MacMama's profile - Class of 2017

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Rank	2013-2014	Result	App type	FW	Resident	Schol...	Sent	Sent raw	Received	Received raw	Complete	Complete raw	UR	UR raw	UR2	UR2 raw	II	II raw	Decision	Decision raw
59	UCalifornia (Hastings)	Pending	Unknown
148	USan Francisco	Pending	Unknown

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20:35 DevilishSkillfulBracke: not feeling great rn
20:35 lshopeful2021: this might be wishful thinking/asking esp this late on a Friday but does anyone know if there's one doc or resource that lists average age of students at each school?
20:35 mrdalloway: i mean, this cycle is so unpredictable. you never know!
20:35 DevilishSkillfulBracke: lmao sometimes you know
20:35 lshopeful2021: literally throwing a Hail Mary before painstakingly doing the research myself because I'm lazy
20:36 WastefulDelicateEchidna: sorry, I don't--but I'd be interested if anyone does
20:40 SpotlessReadyCapybara: @mrdalloway: do you mind giving more info on your shorts? sorry if you just said it
20:41 lshopeful2021: @WastefulDelicateEchidna: will report back if I find anything!
20:42 mrdalloway: @SpotlessReadyCapybara: no prob: phd, fluent in 4 languages, lots of WE, first-gen, low-income
20:42 SpotlessReadyCapybara: OMG
20:42 SpotlessReadyCapybara: go you!
20:42 mrdalloway: thanks! :)
20:42 mrdalloway: good luck to all of you!
20:43 mrdalloway: my main regret this cycle is that i didn't write a gpa addendum...i've been out of college for ages now and didn't think the D and Cs on my transcript mattered much lollll
20:44 mrdalloway: not sure it would've helped, anyway, though
20:45 GiantCrookedEarwig: My main regret this cycle is that I applied this cycle
20:45 mrdalloway: that, too
20:48 CEOofShotShooting: My main cycle is regret
20:50 lshopeful2021: ^^^ all of the above
20:55 dhizzy123: I kinda regret applying this cycle, but I'm not sure I would have been as strong a candidate without the few years of work experience
20:55 dhizzy123: So I probably would have had similar outcomes last cycle or two cycles ago
21:03 hydrangea: same dhizzy
21:03 hydrangea: i guess i sort of regret not waiting another year
21:03 hydrangea: cause i'd have been able to save more money + also potentially have better outcomes
21:13 MeJustChilling: I want to R&R but I never want to apply to law school ever again
21:17 DemonicPriceyBullfrog: ^
21:26 DevilishSkillfulBracke: LSAT scores last for 5 years right?
21:31 EnchantingSeahorse: right
21:40 MagnificentBrightHare: I cant wait to mentor the pre-law babies from my alma mater and talk like a grizzled old war vet when I tell them about the admissions cycle of 2021
21:48 YoungPineapple: Any thoughts when these schools will respond to a February app? Got into my safety with some $ with a seat deposit fast approaching. Some of the schools are USC Notre Dame UT Vandy
21:56 JosephMaldonadoPassage: vandy might never respond
21:56 JosephMaldonadoPassage: theyre known to do that
21:57 DRAVHEN: Law schools can be so rude
22:00 SneakySeahorse: happy friday night yall
22:14 YoungPineapple: Damn I didn’t no Vandy straight up ignores people - I thought they have to respond even if it’s a denial eventually?
22:14 YoungPineapple: That’s savage
22:14 YoungPineapple: Know*
22:17 wizfan23: so is duke done now
22:17 wizfan23: they haven’t had any movement in a week
22:26 FreezingWomanlyBoar: i just visited usc law today and it was depressing for me
22:30 Lawsimp: wait why
22:30 BangBangBang52: yeah why?
22:49 DevilishSkillfulBracke: WHY
22:56 CEOofShotShooting: probably because its a nice campus surrounded by the most underfunded part of LA
22:57 CEOofShotShooting: Its like a football throw away from Watts. LA doesnt take care of that area very well
22:59 WastefulDelicateEchidna: On the USC thread, do we think they're WL people with 170+ scores to YP?
22:59 nickiminaj: i have decided im too pretty for law school
22:59 nickiminaj: thoughts?
23:00 WastefulDelicateEchidna: I mean it looks like you've got some fantastic offers on the table haha
23:02 FestiveEvasiveSnail: don't go to law school ur too thecthy @nickiminaj
23:26 CorporateCatastrophe: Jesus these medians are not coming down.
