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Did you/will you submit a Why Berkeley?

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I have a 4.0/180
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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by chrysippusofsoli » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:46 pm

dietcoke1 wrote:
chrysippusofsoli wrote:
dm1683 wrote:Anyone know if B offers full tuition scholarships? I know they do that weird matching thing but it's supposed to be pretty inconsistent as to which offers they actually match.
I was under the impression that they stopped matching scholarships beginning last cycle. Is this still going on informally?
Formal matching program is over. They negotiate like any other school now.
Thanks for confirming! Hope all that smoke and ash is clearing up!

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by cgecker » Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:02 pm

Have an ED applicants gone under review? I submitted 10/11 and haven't gotten a completed email (not sure if they send these) or the status checker login.

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by urmlaw17 » Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:19 pm

RD admissions start going out on December 4th!

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by AaronCarter » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:05 pm

urmlaw17 wrote:RD admissions start going out on December 4th!


How do you know this?

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by Veil of Ignorance » Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:47 am

Has anyone heard about the possibility to study abroad at Berkeley? All the other T13 include info about which schools you can study at, but not Berk!

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by etramak » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:06 am

Re-checking in. Going to work on writing my Why Berkeley and BLOS essay this week. Unfortunately I can't really see myself going here without the scholarship, so I'm gonna have to focus on this a lot.

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by thehours » Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:11 am

cgecker wrote:Have an ED applicants gone under review? I submitted 10/11 and haven't gotten a completed email (not sure if they send these) or the status checker login.
Also waiting on my status checker email!

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by urmlaw17 » Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:49 pm

Hi!

Is anyone willing to read my Berkeley personal statement?

It's around 2.5 pages!

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Post by Incrementalist » Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:18 pm

thehours wrote:
cgecker wrote:Have an ED applicants gone under review? I submitted 10/11 and haven't gotten a completed email (not sure if they send these) or the status checker login.
Also waiting on my status checker email!
Got mine about maybe 2 and half weeks ago or so. My status says complete 10/12/2017
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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by gmg » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:32 pm

Does anyone know if Dean Tom is reviewing applications this cycle or is it someone else since he leaves in December?

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Post by thehours » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:54 pm

Incrementalist wrote:
thehours wrote:
cgecker wrote:Have an ED applicants gone under review? I submitted 10/11 and haven't gotten a completed email (not sure if they send these) or the status checker login.
Also waiting on my status checker email!
Got mine about maybe 2 and half weeks ago or so. Mine status says complete 10/12/2017
Got it!

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by urmlaw17 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:34 pm

Did anyone attend the 10/20 tour and application info session?

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Post by grrlater » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:10 pm

Checking in! Also UR currently. Feels like sitting on hot coals. Did not write a why x, kinda regret it now.

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by bettyboopydoop » Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:54 pm

Checking in here until the official class forum is up!

CA resident, deferred last year.
LSAT > 75%, 25% < GPA < 50%
I wrote a slightly more detailed personal statement and a Why Berkeley essay.

Is anyone at all worried about the dip in USNWR ranking? I understand that there were extenuating circumstances, but it's still a bit of a bummer, no?

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by AlPastor » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:48 pm

Almost ready to submit. :shock: Extending my PS and writing a Why Berkeley

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by thehours » Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:57 pm

Hi! Do they dates in the Berk status checker change throughout the review process? What do they mean?

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by wsq01 » Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:35 am

Hi! Is it normal if my status stay at "We have received your application" for almost a week? Why does it not say completed? I have sent all my materials and every box is checked at the bottom of the page. Is this because I am registered for LSAT in Dec or does it simply take time to go complete?

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by #gobroncos » Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:39 am

wsq01 wrote:Hi! Is it normal if my status stay at "We have received your application" for almost a week? Why does it not say completed? I have sent all my materials and every box is checked at the bottom of the page. Is this because I am registered for LSAT in Dec or does it simply take time to go complete?
As I understand it, if you told them to wait on your December LSAT, then you won’t go complete until that score is in. That said, a week is by no means an abnormal amount of time to go complete in any case. It takes longer for most folks.

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by wsq01 » Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:29 am

#gobroncos wrote:
wsq01 wrote:Hi! Is it normal if my status stay at "We have received your application" for almost a week? Why does it not say completed? I have sent all my materials and every box is checked at the bottom of the page. Is this because I am registered for LSAT in Dec or does it simply take time to go complete?
As I understand it, if you told them to wait on your December LSAT, then you won’t go complete until that score is in. That said, a week is by no means an abnormal amount of time to go complete in any case. It takes longer for most folks.
Got it, thanks! I didn't ask them to wait for my Dec score, so probably just need a couple more days to go complete.

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by urmlaw17 » Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:50 pm

Would you go to Berkeley under Early Admissions?

It would probably lead to around 160K in debt.

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by KENYADIGG1T » Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:54 pm

bettyboopydoop wrote:Checking in here until the official class forum is up!

CA resident, deferred last year.
LSAT > 75%, 25% < GPA < 50%
I wrote a slightly more detailed personal statement and a Why Berkeley essay.

Is anyone at all worried about the dip in USNWR ranking? I understand that there were extenuating circumstances, but it's still a bit of a bummer, no?
The hiring of Dean Chemerinsky is going to set the ranking thing straight, so I see the dip as being very temporary.

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Post by bbwannabe » Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:44 pm

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Re: Berkeley Law c/o 2021 Applicants (2017-2018)

Post by HEARTH » Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:27 am

After the LSAC completed, should I do anything? Just have not get the checker email or any message from the Berk

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Post by tb89 » Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:51 pm

anyone know if ED decisions are also rolling? or are they all going out in December at the same time?

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Post by bbwannabe » Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:54 pm

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