TabooHystericalTortoise

Class of 2026

First choice school:

3.62/4.3

GPA

159/180

LSAT

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School apps

Rank	2022-2023	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
32	Arizona State Univer...	Rejected	Unknown
35	George Washington Un...	WL, Accepted...	Unknown				Nov 30	2022-11-30	Dec 01	2022-12-01									Jun 05	2023-06-05
158	Santa Clara University	Accepted, Wi...	Unknown			$180,000	Nov 30	2022-11-30	Jan 12	2023-01-12									Jan 12	2023-01-12
35	UAlabama	Rejected	Unknown
60	UCalifornia (Hastings)	Accepted, Wi...	Unknown			$60,000	Dec 01	2022-12-01	Dec 01	2022-12-01									Jan 20	2023-01-20
20	UGeorgia	Rejected	Unknown				Nov 30	2022-11-30											Feb 08	2023-02-08
43	UIllinois—Urbana Cha...	Rejected	Unknown

General

General chat about the legal profession.

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LateScandalousCaterpillar

15:00

they straight up R me

GloveDontSplitUMustAcquit

15:00

whoever got the seat they opened up at hls chi or uva popping bottles tn

LateScandalousCaterpillar

15:00

but also they dont take feb lsat which was my first and only to break 170 so I get it

pug

15:00

yeah me too re HLS. id ask no questions.

LateScandalousCaterpillar

15:00

same

GloveDontSplitUMustAcquit

15:02

fordham e wave

chag

15:04

hrrnghhhhh

pug

15:05

chag how we doing, any news

chag

15:05

naur

Seagulleagle10

15:05

What are my chances of getting off a waitlist if my stats are in the bottom 25th percentile but I sent a good LOCI, addendum, video portfolio, and letter of rec from school's alumni who knows me well? Just tryna get a feel about how much stats matter when you're on the waitlist or whether it's based on who is guaranteed to fill the spot.

CopticStrong

15:06

Sad no usc wave

chag

15:06

never zero, but the odds are always against you on the WL

SuaveCrouton

15:07

@Seagulleagle10: Really low. Basically treat it as a soft R and if you get an A its a pleasant surprise

SuaveCrouton

15:08

Also depends on schools, some have more WL movement than others and some (like GULC or Vandy) will have gigantic waitlists where a majority of the people on it have no chance of getting an A

Seagulleagle10

15:09

@SuaveCrouton: it's vandy haha but also ik the waitlist is huge so I'm just gonna stay hopeful but know it's probably not gonna happen but it's my top school so hurts like heck.

SuaveCrouton

15:09

@Seagulleagle10: I'm waitlisted there as well with a 162 and 3.0 and I know I have basically 0 chance of getting off it

Seagulleagle10

15:10

Do you know if there is a reason why they choose to have such a large waitlist?

DaBurgHamblerer

15:11

think i will find a more substantive answer on reddit, but is there a real functional difference between chances at clerking coming from UVA v Columbia? I know the odds are tough either way, but i'd really like the option to do so if i perform well in class...

pug

15:11

its to psychologically torture people

GloveDontSplitUMustAcquit

15:11

seagull i will pray for u homie but its looking bleak

SuaveCrouton

15:12

@Seagulleagle10: I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out what benefit they get from waitlisting practically everyone

SuaveCrouton

15:12

I think the only people that got Vandy R's had some serious C&F issues or something

Mountaineer99

15:12

it's just a soft rejection in a lot of cases

legendarytempest

15:13

@DaBurgHamblerer: could you compare what type of clerking they do, like appelate vs lower court to see difference between teh schools

Mountaineer99

15:13

they didn't hate you but didn't like you enough to give a spot

Seagulleagle10

15:14

yeah I haven't been able to figure out why they do it either but oh well best of luck to whoever manages to get off ik there are a lot of qualified candidates

SuaveCrouton

15:14

Yeah but you'd think they'd give people way below both medians the boot, instead they just waitlist us too.

Seagulleagle10

15:14

@GloveDontSplitUMustAcquit: appreciate the prayers homie haha

DaBurgHamblerer

15:15

a good idea, but not sure that info is necessarily wholly available (i.e. anything i find is likely to be largely incomplete)

DaBurgHamblerer

15:17

add to that the noise surrounding NY fed judges' clerk hiring practices (usually have to have worked first, which distorts the data massively) and it's very hard to compare

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