23:26 ItsGoingToGetBetter: yeah, next year's abas are going to be brutal
23:28 CorporateCatastrophe: Hence why I am applying day 1 when the apps open. Hoping to jump the gun a little
23:28 CorporateCatastrophe: sucks
23:51 Torquatus: We salute those who have fallen today. (cannons)
0:08 FierceGrievingUakari: Why did everyone get waitlisted at WUSTL and I got rejected?
0:09 CloisteredPoliticalCoral: Hi everyone, is someone who has socioeconomic disadvantages considered URM?
0:11 LsatTraintoClarksville: no
0:12 OliviaLux: generally no! but it's something you can talk about in your essays to show overcoming adversity/disadvantage, if that applies
0:13 OliviaLux: and then a few schools i think (either ucla or berk is one iirc) will explicitly ask for diversity addendums and define diversity in a way that includes socioecon background
0:34 CloisteredPoliticalCoral: Thank you!
0:56 UncertainElectricDolphin: Lmao love to have applied to WUSTL in november, interviewed a week after applying, and still being ghosted.
0:56 UncertainElectricDolphin: This cycle is garbo
0:57 UncertainElectricDolphin: At least I dodged the WL wave I guess.
1:13 dkh2020: I've caught so many WL waves :(
1:14 dkh2020: I hate this cycle
1:25 ChuckRhoades: @dkh2020: i got 5 haha
2:02 DropoutBear: 6A, 3WL, 2R
2:02 DropoutBear: My Rs are Harvy and the big fish Yale
2:03 DropoutBear: PENN, NU & GULC - WLS
2:03 DropoutBear: More Rs and WLs are ever in my future
2:19 JoeD: Not bad company to be in.
2:31 UncertainElectricDolphin: @DropoutBear: I have 2A 4R 9WL 8MIA
2:34 UncertainElectricDolphin: R from HLS, CLS, Berk, and Cornell, WL from Chicago, Penn, Michigan, GULC, UCLA, Texas, NDLS, GW, and UCI.
2:37 DropoutBear: I just want them to get it over with
2:37 DropoutBear: im waiting on 10
4:27 ShrillWorkable: @UncertainElectricDolphin: wtf? Can’t believe you got waitlisted at GW
5:23 JAlfredPrufrock: I went UR at BC
5:24 JAlfredPrufrock: I wanna throw up 😭 it’s my absolute top choice and I will CRY if I get R’d
8:28 Easytarget12: @JAlfredPrufrock: I also went UR. At 4:45 in the AM EST. What a strange time for that (presumably automated) process to occur
8:29 JosephMaldonadoPassage: @JAlfredPrufrock: me too, i think that means we'll hear back either this thursday or next, depending on how easy the decision is
8:30 JosephMaldonadoPassage: @Easytarget12: i assume penn state is your go-to rn?
8:31 JosephMaldonadoPassage: cant beat that alumni network
8:55 SplendiferousWhizzbang: Morning all!
9:32 brownskingyal: got into NYU & NU, WL everywhere else. God work's in mysterious ways
9:56 LickMyFartbox: HELL YEAH BABY UF
9:57 LickMyFartbox: No clue how long thats been sitting in my inbox but **** yeah
10:50 FriendlyDevilishCanine: any schools been known to send decisions on the weekend?
10:55 eyeseeyou: Duke does @friendly
10:55 inthetrenches21: UR1 since 11/30
10:55 inthetrenches21: Why do I even bother
11:06 FurryStormyGoat: Hey y’all I’m in
11:06 FurryStormyGoat: Oops
11:07 FurryStormyGoat: I’m new to this whole negotiating $$ packages thing, do y’all think I have a chance of negotiating a higher package with UCLA with one from GW
11:11 BoysDoFallinLove: the worst they can say is no but i don't think UCLA sees GW as competition, which is what usually helps with negotiating. maybe a package from another CA/LA school, especially USC/berk/sls
11:12 RollTheDice: Would UCLA see BC as competitive?
11:14 BoysDoFallinLove: i wouldn't think so but only the school knows for sure. i don't think UCLA would want to spend extra scholarship $ to lure people away from boston or dc. different regional markets and regional non-t14 dogpiles
11:15 BoysDoFallinLove: ucla is also king in LA whereas BC/BU/GW are not in their markets
11:16 JoeD: It's Saturday! Don't forget to take the day off!
