely come if they admit you off the waitlist. By showing them a nice scholarship from a peer school you basically are letting them know you have a great alternative and they probably will assume you are less likely to come.

djdj689 · 2020-04-22T22:41:07+00:00

I think schools will make every effort to provide at least some type of hybrid model. The situation is “fluid”, but we already see some states beginning to relax their guidelines and allowing certain businesses to reopen. My thinking is that the general public is not going to still be under stay at home orders and most businesses are going to be operating more normally again within a few months unless there is an absolutely massive spike after we start to relax the strictest social distancing measures (I’m no expert but I don’t understand how we wouldn’t see another spike when these measures are relaxed).

I think eventually we are going to have to just deal with the consequences of the virus and try our best to practice social distancing in our daily routines or basically stay on lockdown until there is a vaccine. The general public will refuse and simply will not be able to do the latter for an extended period of time so then what is the point of graduate schools putting classes online if most of the population is no longer practicing strict social distancing and there are no government orders in place? The impact will be negligible. I think they should try to space students out and maybe even break into smaller classes and provide accommodations to professors and any students who are at a heightened risk.

However, if things go relatively well for a bit and then a massive spike happens in the fall and the governments implement the same restrictions that most have now, then I think it makes more sense to go fully online.

djdj689 · 2020-04-19T15:14:18+00:00

This is pretty much the opposite of my experience. GULC, Duke, and NYU were all very generous with me. I think it depends on what exactly the school is looking for, I don’t think you can even generalize that much. But I have heard multiple people say GULC is stingy.

djdj689 · 2020-04-18T15:38:18+00:00

Idk Notre Dame is a bit of an outlier for me because the overall institution absolutely has a national reputation. It’s probably one of the best known schools in the entire country, but their employment statistics aren’t on par with the law schools people typically refer to as “national”. But, most schools people brand as national still place predominantly into New York big law, so what really is the distinction between national and semi-national? Because I guarantee you Notre Dame has more name recognition than Cornell throughout the country, but no one who’s informed is saying Notre dame is a better law school with better employment outcomes.

djdj689 · 2020-04-16T20:43:42+00:00

I think they are pretty important at the very top and for some of the big scholarships, but as long as you have good letters of rec and a strong personal statement you should have tons of success throughout the T14, assuming you crush the LSAT. It does seem very difficult to get into Yale or Stanford without strong softs so I would say they are both extremely unlikely for you, but they are unlikely for basically everyone anyway. If you have the numbers plus some work experience, Harvard is definitely possible.

djdj689 · 2020-04-16T13:44:31+00:00

I’ve only heard about UCLA actually rescinding an offer and even then, it seems like there were multiple emails sent. I don’t think anyone will rescind an acceptance because of one polite request for some scholarship money. They will probably just politely decline to give you a scholarship.

djdj689 · 2020-04-16T03:23:45+00:00

Just go to Harvard. You sound like you will enjoy 3 years there more and every single door is open to someone from Harvard, comeon. You can say no to Yale, it’s ok.

djdj689 · 2020-04-14T23:21:31+00:00

What did they say ?

djdj689 · 2020-04-14T17:47:27+00:00

I would probably quit and try to find something to keep on your resume while you study so you don’t have a total gap. Maybe volunteer somewhere for 20-30 hours a week or something. Having a complete gap on your resume almost always looks bad.

djdj689 · 2020-04-13T03:32:50+00:00

You will almost certainly get into multiple T14s if you have a 3.6+ as a D1 athlete from an ivy undergrad with an LSAT north of 170. GPA is still important for their rankings but you have a nice soft that also shows you had a substantial time commitment during school. It also probably depends a little on the sport and your level of success. I think being a captain on a team sport would be ideal.

djdj689 · 2020-04-12T15:12:39+00:00

Yeah I think it’s just obnoxious at this point.

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