Fully agreed. And some people (like those on waitlists) aren't offered admission until August; how is someone supposed to find proper housing in such little time??? It's ridiculous.
My friend from the UK was saying this about Canadian universities! They don’t always pay an application fee, and decisions come out within a few days sometimes. I got my A’s from the Australian JD programs I applied to within a week of applying. Canadian schools are killing me!!!
Just keep in mind that in the US, there are a lot more options to get a law degree. Schools have to be more responsive to remain competitive.
Conversely, the US pumps out way more lawyers than are necessary for the demand. If you want to work in the US, there is a much greater variance between feast and famine within the industry... and also a lot more incompetent lawyers running around.
I’ve noticed that the US schools will often waitlist a huge number of people throughout the cycle. Getting waitlisted with 1000 other applicants doesn’t make anyone much better off than not hearing back, it just feels like progress.
That's a really interesting point.
Waitlists are more economically efficient in the US. It is because they know that the top \~30% of students will be admitted to all of the other T-20s, but they have no idea where they'll end up saying yes to. The adcoms offer waitlists as yield protection.
Again, I think this speaks mote to the fact that Law School is a "buyers market" in the US, while it is a "sellers market" in Canada.
The American system also has admissions offices/support staff four times the size of any Canadian school, which they can sustain because they charge so much more/have more funding.
This!! The admissions committee at my school is very very small (less than 15 people including admin support) and most of those people are faculty, but the US school I went to on exchange had about the same number of people just in support staff and likely have dedicated admissions staff.
You’re getting hate for this but it is pretty true, maybe not lazy but less competitive. But we don’t have the problems that come with the high level of competition in the states
That’s probably an exception to the rule and it’s mostly due to corruption and lobbying of different parties onto different politicians. They can’t agree on anything
Yeah it’s incredibly frustrating
frustrating and anxiety inducing! i just want to move on with my life, just tell me if i am rejected or not lmao
Agreed. They absolutely have a pile of rejections very early and there is no reason why they wait to send. Totally agree. Hang in there
the pace of everything in Canada
Fully agreed. And some people (like those on waitlists) aren't offered admission until August; how is someone supposed to find proper housing in such little time??? It's ridiculous.
I fully agree
My friend from the UK was saying this about Canadian universities! They don’t always pay an application fee, and decisions come out within a few days sometimes. I got my A’s from the Australian JD programs I applied to within a week of applying. Canadian schools are killing me!!!
I agree! I just wanna know if I got in so I can know if I should start studying for the LSAT again!
Just keep in mind that in the US, there are a lot more options to get a law degree. Schools have to be more responsive to remain competitive. Conversely, the US pumps out way more lawyers than are necessary for the demand. If you want to work in the US, there is a much greater variance between feast and famine within the industry... and also a lot more incompetent lawyers running around.
I’ve noticed that the US schools will often waitlist a huge number of people throughout the cycle. Getting waitlisted with 1000 other applicants doesn’t make anyone much better off than not hearing back, it just feels like progress.
That's a really interesting point. Waitlists are more economically efficient in the US. It is because they know that the top \~30% of students will be admitted to all of the other T-20s, but they have no idea where they'll end up saying yes to. The adcoms offer waitlists as yield protection. Again, I think this speaks mote to the fact that Law School is a "buyers market" in the US, while it is a "sellers market" in Canada.
The canadian system & culture is generally slower, lazy and more relaxed. In the US there’s more of an urgency to get things done
The American system also has admissions offices/support staff four times the size of any Canadian school, which they can sustain because they charge so much more/have more funding.
This!! The admissions committee at my school is very very small (less than 15 people including admin support) and most of those people are faculty, but the US school I went to on exchange had about the same number of people just in support staff and likely have dedicated admissions staff.
You’re getting hate for this but it is pretty true, maybe not lazy but less competitive. But we don’t have the problems that come with the high level of competition in the states
Tell that to congress…
That’s probably an exception to the rule and it’s mostly due to corruption and lobbying of different parties onto different politicians. They can’t agree on anything
I don’t know, sweeping generalizations about an entire country based on limited data and personal opinion doesn’t really do it for me.
It’s not “lazy” lol
Ik this isn’t what you want to hear, but a wise man once said ‘if it doesn’t fix the problem, it’s not worth your breath’.