11:17 FurryStormyGoat: @BoysDoFallinLove: yeah I figured as much, thanks though!
11:21 BoysDoFallinLove: I really think I need to retake but I don't know what I'd do for a year ughhh
11:21 Woodstock888: hi everyone!
11:23 Easytarget12: @JosephMaldonadoPassage: It is. though that's dickinson campus, not exactly the same, but still very good especially as we have family in the town
11:38 FriendlyDevilishCanine: any1 know anything about Cincinnati (the law school and the city)?
11:39 FriendlyDevilishCanine: Just wondering how big of a legal market there is in the city
11:59 TheSplit: what even is my life this week. my dog I've had since i was 10 died after my week of rejections and WLs :'(
12:10 hellohello: I’m so sorry the split
12:10 hellohello: That’s so hard having a dog die ♥️
12:29 LiquidSolid: Cincinnati is a nice little city
12:36 Panda: @TheSplit: So so sorry about your dog. I'm sure you gave him the best life.
12:45 brownskingyal: Does UCLA see BU as a peer?
12:55 Hedgehog: Do any schools do waves on weekends?
13:00 ItsGoingToGetBetter: @Hedgehog: not waves but duke is known to send decisions on weekends (usually As)
13:11 TheSplit: @Panda: thank you, they had a good life <3
13:12 TheSplit: Thank you Hellohello. It has been hard but I'm just glad they aren't suffering anymore.
15:03 SoreEliteZorse: @TheSplit: so sorry bud, can't imagine how tough your week must have been. hoping for happier days ahead of you
15:03 DevilishSkillfulBracke: @TheSplit: sending some healing vibes your way, I'm so sorry.
15:04 DevilishSkillfulBracke: also lots of love!
15:12 ChuckRhoades: duke needs to not keep me ur3 for 2 months please
15:14 ChuckRhoades: they have essentially done nothing recently right
15:25 pizzalover1212: @Hedgehog: I see you applied to Hawaii as well and I am so confused as to why they take so long to give out decisions. I applied like a month ago. I cant imagine they get the same number of applicants that other schools do
15:31 brendog: lol bc emailed me in the dead of night to let me know my app is now under review. i sent it in early january
15:34 DelicateUselessFoxhound: @brendog: same mine came at 4:40am lmao
15:34 DelicateUselessFoxhound: hope we hear this week!
15:36 brendog: fingers crossed :)
16:07 JAlfredPrufrock: @brendog: same haha
16:09 JAlfredPrufrock: All I could think of was some exhausted adcom sending out emails at 4am cursing this godforsaken cycle
16:17 YoungPineapple: 3.8 GPA 165 LSAT with a good major... do I have a shot at UT Vandy ND or USC this late in cycle
16:17 YoungPineapple: K-JD
16:24 MeJustChilling: I wouldn't apply this late in the cycle, but if you had to I would say their okay but not great
16:24 MeJustChilling: they're
16:24 MeJustChilling: "they're" meaning your chances. sorry what a mess of a response
16:24 JAlfredPrufrock: Yeah if you haven’t applied yet you’re better off waiting until next cycle
16:25 DevilishSkillfulBracke: USC I'd say not likley, if you look at who they've been accepting and WL latley
16:25 MeJustChilling: 3.8 might be your ticket into places but yeah not this late in the cycle probably
16:26 YoungPineapple: I'm an early Feb app but yeah its tough
16:26 JAlfredPrufrock: What are your softs
16:28 YoungPineapple: As a K-JD I don't have anything crazy on my resume - pretty average for a college student. But even with my 3.8 my GPAs been on an upward trend and I have a very unique major so I hope that can make me stand out more
16:29 YoungPineapple: I already got into my safety with some good scholarship and the seat deposit is coming up so I'm at a loss for what to do if I don't hear back by the seat deposit in early April
16:29 YoungPineapple: or I suppose I could retake in the summer but it would put me back a whole cycle :/
16:30 DevilishSkillfulBracke: you've got a great gpa, a higher LSAT would def help you a lot
16:30 MeJustChilling: Contact that school and say I'm waiting on other places can they push back their deposit date a little
16:30 DevilishSkillfulBracke: as a splitter, Im v jelly because there is nothing I can do with my UGPA
16:30 YoungPineapple: Yeah I know :/ pretty tempted to retake. I was PTing a 167/168
16:31 YoungPineapple: on average
16:31 MeJustChilling: But yeah. I understand why you don't want to wait a year but your options would be infinitely better if you could raise your LSAT like 4 or 5 points
16:31 YoungPineapple: @MeJustChilling: Good idea for sure. I'll do that
16:31 MeJustChilling: Ppl are getting into USC with 3.8 and 168 but not with 3.8 and 165
16:31 YoungPineapple: Yup USC is looking rouuugh
16:32 MeJustChilling: I think Vandy will look similar and UT worse if you're OOS
16:33 DevilishSkillfulBracke: You think UT is looking worse?
