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Don't worry. You will be admitted. I got the admission on April 15.

Same here, April 15

But I think I'll go to Cornell anyway

No update to my status check~ T_T
Anyone got admitted by the tax program recently?

Hey jeanlaw !

Well, it's true that I would prefer a big city like Chicago than the Ithaca-style
But it's just for one year ! And I'll be there to study, so even if I go to Chicago (or Washington in the case of Georgetown), I won't be visiting that much :/

Cornell is more reknown and has a larger reputation worldwide than Northwestern. I don't say it's a better school, just that it's more known !
If I was a pure American JD student, I would go to Northwestern. But I'm a foreign LLM student, so Cornell would be slightly better for me...

Anyway, I still have until April 29 to change my mind lol

But Northwestern remains a top law school, so for everyone who got an admission : Congratulations ! And enjoy this fantastic year 2011-2012 ! ;)

Hey jeanlaw !

Well, it's true that I would prefer a big city like Chicago than the Ithaca-style
But it's just for one year ! And I'll be there to study, so even if I go to Chicago (or Washington in the case of Georgetown), I won't be visiting that much :/

Cornell is more reknown and has a larger reputation worldwide than Northwestern. I don't say it's a better school, just that it's more known !
If I was a pure American JD student, I would go to Northwestern. But I'm a foreign LLM student, so Cornell would be slightly better for me...

Anyway, I still have until April 29 to change my mind lol

But Northwestern remains a top law school, so for everyone who got an admission : Congratulations ! And enjoy this fantastic year 2011-2012 ! ;)

Hey guys! I just got the admission letter!! I applied for the IHR program, my app was completed on Jan 19 ;)

Good luck 2 u all still waiting!

I just got the admission. NW has such a good ranking really attract me. However, I have to give up other school's scholarship and deposit, which is a hard decision.
Anyone has the same situation?

Hi guys, NW offered me a fellowship of $20k last Friday. It's really out of my expectation. I had made my decision to attend NYU without sholarship before that.
Now, I have to make a choice between NYU and NWU. I chose NYU over other schools because of its good LOCATION and RANKING. I know Chicago is a fantanstic city and NWU is a great school, but it seems that NYC location and NYU brand can bring me more job opportunities. I don't want to lose my job opportunity because I go to NWU.

In conclusion, NYU or NWU? Would it really make a difference for job seach after completion of LL.M program? Would NWU hurt my job opportunity compared to NYU? Please share your opinions here and help me out.

btw: according to the NYU's webpage, this year's placement is better than the last two year's. NYU llms got 1/4 of all the interviews, and 75% NYU llms got at least one interview in the NYU job fair.

Is the interview rate really relevant and any indicator whether graduates were actually offered jobs? I may be wrong, but I like to believe that you can be equally successful in that regard with NYU or NU on your resumé if you are qualified.

If you REALLY want NYU and NYC and you can afford it, go for it. On the other hand, if money matters, you have your answer right there in your fellowship grant letter!

I'd choose NU with a grant over NYU any time. Heck, I'd probably have chosen NU over NYU even without a scholarship. Chicago is great, the program much more selective and NYC so much more expensive. Personal opinion, though.

Congrats on your 20k anyway and good luck with your decision!

dear Spikee72882, thank you so much for your insightful opinion. I think the employment data of NYU llms are not as optimistic as the interview rate shows.
What I care most is the job opportunity. I hope to get one or two years of work experience in the US before I come back to my home country to continue my career as a corporate counsel. I don't care much about the research fields or specializations.
Is the NY job fair the only way that most llms seek employment? if the answer is "yes", I will save my money to go NU, because NU llms can paticipate the NY job fair as NYU llms do.
Can NYU provide addtional job opportunities for its llms than NU do? or do employers prefer NYU llms to NU's? That's the focus question.

Some guys told me that whether an llm can land a job largely depends on his/her ex work experience in some international law firm or multinational company. otherwise, it is a thing of luck. it has nothing about whether I go to NYU or NU.
I am a little messed up right now, facing the approaching deadline. any more comments? please share.

Hey... I was wondering how many of you are actually enrolling at NU this fall. It would be nice to get to know more people who are attending the LLM Program... does anyone know how many students NU usually accepts every year?

NU accepts around 200 (according to what they said during the phone interview).

Wow. That sounds like a lot of people... UCLA accepted 70 or so.

Yep, that's why I am not really sure NU is a more selective program...

Hey... I was wondering how many of you are actually enrolling at NU this fall. It would be nice to get to know more people who are attending the LLM Program... does anyone know how many students NU usually accepts every year?

let's create a MSN group or facebook group to share inforamtion...

Sure jeanlaw. Let's set up a Facebook group asap. Be careful though- there's another group already on FB called Northwestern LLM class 2011-12. I think its a group for this years graduating LLM class but has been mistakenly named as the 2011-12 llm group. PM me and we will co-ordinate on this. Others are welcome for their views as well.

Yep, that's why I am not really sure NU is a more selective program...

It's hard to determine selectivity based on one or two admissions and especially one's own admission results. ;-) I was also waitlisted by NU and admitted to pretty much all other programs, also smaller once at schools that are better ranked. So does ranking (whether 14, 15 or 16) matter (btw. why is everyone about this "T14"???? I don't get it.)? I am sure selectivity also plays into the rankings, but that's only for the JD programs.

So, japp.law ( ;-) ), I guess you still haven't decided?

It's hard to determine selectivity based on one or two admissions and especially one's own admission results. ;-) I was also waitlisted by NU and admitted to pretty much all other programs, also smaller once at schools that are better ranked. So does ranking (whether 14, 15 or 16) matter (btw. why is everyone about this "T14"???? I don't get it.)? I am sure selectivity also plays into the rankings, but that's only for the JD programs.

So, japp.law ( ;-) ), I guess you still haven't decided?

You know, Spikee.. if I end up at NU, it will suck not to have you a classmate. That's a sure thing.