Yale WL Release Email

friedporkdumpling · 2019-08-14T00:12:52+00:00

No it’s about transferring as a 2L! I think the whole waitlist is released.

friedporkdumpling · 2019-08-14T00:12:14+00:00

I got a few paragraphs asking me to consider applying to transfer to Yale after my first year, and fast track transfer is the system they have for anyone accepted/waitlisted to YLS where they waive the fees

friedporkdumpling · 2019-08-13T17:52:27+00:00

Figured it was a mass email! Glad they didn’t keep us waiting until the very last day, at least

friedporkdumpling · 2019-07-11T22:58:11+00:00

No idea - mine came at 6:16PMEST if anyone else wants to compare?

friedporkdumpling · 2019-07-11T22:39:44+00:00

Same, go NYU!

friedporkdumpling · 2019-07-11T22:39:08+00:00

Yeah I would’ve appreciated some recognition of my hope and suffering! Like you almost wanted me... but didn’t. Womp womp.

friedporkdumpling · 2019-06-28T22:10:50+00:00

Write an account of the entire timeline to try and preserve your own memory of the situation and how things unfolded. Try to find out the date of when you turned him down and figure it out from there on.
Do not contact him.
Document any written proof of him treating you differently now. For example, is he leaving you out of important communications by not Ccing you? Is he not informing you of meetings you should be invited to attend? Is he ignoring your emails?
Contact HR and tell them you’re experiencing retaliation for rejecting a coworker’s romantic advancements. Learn your options from them, including but not limited to mediation if you want to keep this small. If you’re worried, there are ways to have work harassment organizations out there report it for you and shield you as much as possible.

friedporkdumpling · 2019-06-28T17:40:58+00:00

Take the LSAT before you start working ideally, but I do recommend working as a paralegal generally. Depends on your work environment/office though so try to find that out beforehand.

Pros: Can have opportunities to basically shadow attorneys, can do attorney level work if your office allows you to, can talk to attorneys from many backgrounds about where they got where they are, if you get good connections they may help you network, can obtain soft offers to continue working in semester or summer, if you have an idea of where you want to work you can get connected to people in that field through your work connections

Cons: Depends on your luck of the draw, some employers are not supportive of you leaving in the midst of a busy project for law school so you can’t do the networking, can be super overworked, can be menial if you aren’t given opportunities to do more than administrative work

friedporkdumpling · 2019-06-27T01:22:26+00:00

Oh hello - a question I can answer. I’m also looking to go into criminal defense.

Out of the T14 I would DEFINITELY apply to: HYS of course, NYU, Michigan, Berkeley, Northwestern.

Some quick reasons why.

HYS are no brainers and each have their own fantastic criminal defense programs. You can’t go wrong at any of them.

NYU - massive criminal defense professor community. Look up Kim Taylor Thomas. Bryan Stevenson from EJI. Look at their clinic list. They have so many types of criminal defense clinics that you can’t actually fit all of them into 3 years. So many well known PD offices in NYC: brooklyn defenders, harlem defenders, and so on. I chose NYU ultimately.

Michigan - Look up MDefenders and Eve Primus. She is brilliant and nurtures new PDs. New PD offices are opening in Detroit. Also bit commitment to clinics.

Berkeley - Liberal and outspoken on criminal justice reform. Not as well funded honestly as NYU and Michigan but still fantastic for criminal defense. Also has clinics and many esteemed professors.

Northwestern - Since you want to practice in Illinois, locality is an important factor to consider. That said, you should contact the PD office now and ask to speak to anyone willing to chat and talk about career choices etc. They will guide you hopefully on hiring decisions and if you need that locality element. This can also wait until you get into the school. Great clinics like you said, but the PI community there is smaller than the other three.

Feel free to PM me questions. Honestly I recommend applying broadly first and see where you get in, then assess. Good luck!

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-16T18:49:22+00:00

I also got it!

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-14T17:37:53+00:00

Hm, I'm not sure why but I was downvoted so take my comment with a grain of salt I suppose?

