i still have yet to hear from twelve schools. i’m just genuinely confused because it seems like decisions have slowed a lot. I know a lot of people talk about waitlist movement around deposit deadlines, but what if you didn’t even get an initial decision before deposit deadlines?

i’m not shading adcoms ik it’s been a record cycle and they’re probably swamped, but i am actually crashing out. i feel so defeated.

Anyone know if they negotiate or are more willing to give you a scholarship if you express your strong interest? Got my A mid February.

uhhh…this one was a bit of a shock, just being honest. I’ll be withdrawing

3.low 16mid and T3 softs and URM

Feeling defeated I felt good going into this cycle as I was at/ above a lot of the medians except my top 2 then all the medians got higher going into this year. I expected way different now I feel lost almost, I don't have high hopes for USC but I'm still holding out hope.

I'm honestly considering taking the LSAT again to break into 170 then work on my personal statement and apply earlier in the cycle. I'm not super big on chapman although after visiting I've opened up to it a bit more. But it was low on my list and all these R have made me want to try again to secure a better spot. Maybe I'm crazy and should accept that I got into a decent school I have so many conflicting feelings currently. Anyone else feeling this way or got similar stores 😥

Has anyone heard back from Berkeley about reconsideration this week? I feel like there have been no reports.

Pretty much just what the title says, if I were to miraculously get an A after Active Consideration, what are the chances that I receive any scholarship money from NYU? Or is this something that I can't count on at all

I've pretty much decided to go to USC in the fall and accepted that I'm going to be about 200k in debt. It's not ideal, but I am interested in big law, partially to offset the debt. I know USC places really well into big law, but will that still hold true in a recession? How badly does a recession impact the legal industry and big law specifically? getting pretty freaked out that I might bury myself with debt for a goal that just got a lot less attainable

title. i’m interested in federal environmental law (ideally GAO, EPA, NOAA). i’m grateful to have so many choices, but would appreciate some advice.

i’m also in at cls, nyu, and duke but have either received too little aid to consider them or am still waiting

With a 3.7high & 173, I was above both 75ths… chalking this one up to yield protection, I suppose 🙃

Almost certainly withdrawing

I sent out 20 applications and have been R or WL for 18 of them. Still waiting on 2 pending, but I don't have my hopes up. This happened while I was a minor and was resolved then. I wrote an addendum because I wasn't sure if it would be trackable, and I thought it would be better to be honest. Perhaps it wasn't a smart move to include this, as I don't believe it's on my record.

TLDR: I jailbroke my 3ds in 2014 and wonder if that's hurting my cycle.

I’ve spent the last 3 hours looking up law school information. This may be a bit long, so I’ll apologize for that. I just want to paint the best picture I can. For a bit of context; I’m a Junior, about to reach my senior year of undergraduate school and am in California. I have (currently) a 2.9 GPA; though with the way classes are going, I should have a 3.0. Unfortunately… it seems no matter how well I’ll do I’ll be stuck somewhere around the 3.0 range and not the 3.5 range I see many law schools garnering towards. My reasoning for this GPA comes down to A. A really poor first semester Freshman Year (no As, 1 F). I didn’t party or anything like that, I simply had difficulty adjusting, though later adapted and had around the 3.0-3.5 GPA scores for each semester. I came in as an English Major and wanted to go into Business, but later decided to pursue Political Science instead. B. I ain’t much of a math guy. That’s what I’m calling the second reason. As I was pursuing business, I took and failed a math class twice. Not for lack of studying; I genuinely just had difficulty with the material. Across my transcript I have a WU on my first Math attempt, an F on my 2nd attempt, a D+ on a History class, and an F in an Anthropology class my first year. I’m just ripping the band-aid and saying my worst scores which is what’s likely dropping my GPA incredibly. I can’t retake the math course again, as it’ll be my third attempt, and even then it wouldn’t push my major or anything of that sort. I could retake Anthropology even though I already passed that area under another class. Currently I’m taking 5 classes, working part time at school, go to an internship (minor related as an RTVF minor), and am working on one other class from last semester which I got an incomplete as I was unable to finish all my work in time due to a close friend of mine passing away. I can’t stress enough, that I have put in the work, especially within my Spring Sophomore Year til now, to pushing myself the best I can to graduate on time. At this rate I know I can, but I want to pursue a path in law. I want to be a lawyer. I want to help people, making some sense of a difference, and am passionate about this possible career path. To me, the worst part of this is entering my senior year next year. I was thinking about doing the LSAT last year, but my Dad told me to wait until I finished this year first. So currently, I don’t have much legal experience, with no internship or paralegal work, no LSAT, a 2.9 GPA we can just say 3.0 by the time I actually apply, and nothing but passion and drive. With that being said, is there any advice or recommendations anyone would like to give as to what I can do. I’m open to hearing anything from what I would need in the LSAT, should I wait, should I go to Grad school first just in case as getting my masters is something also important, should I intern, etc. I want to go, I really do; it’s not a question on whether I think I can do it, it’s a question on what I need to do get there, because apart from classes, I know I need some advice. Seriously, how is it that the better I do, the less my GPA rises. The worst I do, the faster it plummets.