16:33 DevilishSkillfulBracke: really?
16:33 DevilishSkillfulBracke: interesting
16:33 YoungPineapple: Yeah. I did go to a good college in TX though so I think that might ever so slightly boost me a little
16:33 YoungPineapple: I am OOS
16:33 YoungPineapple: They have a pretty strict cut off around 167 for LSAT but a lot of waitlists around 165
16:34 DevilishSkillfulBracke: ahh, thanks
16:34 YoungPineapple: Barely any info on Vandy though
16:34 WorkableDirefulUakari: i am the 3.8 168 person. exactly
16:35 YoungPineapple: My thought though was near the end of the cycle and they have their 65% of TX residents filled in, maybe they'll be more lenient for out of state especially for more tuition $
16:35 DevilishSkillfulBracke: @YoungPineapple: love the optimism!
16:35 DevilishSkillfulBracke: Im also waiting on UT (its the dream lol)
16:35 YoungPineapple: Just a wild guess haha
16:36 YoungPineapple: @WastefulDelicateEchidna: Should I retake w 165
16:55 Legally-Brunette: uhhh is it good that i survived the WUSTL wave
17:04 MeJustChilling: who knows
17:05 MeJustChilling: Seems like they still have a decent amount of As to give but also have barely given and dongs
17:05 MeJustChilling: any
17:49 Doggopups: oh yo just got a washu interview invite!
17:49 Doggopups: after getting mich dong yesterday
17:49 Doggopups: didnt knw they sent out invites over the weekend lol
17:50 Doggopups: applied late jan for ref
17:53 penelopeplease: i think someone sajd washu gives acceptances on mondays so hopefully that comes next week
18:00 Doggopups: oh nice
18:01 Doggopups: an A from them would make me feel so much better
18:01 Doggopups: but honestly this interview invite has also helped haha
18:16 Tylor378: I wonder if WashU will break their right angle trend. Currently a WL hopeful
18:21 ChuckRhoades: Duke pls come back to us
18:51 CorporateCatastrophe: Not me looking at these medians and taking the lsat for a 5th time even though I have a 169. fml
19:19 lawtinaaa: Hi everyone- new here.. Do you guys know if a school legally owes us a response? Like because I paid an app fee and applied, the school has to accept me, reject me, or waitlist me?
20:28 bogo: Lolll
20:30 DevilishSkillfulBracke: @bogo: lolling your lol
20:47 urleastfavteacher: i mean they will lol
20:47 urleastfavteacher: schools won't ghost you
20:47 urleastfavteacher: they'll wait until the absolutely last second to tell you
20:47 urleastfavteacher: but they won't ghost you
20:57 tofu-tofu-tofu: I got an email from harvard fin aid today
20:58 tofu-tofu-tofu: they saw what I put in expected capital gains and basically went ".... you're not serious, are you?"
20:58 tofu-tofu-tofu: and upon looking what I put, I determined I was indeed Foolish and Stupid
21:38 ChuckRhoades: What did you put tofu
21:48 Doggopups: gme and btc to the moon?
23:13 UncertainElectricDolphin: Is that "you're not serious that you're going to get that" or "you're not serious that you think you'll get aid from us after getting that?"
0:47 jungkook:
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0:51 FriendlyDevilishCanine: how long between UR2 at Duke and decision?
0:56 ReppinTheLBC: an eternity
2:14 ChuckRhoades: @FriendlyDevilishCanine: I went ur3 after 1.5 months ur2
2:21 rapidwavefire: ive been ur2 for over a month with no decision
9:32 OllyOllyLolly: anyone else just go UR2 at NYU?
10:27 ToughHardGrouse: anyone know if doctoroff apps @ uchi take longer?
11:25 RollTheDice: @OllyOllyLolly: went UR2 there on Feb 28, havent heard anything since