Anmar (2022-2023)

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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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
University of Denver F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/12/11 Rec: 12/01/11 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
DePaul University Accepted W Type: RA $30,000 Sent: 12/20/11 Rec: 12/21/11 Comp: 01/13/12 Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
University of Nevada Las Vegas Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 11/19/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Washburn University F Pending W Type: RA Sent: 11/12/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Chapman University F Pending W Type: RA Sent: 12/20/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Seton Hall University F Accepted W Type: RA $30,000 Sent: 11/12/11 Rec: 01/05/12 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Phoenix School of Law F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 12/19/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Golden Gate University Accepted W Type: RA $90,000 Sent: 11/12/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
#5 Santa Clara University F Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/19/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Washington University in St Louis Rejected Type: RA Sent: 01/05/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
College of William and Mary F Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/12/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Arizona State University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 12/19/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Widener University F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/12/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Hamline University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 12/15/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/16/12 Upd: 12 years
Albany Law School of Union University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/12/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
#1 University of California Hastings Rejected Type: RA Sent: 12/28/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
University of San Diego Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/20/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Willamette University F Accepted Type: RA $56,000 Sent: 11/14/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
#4 University of California Davis Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/20/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/23/12 Upd: 12 years
#6 Lewis and Clark College F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 01/05/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
Seattle University F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: -- Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/17/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Arizona Rejected Type: RA Sent: 12/19/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/14/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Washington Rejected Type: RA Sent: 12/15/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/17/12 Upd: 12 years
Loyola University Chicago F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 11/14/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
#3 University of San Francisco Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 12/15/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
#2 University of the Pacific Accepted Type: RA $35,000 Sent: 12/28/11 Rec: 01/11/12 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
University of California Berkeley Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/20/11 Rec: 01/09/12 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
University of Kentucky F Rejected Type: RA Sent: 09/26/11 Rec: 09/28/11 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 162
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 2.06
  • Degree GPA: 2.66
  • School Type: State
  • Major: Business

Demographic Information

  • City: Bay Area
  • State: California
  • Race: White
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 3-4 Years

Extra Curricular Information

-Ran family business for 8 years
-worked full time through college
-university athletic team
-lots of community volunteer work
-several college clubs

Additional info & updates

Started a business while in college, took a long break to pursue the business, and it hurt the GPA. Finished strong

8/3 Added all the schools that I intend to apply for. I'm still receiving fee waivers, and I plan to apply to every school that sends one. Because of my low GPA, I feel its best to cast a wide net and hope someone will take a chance on me.

9/23 I'm going to the Forum tomorrow in Los Angeles. Fee waivers have been pouring in and many schools have offered fee waivers if I stop by their table. I'm really nervous, Hoping I can somehow sneak into Lewis & Clark or Hastings. I went to an application workshop at Hastings, it was pretty informative about their app process. Santa Clara's workshop wasn't that great.

9/26 So at the forum, I picked up 4 fee waivers and was promised several more. Some reps gave me their e-mail address and asked me to contact them for a fee waiver. I was very aggressive in asking. My hope is that the accumulated value of waivers will pay for my trip to the forum. I think the most important part of the forum was meeting with a pre-law adviser. I took my resume and personal statement and received some very good advice. These advisers were difficult to get to so I advise trying to see them early.

10/8 I've hit a bit of a snag. I feel good about everything except my personal statement. My goal is to have applications in before the end of October so I need to get over this writer's block and hammer out a really good essay. I've got a compelling story and I've written several iterations already, but I would like something that just comes off the page. Ugh.

12/29 Its been awhile since I've added comments, but as you can see, most of my applications are out. I know its getting late in the game but there are still a few schools that I'd like to apply to. I'm really excited that I got into Denver, although no scholarship offer was made.

I've started a new job recently with a major well-known company and I'm really enjoying it. I work long hours and the money sucks, but its keeping me from doing online status checks 10 times a day. It will be interesting to see if they promote me before I have to make a decision on Law School. If there is a career path here, and job prospects for lawyers don't improve, It may not be in my best interest to jump into law school. Becoming an attorney is still my dream though.

1/5 Lewis and Clark held a reception in San Francisco last night. I was able to meet the some current students, some alumni, and the dean. Speaking with the students was a complete waste of time. I had nothing in common with them and it seemed like many were the fresh out of college types who are going to law school just because its something to do. I had a great conversation with an Alumni who had gone to law school in his late 20's and went through the evening program. He provided a lot of really great insight into L&C, the evening program, and law school in general. The dean was also an interesting guy, He'd spent a lot of time working in D.C. I'm thinking of compiling a short list of the biggest things I've learned while going through this process for people who are following this. Right on top I would remind people to not get too caught up in the hype. I believe that everyone possesses a little part of the truth and you need to obtain various pieces from different people. I've come to understand that law school applicants and even a lot of first years are still pretty clueless.

