Stanford DING!

[chombi3]

just got my stanford rejection too...first of the cycle, alas.  surprisingly, im not upset at all.  i never really expected to get in because of my gpa, and i couldn't really imagine any circumstance where i would end up moving to california for law school.  ah well.

Sorry chombi, and wow you were complete in December?  Thats bad news, since I was complete in late November...warming up my space 

thanks steve.  i think you're much more likely to be accepted with your stellar gpa in a tough major...maybe it's good news that they're onto december and you haven't gotten anything!

thanks for the kind words chombi, but the more I go through this process the more I see/realize that LSAT is king, and unfortunately (for me) GPA is just kinda there...
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well as much as that's true for most schools (to my delight), i think stanford and boalt are two of the most notable exceptions.  judging from the former's acceptances this cycle on LSN, you basically need a 3.9 or above.

[orlando jackson]

rejected by stanford today.  letter dated 1/20.  I'd just like to point out that Stanford lost to UC Davis in both football and basketbal this year.  UC Davis is was DII a year or two ago.  And of course, stanford also lost the big game to Cal this year.  Go Bears.

Bitter? j/k....Do you mind sharing your numbers and complete date?

bitter is a good word to describe how i feel.  thats what i was trying to convey at least.  my numbers are on LSN at http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com/display.php?user=orlandojackson.  i guess a stanford rejection makes sense when you look at my gpa.  the first one is the worst though.

[Pancho]

Sorry chombi and Orlando . 

It looks like with these rejections dated 1/20, there will be no end to the worrying for the rest of us ....

[Pancho]

They must have something against the 3.8x/176 applicants:

http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com/display.php?user=NorthernGirl

[thescreed]

The one good thing about these Stanford dings is that you can be sure they're not rejecting people just because of their numbers.  They have to take a careful look at the files of some outstanding candidates to find an excuse to reject so many this early in the cycle.

I hope I get a personalized letter telling me that it's not just my old GPA that made them reject me, but that they gave my file a detailed examination and decided that they flat-out don't like me.

[piggy-buttercup]

dinged at stanford 

[Steve.jd]

dinged at stanford 

GPA, complete date?

[Pancho]

dinged at stanford 

My word.  Sorry .  If it makes you feel any better, it seems they plan on enrolling six people in the Class of 2009 .

[Steve.jd]

dinged at stanford 

My word.  Sorry .  If it makes you feel any better, it seems they plan on enrolling six people in the Class of 2009 .

Can you imagine the student faculty ratio that will result?

S will take the rankings by storm! 

[Mikhaila]

I'm NorthernGirl on LSN.  A little surprised to be dinged this early, but I was never going to choose Stanford over Harvard (I want to end up back in Canada), so not too upset.

Commiserations to everyone else getting the bad news this week.