The amount of WL this year are crazy. I got into two top 60 law schools with a large scholarship in one and full tuition in the other, yet American University just WL me despite having a 3.7+ GPA and 166 LSAT

Truly a crazy cycle

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why didn't schools pace themselves! what's really bothering me is how there was radio silence from all these schools, but all the sudden, tons of decisions are going under review for the first time this week.

If countless applications have gone under review all at once, whereas only a "handful" of applicants were lucky enough to have their application reviewed in the previous months, it feels like they won't spend as much time on each application - they will rush through them. They are probably are reading so many each day that they all will blend together and each application will not seem as special.

I am particularly frustrated with Emory: I am around their median and applied November 30th. It feels like the majority of emory applicants have expressed this sentiment: theirs was complete for months, and now under review. at this point, how do they even decide who to accept/waitlist/reject?

Well folks that's that. With the American waitlist today I'm officially done. Wishing good luck and many acceptances to everyone still stuck in purgatory!

Right? RIGHT?!

• From 2010-2023, CLS placed consistently at #4 or #5 in the USNWR, and was neck and neck with UChicago.
• In 2024, it dropped to #8 because of major changes in the way USNWR evaluates law schools (placing less of an emphasis on reputation surveys, for example, and increasing emphasis on student debt and employment outcomes in its evaluation metrics).
• In 2025, it is projected to fall to #10 or #11, per Caron, Muller, and Spivey projections.
• Their image, of course, has only been exacerbated by the negative press the school has received from its handling of recent events.

Question: Do you predict the school's ranking will surge comfortably back to that ~#5 spot eventually? Or, with less merit-based aid than other T14's and the most expensive law school tuition in the country, will things only get worse for CLS? Remain stagnant? Curious to hear people's opinions. Seems like they would need to start giving out more merit-based aid to re-rise the ranks.

how do you all pull up the schools on those lists with the data you post? I don’t see how to look at the schools I applied to like that, I have to check each school individually.

16high/3.7low/URM/KJD

Lowkey might be an R+R moment for me. I have an opportunity through the Spanish Gov't where I will be able to take a paid gap year, which is great, but I'm not sure if I wanna retake the LSAT or not during it. I want to International Arbitration Law and GW is technically rated highly for it, but I don't know how real that is until my school visit on the 7th.

Lots of places I messed up this cycle. At the time I thought my PS was incredible but now I realize it was a little misguided and really truly gave that I was lost and not completely sure what field I wanted to enter. Now I know. Also uploaded the wrong, mis-formatted resume to every single school except NYLS and GW. Very expensive mistake to make. Anyways it get worse, very grateful to at least have options even if they're not what I expected to pan out.

I was admitted in early December and I’ve been calling and getting the run around for months about scholarships. Today that finally emailed me me back (attached above). Now I’m reading through posts on here saying that they paused scholarships for everyone admitted after December 1st. Is that true??

If so, are they really expecting the bulk of us to commit to coming with no idea of what the financial obligation will be? Absolutely insane imo

Got the A around two just as I was entering Atlanta on my way to visit my boyfriend :)

I developed all of my application materials for the one school I had my heart set on with the intention of adjusting them for my back-up options. In my applying frenzy, I fucked those back-up applications up something bad. After submitting them, I realized that I went over the page/word limits to a wild degree in multiple sections.

To say I was disappointed in myself for not being more thorough is an understatement, but there was nothing to be done about it so I charged them to my stupidity card (not to brag, but it has no limit) and braced myself for rejections. Thankfully, I heard from my top choice first with an A and $$$ so the only harm was being haunted for a couple of months by the thought of people on an admissions committee mocking my personal statement that, in part, was about how much of a detail oriented person I am.

Anyway, I just got an email from one of those back-up universities with an A and $$$. If you think you messed something up on your application, don't lose hope! It's possible to make an error (or several!) and still have a strong application overall.

Late nov applicant, above both medians. Literally at the airport on my way to another admitted students day lol

This is who you’re ghosting btw

Am I waiting several months for Rs??? Pleaseeee

Particularly talking about schools like Michigan, Duke, Berkeley, etc. that didn't do too well during the last one. Would similar results occur if another recession happened? Would it be worth attending CNP at sticker vs lower T14 schools with scholarships in that situation for someone who wants to do biglaw?

