<p>My D applied to UTexas Law back in December and hasn't heard anything (other than they received all necessary materials). Since they have rolling admissions, is it a good sign that she hasn't been rejected already? Does anyone know when she might expect a decision? In general, do the more competitive schools either admit top applicants right away or reject the ones with very low stats soon after they receive the application? Has anyone here heard re: admission soon after applying? Thanks for any insights.</p>
<p>Different schools move on different timelines -- for example, Columbia didn't admit anyone until very recently. Texas has been doing admissions for a while, but generally very strong admissions come first. After a delay, clear-cut rejections begin. As these two pools winnow down, you get closer and closer to the margins of their decisions.</p>
<p>Other discussion boards report that Texas has been doing rejections for nearly two months now, so the fact that your daughter isn't in that pool is a good sign. On the other hand, they've been doing acceptances for three months now, so that's a bad sign. In other words, sounds like they're waiting to see what how their pool looks before making a decision.</p>
<p>The most useful news is that the pre-admission predictors are probably about as useful now as they ever were -- in loose statistics, the Bayesian pre-probabilities are probably relatively unmodified.</p>
<p>Well you didn't get denied.....</p>
<p>Only hearsay based on my own stressful waiting period...</p>
<p>I'm told that no news isn't the best news, but it's also not the worst...so sure, that makes it okay :)</p>
<p>I'm sure that every school operates differently, but I've generally read that on first-read, a few applicants are auto-admits, a few are auto-rejects, and the vast majority fall in the middle. The longer the process drags on, the longer your daughter has stayed in the game.</p>
<p>Is this actually true? Beats me. I've definitely read about this process in a few official places, but I've no idea if it's how Texas operates or if it's what's going on in your daughter's case. Regardless, it kept me optimistic during my own wait. I'd rather think "Yay, I'm still in the game!" then worry that my application is sitting around unread, just waiting to be tossed.</p>
<p>In any case, even for rolling admissions, it hasn't been very long at all. Take the holiday period into account. A few of my schools got back to me within weeks, but most took 2ish months and a few took far longer (I think that the latest application I did was in early March, but the last response I got was from a different school and it was sometime in June).</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter!</p>
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The Preliminary Review of an Application</p>
<p>Applicants whose qualifications more than fulfill the school’s admission standards are usually accepted by an admission committee during the first round of decisions. Candidates whose credentials fall below the school’s standards are usually denied admission.</p>
<p>Most applications are not decided upon immediately. They are usually reviewed by a committee that bases its admission decision on many facets of each application (see How Law Schools Determine Whom to Admit). The length of time it takes the committee to review an application varies; consult the individual law schools to which you apply.
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<p>Second verse, same as the first: At least you didn't get denied.....</p>
<p>Student615: Objection, hearsay. Move to strike.</p>
<p>(Hey, the next post was mine, too. If not for the 15min edit rule, your objection would be a non-issue).</p>
<p>You'll live ;)</p>
<p>If it's "based on my own stressful waiting period," it's actually not hearsay. It's eyewitness (so to speak) testimony.</p>
<p>Well student615 called it hearsay, and I simply pointed out that fact. I guess objection withdrawn then. Rescind motion to strike.</p>
<p>And yes, I'll live. :)</p>