Yale Law School Class of 2019 Forum

[jetsfan1]

Just got a snuggie in the mail. It's so huge!

YASSS. Room for two? That's some Netflix swag.

Just be careful...

[GrayGamut]

Just be careful...

Haha okay I see you Jets. It'll probably just be my and my cat tho, and we're def on that level.

[lemonparty]

WOW I never thought I would say this but checking in!!!

[GrayGamut]

WOW I never thought I would say this but checking in!!!

Welcome and congratulations! A bit surreal, huh?

[lemonparty]

WOW I never thought I would say this but checking in!!!

Welcome and congratulations! A bit surreal, huh?

Thank you so much, and congrats to you as well! Quite an honor to be in the company of awesome people such as yourself It sure does, I keep feeling like I'll wake up from the best dream ever at any moment! I gave Craig quite a chuckle on the phone with my reaction haha

[KissMyAxe]

WOW I never thought I would say this but checking in!!!

Congrats. I'm very happy for all of you.

[jetsfan1]

Curious about what y'all are thinking about choosing between Y and other options. Could we maybe get a poll up at some point, one of those 100% attending, 90% sure, 50/50, etc. type things?

This decision ain't easy, and it's been helpful for me PMing others about it to hear their thoughts/force me to write my own out...

[KissMyAxe]

Curious about what y'all are thinking about choosing between Y and other options. Could we maybe get a poll up at some point, one of those 100% attending, 90% sure, 50/50, etc. type things?

This decision ain't easy, and it's been helpful for me PMing others about it to hear their thoughts/force me to write my own out...

I actually had that up the first month, but only one or two people were in this thread then. I'll definitely put it up again right now. Also, I'd be happy to discuss it with you if you want to PM me.

[Schneidersbetter]

I have a question about undergraduate degrees and deferrals (namely, whether the school might let me graduate after next semester instead of in May if they've already granted me a deferral.) Is there a good forum to pose this question where I might get helpful answers?

[KissMyAxe]

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[Schneidersbetter]

I have a question about undergraduate degrees and deferrals (namely, whether the school might let me graduate after next semester instead of in May if they've already granted me a deferral.) Is there a good forum to pose this question where I might get helpful answers?

Not really, I guess the most relevant forum would be the law school application forum, but the problem with that is that there are very few YLS students/admits on TLS (only current students I know of are MistakenGenius, Cicero, and psychmusic). Every school has very different deferral policies. Harvard and Columbia are generally the most liberal with deferrals (being they're so large and have huge acceptance lists and waitlists). NYU and Stanford tend to be more stingy). Yale seems to grant a decent number of deferrals, but that could just be because so many are doing things like Rhodes.

As far as that. I've never seen a YLS student defer because of that reason and I assume it's pretty rare. However, I personally think you could make it worth YLS' while. Firms/PI/Government all generally prefer their applicants to have some work experience. If you could demonstrate to the admissions officers that you're going to take some classes that could be conducive to you in legal practice next semester, and that you will pursue some form of experience in the Spring, I could see them granting the deferral. Of course, this is all just based in my personal experience and people I know. The best way to find out the details to this would be to call the admissions office, since they're the ones actually granting deferrals.

Thanks, that was very helpful. Do you think it would make a difference if i was granted a deferral (for a different reason) and THEN asked to be allowed to prolong my undergraduate career?

[KissMyAxe]

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[Schneidersbetter]

I have a question about undergraduate degrees and deferrals (namely, whether the school might let me graduate after next semester instead of in May if they've already granted me a deferral.) Is there a good forum to pose this question where I might get helpful answers?

Not really, I guess the most relevant forum would be the law school application forum, but the problem with that is that there are very few YLS students/admits on TLS (only current students I know of are MistakenGenius, Cicero, and psychmusic). Every school has very different deferral policies. Harvard and Columbia are generally the most liberal with deferrals (being they're so large and have huge acceptance lists and waitlists). NYU and Stanford tend to be more stingy). Yale seems to grant a decent number of deferrals, but that could just be because so many are doing things like Rhodes.

