It seems that my suffering is over. Just got the acceptance email!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now, just waiting for Harvard and Yale. I prefer UChicago over all the other schools I have applied to.
As for the decision between Harvard and UChicago, that will be a hard one. (if there will ever be such a decision)

congratulations!!!

Many congratulations Mila, that is wonderful.

Thanks for your kind replies!
Anyone already made up his/her mind and going to Chicago this September?

Hi MIla,

I am 99.9% sure I will be at Chicago.

Hi Mila,
that's great
I think everybody here was suffering with you!
Congratualtions.

Probably I'll go to Chicago as well.

Cheers

Hi Jap, I have indeed been bothering all of you with all sorts of crazy assumptions on minor details of the admission process. I have been worrying way too much. But that's the benefit of hindsight, i guess.
Where are you from? I am Dutch, but I probably already mentioned that somewhere...

Congratulations, Mila. I will probably attend Chicago too. What attracts me most about it is the size of the program and the reputation of the university (mainly its reputation in antitrust). What are your plans for the future? Do you want to work in the US?

Hi LLM_06, see you in the antitrust lectures ;o)

Mila: I sent you a personal message

Best wishes

Still waiting for a reply from Chicago...

Hi guys,

In admission e-mail I was sent 3 weeks ago, they tell that the official letters will be sent after March, 20 via mail (I guess - UPS). Therefore, I beleive that they are still making admissions decisions, and there's still hope for until March, 20 for all those who didn't receive the acceptance notice yet.
Good luck!

Hi LLM-06,
As for my career interests, I would either like to be in academics or work for an international organization (and those two are not mutually exclusive). I might want to stay in the US, but am not sure yet. At Chigaco, I would be mainly intested in law and economics and taking lectures with Posner, Sunstein etc... Their faculty is amazing!!!
Also the small size of the classes and the teaching methods sound very attractive to me. I am strongly inclined to accept the offer.

For those who are still waiting for a decision from the University of Chicago, I have news.

Yesterday I received an e-mail which explained me that I was in a "Standby Group". In other words, I am in a waiting list.

According to the text of the document attached to the e-mail (which was very clear) my chances are not very high since last year none of the person of the waiting list was accepted.

Anyway, if some of the admitted person will not accept the offer from Chicago, please let know them asap so they can offer the space to someone else.

MAPA, I was admitted to Chicago, Columbia and NW and waiting for HLS and NYU´s responses. There is an 80% probability that I will turn down Chicago. As soon as I make my mind I´ll let you know.

For those who are still waiting for a decision from the University of Chicago, I have news.

Yesterday I received an e-mail which explained me that I was in a "Standby Group". In other words, I am in a waiting list.

According to the text of the document attached to the e-mail (which was very clear) my chances are not very high since last year none of the person of the waiting list was accepted.

Anyway, if some of the admitted person will not accept the offer from Chicago, please let know them asap so they can offer the space to someone else.

During its initial review of LL.M. applications, our Graduate Studies Committee decides to admit or deny most of the candidates who have applied. Each year, however, the Committee places about 100 applications, 15 percent of the application pool, in a Standby Group. These Standby Group candidates are considered by the Committee to have very impressive credentials. However, since we have room for only about 50 students in the LL.M. Program, the Committee is reluctant to make final decisions on Standby Group applications until it has received responses from LL.M. applicants who have already been admitted. Those responses are coming in now and most of them will be received by April 15.


In addition, a number of the people saving places in our LL.M. Program are uncertain about whether they will actually enroll this Fall. Some of these applicants may be waiting for final decisions from other schools or they may have other contingencies (e.g. career opportunities, financial circumstances or family considerations) which will determine where, and even if, they will attend law school this year. We ask these candidates to periodically inform us of their current plans for next year. Thus, as more applicants are in a position to make definite plans, we are then able to determine how many more Standby Group candidates we can admit.


Since candidates in our Standby Group are offered admission to fill places which become available in the class, the Committee often considers diversity factors - such as geographic background and work experience - in deciding which people to admit. Thus, candidates in the Standby Group are not formally ranked, and it is impossible to give any individual applicant a prediction of his or her chances of admission. In a typical year about 100 people are invited to be in the Standby Group and about 75 people initially accept that offer. Usually an average of about 10-15 candidates in the Standby Group have been offered admission in April, May and early June. Occasionally, however, some have been admitted as late as July. In 2004 and 2005, however, more people than we expected accepted our initial offers of admission and, as a consequence, we were not able to offer admission to anyone in the Standby Group.


All Standby Group applicants who are offered admission will be sent an e-mail message immediately by the Admissions Office when that decision has been made. Since candidates are admitted as space becomes available, it is not possible to predict when an individual candidate will be offered admission. Standby Group applicants who have not been offered admission by the end of July should assume that they will not be admitted. Letters denying admission will not be sent to people remaining in the Standby Group at that time.


We recognize that many applicants will be tempted to remain in the Standby Group even though they have already made other plans for next year. They have completed our application requirements and it is reasonable to expect us to make decisions. We ask, however, that they not indicate continued interest in Chicago unless there is a good chance that they would attend if offered admission. We make this request so that the Graduate Studies Committee can focus attention on those applicants still seriously considering Chicago.

I am in the Standby Group, too..

In another thread comparing NYU and Chicago, someone posted that Chicago is very near a dangerous neighborhood. Not that this is critical to my decision, I have to confess that it caught my attention.

I want to verify this with those of you who choose to go to Chicago or are currently in Chicago. Is anyone familiar with the vicinity?

Thanks a lot.

Has anyone received a positive answer recently? My file was completed on March 7 and I wander if they keep room until the end for late applicants.

Has anyone received a positive answer recently? My file was completed on March 7 and I wander if they keep room until the end for late applicants.