congrats to both of you! what are your stats, and when did you apply.

congrats to both of you! what are your stats, and when did you apply.

3L at ASU. Transferred from Western State College of Law. At Western, 3.7 GPA, top ranked in class. At ASU, transfers are unranked- by the numbers my GPA would be just outside the top 15% mark (but doesn't factor in my first year). ASU Law Review, but only three tax classes. A in Fed Income, A- in Corporate, B in Estate and Gift. Recs from tax professor and a tax specialist at the firm in Phoenix I summered for.

Application became complete March 30. I hope you all hear soon. Waiting for the news is the worst.

Hey Guys,

I received a letter from NYU Law (LLM Tax) today (May 14) telling me that I was placed on the Wait List. The new "latest date" they could let me know would be early August. Just seeing if anyone else had received the same letter...

Stats (in case anyone wonders):
Teir 1 Law School
Top 20%
4 Tax Classes (2 As, 1 A-, 1B)
2 Tax Prof Recs

Same for me today (May 15). Stats: USNWR 50-60 ranked school, top 15%, cum laude, law review, 2 tax classes (B+ and A+), 6 months at B4 accounting firm, refs from tax prof and partner at B4 firm.

Got the same waitlist letter from NYU yesterday. Hopefully early August is a worse case scenario, as I'm not too excited to try and move to New York City and begin the LLM program on 2 weeks notice. Oh well, I guess it's better than a rejection.

Stats:
Tier 1 law school (US News rank between 30 and 40)
Top 30%

Good luck to anyone else still waiting.

Where are you gonna be trying to get a job after a year? I'm sure it might be real competitive in New York and Washington, and I would imagine you might have to do a little of the leg work yourself b/c jobs might not be as plentiful, but even as bad as the economy is the tax LLM from NYU still has to be worth it.

No that any of you care much anymore at this hour....
But please stop racking your brain as to where you stand in the application process. I know ( like Guillermo stated no one wants to move on two weeks notice). But you wont have much of a life anyway, while in the program, so you dont need more than two weeks to prepare ( UNless you have kids or a spouse thats coming with you).

Just think basic 1st year college necessities ( minus a few unspokens) that is all you need. .... thats coming from a high maintenance person. I brought way too many things, and did way to much to prepare. My roommate brought two suitcases, a comp., and did nothing.

Having just graduated from the program I can tell you my fellow classmates and I ran the gamit of credentials.
I had friends from top 5 JD law schools, law review, big law firm experience, and Ivy league undergrad. I also had friends who took only one tax class and came from lower ranked schools ( I dont know their GPA's or other experience, but they did not take any time off of school).

The one thing I can say is that most were on law review (but I think that is just indicative of any good student). If not publishing something on their own.

Almost every single one of us, got a laugh when we realized we all had no idea why we were let in. We all felt less than adequate ( except for a few huge egos, half who did well and half who did not). But after seeing the same uncertain students perform in class, we quickly learned why our fellow classmates where beside us.

All I can say is the students that were let in share one of two qualities.

1. A passion for tax (Yep I said passion, yes its nerdy, but thats what your in for. Everyone in the programm is a nerd, some closet and others not). I define nerd, as making a joke with an IRC section as the punch line. You thinks thats redic, but I promise. After first semester finals delirium sets in you will find such jokes hilarious.

2. Hard workers. ( these students make the bar exam, seem like a high school midterm). That is not an exaggeration. I have had several friends from previous years who toook the bar exam after comepleting this program and found the bar exam to be a breeze.

Notice.. I did NOT say smart.... everyone in this program is smart. How the admissions commitee knows this, I have no idea... as students are from a very broad range of experience, schools, and tax courses. [BUT GPA cant say I know anyone who had less than a 3.6 who was not also published.]

This is ONLY a student perspective.

TaxToes-

In re: getting an LLM as a way to increase job prospects, do you think geographic location makes a difference? For instance, I am in Minnesota, so perhaps a LLM from NYU would mean a lot more in Minneapolis than it would in NYC or DC to employers? What do you think? Please be honest, because I don't want to rationalize spending tens of thousands of dollars for failed expectations.

Thanks,

SadLawyer

In re: getting an LLM as a way to increase job prospects, do you think geographic location makes a difference? For instance, I am in Minnesota, so perhaps a LLM from NYU would mean a lot more in Minneapolis than it would in NYC or DC to employers?

I meant that the MN market is a lot less competitive than NYC and DC, so perhaps and NYU LLM would carry more weight in MN. E.g. a graduate from a third tier law school with an LLM from NYU would probably be able to get a decent job easier in Minneapolis than NYC or DC, because NYC and DC probably have a lot of tier two or tier one lawyers competing for jobs, and many with tax LLM's from top LLM programs. I don't know though, just a thought. I hope that helped clarify things.

Thanks for your input. Where do you think the best tax markets are, besides NYC and DC? Thanks for the advice.

I'm a big LLMG reader but I've never left a comment... Now that I'm in I do !
The waiting was just torture...

Btw I just created a facebook group so we can meet !

congratulations.

when did you get accepted? were you on the waitlist? also, what are your credentials?

tax prof blog is the best source I've read so far

Waiting2010,

June 12

I was, actually my application got "delayed" because of some missing materials

JD from a Tier 1 law school in 2005 with three tax classes (A, A-, B), 2 rec from tax Profs, 1 rec from tax Partner at Weil

Here's the group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88931343380&ref=share