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seeprybyrun wrote:

VapidP wrote:This might be a silly question, but do people get "rejected" off the waitlist? Or do they just sit in obscurity until their deadline comes around?

It doesn't sound like they ding people from the WL (which I think HLS does). It sounds like they just keep everyone on until their deadline passes or they close the class on registration day (which I guess counts as a ding).

"Over the next few months, we will periodically review the people on our wait list and release some of them, so the number of people on the wait list dwindles as we go through the summer."

Checking in, wl at HYS and depositing at Columbia in the meantime.

curry1 wrote:

seeprybyrun wrote:

VapidP wrote:This might be a silly question, but do people get "rejected" off the waitlist? Or do they just sit in obscurity until their deadline comes around?

It doesn't sound like they ding people from the WL (which I think HLS does). It sounds like they just keep everyone on until their deadline passes or they close the class on registration day (which I guess counts as a ding).

"Over the next few months, we will periodically review the people on our wait list and release some of them, so the number of people on the wait list dwindles as we go through the summer."

That's from the 2010 post. The email we got didn't mention anything about removing people, but of course that doesn't mean they don't do it. I guess we will see!

What's the deal with accepting an offer at another school (HLS in my case) and staying on the waitlist? Do I have to inform Harvard that I'm on the waitlist for another school?

ahendrix3 wrote:Checking in, wl at HYS and deposting at Columbia in the meantime.

also waitlisted at HYS and depositing at Columbia! Hoping the odds are in our favor! Good Luck!

defydoddz wrote:

ahendrix3 wrote:Checking in, wl at HYS and deposting at Columbia in the meantime.

also waitlisted at HYS and depositing at Columbia! Hoping the odds are in our favor! Good Luck!

I was going to ask how many people were on other waitlists as well. I'm riding Stanford's as well.

defydoddz wrote:

ahendrix3 wrote:Checking in, wl at HYS and deposting at Columbia in the meantime.

also waitlisted at HYS and depositing at Columbia! Hoping the odds are in our favor! Good Luck!

Same to you! Somebody's gotta let us in lol

kpadoreo wrote:What's the deal with accepting an offer at another school (HLS in my case) and staying on the waitlist? Do I have to inform Harvard that I'm on the waitlist for another school?

I don't think so? Is anyone else doing this?

NotPanicking wrote:

kpadoreo wrote:What's the deal with accepting an offer at another school (HLS in my case) and staying on the waitlist? Do I have to inform Harvard that I'm on the waitlist for another school?

I don't think so? Is anyone else doing this?

Nah, no requirement there.

So I spent about 15 minutes creeping on the Waitlist Purgatory thread, and this might be just me being super naive and not discovering this site until literally two weeks ago, but is there really much of a point to sending LOCIs to Yale? Barring a significant job or grade change?

I figure at this point, Yale will either take me or they won't, based on the shifting class composition, and no formal letter informing them of what they already know - how much I want in - will change anything. Also it's Yale - don't they really, really hate folks directly emailing them things?

NotPanicking wrote:So I spent about 15 minutes creeping on the Waitlist Purgatory thread, and this might be just me being super naive and not discovering this site until literally two weeks ago, but is there really much of a point to sending LOCIs to Yale? Barring a significant job or grade change?

I figure at this point, Yale will either take me or they won't, based on the shifting class composition, and no formal letter informing them of what they already know - how much I want in - will change anything. Also it's Yale - don't they really, really hate folks directly emailing them things?

From the WL email:

"If there is additional information that you would like to add to your application (such as additional letters of recommendation, spring term grades, etc.), please feel free to submit it directly to our office. This additional information, along with your original application materials, will be reviewed in the event a seat becomes available."

NotPanicking wrote:So I spent about 15 minutes creeping on the Waitlist Purgatory thread, and this might be just me being super naive and not discovering this site until literally two weeks ago, but is there really much of a point to sending LOCIs to Yale? Barring a significant job or grade change?

I figure at this point, Yale will either take me or they won't, based on the shifting class composition, and no formal letter informing them of what they already know - how much I want in - will change anything. Also it's Yale - don't they really, really hate folks directly emailing them things?

Asha answers that here: https://law.yale.edu/admissions/jd-admi ... -freakshow

The_Pluviophile wrote:

defydoddz wrote:

ahendrix3 wrote:Checking in, wl at HYS and deposting at Columbia in the meantime.

also waitlisted at HYS and depositing at Columbia! Hoping the odds are in our favor! Good Luck!

