The period for consideration varies according to the time necessary to assess the applicant's qualifications and to evaluate the applicant on his or her merits and in terms of other applications. And the large number of applications filed each year causes some delay in decision making. It is possible that unwarranted delays can occur or mistakes can be made. Any applicant who has not received notice of the status of his or her application within nine or ten weeks of the time the application was to have been completed should contact the Admissions Office. Again, applicants should take care to see that the required materials for application are received by the March 1 deadline in the Admissions Office.
Timely receipt is the responsibility of the applicant.
An admissions decision is more than a numerical ranking of applicants by GPA and LSAT, however. For example, an applicant's GPA may be evaluated by judging his or her transcript on the strength of the undergraduate institution and on the difficulty of the curriculum chosen. Class rank and the trend in grades, downward or upward, are significant. Multiple LSAT scores are generally averaged, but there may be cases in which a documentable reason exists for the committee to treat one score as more reliable than another. In addition, although reliance on LSAT and GPA is appropriate in many instances, other less quantifiable factors may be important for the applicant who has demonstrated an ability to do acceptable work.