Law School Waitlist Update May 19, 2021
This comes from Joe Pollak, a consultant at our firm who took the time to look at schools messaging and share his thoughts. Mike added a bit at the bottom.
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19 May 2021
25 Mar 2021
Podcast: Preliminary Waitlist Movement Perspectives
In this podcast, Mike Spivey discusses perspectives and considerations as we head into the 2021 law school waitlist season.
Read full post26 Jan 2021
Podcast: LOCIs & Law School Fit When You Can't Visit + International Applicant Considerations This Cycle
In this podcast, Mike Spivey answers more questions from Reddit.
Read full post01 Dec 2020
Podcast: What to Do When You Get Your First Waitlist
Chances are, if you're applying to a healthy range of target, safety, and reach schools, you're likely to get a waitlist or two (at least!).
Read full post07 May 2020
Predicting the COVID-19 Summer Of Law School Waitlist Movement
Early in my admissions career, a former boss of mine would often use the following Niels Bohr quote when speaking of law school admissions: “prediction is difficult, especially when it involves the future.”
Read full post11 Feb 2020
Waitlists and Retaking the LSAT
The waitlist is a tough place to be. It’s better than being rejected, but usually it’s tough to tell where you stand.
Read full post20 May 2019
2018-2019 Waitlist Movement and Advice, Mid-May Update
It's that time of year: waitlist movement time. Many first and second deposit deadlines have passed, and schools are starting the process of finalizing their entering 2019 classes. That's good news for thousands of nervous applicants who are sitting on waitlists anxiously hoping for news. Those of you who were around in the 2017-2018 cycle remember it as a summer of disappointment. The dramatic 7.9% increase in LSAT applicants in that cycle overwhelmed many schools unprepared for such drastic
Read full post25 Apr 2019
The June LSAT and Waitlists
Registration for the June 2019 LSAT closed yesterday. Most people who are signed up for that LSAT administration are going to be using it to apply in the 2019-2020 cycle. But as law school applicants become increasingly savvy to the importance of LSAT scores in admissions, many applicants are re-taking the test in June to improve their chances of getting off a waitlist. Last year alone an additional 7% of June LSAT takers were retaking the test over historical averages—many presumably in hopes o
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Every piece of Spivey Consulting Law School Waitlist Advice
It's that time of year again — law schools are beginning to place applicants on the dreaded waitlist. Luckily, we have two helpful resources if you've been waitlisted this cycle.
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Update from the road
Some brief things I've heard from week 1 of travel that might be of interest to applicants. 1. Another WL wave is likely coming soon. That said, the general consensus is that this will be a slow summer as far as WL movement. Most schools feel "content" (precise word I keep hearing) with where they are right now. 2. The ABA ditching 503 might not be as much of a slam dunk as I (and my collegue Dave Killoran at PowerScore) have thought (see our blog on the topic [h
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