I was going to ask how many people were on other waitlists as well. I'm riding Stanford's as well.

I'm on stanford's as well

Checking in. Waitlists for Stanford and Yale.

hammy393 wrote:

NotPanicking wrote:So I spent about 15 minutes creeping on the Waitlist Purgatory thread, and this might be just me being super naive and not discovering this site until literally two weeks ago, but is there really much of a point to sending LOCIs to Yale? Barring a significant job or grade change?

I figure at this point, Yale will either take me or they won't, based on the shifting class composition, and no formal letter informing them of what they already know - how much I want in - will change anything. Also it's Yale - don't they really, really hate folks directly emailing them things?

Asha answers that here: https://law.yale.edu/admissions/jd-admi ... -freakshow

WOWOWOW that video was painful to watch, but this post is beautiful, god bless you.

seeprybyrun wrote:

NotPanicking wrote:So I spent about 15 minutes creeping on the Waitlist Purgatory thread, and this might be just me being super naive and not discovering this site until literally two weeks ago, but is there really much of a point to sending LOCIs to Yale? Barring a significant job or grade change?

I figure at this point, Yale will either take me or they won't, based on the shifting class composition, and no formal letter informing them of what they already know - how much I want in - will change anything. Also it's Yale - don't they really, really hate folks directly emailing them things?

From the WL email:

"If there is additional information that you would like to add to your application (such as additional letters of recommendation, spring term grades, etc.), please feel free to submit it directly to our office. This additional information, along with your original application materials, will be reviewed in the event a seat becomes available."

My interpretation of that part was similar to their allowance of four letters of recommendation - that doesn't mean you should actually send four, you know?

NotPanicking wrote:

seeprybyrun wrote:

NotPanicking wrote:So I spent about 15 minutes creeping on the Waitlist Purgatory thread, and this might be just me being super naive and not discovering this site until literally two weeks ago, but is there really much of a point to sending LOCIs to Yale? Barring a significant job or grade change?

I figure at this point, Yale will either take me or they won't, based on the shifting class composition, and no formal letter informing them of what they already know - how much I want in - will change anything. Also it's Yale - don't they really, really hate folks directly emailing them things?

From the WL email:

"If there is additional information that you would like to add to your application (such as additional letters of recommendation, spring term grades, etc.), please feel free to submit it directly to our office. This additional information, along with your original application materials, will be reviewed in the event a seat becomes available."

My interpretation of that part was similar to their allowance of four letters of recommendation - that doesn't mean you should actually send four, you know?

Definitely. It was more just to point out that if you do have something legitimate to send, they said it was OK to email it to them.

Also, I'd like to point out that almost half the freakin' waitlist is made up of TLSers, going by the number of votes in the poll.

seeprybyrun wrote:Also, I'd like to point out that almost half the freakin' waitlist is made up of TLSers, going by the number of votes in the poll.

this is actually really impressive

catalina559 wrote:

seeprybyrun wrote:Also, I'd like to point out that almost half the freakin' waitlist is made up of TLSers, going by the number of votes in the poll.

this is actually really impressive

Similar numbers (40-50) in past years' WL threads.

Does anyone know if Yale will let you do a campus visit/sit in on a class if you're waitlisted?

catalina559 wrote:Does anyone know if Yale will let you do a campus visit/sit in on a class if you're waitlisted?

According to Asha's post linked above, waitlisted people are welcome to visit the law school on their own, and are encouraged to do so if that is important to you. Should you be offered a spot in the class, you'd only have 24-72 hours to accept/decline.

Checking in.

Waitlisted here and at HLS. Depositing at Columbia in the meantime.

Best of luck to everyone riding it out!

RictusErectus wrote:Checking in.

Waitlisted here and at HLS. Depositing at Columbia in the meantime.

Best of luck to everyone riding it out!

May God have mercy on your soul and let you off one of those waitlists.

seeprybyrun wrote:

RictusErectus wrote:Checking in.

Waitlisted here and at HLS. Depositing at Columbia in the meantime.

Best of luck to everyone riding it out!

May God have mercy on your soul and let you off one of those waitlists.

May God bless you and give you what your heart desires.