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Important Dates:

April 1 6:00pm - Admitted Student Day friday night mixer @ Emory Conference Center
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June 1 - Second Deposit Deadline

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Cool, cool.

And here's the link to the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1652872224994445/

TheProdigal wrote:Cool, cool.

And here's the link to the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1652872224994445/

Thanks, I added that to my post

checking in! I'll be at ASD on saturday

ssitt wrote:checking in! I'll be at ASD on saturday

Hype!

See you there! I'll be the old guy

Has anyone been accepted and not received a scholly offer?

I'll also be there this weekend! can't wait!

njkga wrote:

ssitt wrote:checking in! I'll be at ASD on saturday

Hype!

See you there! I'll be the old guy

One of us! One of us!

Everyone enjoy ASW!? The events on Friday were great and there was a lot of useful information today. Professor Freer is the man

Dexter97 wrote:Everyone enjoy ASW!? The events on Friday were great and there was a lot of useful information today. Professor Freer is the man

Had a great time. I'm not sure that continental breakfast under the trees in front of the church was such a great idea though. Had little bits of tree falling all over my pastries and in my coffee.

njkga wrote:

Dexter97 wrote:Everyone enjoy ASW!? The events on Friday were great and there was a lot of useful information today. Professor Freer is the man

Had a great time. I'm not sure that continental breakfast under the trees in front of the church was such a great idea though. Had little bits of tree falling all over my pastries and in my coffee.

A soupçon of pollen tends to add a flavorful touch of local charm to most foods. And provides an excellent opportunity to draw on cars.

I've paid my deposit! I'm very excited about attending Emory this fall, and after visiting day plus the new employment statistics, I'm more certain than ever that Emory is the right choice for me. Having already lived in the Atlanta area for a few years now, and knowing that I want to stay here, I think Emory is a no-brainer for me.

How is everyone else's decision process coming along?

njkga wrote:I've paid my deposit! I'm very excited about attending Emory this fall, and after visiting day plus the new employment statistics, I'm more certain than ever that Emory is the right choice for me. Having already lived in the Atlanta area for a few years now, and knowing that I want to stay here, I think Emory is a no-brainer for me.

How is everyone else's decision process coming along?

Also just made my first deposit! Sort of still waiting to see what happens on Vandy's waitlist but pretty sure I'll be attending Emory either way!

Paid my deposit! Was kinda torn but the improved numbers convinced me. Super excited!

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Just checking in to say I'm definitely going here.



Also, what's up mermaid? Haha

LandMermaid wrote:Paid my deposit! Was kinda torn but the improved numbers convinced me. Super excited!

I think I was already 100% decided, but those numbers sure made the decision that much more comfortable. I'm from ATL already, and want to stay here to practice afterwards, so Emory was a no brainer for me.

Hype!

njkga wrote:

LandMermaid wrote:Paid my deposit! Was kinda torn but the improved numbers convinced me. Super excited!

I think I was already 100% decided, but those numbers sure made the decision that much more comfortable. I'm from ATL already, and want to stay here to practice afterwards, so Emory was a no brainer for me.

Hype!

What improved numbers are you guy's referring to?

LurkSoHard wrote:

njkga wrote:

LandMermaid wrote:Paid my deposit! Was kinda torn but the improved numbers convinced me. Super excited!

I think I was already 100% decided, but those numbers sure made the decision that much more comfortable. I'm from ATL already, and want to stay here to practice afterwards, so Emory was a no brainer for me.

Hype!

What improved numbers are you guy's referring to?

Jobs numbers are up and school-funded way down.

TheProdigal wrote:

LurkSoHard wrote:

njkga wrote:

LandMermaid wrote:Paid my deposit! Was kinda torn but the improved numbers convinced me. Super excited!

I think I was already 100% decided, but those numbers sure made the decision that much more comfortable. I'm from ATL already, and want to stay here to practice afterwards, so Emory was a no brainer for me.

Hype!

What improved numbers are you guy's referring to?

Jobs numbers are up and school-funded way down.

Where can I find these improved numbers? The Law School Transparency page hasn't changed! Thanks for the help!

LurkSoHard wrote:

TheProdigal wrote:

LurkSoHard wrote:

njkga wrote:

LandMermaid wrote:Paid my deposit! Was kinda torn but the improved numbers convinced me. Super excited!

I think I was already 100% decided, but those numbers sure made the decision that much more comfortable. I'm from ATL already, and want to stay here to practice afterwards, so Emory was a no brainer for me.

Hype!

What improved numbers are you guy's referring to?

Jobs numbers are up and school-funded way down.

Where can I find these improved numbers? The Law School Transparency page hasn't changed! Thanks for the help!

By now, all schools have been required to post their most recent employment reports on their websites, the Class of 2015 Employment Statistics by School: #TrustTheProcess thread has reports from people searching them out and posting -- I put together the below chart from the reported data (from the reports themselves, not what people claimed. It has been reviewed by other posters, this is the most updated version). Apologies for the (potentially) small font.



From the applicant thread:

TheProdigal wrote: 2015 2014 Notes:
Fed Clerk 3.90% 2.99% Total increased from 8 to 12
Biglaw (100+) 25.97% 26.12% Total increased from 70 to 80

Holding back improvement on numbers is the increase in graduating class size from 268 to 308. Considering last year the median GPA from transfers in was 3.3 (Emory's own median), we can assume the 2L transfers don't tend to end up competing for biglaw or fed clerk positions -- if we were to reduce the class size back to 268 in the calculations, we're left with a nearly 30% biglaw and 4.5% fed clerk. A case could be made that these percentages better reflect the outcomes for those admitted as 1Ls. Admittedly, I don't have the transfer data from that class, so numbers are incredibly rough estimates. Emory admitted 234 for the class of 2018, and 223 for the class of 2017. 14 transferred out, and 51 transferred in last year. I'm hestitantly optimistic in ~270 being a decent baseline for outcomes.

The drop in school-funded jobs to 12% puts Emory at or below the numbers reported by UC-Irvine, George Washington, Notre Dame, USC, Vanderbilt, and Georgetown for the class of 2014. For the class of 2015, UCI increased to 18%, GWU fell to 8%, and the others haven't updated yet.

Edit: Big issue, as I see it, top-line read of graduates with FT/LT JD-Required jobs fell to 75.32% vs. last year's 82.5%.

The good news is this year's number doesn't include any school-funded, and last year's had 19.4%. Marked improvement from 63.1% to 75.32%, but the top-line number looks a bit worse. I'm extremely happy with this report.

And regarding school-funded jobs, Georgetown is now higher than Emory.

Did anyone who visited the campus notice if we had a locker in the building, by any chance? I don't feel like carrying loads of books with me all day.

Thanks in advance.

rachellewrx wrote:Did anyone who visited the campus notice if we had a locker in the building, by any chance? I don't feel like carrying loads of books with me all day.

Thanks in advance.

Yeah. They are right by the classrooms in the main floor.

TheProdigal wrote:

rachellewrx wrote:Did anyone who visited the campus notice if we had a locker in the building, by any chance? I don't feel like carrying loads of books with me all day.

Thanks in advance.

Yeah. They are right by the classrooms in the main floor.

Excellent. Thank you very much.

Is anybody else also on the waitlist? If so, what are you thinking our chances are?