Texas Law Class of 2021 Applicants (2017-2018 cycle) Forum

[abujabal]

Those of you who sent an unsolicited Why...

Where did you send it? Just general admissions?

I sent it to admissions@law.utexas.edu, and that got it through just fine.

I replied to the "we got your application email" with it and it seemed to work

[cooleyclassof2021]

Completed my interview this week and was wondering if they record/can watch the preparation time? My camera light was on and I could see/adjust myself. I did not maintain professionalism during that time and I'm worried that is going to count against me.

[pbsdotcom]

Completed my interview this week and was wondering if they record/can watch the preparation time? My camera light was on and I could see/adjust myself. I did not maintain professionalism during that time and I'm worried that is going to count against me.

lol would also love to know the answer to this

[Churner_throwaway-]

Completed my interview this week and was wondering if they record/can watch the preparation time? My camera light was on and I could see/adjust myself. I did not maintain professionalism during that time and I'm worried that is going to count against me.

I called myself an idiot in between video responses for Cornell's interview and got in yesterday. I am almost certain they can't see that.

[cooleyclassof2021]

Completed my interview this week and was wondering if they record/can watch the preparation time? My camera light was on and I could see/adjust myself. I did not maintain professionalism during that time and I'm worried that is going to count against me.

I called myself an idiot in between video responses for Cornell's interview and got in yesterday. I am almost certain they can't see that.

Oh TG. Also lmao.

[heyduchess]

Those of you who sent an unsolicited Why...

Where did you send it? Just general admissions?

I sent it to admissions@law.utexas.edu, and that got it through just fine.

I replied to the "we got your application email" with it and it seemed to work

Lolz thx abu. <3

[wmbuff]

Hooray!/Darn!

I've been invited to interview, in spite of sending a "Why Texas". Good thing I'm going up to my parents' house this weekend, and can try it on different computers than the ones that failed for Northwestern.

[megs384]

Finally broke radio silence with an interview request yesterday!! Elated but also terrified. Good luck to everyone! In state resident, ED.

[NeneLeakesss_409]

Finally broke radio silence with an interview request yesterday!! Elated but also terrified. Good luck to everyone! In state resident, ED.

If you don't mind me asking, what are your stats and are you URM?

[megs384]

Finally broke radio silence with an interview request yesterday!! Elated but also terrified. Good luck to everyone! In state resident, ED.

If you don't mind me asking, what are your stats and are you URM?

3.76/162 Non-URM. I'm honestly shocked they haven't outright rejected me yet, I know my numbers are crap. Maybe it helps that I'm disabled? Idk.

[wmbuff]

Finally broke radio silence with an interview request yesterday!! Elated but also terrified. Good luck to everyone! In state resident, ED.

If you don't mind me asking, what are your stats and are you URM?

3.76/162 Non-URM. I'm honestly shocked they haven't outright rejected me yet, I know my numbers are crap. Maybe it helps that I'm disabled? Idk.

We don't have c/o 2020 quartiles yet, but you're over GPA median, and at the 25th LSAT from c/o 2019. That's no auto-ding, and if they saw something else they like in your app, they're probably interested. An interview is a good sign, from what we've been told.

[ebrook93]

Finally broke radio silence with an interview request yesterday!! Elated but also terrified. Good luck to everyone! In state resident, ED.

If you don't mind me asking, what are your stats and are you URM?

3.76/162 Non-URM. I'm honestly shocked they haven't outright rejected me yet, I know my numbers are crap. Maybe it helps that I'm disabled? Idk.

We don't have c/o 2020 quartiles yet, but you're over GPA median, and at the 25th LSAT from c/o 2019. That's no auto-ding, and if they saw something else they like in your app, they're probably interested. An interview is a good sign, from what we've been told.

Out of curiosity, what do you mean "from what we've been told?" Like is that coming from somebody at UT?

I applied ED and I'm in state with 166/3.49, and am getting very worried that I haven't gotten an interview request. It seems to me that they're interviewing candidates that they like but aren't auto acceptances from their numbers. My numbers are between the 25-50 percentiles, so I imagine I'd be on the bubble, and am taking my lack of interview request to mean that I'm probably going to be rejected.

[sev]

Out of curiosity, what do you mean "from what we've been told?" Like is that coming from somebody at UT?

Yeah; they talked on this at the law day thing and they’re trying to interview a higher percentage of admitted students this year.

Edit: I’d say that you shouldn’t take it as a ding—it’s still kinda early for ED—they have until the end of January.)

