tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post7908880617683287710..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: LatecomersDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-10632090714951176722008-03-06T20:26:00.000-08:002008-03-06T20:26:00.000-08:00In my similar low-GPA high-LSAT experience, they s...In my similar low-GPA high-LSAT experience, they start admitting people off the wait list at the beginning of May -- my "you're on the wait list" letter from Georgetown was a week before my "you're admitted!" letter from same. If there's someplace you're dying to attend and you can afford to lose a deposit at a school that's admitted you, wait out the summer. I got into Columbia a week before orientation (luckily UT-Austin was a cheap place to drop).PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-83660944541485166092008-03-06T07:09:00.000-08:002008-03-06T07:09:00.000-08:00David, you're awesome. Rejections suck, but, with...David, you're awesome. Rejections suck, but, with the places you've gotten into so far (any new developments?), poor little you? Also: I hear clerks for the D.C. Circuit get sweet networking lunches with delicious, delicious canapes. It's something to aspire to (the canapes, not the clerkships, mind).Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803074817765175690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-23098994949316447012008-03-05T21:54:00.000-08:002008-03-05T21:54:00.000-08:00I think U of M admitted me roughly this time last ...I think U of M admitted me roughly this time last year. And I know people who were admitted in May. So what sucks is that some places you won't hear a definite answer from until after the acceptance deadline for others passes. I have a friend now at NYU who had that experience with Harvard.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04268585506327621265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-22033619954915300512008-03-05T20:36:00.000-08:002008-03-05T20:36:00.000-08:00My experience (from multiple, if unused, degrees) ...My experience (from multiple, if unused, degrees) is that, yes, admits do still come late in the season, and no, not all decisions go out at once. I agree that schools vary, but I've seen a number that operate with a kind of pre-wait list. That is, they'll grab the candidates that have committee unanimity early on, and take a bit of time to try to sound out how interested those people are in their program. Then, with a rough sense of their likely matric-to-admit ratio, they'll make another pass before turning to the wait list. It's totally not in a school's interests to reject from the "maybe" pile until as late in the season as possible.esquiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679268494682291410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-50997417273298204082008-03-05T17:28:00.000-08:002008-03-05T17:28:00.000-08:00I suspect it has more to do with the school than w...I suspect it has more to do with the school than with you. I would imagine most schools send out acceptance and rejection letters all at once once they make their decisions on everybody. But some schools are just really slow to get through the process.<BR/><BR/>When I applied to grad schools, I waited until the last possible day to choose between Clark and Madison. The day after I sent off my decision, I got an email from McGill saying basically "we're just getting around to going through applications. Do you still want to be considered?"Stentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.com