http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862 en LLM acceptance letters - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:40:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#862 Hi, For those who completed the application process for next year (2005-2006), have you already received any news from the Universities ? Thanks for your replies Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:57:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#865 Hi Rey, I havent heard anything from my applications so far, I applied to Case Western and NYU but will apply to more. how about you? Fri, 11 Feb 2005 04:43:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#866 Hi rey, Nice to see you here. One thing to update. Last week a friend of mine got accepted into LL.M taxation program of Northwestern University. Still, I have heard nothing about my LL.M. General studies from there. Chris Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:43:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#875 Hi Chris, I jorge, This forum seems to be more active than the other one ! I applied to NUY Columbia Stanford Berkeley and Harvard. I just heard from Harvard that they missed a recommendation letter from one of my professors... so it is kind of bad news but I will try to fix it... The other universities have just informed me that they received my application... but no acceptance letter yet ! I announced that I will quit my job in six months but I am still not sure whether I will be accepted in a law school !!!!! STRESS !!! Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:10:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#879 Kind of getting tired of waiting... no news from any of the acceptance letters... not even a single e-mail or information indicating for an expected time for getting them... Do you know, when an acceptance letter is received, how much time have you got to reply? Aprox. Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:33:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#882 I would like to know that too, but as I have only sent my applications a short time ago I guess, from all what you are writing, I will still be in for a long time of waiting... but NYU should be a little easier to get in right? They seem to be accepting a much larger of LLM students? Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:10:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#887 Admit to UVa. I checked the online status from Cornell, and it saids that they have made a decision regarding my application, but the decision will be sent by mail. Still waiting from other universities. Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:58:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#891 Hi, If you've been admitted to UVa , forget about Cornell. UVa's law school has a much better reputation than Cornell's. UVa is actually one of the top feeder schools for the best US law firms, right up there with Harvard, Columbia and NYU. UVa also offers twice as many courses as Cornell. Finally, UVa has a better alumni network! Cheers, and congrats on your UVa acceptance! P.S. Cornell is also an excellent law school, dont get me wrong - however it is definately a notch below UVa. Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:02:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#892 One more thing - Cornell has a better reputation OUTSIDE the United-States than UVa. If you're planning on working internationally, then Cornell is the better choice. However, if you want to work at a top US firm, then UVa will give you many more opportunities. Sat, 12 Feb 2005 07:18:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#894 Ray: Sorry about your missing recommendation letter. Hope you solve it very soon. For my HLS application, I just got a blue postcard dated Feb 2, 2005, confirming its completeness yesterday, That makes me relieve a lot after a long waiting!!!. Still looking forward to hearing the decision. Mexllm: Congratulations on your UVA admission. I agree with bonobo that the matter of the University's reputation depends on where you will be back to work. About Cornell status check, how can you do that? I have tried many times but it ends up with a result that my application is not in their database. However, I got the confirmation of receipt and completeness of my application since last November. Anyonce facing the problem like mine? Go!!!: I answered that question once in other webboard but copy it down here for your convenience. In general, once offerred a seat in a ll.m. program, you are required to accept your offer of admission to that law school, perhaps with some deposits. A deadline for your acceptance, period of which is different according to each law school, will be given in the decision mail or the admitted student website. I understand that for some schools if you cannot make such commitment in time, you are allowed to ask for an extension. But please make sure that you make a request for such extension as earliest as you can and already obtain their grant before doing so. Keep posting if you receive more admission news!!! Good luck Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:14:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#934 I just got an admission letter by air mail from Cornell today!!! Still waiting for four more schools. Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:05:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#937 Chris: Where do you live? Where did you applied? Best regards! Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:00:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#940 Hey Chris! Congratulations! =) Me too got an admission letter by air mail from Cornell! Where do you come from? I am from Switzerland.... The four other universities have just informed me that they received my application... also waiting for other acceptance letters! I 'm in the same situation... Bye Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:56:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#944 Hi I live in Bangkok, Thailand and did apply for HLS, Michigan, UPenn, Cornell, Northwestern and Georgetown. Right now, I only got offers from Cornell and Georgetown. The other schools still remain silent. Reno: Is cornell the place you are going to go? If so, nice to meet my first classmate. I am likely to go there regardless of the result of Penn, Northwestern and Michigan. Cornell's reputation is very very good here in my country. However, if accepted by HLS, I will be forced to go to Masachusette instead but it's so not gonna happen. Chris Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:51:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#947 I applied to HLS, UVa, Columbia, NYU, Cornell, Chicago and UMich. Why do they take so long? Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:03:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#948 Congratulations to those who received letters from Cornell. I am still waiting for replies from NYU, Columbia, Berkeley, Stanford and HLS. Some say that it is not gonna happen before april .... fffff Bye Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:07:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#957 Hi! Chris: There are really good chances that we are going to be classmates in Cornell! I am sure we will have a good time there =) I think I will also go there unless I got an admission letter from HLS or Stanford... next month we will know... What you wrote about HLS ... you never know - you already made it Cornell why not to HLS ... you proofed already that you have an outstanding record (I think Richard D. Geiger, the Dean of Admissions of the Cornell Law School sent the same letter to you =) I my country Cornell has a very good reputation and in a ranking list I found in the net (http://www.auap.com/llm.html) it's among the three best LLM-Programs in the Staates... But I am sure you can find in the web many other rankings which show you other results... Wow, Bangkok... a month ago I stayed in the peninsula and I used the skytrain ... Rey: Good things come to those who wait... you will see! =) Have a good time! Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:04:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#958 Hi, I would like to warn anyone who relies on AUAP’s ranking of LL.M. programs. This ranking is not only unreliable, it is also fraudulent. You will notice that AUAP provides absolutely no methodology or numbers or statistics to back up its ranking. AUAP’s objective is not to provide a real ranking, but to convince its clients (students who pay them $$$ for help with admissions) that they are getting them admitted into a “top school”, when they only succeed in sending them to very weak or average schools. Many schools on that list are second or third tier schools: for example LSU, Cardozo, Penn State, Tulane, etc… Some of the above schools are not even among the top 50 best law schools in the US! Moreover, several exceptional programs, such as Michigan, Virginia, and Stanford, which are clearly top 10 schools, are curiously missing from AUAP’s list. For anyone who wants a real ranking of how a law school is viewed in the United-States, please see Brian Lighter’s faculty quality ranking or the US News ranking. Hope this helps! P.S. rankings never give you the full story, nor do they tell if a program is right for you. Use them wisely! For example, if in your country Cornell is highly regarded, then by all means go to Cornell, even if it’s not “top ten”. The value of a degree is highly subjective depending on where you plan to work. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:12:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#959 I fully agree with the opinions set forth in the prior posting. The law, like all social sciences, is an abstract construct, and its highly academic instruction is difficult to quantify with rankings (to the chagrin of many an incoming student attempting to choose the "right" school). Go to the law school that offers what you want, and has the best reputation in your home country (as opposed to the published rankings). At least in the US, you pay too much money and spend too much time in your studies to follow a course of study at an institution only because it is supposedly highly ranked. Also, please take this as advice, but the practice of law is often....ROTE and BORING!! You may want to do something else with your degree in your home country after five or tens years of legal work (work for an NGO, run for office, work in company, etc...). These non-legal employers often don't know or what a tort or summary judgment motion is or what grade you got in civil procedure, but there is a chance they'll known that, for example, former US President Clinton went to Georgetown where you did your LLM. Just some friendly advice from a US attorney with many disgruntled European colleagues with US LLMs who no longer work in the legal field but in jobs, some of which, they probably did not envision working at before law school. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:02:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1007 Just to update, my colleague just got accepted to Duke by email today. Anyone else waiting for reply from this school? Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:47:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1010 In at Cornell!!! Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:08:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1017 Mexllm: Congratulations on your admission to Cornell!!! Will you go there or UVA? are u still waiting for the others in your list? Where are u from? hope to meet u there at Cornell. Has anyone received any reply from U of Michigan? by email or mail? just curious because some said that Umich has begun notifying their applicants for week but i have got nothing now. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:26:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1021 A friend of mine got his Michigan acceptance a week ago and he has until late-March to confirm. I hope you get into Michigan! Better school than Cornell and a HUGE alumni network. Cornell alumni are centered around Boston and NY, whereas Michigan alumni are all over the United-States ... it's a much more national school. Virginia is slightly more national than Michigan, though it's more eastern-seaboard oriented whereas Michigan has a stronger network in the midwest. Cornell is still excellent though - you should be thrilled about your admission! The only downside to Cornell is that they dont offer a wde variety of courses because the law school is so small. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:16:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1022 When did you guys sent your applications to Cornell? How long did it take to get a reply? Also, are you graduates, or post-graduates? Thanks. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:37:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1024 I prefer UVa over Cornell. I also applied to UMich, but I haven't received a response. I wrote to an admissions officer three days ago and she responded to me that I will have a decision in the next few weeks. I sent my applications to Cornell and UMich late november and to UVa late december. We are having much more participation in this forum, I hope that it continues this way. How are responses from UMich being sent? Email or mail? Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:40:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1025 By the way, I am from Monterrey, MEX. Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:55:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1027 mexllm: Michigan sends an e-mail confirming that you've been accepted into the program and they mail a big package with several booklets via airmail. My friend received his package 2 days after the email. Sat, 19 Feb 2005 06:39:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1028 So, I am not gonna meet you, Mexllm, at Cornell. My best choice now is Cornell as its reputation is far better than Umich and UVA in my country, Still waiting for the reply from the others, though, especially, HLS. Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:46:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1058 In at Georgetown... UVA still my first choice but I am waiting for HLS, Columbia, UChi, UMich and NYU Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:20:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1059 mexllm: My friend who got admitted to Michigan (and Duke) is likewise looking towards UVa as his most likely destination so far. HLS is his first choice, but admissions are very competitive. I heard that the school places great importance on the two essays when evaluating candidates. Did you write a strong essay? Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:33:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1060 I believe I did but I guess it's up to the Admissions Committee to decide. I have also heard that HLS tends to distribute its admissions geographically, so I am really competing with other Mexican lawyers that applied. As to the competitive admissions, the HLS program is bigger than UVA's, but I guess more people apply to it (and few people pass the opportunity to attend to Harvard). I have heard of people that have not been admiited to other programs (UVA, Chicago) and have been admitted to HLS. So you never know. Bonono, one question... is your friend really you? Just kidding. Best of luck to everyone. Let try to make this discussion group as popular as possible. LLM's have very few resources online (compared with JD's), and we can surely gain alot from everyone's comments. Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:51:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1061 mexllm: No, my friend is a coworker here in montreal. He is applying to LL.M.s while I'm applying to a joint SJD / D.Phil. Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:55:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1062 mexllm: No, my friend is a coworker here in montreal. He is applying to LL.M.s while I'm applying to a joint SJD / D.Phil. Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:25:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1064 I am so stressed!!!!I can't sleep in the evenings! Every second I think about the LLM and whether I'll be accepted. I check the post every single day...twice!!!! I think I have lost it...:) Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:32:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1066 I applied to HLS and Yale last year and didn't get an response before April. You can, however, give them a call around mid March and ask when they will send out the letters. They will tell you the day and will also provide the date you inquire about the outcome which safes, of course, a lot of time, especially if you are outside the US. The only requirement is that you call in person and are able to answer some simple questions (like birthday and -place, date of your graduation, etc.) Good luck to all of you. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:49:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1067 You should completely forget about the rankings of some of these weirdo LL.M. lists on the web. The only ranking that counts is the law school ranking from US News. What does it help, if NYU is ranked better than Harvard, for instance, if nobody outside the US can tell the difference between the University of Miami and NYU? Also, the prestige of the university itself will always follow your LL.M degree, which means that a Harvard degree will always have a better reputation than one from Columbia (even though Columbia is one of the schools that is really close to the H-bomb), because in the end, Harvard's other schools and programs have a huge impact on the overall prestige. I haven't heard of Brown or Dartmouth before I arrived to the States, even though they belong also to the Ivy League Schools. But both universities have only a few top programs that in the end suffer from the rankings of the other programs, a reason these schools are not overly know abroad. I agree with the opinion already stated by somebody and recommend to go for the brand, if you are a foreigner, and don't plan to spend your life doing corporate law in New York. For US lawyers, of course, other criteria should be more important. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:05:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1068 Elias: Where did you do your LLM? Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:34:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1087 Did anyone hear from Columbia law school? Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:38:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1088 Where did everyone apply? Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:39:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1089 Nothing from Columbia... :( Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:41:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1090 I applied at the exact places as everyone else, apart from NYU, because I prefer smaller programs - but I am really starting to get worried as I have heard nothing, and I now wish I had applied to more Law Schools....... Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:19:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1094 Hi, As we are talking "brand" and reputation... could you please give me your opinion on the five law schools I applied to : HLS (ok, I already know that it's the most prestigious) Columbia, Berkeley, Stanford, NYU. By the way, I still haven't received any final decision... but I did receive a scholarship from an institution in my country. The only condition is that I get accepted to one of these lawschools. Cheers ! Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:23:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1100 Hi everyone! I´m Sonya from Costa Rica, and also applying to LLM Programs. I´ve had admissions from Georgetown and Columbia so far, but I´m still waiting from responses from other universities. Has anyone heard from HLS or NYU? Many thanks, and I´m glad to join the chat! Sonya Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:41:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1102 Hola Sonya, When did you hear from Columbia? Others and I on this board have not heard anything from Columbia as of yet. Did you apply for financial assistance from Columbia? Well, congratulations for being accepted at these great LLM programs. Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:47:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1106 I received admissions offers from UVA and Georgetown!!!! Stil waiting HLS, Columbia, NYU, Northwestern and Umich! Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:06:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1112 Has anyone tried to contact Columbia regarding their admission decision? Is that frowned upon? Good luck to everyone! Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:03:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1126 Hi, I heard that someone from my country (Belgium) received an acceptance letter from Columbia. I do not know whether he applied for financial assistance. Well at least, I did ... and I personnaly think that I should not have because it seems to delay the review... Anyway, congratulations for your acceptance letter. Maybe we will be classmates (at columbia, NUY or HLS, who knows). Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:13:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1129 Mex, I would not dare to contact them but if you do so, please tell us what they told you !!!! Thanks a lot and good luck to you Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:13:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1130 HI, For thos who received acceptance letters from Columbia and those (like my and a friend of mine) are still waiting for it... And just in cas they review files alphabetically... Could you give the first letter of your last name... I have a V and a H without answer... Thanks for your participation Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:04:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1135 Hi! thanks for the replies! I received the happy news from Columbia last week and yes, I applied for financial aid. It´s possible that they are reviewing applications by last name.....mine starts with a C..... Good luck to everyone, and keep writing, so we can stay in touch if any of us end up going to the same university!!! Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:24:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1137 Hi Sonya, Thank you for the reply ! Did Columbia promise you any financial help ? Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:18:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1143 Hello everyone! I have got the admission from Georgetown and some other schools. Georgetown is my top choice so far, but I am still waiting for Northwestern U and NYU. Has anyone heard from NWU or NYU yet? Does anyone think that a smaller program is better (for example: Cornell), even better than super-sized NYUs'? If so, would you share your reasons? Thanks a lot. Congradulations, everyone! And hope better admissions are coming soon for all of us. -Peggy Thu, 24 Feb 2005 05:26:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1146 Hi!! yes, they would give me partial financial assistance. However, a year at Columbia is expensive. The overall expenses for the year of study for a single student are almost U$ 60.000. Peggy, congratulations on your admissions! I think the choice between a large or small program is very personal, and has to do with where you would feel more confortable... Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:42:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1152 Harvard acceptance arrived today! Harvard didn’t give me any financial aid. I was also admitted to Michigan (2 weeks ago) Columbia (last week) and Chicago (this past Monday by email) and no financial aid either unfortunately. Good luck guys! Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:45:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1153 Correction to my last post: Columbian did give financial aid, but it was negligible. For those who are curious about my statistics in case you're waiting for your answer, my class rank was 2nd out of 215 students and I have six years experience as counsel for an embassy in Japan. I completed my first law degree in Cape Town. Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:35:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1154 Congratulations!!!You deserve it! Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:17:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1155 HI, Congratulations ! I bet that most of us would love to be your classmate at Harvard... maybe.... Cheers Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:11:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1158 Hi, Tokyoguy: Congratulations on your admissions to those schools. According to your profile, you are undoubtedly their first choice. That's why you receive the offers very early. About HLS, how did u receive the decision from them? Email, Postcard or Air Mail? When did you submit your applications to each school? and how much is your Toefl score? Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:30:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1160 Chris, I didn’t write a TOEFL since my first degree was in English. As to your kind remark about my being their first choice, I don’t think that’s the case. I called several of my friends who applied and two of them got admitted with financial aid (both got half tuition). They must have had better records than I did. Harvard sent the offer of admission by letter. Since I wasn’t the only person to get the acceptance today, I assume they mailed all their first round of offers at the same time earlier this week. My first choice remains Yale, but still no answer! Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:47:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1161 Hi again, tokyo guy! Thank you for the very prompt reply from u. Come on, your profile is so incredible. I think being granted the financial aid depends on each applicant's financial need, doesn't it? Sorry to keep asking but still want to know when u sent your applications to all schools. I sent mine to HLS right before deadline and just received the blue postcard last two weeks. It may take very long time for me to get the reply. Anybody heard anything from Penn? It seems like nobody mentioned about this school. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:57:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1162 Chris, Harvard sent me their postcard confirming that my file was complete in the last week of January, approximately. I expressed to Harvard that I *needed* 10 000 and they replied that they couldnt give me anything. I think that scholarships are awarded on merit. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:29:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1165 Congrats Tokyo Guy and good luck with Yale. I submitted my Harvard application in November; at that time my final year average was a high 2:1 (England). Now - after receiving last term's results - I have a 1st class average. I am wondering if Harvard would accept this 'update' to my transcript... or perhaps it's too late to submit anything else? Thanks Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:33:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1166 Hello everyone, Has anyone applied to Arizona Unversity in the international trade program? Since we re talking about ranking, what's the ranking of this University in this type of llm? Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:14:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1167 Congrats Tokyo Guy!!! IMPRESSIVE! Let us know if you hear from Yale! Good luck! Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:06:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1170 Hey Tokyo guy!! Could you tell me the first letter of your surname, as Harvard may send the letters alphabetically. Thank you. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:04:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1173 The first letter of my surname is W Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:31:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1177 Congratulations, everybody! This seems to be a pretty successful discussion board - or maybe only success is reported... I am currently deciding, whether I should attend Duke or UPenn. If anybody has any thoughts on that, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:49:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1179 Hey guys! I am a little worried since I haven't yet received the blue postcard from HLS. I did receive the yellow one on the first days of December. I hope this is a post office problem, since I have a friend that never received the yellow one but did receive the blue one. Is someone in the same situation?? What do you recommend me to do?? Many thanks!! Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:09:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1180 Hello marcia, don't worry, I am sure it must be a problem with the post - you can always phone them and let them know, just in case something is missing from your application (because the blue card indicates that), so they can let you know. This way you be more calm!:) Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:50:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1185 Marcia, I only received one card from Harvard (most people received two) and it didnt seem to hurt my admission. In any event, my understanding is that Harvard already mailed out their admission decisions to 200 candidates via international priority mail (mine arrived in two days to Tokyo) and all that remains is for them to make a wait list in the event that a lot of admitted candidates dont accept the offer (or can't afford to attend!). I think the program has 150 places. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:14:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1187 Hi all, I had an even stranger experience from Harvard admissions! One month ago, they send me a card saying that my application was incomplete: I was missing an English translation of my grades (because my transcript is from Mali) and I also forgot to answer one of the questions in the essays. In truth, I didn’t know what to write for part A and I left it blank, hoping they wouldn’t notice. When Harvard wrote that I was missing these things, I was travelling and I didn’t receive their letter. However, I got the good news (admission1!!) yesterday …. So I guess that if your application was missing things, it doesn’t really matter in their decision. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:07:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1190 HI, Congratulations for your acceptance letter to Harvard. Seems like everybody got its admission but me :-((( I do not get it... you leave a blank question in your application form, and you still get accepted to HLS !!! You must be EXCELLENT ! OK, I think that I should stop trying to understand the rationale behind the application process... I just wait, wait and wait. Anyway, thanks to all of you who are sharing their latest news ! Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:27:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1193 Congratulations to all of you!! I have only one thing to say: If you "want" something and at the same time you "deserve" it, it will come. Also it has to be good for you. If it does not happen, it means you are destined to something else which for yourself and your goals, is by far superior-it will help you more. You have to see both the acceptances and the rejections with a smile and an open mind, because either is for your own good! Good luck to everyone!xxxxxxxxx Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:45:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1195 I have still not heard from Columbia and I kind of put all my eggs in the Columbia basket because of it great rep in int'l law. Have others like bonobo heard any news? I will start panicking if I don't hear from them by early next week. Congrats to those that have received acceptance letters. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:08:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1197 Iclmar, I think that you're absolutely right. You have to go with the flow, and take things as they come. Most importantly, learn from them! I got rejected from all these schools last year, but this year when I applied I did it differently and things are looking bright so far. If you dont get admitted, take a year of to think about why you didnt get in, and use this fresh perspective to have a better application next year. For me, it was changing the focus of my personal statement from my career objectives (working in IP law, specificallly the music industry and rap) and focusing instead on me underpriviledged upbringing. I felt as if my unique ability to make magic flow from my pen would not credence to my story of learning to read and write by myself after finding a book in the Kalahari desert. So I payed a home-schooled high school student $50 to write it for me. It read as if he had absolutely no formal writing education at all! I think it definitely helped. I hope you find something that works for you too! Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:22:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1198 Sage, I think you can still apply to NYU, Georgetown and Penn ... I might be mistaken, but I believe their deadline is March 1st. They are ranked 1st, 4th and 14th, respectively, in international and comparative law. This is based on the faculty quality ranking by Brian Leiter. All are excellent top tier universities in other areas of law as well. If I were in your position, I would apply via overnight mail immediately or, better yet, use their online application. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:40:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1199 Can you still apply to NYU? Because I did not and I have regreted it. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:47:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1201 I apologize for suggesting that you could still apply to NYU. It appears that the April 1st deadline is only for North American candidates like myself. Those overseas had to mail their application by January 1st. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:48:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1202 Douche:) You brought smiles in my face! Because I have been thinking, that this is exactly what I will do. If I don't get in, I will take the year off and work, do things that will help me and then try again! Eventually it will come!Thank you! Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:54:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1204 Iclmar: Yes! Get work experience, walk the earth, find yourself, and approach your applications differently next year. Get some better letters of recommendation, maybe add a video or audiotape of yourself (I sent them my music CD) and find an original angle for your personal statement. I bet that 90% of applicants write vapid statements about how they want to do “humanitarian law”, or “international human rights” etc … I think people in admissions offices are sick to the stomach of reading this drivel day in, day out. They know all you want is that degree to hang on your wall so you can make a lot of dough! You need something fresh! You need to stand out among all these people with super academic credentials. I certainly didn’t have the grades, but I made sure that my application was different and memorable. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:57:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1206 Thanks bonobo for your advice but I have already decided that its Columbia or bust for me. I am still confident that I will be accepted (hopefully with some fin aid), but less so if I do not hear any news by next week. Does that mean you and your friend received an acceptance letter from Columbia? Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:31:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1207 Add me to the growing list of admitted Harvard students! douche bag, what does your name mean? Also do you have a girlfriend and is she also black? Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:23:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1226 SCHORSCH: From your post, it seems as though you already got admitted to Penn. If so, could u please let us know when u got such admission? and how (email or mail)? douche_bag: Congratulations!!! Both Harvard and Yale huh? You are so cool!!! Good luck for your stanford application. Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:44:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1228 Chris, I received an e-mail from UPenn about a week ago. I think that they have just started sending out their admissions, so don't worry about it, if you haven't gotten anything. Good luck! Any help with my choice between them and Duke anybody? Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:36:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1235 In my opinion, you are better off going to the University of Pennsylvania. The school is essentially a feeder school for New-York law firms. Its graduates generally practice in New-York (and within the Northeast corridor), whereas Duke graduates are more dispersed across the US. This means that you will have many more opportunities to hook up with Penn alumni in NY, where I assume you will be practicing yourself since LL.M. students can take the NY bar exam. I also believe that Penn has a much stronger faculty than Duke in every category, except IP where Duke has a definite edge. Keep in mind that Duke also has a *gorgeous* campus. Good luck with your choice! Both are top notch schools and it could come down to a matter of taste. Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:08:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1309 After a hot news that HLS releases its LLM acceptance, many members seem to be disappeared! Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:48:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1317 what do U mean ? Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:33:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1401 hi guys!! any news from universities??? here in Argentina...no news at all! Fri, 04 Mar 2005 07:31:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1426 no news in Fance also, It doesn't look so good... Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:06:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1435 Hi All: I have just found out about this site. It seems pretty cool, but tends to make everybody a bit more nervous. I would like to congratulate the people who got accepted where the wanted! So far I have received offers of admission from UVa, Chicago and UPenn. I am still waiting to hear from NYU, Columbia and HLS (these three are actually my first choice ones). Do you think that there is still a chance to get offers from these schools or all of the offers have already been made. As far as I understand the offers from NYU and HLS should be made about March the latest. But I don’t understand the situation with the term in Columbia. R you all sure about the alphabetical order of the application review or what other systems could they use? Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:31:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1439 no news in China except rejection. upenn yale and HLS didn't gave any offers yet Fri, 04 Mar 2005 20:51:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1455 Hi all, It was great to find a place to talk about LL.M without somebody who is part interested in taken your money!! I am from Spain, I just got my law degree one year ago, after that I went to USA to catch up with my english, so I do not have work experience yet. Eventhough, I got a good Toefl score and I have decided to try to do a LL.M un Usa. My grades are really bad, so I do not know this is worthwhile at all. I am interested in Maritime Law, so I applyed to Tulane and I have been admitted. Good news!, but 30000 dollars, and then one is fearful of not being able to get a job after all. Like there is not much about Maritime in Usa, I aldo tryed with Arizona U, Rogers College, I heard some of you talking about it (trade), and Louisiana St Un, and Temple. I have been rejected in Southampton (UK) , and from the others I do not know yet. Well this is my story, Glad to know about yours, Congratulations for everyone who has been admitted (huge names: harvard....) and If someone wants to share something about their experience, it will be a pleasure. Bye! Sun, 06 Mar 2005 17:58:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1498 I am truely amazed to see these ppl with incredible profile on this discussion board. It excites me just to think that I probably will have a chance to study in the same classroom with these wonderful ppl... I was informed by Columbia by email last week that I was admitted, but no more details. a formal letter is on its way. I also applied for NYU, HLS, Upenn, Cornell and Duke. No rejection, yet no admission as well. I sent out application at the end of Nov. Gook luck to those who haven't heard anything. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 07:34:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1511 hi! everybody...I am also international student . I have a question. Right now i'm still get stuck on the toefl test, can you guys introduce me ?!! I already sent application ,but waiting for my best score. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 07:53:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1513 Yo Maggie! I was shocked by your "gook" comment! Why don’t you like people from Vietnam? Although you may believe that your race is inherently superior to others, and/or that individuals should be treated differently according to their racial designation, I personally find that offensive. Can't we all just get along? Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:25:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1517 Mixmaster: Not so funny. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 04:13:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1543 mixmaster: what are you talking about??? there was nothing racial in my comments. maybe you are too sensative. but if there is anything I said made you upset, I didn't mean it. this is a board we share information, worries and joys. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:43:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#1684 can douche_bag and Tokyo men tell us which countries there are from ? Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:14:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#2304 Hi Everyone, I received an e-mail from Harvard on friday saying that I'd been accepted and that details will folow. Haven't heard from NYU, Michigan, and Columbia, which are the other three schools to which I've applied. I wonder what's happening there. Ashim Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:27:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/862/last#2306 Hi Ashim! Many a congratulations. I am a law student studying in 4th year at Delhi. I hope to apply to HLS and other Schools for the 2006-07 session. Could you give me a few tips that might help me in gaining an admission. My e-mail is anurag_14@hotmail.com.Thanks.Cheers!