<p>Every so often I find a discussion on TLS that may be particularly helpful to those applying to law school. The 2009 “winner” IMO- is the discussion about getting accepted into a “reach” school. The discussion is just beginning- but there does seem to be a good number of applicants who applied ED and were admited to their #1 school.<br>
Looks like U of Chicago and U Mich were mentioned a few times in this thread.</p>
<p>So for those of you who will be applying next year or later – you might want to consider applying ED. I did try to encourage my own d to go that route- but she had too many variables and did not have a definite #1 school on her radar.</p>
<p>My 2008 winner for best advise was a discussion about what applicants would do differently in the admission cycle. Common response was to apply early (by October) and do “optional” essays- particularly-- Why Duke/Penn/NYU etc ? That piece of advice my d did take (well most apps were in by oct.).</p>
<p>Wishing everyone a HAPPY New Year!! And good luck with all things law school.
marny</p>
<p>That thread is good, but I have some reservations. I think one person mentioned NYU, and getting in with a 3.9/168. But with those numbers, NYU isn’t a reach, in my opinion.</p>
<p>The ED aspect of the application is a little confusing. I think it does provide a actual boost for some schools (Chicago, Michigan, UVA, Penn), but little to no boost at others (NYU, even Columbia). Luckily, lawschoolpredictor is a tool that allows us to see the effect of ED on a particular application to a particular school.</p>
<p>Happy new year to you too! What schools is your D deciding between? It seems she’s doing well, so congratulations. The best part of applying to law school was, in my opinion, a) the glossy acceptance materials, b) being courted by law schools (it’s really amazing the role reversal that occurs: first, you beg them; then, they beg you), and c) meeting possible future classmates.</p>
<p>I don’t know-- 3.9/168 and an NYU acceptance so early in the game?? seems pretty lucky/reachy to me. Of course if applicant was from Iowa , Kansas or some other underrepresented geographic area as opposed to long island or connecticut- his admission may have been affected by that too.</p>
<p>As most parents have learned when the kids are over a certain age and they are not living in our household-- I have no clue what my d will decide to do. As she is not living at home, I don’t get to see her mail, acceptance packages etc. (oh darn). Law school admission is just not a big part of our conversations anymore.
As I have also given too much personal info about my kid, I probably won’t be too forthcoming with specific info. But my d is very happy with her choices so far-though she is still not ruling out deferring for a year- or doing P/T program and continue working at her job.
I have a feeling she may not make a firm decision until spring.</p>
<p>In my year, everyone I knew with a 3.85+/168 was admitted. </p>
<p>Your D should take as much time as possible in deciding. If she wants the big firm route, she’d do well to research placement information (and the differences will be bigger because of the economy, in my opinion). Since she’s probably looking at really good schools, everyone is probably telling her “she’ll be fine”–or at least that’s what they were telling me when I was deciding. But that’s the worst thing one could advise, in my opinion. There are placement differences even among the top law schools, and it’s always good to expose them.</p>
<p>Flowerhead–Thanks for the info. I don’t think my kid is planning to go the BigLaw route- but if she finds herself $150,000 in debt- she may need to consider it.</p>
<p>my hunch is that most 3.85/168’s may not get an acceptance to NYU this year. We can do a “post season analysis” after this admission cycle is over- but my gut tells me the stats for admission are inching upwards this year.</p>