The Bowen Approach to Admissions—Patience is a Virtue When Awaiting Your Decision

At Bowen, we pride ourselves on our comprehensive process of reviewing admissions files. As I stated in my previous post, “How We Make Decisions”, we seek to assess the “whole person” based on an array of factors. Each file is given its “due process” and is reviewed intently. It is our belief that this is the best and fairest method of choosing our entering classes. This type of review, however, is labor-intensive and, thus, takes time. So patience is indeed a virtue when waiting to hear back from us regarding your admission decision.

Like most law schools, we utilize a “rolling admissions” procedure here at Bowen. This means, very generally, that we review files in the order in which they become complete. As is the case each year, we expect to receive a spate of applications around the beginning of the New Year. So if you are able to submit your required materials in mid-December or earlier, doing so could quite possibly lead to your receiving a faster decision…no promises, of course. :-) The Admissions Office welcomes status inquiries from applicants. Once per month is a useful frequency of inquiry; anything more than that often becomes an exercise in redundancy.

I hope this post provides both insight into our process and confidence in knowing that even when you haven’t heard from us in a while, it's not because we have forgotten about you. Feel free to submit any follow-up questions.

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Interested in meeting Bowen students, sitting in on a class or touring the school? If so, attend our Pre-Law Visitation Day on November 14, 2008. RSVP with Pat Martin at pamartin@ualr.edu.