LitDoc (2022-2023)

Yeah I don't want to stay at Cornell - it's a great school, but 7 years is a lot to spend in Ithaca. At the moment I think Georgetown is at the top of my list, but I'm really waiting to hear from the other schools. Also, if I get any scholarships from Cardozo or Fordham I would very seriously consider those (I would love to be in NYC). I really don't know... I'm very confused...

Thanks for stopping by my profile! I can warn you up front to not count on any LC money, our numbers are almost identical and I didn\\\'t get any cash offers out of them. I think your awesome LSAT should get you into Illinois, in which case, we could be classmates if you elected to go. You have a nice range of schools, so you should get the best range of options once you hear back. Best of luck!

I have visited UVa and I think it is a great place to study law, but I am waiting on any further merit money offers and I plan on visiting Duke in March. my two pending schools are certainly worth considering too, should I be accepted at one or both. right now I am definitely a UVa guy but I am keeping an open mind for as long as I can. thanks again for the congrats, and good luck with your pending applications!

I did not have much of an interest going to school in upstate NY (you may have noticed my state is FL)

Good luck to you at the upper schools you're aiming for. I wish you the best in soft factors making the difference, but from what I've seen, I wouldn't count on ones like Vanderbilt. Shoot, I'm just pleased to be going to a tier 1 school, much less a top 30. It's a great opportunity after scraping through college with family issues. I know your GPA is old, and you can't wait to get away from it, so I hope you can! Me, I'm just elated at going to a tier 1, knowing my chances to make good money, and be able to move to almost any major city. Whatever you get, I hope it's your dream school, I know I got mine! If you end up at UIUC, drop me a line.

congrats on U of I & Wash U! Except UCLA, all the other schools notified me via snail mail. what's your top choice? -wishing you the best for the rest of the app. cycle

W&L emailed me as well.

I plan to withdraw from Utah soon, but that is the only school I have ruled out. Money Matters--so I do not want to withdraw until I see what each school is willing to provide.

And congrats on UIUC and WashU. I'm sure you'll be hearing even more good things soon! I'm leaning toward Chicago, but the $$$ from Northwestern is tempting, so I'm waiting for my Chicago fin aid info first.

On the acceptances so far, from another 34-year-old parent with crumby undergrad grades. Good luck!

Thanks for the congrats. Emory sent a large package at my permanent address. My parents told me so I haven't actually seen it yet. Congrats on wustl and UIUC

I found out re: Duke via snail mail. I got it today, my decision date is the postmark date.

Not sure yet where I want to go since I am still waiting on 7 acceptances. With what I have now, I am definitely leaning towards Duke and will be attending the admitted students day in March. Good luke with your schools it looks like we have some similar choices!

Apparently Trujillo doesnt call everyone... I got a status pdate last nite as well... I'm still hoping to hear from him. I guess we'll see! GOOD LUCK TO YOU!

I didn't get an email from Trujillo, either, but that might be because I live abroad. I just got a normal letter-size air mail. Sit tight, you should get it soon. Good luck!

thanks! i actually got an email from them today. i sent in my app around jan 23 (according to my lsac acct). so i guess less than a month. pretty fast, i'd say.

thanks for the congrats. duke's llm/jd program is really really cool. i have absolutely no idea where i'm heading- i think i'll be visiting in the next couple of months before making a decision. good luck with duke- i'll be pulling for you!

for the congrats, and to you too as well. i actually withdrew from four over the weekend, but i'm giving a week to put it up (so far i've used date received for everything ...) best of luck on the rest of your cycle

Thanks for the congrats. I'll withdraw when I am ready to withdraw. truly right now, all are still viable options for one reason or another.

Thanks. Columbia, probably. However, it's a tough tradeoff as I don't really like the northeast (nor am I sure I can live in NYC for that long) but it's hard to pass up the advantages that Columbia would provide. Good luck to you.

Columbia's clerkship placement and LRAP are better, but most of all there's a possibility of $$$ there. I couldn't afford a NYC school without serious finaid or a scholarship. I love Austin, plus I have family close by, so that's still a contender. Similarly, GULC and UVa are still possibilities depending upon cost since I like the location, especially the former.

I think NYU - because I really want to stay in NYC, but I'm not sure quite yet...you?

Based on my acceptances so far, Cornell is my top choice. I would probably chose Mich/Penn/Chicago/Duke over Cornell if I get into one of those schools. Hopefully I can get into Mich or Penn so that I could withdraw my from Columbia/UVA. I don't want to spend the rest of senior year worrying about law school. Congrats on your acceptances so far and good luck with the rest of your schools. Who knows, maybe we'll both end up at Cornell.

