AZkiddo2 (2017-2018)

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Application Information

F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred
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# Law School Status Type $$$ Sent Received Complete Interview Date Decision Updated
Harvard University WL, Accepted A Type: RA Sent: 10/02/17 Rec: 10/03/17 Comp: 01/09/18 Inter: -- Dec: 03/26/18 Upd: 6 years
University of Pennsylvania F Accepted W Type: RA $126,000 Sent: 10/06/17 Rec: 10/06/17 Comp: 01/03/18 Inter: -- Dec: 02/16/18 Upd: 6 years
New York University F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 10/02/17 Rec: 10/03/17 Comp: 12/27/17 Inter: -- Dec: 04/25/18 Upd: 6 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor F Accepted W Type: RA $150,000 Sent: 10/02/17 Rec: 10/03/17 Comp: 10/23/17 Inter: -- Dec: 11/21/17 Upd: 6 years
University of Notre Dame F Accepted W Type: RA $135,000 Sent: 09/28/17 Rec: 09/29/17 Comp: 12/26/17 Inter: -- Dec: 01/09/18 Upd: 6 years
University of Texas Austin F Accepted W Type: RA $109,000 Sent: 10/02/17 Rec: 10/03/17 Comp: 10/05/17 Inter: -- Dec: 12/20/17 Upd: 6 years
Cornell University F Accepted W Type: RA $90,000 Sent: 10/02/17 Rec: 10/04/17 Comp: 10/04/17 Inter: -- Dec: 12/11/17 Upd: 6 years
Vanderbilt University F Accepted W Type: RA $119,000 Sent: 10/06/17 Rec: 10/09/17 Comp: 10/09/17 Inter: -- Dec: 11/08/17 Upd: 6 years
Columbia University F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 12/31/17 Rec: 01/01/18 Comp: 01/15/18 Inter: -- Dec: 03/14/18 Upd: 6 years
Yale University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 12/31/17 Rec: 01/01/18 Comp: 01/06/18 Inter: -- Dec: 04/03/18 Upd: 6 years
Duke University F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 10/02/17 Rec: 10/03/17 Comp: 10/04/17 Inter: -- Dec: 10/14/17 Upd: 6 years
University of Virginia F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 10/25/17 Rec: 10/26/17 Comp: 01/02/18 Inter: -- Dec: 04/02/18 Upd: 6 years
University of Chicago F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 10/02/17 Rec: 10/03/17 Comp: 12/26/17 Inter: -- Dec: 03/09/18 Upd: 6 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 174
  • LSAT 2: 168
  • LSAT 3: 164
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.91
  • Degree GPA: -
  • School Type: Public, small
  • Major: Advanced Chemistry

Demographic Information

  • City: -
  • State: Arizona
  • Race: White
  • Gender: Woman
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 1-2 Years

Extra Curricular Information

I took the LSAT again in December and went from a 168-->174. This is my new account so that my old data isn't lost to those in the future who may be close to the stats I got my original acceptances with.

Extra Curriculars: Nothing crazy. Involved in some clubs, employment is nothing exciting. Some leadership.
I think LORs are probably pretty good, 2 academic, 1 professional (2 academic if the max was 2 at a school).
Personal statement was decent, spent a lot of time on it.
C&F statement just 1 (major, but not DUI) traffic ticket.

Past LSAT:
168 (June 2017)
164 (Feb 2017)

Other: I have a bad GRE from the past, that wasn't meant to be used for law school admissions. Had to report it to a couple schools, which may explain a couple WL's

Did optional or "why" essays for every school that had a spot for them. No addenda other than C&F.

Additional info & updates

See http://lawschoolnumbers.com/AZkiddo for pre-174 (168) Acceptances/scholarships.

Scholarships are rounded to nearest 1000 and reported total over 3 years.

Chicago:
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UR1: 1/15
2/8: Interview request!
2/12: Interview
2/13: UR2
2/22: UR3
3/7: UR4
3/9: WL

Columbia:
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2/1: Interview Request!
2/6: Interview complete!

Cornell:
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Accepted with 168/3.91
12/23: Submitted Scholarship Application
1/2: Scholarship information emailed

Duke:
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Put on Priority Reserve Waitlist through Priority Track Application in October with 168/3.91
12/22: Submitted LOCI with new LSAT score.

Harvard:
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5/4: Interview Request Post-WL!
5/10: Interview Complete!
5/23: JS2!!!! I'm going to Harvard!!!

Michigan:
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Accepted with 168/3.91
12/23-Emailed financial aid with updated information for scholarship consideration
1/4- Scholarship reconsidered due to new LSAT score

NYU:
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UR1: 12/27
1/3: Received "remains under review" email.

Texas:
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(Accepted with 168/3.91)
1/19: Scholarship email. 20k+Instate Tuition instead of OOS

U Penn:
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UR1: 1/16
UR2: 2/9
IN BY PHONE!!!! 2/16
*Penn is the only scholarship I bothered negotiating because I was seriously considering them. I went up ~9k by sending them Michigan's info.

UVA:
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1/24: Submitted Why UVA essay since I've been UR1 since before my new score (UR1 11/20).

Vanderbilt:
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(Accepted with 168/3.91)
3/3- Chancellor's Scholarship + small first year stipend

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Sunday, December 10 2017 at 09:27 AM

Great improvement on your lsat scores, congrats! Best of luck this cycle.

Friday, December 22 2017 at 02:03 PM

Thanks!! I'm hoping it pays off :) Best of luck to you too!!

Great Scores!
Sunday, February 04 2018 at 12:10 AM

Any tips for seeing improvements like that?

Scores :)
Friday, December 22 2017 at 02:03 PM

Hey! Thanks! It took a lot of hard work. I recommend checking out the advice from the lovely people on reddit (The LSAT subreddit). They guided me so much! I studied on my own without a prep course or tutor, so those score gains were all my own blood sweat and tears! The one thing that helped me the most was CALMING DOWN! I had major nerves going in to the June test and they destroyed me! Best of luck :)