[NeneLeakesss_409]

Finally broke radio silence with an interview request yesterday!! Elated but also terrified. Good luck to everyone! In state resident, ED.

If you don't mind me asking, what are your stats and are you URM?

3.76/162 Non-URM. I'm honestly shocked they haven't outright rejected me yet, I know my numbers are crap. Maybe it helps that I'm disabled? Idk.

We don't have c/o 2020 quartiles yet, but you're over GPA median, and at the 25th LSAT from c/o 2019. That's no auto-ding, and if they saw something else they like in your app, they're probably interested. An interview is a good sign, from what we've been told.

Out of curiosity, what do you mean "from what we've been told?" Like is that coming from somebody at UT?

I applied ED and I'm in state with 166/3.49, and am getting very worried that I haven't gotten an interview request. It seems to me that they're interviewing candidates that they like but aren't auto acceptances from their numbers. My numbers are between the 25-50 percentiles, so I imagine I'd be on the bubble, and am taking my lack of interview request to mean that I'm probably going to be rejected.

I relate! I'm a 164/3.7. Haven't heard back yet and I'm scared it indicates a rejection. Praying otherwise and trying to stay optimistic!

[Jakovenko]

I got an interview request like 2 days after submitting app materials... Can anyone who has done the interview shed some light on what sorts of questions are asked? This will be my first LS interview.

[dallinpackard]

I got an interview request like 2 days after submitting app materials... Can anyone who has done the interview shed some light on what sorts of questions are asked? This will be my first LS interview.

It's fairly simple. Expect basic questions like "Why law? Why Texas" etc... It's not going to be unique to your application, but there may be slight variance from application to application.

[Jakovenko]

I got an interview request like 2 days after submitting app materials... Can anyone who has done the interview shed some light on what sorts of questions are asked? This will be my first LS interview.

It's fairly simple. Expect basic questions like "Why law? Why Texas" etc... It's not going to be unique to your application, but there may be slight variance from application to application.

Thank you!

[ebrook93]

UT Law Admissions just tweeted that they made their first round of calls for ED admits today. Did anybody get a call?

[lockstockmcgee]

I got in via call yesterday afternoon- Couldn't be more excited to be a Longhorn! Hook 'em! (I applied ED)

[ebrook93]

I got in via call yesterday afternoon- Couldn't be more excited to be a Longhorn! Hook 'em! (I applied ED)

Congrats! Would you mind sharing your stats?

[lockstockmcgee]

I got in via call yesterday afternoon- Couldn't be more excited to be a Longhorn! Hook 'em! (I applied ED)

Congrats! Would you mind sharing your stats?

I was median LSAT and below median GPA.

[ebrook93]

I got in via call yesterday afternoon- Couldn't be more excited to be a Longhorn! Hook 'em! (I applied ED)

Congrats! Would you mind sharing your stats?

I was median LSAT and below median GPA.

That’s very encouraging! Sorry one more question... did you interview?

[megs384]

Hi guys! Can anyone who's interviewed walk me through your experience? I'm planning to record it tonight, but am debating what to wear, where to record, and whether or not answering all the practice questions is worth it. I went through the Kira practice run over and over again until the questions started repeating themselves lol. Are the questions different in the actual interview different?

[blackmamba8]

Hi guys! Can anyone who's interviewed walk me through your experience? I'm planning to record it tonight, but am debating what to wear, where to record, and whether or not answering all the practice questions is worth it. I went through the Kira practice run over and over again until the questions started repeating themselves lol. Are the questions different in the actual interview different?

I'm a guy so I wore a suit jacket and tie. They don't ask you to stand up so you don't need to wear dress pants, I just wore shorts. I recorded mine in my apartment bedroom. The questions in the actual interview are different from the ones in the practice. There are three verbal responses and then one 15 minute writing response.

[wmbuff]

Hi guys! Can anyone who's interviewed walk me through your experience? I'm planning to record it tonight, but am debating what to wear, where to record, and whether or not answering all the practice questions is worth it. I went through the Kira practice run over and over again until the questions started repeating themselves lol. Are the questions different in the actual interview different?

I'm a guy so I wore a suit jacket and tie. They don't ask you to stand up so you don't need to wear dress pants, I just wore shorts. I recorded mine in my apartment bedroom. The questions in the actual interview are different from the ones in the practice. There are three verbal responses and then one 15 minute writing response.

I just did mine with the same attire. Glad I had already done a Why Texas.