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araiza99
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by araiza99 » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:31 pm
bonesinger wrote:im still waiting, i live in NY
, on a side note, i got in st. johns with a 20k/yr scholly so I was happy about that
now to only do well on the feb lsat!
Congrats! So far someone in the DC area and Georgia got their acceptances, you should get yours soon.
Is St. Johns your #1?
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bonesinger
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by bonesinger » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:39 pm
I don't really have a no. 1 tbh.
If I had to pick one, and not regret ever going there. I'd say Fordham or George Washington. (both PT)
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allenfa
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by allenfa » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:30 pm
I got the receipt of application letter last week, looks like i'm with some of you in the waiting room.
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JahShawty
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by JahShawty » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:37 am
Congrats! Congrats. To those accepted to the summer program. This means if ppl from GA already got a response then FL is next on the map. I have my fingers crossed. Good luck to those waiting as I am myself.
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OCLife
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by OCLife » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:37 pm
accepted. got letter today.
I'm in CA.
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J Boogie
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by J Boogie » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:00 pm
OCLife wrote:accepted. got letter today.
I'm in CA.
Congrats!!! That's amazing! I live in L.A. but I'm stuck at work...
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araiza99
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by araiza99 » Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:12 pm
I got accepted today too!!! I'm in Kansas.
Looks like the letters are reaching all parts of the country so everyone else's should be arriving soon. How exciting. Now they need to tell us where we will be placed!
Keep me posted if you guys find out first.
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eman2611
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laurenl
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by laurenl » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:17 am
i got in as well. i'm just not sure attending is the best choice for me. am i the only one who is stressed about coming up with $2000 before the end of feb?
also, if i were to go...the institute is 6 weeks and my parents cannot and do not support me and i would have no money/income over the summer (b/c i have none saved...still a student and i've been paying my way thru school). yea, i really wanna go but part of me feels i should work to save money b4 law school and enjoy my last free summer.
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Mayimbe
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by Mayimbe » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:06 pm
What's up guys! As you can see this is my first post on the forum but been visiting TLS as a guest for quite a while now. I'm curious, has anyone from NY gotten a response yet? The anxiety is killing me lol. And congrats to everyone thats been accepted...
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araiza99
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by araiza99 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:22 pm
laurenl wrote:i got in as well. i'm just not sure attending is the best choice for me. am i the only one who is stressed about coming up with $2000 before the end of feb?
also, if i were to go...the institute is 6 weeks and my parents cannot and do not support me and i would have no money/income over the summer (b/c i have none saved...still a student and i've been paying my way thru school). yea, i really wanna go but part of me feels i should work to save money b4 law school and enjoy my last free summer.
You might qualify for that discounted $200 fee.
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bonesinger
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by bonesinger » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:05 pm
I live in NY, no news yet
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starlight007
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by starlight007 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:32 pm
in ny as well..no news either...maybe my essay didnt show how disadvantaged i am?
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wraaaa
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by wraaaa » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:09 pm
also no news here and i'm in ny. does anyone have any insight into what they really look for in candidates?
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araiza99
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by araiza99 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:14 pm
wraaaa wrote:also no news here and i'm in ny. does anyone have any insight into what they really look for in candidates?
Potential to succeed in law school?
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by wraaaa » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:26 pm
i mean how they make decisions on who to accept. i'm guessing most of their decision is on the personal statement you submit to them, rather than anything to do with your gpa or lsat right? what about urm status, is that important?
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araiza99
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by araiza99 » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:38 pm
wraaaa wrote:i mean how they make decisions on who to accept. i'm guessing most of their decision is on the personal statement you submit to them, rather than anything to do with your gpa or lsat right? what about urm status, is that important?
Probably your PS and LORs. URM status is important if you can't show some kind of disadvantage. There are some LSAT and GPA cutoffs but they are like 140 and 2.5.
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bonesinger
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by bonesinger » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:45 pm
I am convinced that that the USPS has some conspiracy going on. theres no reason why all of us from NY haven't gotten our letters yet!
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Mayimbe
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by Mayimbe » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:08 pm
bonesinger wrote:I am convinced that that the USPS has some conspiracy going on. theres no reason why all of us from NY haven't gotten our letters yet!
Either that or CLEO has something against New Yorkers lol. Either way this sucks...
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eman2611
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by eman2611 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:38 pm
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araiza99
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by araiza99 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:46 pm
eman2611 wrote:araiza99 wrote:wraaaa wrote:i mean how they make decisions on who to accept. i'm guessing most of their decision is on the personal statement you submit to them, rather than anything to do with your gpa or lsat right? what about urm status, is that important?
Probably your PS and LORs. URM status is important if you can't show some kind of disadvantage. There are some LSAT and GPA cutoffs but they are like 140 and 2.5.
I didn't think LORs are required.
They pull them from LSAC, so no special effort.