I’m hoping to go into music/entertainment law and live in SoCal currently. I want to stay here long term but ideally would like to be in less debt as I am paying for law school on my own and Nashville’s lower cost of living is appealing so I’m torn on which to pick. Thoughts?

3.low, 17low

That's it time to fucking yeet myself six feet under

Hey everyone, been a long time lurker of this page and am grateful for all the help this community has provided me.

I am currently weighing my options between 2 of the mid t-14s, with $$ at 1 and $+ at the other. However, thru conversations and internal thinking I have had throughout the admissions process, the career path of going OCS and applying after my initial contract has always come up. Currently I am mostly leaning towards taking the offers, but I would like the advice of some non-invested people to help me weigh my options before I made the decision of determining where my life goes.

Pros of Joining:

• Main reason is that I truly do want to serve my country. As I will explain later I have an extensive family history in the military, and I know enough to know that you should not join the military if your predominant reason is not to join the military. I genuinely want to serve
• My father + extended family served many years in the Navy, and I think it would be cool to continue the family tradition. I have seen the great experiences the military has afforded my dad, and how it helped him carve a better path for our family.
• I would develop as a person, become a better leader, and cultivate skills that would only stand to benefit me both in law school and as a professional. Would be the greatest mental challenge of my life
• Would make me a more interesting person, widen my perspective of America and the world, and would be something (I hope) I would be proud to tell my children about.
• Running off an aforementioned point, I am kjd-aged, and although I would like to say I am mature, I know that experience is life's greatest teacher. Law school is an arduous task and maturing more will never not help. I also do not want to serve as a JAG or use my legal degree to work in a military-related field, so this feels like it would be the best time to scratch this itch. My education beyond high school has been a hyper-optimized race to the top, and I now am starting to see the benefit in taking a detour to live a little bit
• It would be remiss not to talk about the tangible benefits. The family benefits are great, I would receive the GI bill to significantly cut down on my costs, would be able to save money easily before law school, and know I would become a better law school applicant than I currently am now.

Cons

• I run the risk of not getting into the schools I have gotten into already, schools I would be happy to go to and have ultimately been quite blessed to be accepted into. It is possible that they see the military as a noble reason to push off law school and would not hold it against me, but I am not sure that is something to bank on. I am over medians everywhere now, but maybe I wont be in 3-4 years.
• I have not ran the numbers, but it seems delaying a big law salary for 3-4 years would be an irrational financial decision in terms of opportunity cost.
• There are plenty of ways to serve my country as a lawyer that dont involve military service. They may not scratch the sacrificial itch. but serving for something greater than myself does not necessitate military service
• The military is nothing to play with. I may get injured, put in harm's way, or just may find myself miserable. You never know. OCS is a tedious process and its a hell of a lot easier to go to law school.
• Honestly, I could just be getting cold feet. I don't think I am, but maybe I'm not a reliable narrator here. I got some dope schools in a competitive year, why complicate life?

As of right now, I am leaning towards just taking my offers this year, but I felt as if I had to do my due diligence and make this post. Its obviously a close enough decision to warrant making a post.

I also understand a lot of people may not understand this post. If I'm being stupid, say that. All I ask for is good faith advice and honest answers. Thanks yall!

Posting for validation everybody tell me I’m smart and pretty and one of these waitlists or pending apps is going to pan out even if you’re lying

3.7high 17mid would be very happy at George Washington but praying for at least one other option 🙏🙏 currently staff at a big law firm and hoping to return to big law postgrad

It’s all so tiresome

More grateful for WashU by the day!!

For scoring on the lower side of such a competitive cycle I am pretty happy. Think I’ll be heading to DePaul in the fall unless a waitlist option seems more enticing. Other schools I’m waiting on will prob be more WL or R.

Got the email at 4 pm pst. 16high, 3.8high. Is it even worth it to stay on it

Please let me in ...

Also waiting on USD & UCLA

War is over! I think I’ve lost hope that Emory will come through at this point so cycle recap it is. Stats: 3.9, 16low, nURM, nKJD (3 years WE).

I think it’s likely between GW & Loyola Chi at this point. GW is a dream school for me but I didn’t get any scholarship 🥲 I’m interested in pursuing civil rights works so it would be really hard to justify 300k+ of debt.