Solid LORs (3 total): 1 academic and 2 professional. Asked for a "strong" LOR from professor and employers.

Worked a professional job (4+ years) throughout college with clear career upward movement.

Okay - maybe good (?) personal and diversity statements.

No collegial extracurriculars.

Lots of volunteer experience in community.

Lots of leadership experience/roles within employment. (Very big D&I advocate).

First generation undergrad and law school student.

Immigrant/First generation American.

Academic honors: Dean's list for 1st year of undergrad and last 2 years. Graduated with cum laude honors.

Will try to update as I get decisions/updates in! LSN has provided me a plethora of hope and I intend to do the same for others!

12/09 - ASU waitlist // To be totally honest, I was expecting an outright rejection (given my stats) so the waitlist is an incredible surprise. Placed myself on the waitlist and emailed assistant dean to let them know ASU is my top choice.

12/14 - Hofstra acceptance // IM GOING TO BE A LAWYER YALL. First acceptance of the cycle! So grateful for this especially since I was beginning to feel like my numbers are whats defining me! $20k annual scholly.

12/30 - Crying and secretly stress eating as all my other apps have been quiet.

01/07 - Donged by W&L. Feeling kinda bummed but it was a reach school after all.

01/07 - Accepted into UIC John Marshall! Dean's scholarship was offered. Scholly covers 50% of tuition annually. Comes out to be about $22.5k annually.

01/13 - Waitlisted by University of Denver // Placed myself on the waitlist and emailed back affirming my interest in the school.