Rejected 2023

[KDaddy]

Excited to kick this one off guys!!... Just joking 🤒

 B20/L20 3.6 - LSAT 163

I dislike the city of Calgary and its institutions even more now.

[xyzstudent]

Just got "cancelled" with the red X

GPA 4.27. 165 LSAT first and only take.

Professional work and small business owner for 12 years. 35 years old.

Deans list. 2 scholarships. Part time volunteering experience 

I am speechless as I only applied to UofC due to having young kids.

Congrats to everyone who got accepted though.

Edited February 7, 2023 by vnyycstudent
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[Law_Hopeful]

16 minutes ago, vnyycstudent said:

Just got "cancelled" with the red X

GPA 4.27. 165 LSAT first and only take.

Professional work and small business owner for 12 years. 35 years old.

Deans list. 2 scholarships. Part time volunteering experience 

I am peechless as I only applied to UofC due to having young kids.

Congrats to everyone who got accepted though.

This stresses me out you have really good stats and ECS. Did you write the optional essay? 

[traveller]

19 minutes ago, vnyycstudent said:

Just got "cancelled" with the red X

GPA 4.27. 165 LSAT first and only take.

Professional work and small business owner for 12 years. 35 years old.

Deans list. 2 scholarships. Part time volunteering experience 

I am peechless as I only applied to UofC due to having young kids.

Congrats to everyone who got accepted though.

U of C is more of a holistic school and they rejected you?! Your gpa, lsat and work experience are all amazing! This makes me curious regarding what criteria they use. Please reach out to them and see what explanation they provide.

Edited February 7, 2023 by traveller

[xyzstudent]

8 minutes ago, Law_Hopeful said:

This stresses me out you have really good stats and ECS. Did you write the optional essay? 

I didnt write the optional essay. I am not sure if this was the reason honestly.

Edited February 7, 2023 by vnyycstudent

[Law_Hopeful]

Just now, vnyycstudent said:

I didnt write the optional essay. I am not sure if this was the reason why honestly.

I don’t think that’s why you got rejected. A lot of people get accepted without writing optional essay. Your application seems really strong I am not sure why you did and I am sorry that you did! My stats are significantly lower and makes me more nervous about my chances there

[xyzstudent]

3 minutes ago, traveller said:

U of C is more of a holistic school and they rejected you?! Your gpa, lsat and work experience are all amazing! This makes me curious regarding what criteria they use. Please reach out to them and see what explanation they provide.

Thank you for your suggestion. I was just speaking with my husband and he suggested the same thing. I was hopeful I would be accepted but as I wasn't,  I would love to know what was missing... I didnt receive any email notifications. Just happened to check the portal today.

Edited February 7, 2023 by vnyycstudent
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[Law_Hopeful]

Just now, vnyycstudent said:

Thank you for your suggestion. I was just speaking with my husband and he suggested the same thing as I was hopeful I would be accepted but as I wasn't,  I would love to know what was missing... I didnt receive any email notifications. Just happened to check the portal today.

Did you upload your transcript? 

[xyzstudent]

2 minutes ago, Law_Hopeful said:

Did you upload your transcript? 

I did. My to-do list was all completed on Jan 10. I will reach out for confirmation and hopefully have some insights (if any).

5 minutes ago, Law_Hopeful said:

I don’t think that’s why you got rejected. A lot of people get accepted without writing optional essay. Your application seems really strong I am not sure why you did and I am sorry that you did! My stats are significantly lower and makes me more nervous about my chances 

Don't be nervous. I have seen others who got accepted with lower stats but I am sure their applications are strong in certain areas. It just sucks as I cannot relocate the family. Hopefully you have more alternatives just in case.

[champ72]

Rejected Last Night 

3.8ish GPA 

162 LSAT

[Sally95]

Rejected 30 min ago. 

CGPA 3.7 and LSAT 148

Dean list, store manager, a lot of work experience. 

In my last semester of 4 years advanced degree. 

[Aa70]

Rejected. 

gpa l2 3.2

lsat 158

[mountainsofmist]

My daily checking has paid off...so at least I have some closure on this school.

Checked just now on the portal. Rejected. No email.

Last 2: 3.0/4.0

LAST 169

I did complete the diversity portion relating my work experience.

[MontyBurns]

Rejected yesterday

L2: 3.83

LSAT: 159

[ng5492022]

Rejected

2.9, LSAT 161 

[Law_Hopeful]

Rejected. 
L2 around 3.5-3.6 LSAT 159

Edited February 17, 2023 by Law_Hopeful

[blackbird37]

On 2/7/2023 at 1:42 AM, vnyycstudent said:

Just got "cancelled" with the red X

GPA 4.27. 165 LSAT first and only take.

Professional work and small business owner for 12 years. 35 years old.

Deans list. 2 scholarships. Part time volunteering experience 

I am speechless as I only applied to UofC due to having young kids.

Congrats to everyone who got accepted though.

Hey really sorry to hear this! Out of curiosity - which scale are you using for your GPA? To my knowledge it only goes up to 4.0 on the scale used by UCalgary. Thanks and all the best 🙂 

[lazypanda]

Rejected today. 

GPA: 3.62 B2: 4.0 LSAT: 156 

2 years legal experience, and good EC's

[intothevoid]

Rejected today as well. 3.0 / 158 LSAT. 10 years work experience and college athlete.

Good luck everyone.

[Corytrevor16]

1 hour ago, lazypanda said:

Rejected today. 

GPA: 3.62 B2: 4.0 LSAT: 156 

2 years legal experience, and good EC's

Rejected today.

L2: 3.37

LSAT: 158

was expecting a R from Calgary, just happy to have heard back sooner than later 

Edited February 22, 2023 by Corytrevor16

[CORNONTHE]

rejected today aswell.

CGPA: 3.67 

LSAT: 157

college athlete, lots of volunteer experience etc. 

wasn't expecting an offer, and a big congrats to those that were admitted! 

[Weir Libel]

Rejected today

LSAT: 157

GPA: 3.65

Unique EC's, extensive relevant work 

[Jenn01]

Just got rejected with an email notification telling me to check my student portal

LSAT: 158

GPA: 3.89

Im in my last year of undergrad in commerce and have had 2 summer internships and lots of leadership school extracurriculars 

[xyzstudent]

On 2/21/2023 at 12:42 PM, blackbird37 said:

Hey really sorry to hear this! Out of curiosity - which scale are you using for your GPA? To my knowledge it only goes up to 4.0 on the scale used by UCalgary. Thanks and all the best 🙂 

I did not calculate the GPA according to UofC scale. 4.27 / 4.30 is on my transcript from the university granting my degree. And thank you for your kind words. I am over it (too busy with sick kids to sit and dwell on it lol). I am going to retake LSAT and try again for next year :)!

 

Good luck with your journey this year :)!

Edited February 25, 2023 by vnyycstudent

[traintogo]

On 2/6/2023 at 10:42 PM, vnyycstudent said:

Just got "cancelled" with the red X

GPA 4.27. 165 LSAT first and only take.

Professional work and small business owner for 12 years. 35 years old.

Deans list. 2 scholarships. Part time volunteering experience 

I am speechless as I only applied to UofC due to having young kids.

Congrats to everyone who got accepted though.

my first instinct is that they didn't want you to reject them because your stats are really strong for UofC (and for most Canadian law schools). I highly recommend calling them, telling the admissions staff it was the only school you applied to, and see if they change their decision. 

This is my perspective having applied to US schools (which can be infamous for protecting their admissions ratios), so I may be wrong on the reason why they rejected you. But again, I highly recommend reaching out ASAP.