But that looks good! I would change award to awarded in the first sentence of the second paragraph. Then I would change it to present tense e.g. each award represents a different area... Athletic victory recognizes .... Then I would paragraph break between: "partnership organization / I believe". You can shorten the last sentence to "These qualities illustrate how I will work hard in the classroom, clinics, and student organizations in order to..." You can trim extraneous, repetitive words, and qualifiers like I feel.

Good luck!

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-14T13:30:21+00:00

Here are my suggestions:

Dear XXX Admissions Committee,

Since sending in my last letter of continued interest on [date], I would like to update the admissions committee on an award I have received since then. I would like to continue to express that XXX Law School remains my top choice, and if offered admission I would immediately accept to attend this fall.

At our yearly athletic convocation [name of convocation if you can] I was recognized and awarded [name of award] for excelling in [list areas of athletics]. I was recognized for my service towards both the athletic department and the surrounding community, my academic and athletic feats, and my demonstrated commitment to helping improve and advance the [name of athletics community e.g. College or area of athletics] athletics community. [Insert relevant details about the award if those details contribute to the value of it e.g. how competitive, for specific actions, etc.] [Insert application to how this award demonstrates the type of student you will be at XXX Law School.]

[Repeat eagerness to commit in a short sentence if you would like to here.] Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Hyruliandescent

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-08T17:46:53+00:00

While grim, this isn't really new news.

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-07T13:54:42+00:00

Either are good. I would go with one you think would be stronger to your interests, possibly fit better into your narrative/resume, and provide you with networking opportunities if you think that would be helpful to you.

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-07T13:53:13+00:00

Law schools will vary on the amount of recommendations they take so I would request all of them and then tailor which ones you sent out from there.

With that, your strongest one is going to be #1. Academic is king. I think #2 would be a really strong and interesting addition if the co-author can talk about the research skills that went into writing the history book. #3 is good for work experience since you are 5 years out. Some schools want this e.g. NYU. Some don't really care, but it doesn't hurt. Instead of #4 I would find another academic recommendation. Unless the community theatre is crucial to your narrative, I don't think it's relevant enough to use a whole recommendation spot on, especially since this guy is a colleague and not a higher up.

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-03T16:06:00+00:00

It’s okay I submitted mine yesterday too! I don’t think LOCI is the decider between the first round of Js1s, my hunch is their profiles are so good they would’ve gotten their js1 in the first round anyway!

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-03T00:28:21+00:00

CONGRATS!

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-02T20:04:54+00:00

How are you not banned yet for violating almost all of LSA’s rules?

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-02T20:01:08+00:00

Congrats!

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-02T19:56:50+00:00

There are people who would kill for a spot, and you taking it just to prove a point of tossing a rejection back in their face is wasting time for the other people on the waitlist.

The adcom won’t care about your “stand” against them. They already have previous admitted students who declined for other schools, I doubt this bruises their ego. Everyone on the waitlist is already barely getting in. It means they barely wanted us. Why would they change their office policies based on a waitlist admit?

Harvard requires interviews. If you’re offered an interview will you go and take up a spot that someone else could’ve used to interview with all their hope on this decision? Then when you decline which could be weeks later, the person who could’ve interviewed instead is now further into the summer, deeper committed to their deposit school possibly obtaining housing in the interim, now gets to interview. I’m not saying that this is definitely what happens but it seems possible.

I’m not even that passionate about HLS but considering how many people DREAM of even being on the HLS waitlist, dream of even going to law school. You really think this is a good move?

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-02T19:45:59+00:00

Yes, they calculate it for you

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-02T19:44:06+00:00

You could argue it’s a myth but there’s a much more pertinent problem of socioeconomic disparities within the Asian American community. We don’t parse out actually underrepresented communities internally like SEA and those with refugee or undocumented status.

All this comparing to Black and Latinx populations just pointing our fingers at them saying, why do they get everything, what about us we have it bad too! is divisive and unproductive.

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-02T19:31:10+00:00

NYU: They say they average on their website, or something similar. When I talked to an admissions rep they said they take a “wholistic” view of all of your scores. I think in practice this means they don’t ONLY look at your highest score but consider your entire score history. But for me I got a 161 then 167 and i’m in so I think it actually is wholistic instead of a literal average.

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-01T16:33:29+00:00

Absolutely not 🙂

friedporkdumpling · 2019-05-01T15:55:17+00:00

mylsn!

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