<p>Help!!! I just received an e-mail from someone at Harvard Law stating I would receive a phone call this upcoming week to ask me questions about my application. Anyone know what I should expect?</p>
hazmat
December 8, 2006, 9:32pm
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<p>YUP Q about your app…what do you do during summer job? what do you do w/ other time. Basic stuff. What area of law are you interested in. Very basic. Congrats!</p>
<p>Oh you are getting the Toby Stock call. sounds promising. good luck & congrats</p>
nspeds
December 8, 2006, 10:26pm
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<p>Last year, only two of those who received calls were waitlisted, and the rest were accepted.</p>
<p>Two of my friends received the call in mid-November of this year. They were admitted a week later.</p>
hughey2
December 8, 2006, 11:40pm
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<p>So, the “phone call” is quite common then? How do you know the ‘statistic’ indicating that only two of the students talked to were waitlisted and the rest admitted?</p>
nspeds
December 9, 2006, 12:46am
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<p>This was for last year.</p>
<p>My source is good;)</p>
<p>I am not sure how it is for this year, though. I know some who have received the phone call, but are borderlines or sure-rejects.</p>
<p>so, do most people who get in get phone calls? I mean, is it common to not get a call and get in?</p>
<p>From Toby Stock’s Blog…</p>
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The admissions season is well under way here at Harvard once again. I started reading applications last week and I am reminded once again how many talented and interesting people choose to apply to Harvard Law School. Im already looking forward to meeting some of these people at our admitted student events and later on in the fall. The Class of 2010 will soon start to take shape.</p>
<p>Im writing this, however, to let you all know that I will begin making phone calls to many applicants. This initial interview for people who catch my eye is a chance for me to ask some questions about the things I read in applications. What did you do in this summer internship? What is this activity that has taken up so much of your time? What is your senior thesis all about?</p>
<p>It also gives me a chance to get to know our top applicants a little better. Theres only so much we can gauge about personal qualities just by reading personal statements, recommendations, and other written materials. To be honest, you can only get a little more from a phone interviewbut it <em>is</em> a little more. Harvard Law School is a place where your classmates are generally nice peoplecongenial, collegial, and collaborative. I am looking for those qualities in our applicants.</p>
<p>So dont be surprised if you get an e-mail from me in the near future (or much later in the season) letting you know that Im going to be calling. And dont be nervous. Im a pretty nice guy and I wont ask you anything you dont know the answer to! </p>
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<p>good luck hughey. I too hope to attend Harvard Law (or Stanford Law) one day.</p>