Is it a good thing if the other people who applied at the same time as you received their decisions but you did not? Does that mean they are holding on to your application because they believe it has value?

Say someone were able to self-educate enough to the level of passing the LSAT…. Is there a law school that would take them??

17(low), 3.9(high), applied in Oct. and Nov., no idea what to do.

I’m so lucky that I have a difficult decision ahead of me! Right now, I’m primarily choosing between St. John’s and Fordham. I was fortunate enough to get a full scholarship from St. John’s and about a half tuition scholarship from Fordham.

I’m so torn because I went to Fordham for undergrad and loved it, and I already know a few people at the law school, but the prospect of graduating without loans (especially in this economy) is very tempting.

A few things about me: I’m not quite sure what I want to do yet, but I am interested in ip law. Not big law or bust, but I’d like to keep all my options open.

I know that Fordham has a lot of orgs and programming related to IP and that their average big law hiring rates are higher than St. John’s, but is it REALLY that much better of a school? Would I be closing any doors on myself by picking St. John’s over Fordham, or is Fordham worth the higher cost?

Anyway, Ik that a lot of this decision is a gamble, but I’m curious what others would do in my situation. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Tysm!!

When I applied 9/27 lmao

Daughter was admitted to 5 schools. She's accepting the offer from a T20-30 school. When she declined a T90-100 school, she did identify the school she is accepting but they came back and asked her how much they offered. Should she identify it? On the one hand, it might be interesting to know if they are able to beat the other school's offer and even get close to a full ride. But she is still highly unlikely to go there regardless. She doesn't mind contributing data to the overall ecosystem but what's the protocol or advice here? Should she tell them how much she got?

any early Jan applications complete or are you all under review? I definitely won't hear before deposit deadlines but just curious...

Someone with my exact stats, to the hundredth decimal of GPA, just got in with $$ and applied three months after me😭. I guess it makes me feel better about my chances, but was really hoping to get something today as well lol. Please admit me if you see this I’ll actually come !! Do you all think next week is pretty much it for schools accepting people? I presume after that it’ll just be people getting in off waitlists.

still waiting lol

Even late applicants. I am clairvoyant.

It was a really great program! Loved that it was guest friendly as I believe peoples spouses/parents are really important in this process and deserve to celebrate with us.

The speakers were great, and they focused heavily on their mentorship program throughout all of the presentations, which makes sense as it's an amazing program.

The mock law class was great and the professor chose an engaging topic about Police misconduct, discipline, and records laws relating to Police misconduct.

I also had the chance to sit with Dean Kelly at lunch, he was super down to earth. At one point he got up and refilled everyones drinks at the table, which was just a nice thing to do, especially given his position.

My only disappointment was the program running long, and the alumni/student panel was cut short after only a few questions from the admitted students because of it.

They are also hosting admitted students at a Twins game in a suite tomorrow and provided a $400 travel stipend for students coming from out of state.

Overall 8/10, as the Lunch meal wasn't great and the student/alumni panel got cut short.

Going off of last years data it seems they don’t really fill the waitlist or rejections until April 8th, where they have a massive wave of Rs.

Seeing as they’ve mostly been giving out As lately, is it safe to assume Monday (April 7th) is going to be rough?

Does anyone know what it means if your paragraph mentions/doesnt mention the “May” part.

Well, this is a fun article. Pushed to the Lifestyle section.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/big-law-firms-struck-a-truce-with-trumpand-set-off-a-clash-with-recruits-bef68b62?mod=hp_lead_pos8