Application Status

What does my status mean?

After you send your application...

Current status = Application Received
The Office of Admissions has received your electronic application from LSAC. We sent you a confirmation email with your login information for the online status page. The Office of Admissions is currently reviewing your application to verify that all required materials have been received. Please check your online status again after five business days to verify whether your application is complete or incomplete.

Current status = Application Complete
The Office of Admissions has reviewed your application and verified that ALL required application materials have been received. Your application will be, or has been, forwarded to the Committee on Admissions for review.

Current status = Application Incomplete
The Office of Admissions has reviewed your application and verified that information is missing from your application. This status will remain on your online status page until ALL required application materials have been received. Please review the Requirements List on the online status page to find out which materials are missing from your application and send them to LSAC or Colorado Law at lawadmin@colorado.edu as necessary.

Requirements List/Required Applicant Action:

Empty boxes indicate missing requirements. As missing materials are received, your requirements list and current status will be updated. All application materials must be received by the application deadline in order for you to receive an admissions decision.

Personal Statement – Email your personal statement to  lawadmin@colorado.edu.

Resume – Email your resume to lawadmin@colorado.edu.

Character and Fitness – Review your application in your LSAC account. If you answered "yes" to a character and fitness question, email a detailed explanation to lawadmin@colorado.edu.

CAS Report from LSAC – Your initial LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS) report has not been received. Log into your LSAC account to find out the cause.

LSAT Score* – It was indicated on your application that you are, or were, scheduled to take a future LSAT. We have not received the updated LSAT score. Log into your LSAC account to determine the cause. Send an email to Colorado Law at lawadmin@colorado.edu if you canceled a score or were absent from a test.

*All future test scores will be automatically be sent to Colorado Law from LSAC when the score becomes available.

Letter(s) of Recommendation – We require two letters of recommendation. One or more are missing from your application. Log into your LSAC account to determine which letters have not been submitted to Colorado Law. Please have your recommendation letters sent directly to LSAC.

Transcripts – Log into your LSAC account to determine which transcripts are missing. Have official copies of your transcripts sent directly to LSAC.

Current Status = Incomplete after review
Your application was forwarded to the Committee on Admissions for review and the members requested more information from you before being able to render a decision. We sent you an email requesting more information. Your application will remain incomplete until the new information has been received by the Office of Admissions.

Decision status = Decision Rendered
Once a decision has been made on your application, a decision status will appear on your online status page and we will send you an email notifying you of the official admissions decision. It can take two weeks from the date that your decision status appears for the email to be sent.

When your application is complete...

All completed applications are forwarded to the Committee on Admissions for review. Early decisions will be sent out in December. General admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis and will be sent out starting in January. Decisions are generally made through the end of May.               

Admitted applicants will receive official notification by email and regular mail.

Waitlisted applicants will receive official notification by email and be asked to submit an online form to remain on the waitlist.

Denied applicants will receive official notification by email.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Contact Information. Please review your contact information regularly to insure that Colorado Law has your most current email and mailing addresses on file.

Residency. If you would like to be considered for Colorado in-state tuition classification, please complete the In-State Tuition Classification Application after you submit your application for admission.

Scholarship decisions are made starting at the end of January and sent under separate cover. Decisions are based on the application for admission. Every admitted student is considered for scholarship money.

Financial aid information can be found online. March 1 is the priority deadline to file your FAFSA for financial aid consideration.