As far as that. I've never seen a YLS student defer because of that reason and I assume it's pretty rare. However, I personally think you could make it worth YLS' while. Firms/PI/Government all generally prefer their applicants to have some work experience. If you could demonstrate to the admissions officers that you're going to take some classes that could be conducive to you in legal practice next semester, and that you will pursue some form of experience in the Spring, I could see them granting the deferral. Of course, this is all just based in my personal experience and people I know. The best way to find out the details to this would be to call the admissions office, since they're the ones actually granting deferrals.

Thanks, that was very helpful. Do you think it would make a difference if i was granted a deferral (for a different reason) and THEN asked to be allowed to prolong my undergraduate career?

No problem. And as for that, I really don't know what your undergrad is like. I suppose it would be better to go for the deferral first. It would really suck if your undergrad extended you for one more semester and then Yale refused the deferral. At least if you got the deferral, even if your undergrad denied you, you could just work or something for a year to make yourself more competitive. But again, your school and YLS' admissions office know better than I do.

Ok, a bunch to think about, thanks for taking the time to respond!

[lemonparty]

Just got my binder, not gonna lie it's v impressive (despite being a fancy printed version of their admitted students website )

[GrayGamut]

Anyone receive an initial aid offer yet? I submitted the forms a couple weeks ago and I'm nervously waiting to see how many zeros are on this price tag.

[jetsfan1]

Anyone receive an initial aid offer yet? I submitted the forms a couple weeks ago and I'm nervously waiting to see how many zeros are on this price tag.

Same, but nah radio silence up until now...

[Schneidersbetter]

Does anyone know what YLS's policy on last semester grades is? It looks like I'll probably end up with my worst semester grades by far, and I was wondering if I need to call them and explain what's going on

[tflan19]

Apparently I'm smart enough to get into YLS but not smart enough to find my finaid award letter on SIS. Did anyone get the email saying it was posted but then have a error message that "no award letters available"?

Edit: Apparently I can't find it because I received a big fat zero dollars of aid. So excited to tell my parents about their $76,276/year family contribution.

[GrayGamut]

Apparently I'm smart enough to get into YLS but not smart enough to find my finaid award letter on SIS. Did anyone get the email saying it was posted but then have a error message that "no award letters available"?

Yeah, same here. Bummer, I was kinda hoping it was my own lack of intelligence, because then one of you kind and brilliant folks could direct me and I could FINALLY KNOW.

[tflan19]

Apparently I'm smart enough to get into YLS but not smart enough to find my finaid award letter on SIS. Did anyone get the email saying it was posted but then have a error message that "no award letters available"?

Yeah, same here. Bummer, I was kinda hoping it was my own lack of intelligence, because then one of you kind and brilliant folks could direct me and I could FINALLY KNOW.

go to federal shopping list and then "view online". I was able to find my info unofficially there.

[GrayGamut]

go to federal shopping list and then "view online". I was able to find my info unofficially there.

You're wonderful, thank you!

[sophiethecat]

I'm having trouble creating my login information. When I try to pick a password, it says system error. When I called the financial aid office, they said others are having the same problem and they are trying to figure out what's going on. Just figured I would let others who might be having similar issues know!

[sophiethecat]

Was able to finally log in. Looks like I won't be joining you all at YLS next year. But since I lived in New Haven for five years, I'm still happy to answer any NH related questions you may have!

[lemonparty]

Wow they really don't make it easy to access the financial aid, do they? I keep getting a system error

[lemonparty]

Finally was able to log in. Got more than I was expecting (which was 0), so I'm pleasantly surprised. I noticed in the letter that it's only for the 2016-17 year, does this mean they re calculate it before each year? Or can we expect it to be a similar award 2L and 3L?