As a side note, I was accepted to Seton Hall today via online status checker. I'm over the moon. Its a really good school and I hope that acceptances continue to roll in.

Last thing: I think my browser doesn't get along with the website. I'm unable to properly put in dates. The app dates are all correct, but if a second date is listed, that's the date i received my decision.

1/15 I got an e-mail from the dean of admissions at Depaul saying that I'll be getting an acceptance packet soon. This cycle is going better than I thought it would.

Several people now have asked me for tips and advice on how I'm getting acceptances with such a crap GPA. There were 3 key points to my strategy.

Preparedness; I wanted to show law schools that I was taking this seriously, so I took the LSAT early and I applied early. I had my letters of rec done back in november. I went to the forum and met school reps. Anytime I had the chance to go meet someone at an open house or law school event, I went.

Shotgun: as mentioned previously, I applied to as many schools as I could that I would want to attend and have a reasonable shot at.

Deflection: The most important thing I did was showing adcoms that my GPA does not reflect my academic capabilities. I wrote a very simple addendum as to why my GPA sucked. I mentioned it (although it wasn't the main subject) in my personal statement. I showed in my resume that I was working 40 hours a week while going to school. I got a very good letter from a professor. Someone told me that adcoms are going to look at my GPA, and become curious about me, what happened in my life. Why did it take me 11 years to finish school and why was my GPA so poor? I tried to take advantage of that curiosity and wonder in my personal statement and put the pieces together for the reader.

Can you all tell I'm feeling more confident about Law School?

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Saturday, May 14 2011 at 08:00 PM

Dont even worry about it man. These law schools need people bad. You will find a home. They expect this to be one of the worst application cycles in awhile. Also, U not into unlv or arizona public schools? Anyway good luck! we got similar numbers.

Nice list
Monday, October 03 2011 at 08:00 PM

I really like that you have such a long list of schools you want to apply to! Really encourages me to broaden my range. So far, I think I only have 9, but applying to more seems to increase chances of getting into law school :P You seem really active in the process too (there was a Forum in LA???). Best of luck, sincerely, and I'll definitely keep track of your progress. :)

Responses
Saturday, July 23 2011 at 08:00 PM

I have 2 goals in casting a wide net. First I want to help other people in my situation by providing statistics. Fortunately, Law schools are eager to have lots of applicants. I've used this to my advantage and gotten a lot of fee waivers. They are still rolling in actually. Thanks for your well wishes and I hope to keep this updated

Friday, October 14 2011 at 08:00 PM

We've got similar schools and numbers, so I'll be obsessively tracking your cycle over the next few months. Looks like you're looking to stay in Cali - why not apply to Loyola or Pepperdine?

Acceptances
Saturday, July 23 2011 at 08:00 PM

First round of responses are starting to trickle in. Really excited about getting into Denver.

Congrats
Sunday, June 26 2011 at 08:00 PM

Congrats on Denver.

phoenix
Thursday, November 10 2011 at 07:00 PM

did you apply to phoenix?

Part-time
Thursday, November 10 2011 at 07:00 PM

It depends. I am into patent law and so many schools have their best patent students in the part-time program.

Congrats on McGeorge
Saturday, September 17 2011 at 08:00 PM

Congrats on your McGeorge scholarship! With it being your second choice that seems like great money! Hopefully I'll have some good news like you soon!

Advice
Saturday, July 23 2011 at 08:00 PM

for the above poster asking for advice, please read my notes, I'll explain what my strategy was.

Dates
Sunday, December 19 2010 at 07:00 PM

Thank you for keeping such a good record of your cycle. I am trying to do the same for future applicants. When entering dates, don't use the pop-up calendar, simply type the dates in the format shown mm-dd-yy, and that should clear up any problems. Congrats on your success so far, and good luck with the rest of your cycle.

DePaul
Thursday, November 10 2011 at 07:00 PM

No money from DePaul?

Decision Time
Thursday, November 10 2011 at 07:00 PM

Did you make a decision? Where did you send in your deposit?

decisions
Saturday, July 23 2011 at 08:00 PM

I have deposits at Mcgeorge and Willamette. Basically it came down to a few factors, Where I want to live when i graduate, being in the state capital, affordability, and strong alumni network to help with job search. Both these schools came in very strong despite being outranked by other schools. Mcgeorge increased their scholarship, which makes it even tougher. I'll know soon