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Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?

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SASMF

Joined: 04 Apr 2006
Posts: 2
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Wed Apr 05, 2006 06:53 PM

Any ideas ?
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tmalmine

Joined: 02 Jan 2006
Posts: 236
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Wed Apr 05, 2006 07:26 PM
My electronic application to Georgetown got lost in cyperspace. They charged my credit card, though. Can't recommend GULC to anyone after that experience. I sent them email and they responded once or twice, but at some point they just stopped responding. Well, I'm taking my money to Yale, so f... Georgetown.

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djvakil


Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 35
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Wed Apr 05, 2006 09:07 PM
i think it has to be Harvard.........without a doubt! all those crap test emails and no further communication.
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anushka

Joined: 17 Apr 2005
Posts: 165
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Wed Apr 05, 2006 09:17 PM
Definitely Harvard....
the worst by far...
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santiago M

Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Posts: 4
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:33 PM
Cambridge by far. They took more than 5 months to decide!
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James Forster

Joined: 12 Nov 2005
Posts: 27
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:24 AM
Harvard for sure.
Bunch of snotty snubs
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djvakil


Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 35
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:38 AM
..................and it is Harvard in the lead:)
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pra608

Joined: 02 Aug 2005
Posts: 157
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:47 AM
Berkeley

They never respond to any of my email until I got a rejection letter by normal mail three months later.
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gar33

Joined: 02 Mar 2006
Posts: 123
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:55 AM
I applied to Harvard, Yale, Chicago and NYU: all of them were miserable experiences.

Although I will go to HLS and currently love the institution :-), I understand the frustration of many people with the pathetic "test mail" thing. So I vote Harvard. Although I must tell you that they really treat us well after admission.
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boatkung

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 39
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 07:56 AM
I, personally, vote bad admission process for Cornell and UCLA. Good taking care for "Georgetown"--> send lots of information to me. Upenn also have a nice process.

- Cornell--> just a letter and i asked for admission email, they refused to send me. What!!!

- UCLA --> send email thousand times never reply.
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imaverick

Joined: 10 Aug 2005
Posts: 41
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 07:58 AM
Harvard & closely followed by Cambridge Univ.
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Rainmaker


Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Posts: 52
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 08:15 AM
I personally applied to Ox and Cam abd must say that Cambridge system is certainly the worst!!!
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ivan2006


Joined: 30 Nov 2005
Posts: 312
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 09:12 AM
Harvard is # 1 by far in the incompetence ranking... The test e-mail issue was hard to beat by anyone...
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Michaeeel


Joined: 10 Mar 2005
Posts: 82
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 09:27 AM
I agree. I haven't received the rejection letter yet. That test e-mail was ridiculous ...

Harvard is # 1 by far in the incompetence ranking... The test e-mail issue was hard to beat by anyone...
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rippy

Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 35
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:02 AM
people, are you forgetting about Columbia? Some people admitted in early January, some in April, and many just waiting for a response of any kind.
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Salomon

Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 61
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:07 AM
Come on guys, Columbia is the worst. Harvard, at least, tries to keep you informed and provides for a deadline (even if they didn't respect it at the last minute)

Columbia's the slowest, not necessarily the nicest and when you dare asking for your application status, either they yell at you or they reject you.....
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scotty

Joined: 23 Mar 2006
Posts: 34
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:07 AM
u bet rippy...Columbia sucks too...am still waiting for some kinda answer...
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asterion

Joined: 25 Apr 2005
Posts: 103
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:51 PM
I'm just giving up on Columbia. I don't think I'm even going to consider it. Haven't heard from them at all. Anyway, I'm having enough of a hard time trying to decide between Harvard and Stanford. I don't even want to include Columbia into the picture. On the other hand I'm still curious to see if I was admitted :).
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ind_neo

Joined: 29 Mar 2006
Posts: 7
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Fri Apr 07, 2006 01:54 PM
well i got into columbia....and the lady there is absolutely snooty...called her and courtesy sake asked whether i could speak to her for a minute....the b**** said "no"!!!!!!!!! she continued her song by saying that it was difficult for her to stop what she was currently doing....(god knows what)...and preferred to be emailed.....

i was discussing this with a current llm student there who affirmed the feeling by saying that they are one arrogant lot....so ya...my vote goes for columbia.for worst admn. process..

but i have no hesitation in takin admission there...
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midobernard

Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 12
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Fri Apr 07, 2006 02:14 PM
I do not know about the worst admission process. What I do know, however, is that the Admissions Office's work at Vanderbilt is outstanding. I have been treated with professionalism, care, and kindness. They promptly replied to all my emails, but also called me to provide me with additional information. It is a smaller school, but the quality of the faculty is excellent and it is ranked 17 in the US News & World Report. International students should definitely consider applying to their LL.M. program.
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uspresident

Joined: 09 Nov 2005
Posts: 23
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Fri Apr 07, 2006 02:21 PM
I do not know about the worst admission process. What I do know, however, is that the Admissions Office's work at Vanderbilt is outstanding. I have been treated with professionalism, care, and kindness. They promptly replied to all my emails, but also called me to provide me with additional information. It is a smaller school, but the quality of the faculty is excellent and it is ranked 17 in the US News & World Report. International students should definitely consider applying to their LL.M. program.

I agree with you. :)
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underpressure

Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Posts: 41
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Fri Apr 07, 2006 03:13 PM
harvard is the worst.. a scandal...
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albator

Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Posts: 21
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Mon Apr 10, 2006 04:07 PM
Columbia... for sure !
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JDI

Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 43
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Mon Apr 10, 2006 04:26 PM
Columbia: the most expensive law school in the world and they can't hire a competent admissions department.
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SLS

Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Posts: 3
Which Law School do you feel has the worst admission process?
Mon Apr 10, 2006 04:39 PM
There is an admissions department at Columbia ?

Are you kidding ?
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