I am visiting Columbia on March 1. That is my first choice right now. I was there five years ago and very much liked it. Unless my impressions change this time, I will be attending Columbia this fall. Good luck with your pending applications.

I'm really interested in Public Interest law, so Berkeley is a real possibility - but leaving NYC is going to be really hard. I'm single, so no worries there, although I live with my boyfriend and he is thinking of moving with me...

yes, i'm going to start withdrawing. long story as to why i haven't yet... but, yeah, i'll hurry up. i'm really not trying to be a jerk about it. good luck on the rest of the cycle. looks like you've already racked up a couple of nice scholar ship offers! congrats!!

Well, I don't know. Both Duke and Michigan have been generous with their offers. This decision will be difficult.

sure about what type of law I am most interested in. I hope to figure that out over the summer and during 1L.

I know what you mean about Oregon. My husband is from Tigard, so I've been lucky enough to spend quite a bit of time there. I would love to end up there one day, so maybe any Oregon school would be the best choice anyway. Congrats on all your acceptances and good luck with the rest of your applications!

Congrats on your acceptances so far! As for withdrawing, I've already withdraw from GW. Any school with a W next to it on my list I've already withdrawn from. I want to keep Duke around because they've given me some money, which I might try to get a match at some of my other schools. I'll keep withdrawing as fin aid offers/etc. come in. Good luck to you!

If you got rejected at the U, my ass is grass. I dont know what they were thinking, you sound very qualified, excluding the old gpa.

Yeah, they weren't too high up on my list anyway. I'm not really sure why I haven't already withdrawn. I definitely won't be pursuing the waitlist.

I will probably be heading to UT Austin. I have some personal reasons for attending, plus it is a great school and a great price. But aside from the personal reasons, I would have seriously considered Duke and Vandy as well.

on michigan :( would you mind telling me what the date was on the letter and what date it was postmarked? wondering if my rejection is coming soon as well :(

Hello, I was just curious about your experience with the MFA/PhD and what caused you to turn toward law- I'm going in with an English background as well... Thanks and congrats so far!

Thank you! I'm so happy I finally have a choice!

Hey, thanks for the message. As it stands, I've only heard back from Duke and W&L. Regardless of where else I may get accepted, Duke would be one of my top choices. That said, I have no intention of taking out $150k in loans to finance a Duke law degree. Sans any serious scholarship money, I'll wind up one of two places: 1) Wherever they give me the most money or 2) In D.C. as a high school principal in the ghetto, going to one of the D.C. law schools at night. What about you? Leaning toward Illinois? I'm sure you could convince them to give you more money!

Thanks. I'll be withdrawing if I get in to NYU, Mich, Virginia or Chicago, otherwise I'll be sticking it out. Congrats on your acceptances so far.

I will probably withdraw from Duke next week once I hear about money. I would feel bad withdrawing one day after getting my acceptance.

My top choice is Duke...so that's probably where I'll end up. How about you?

for the comments...i'll probably head off to chicago if stanford doesn't come through and boalt doesn't decide that waitlisting me was a super crappy idea. good luck with the rest of your schools!

I got an oversized letter in the mail today. I'm really excited! Best of luck to you as well-- going to Wash U would be pretty amazing, even if the scholarship stuff didn't go through. Congrats!

Hey thanks for the message! I'm not sure yet... learning to UVA or UCLA (once I hear from UCLA!). Good luck on the rest of your apps!

Where I'm headed. Don't you wish Vandy would decide already?

Thanks for your message. It's a tough call. I'm probably leaning toward Charlottesville, although I think Michigan may be a more fun place to live. Of course, if Penn comes through, that trumps the others (not expecting that, btw).

Thanks for visiting my page! Barring something crazy going on in Boston when I visit, I'll be there.

Sorry about your rejections.. I'm rooting for you, but I guess schools do care about that 10 year old GPA. It happens, though, you got great options so far!

Good question! I don't know! Right now, I'm heavily leaning towards Georgetown, but I'm going to see my waitlists and deferrals out. I have a strong feeling (minus a Boalt admission) that I will be a Hoya though. Who knows, though. Where are you leaning?

that l&c thing is weird, what with your 2nd degree. at least illinois and washu are both ranked a lot higher...!

Hey litdoc, Still waiting on UVA. Penn is my first choice but the WL will ensure a painful wait. I'm liking Cornell right now...

on IOWA!!! I would love to get in there!!! You have some nice acceptances and don't worry about Emory, they reject everyone under 3.0, if you look at lsac, their graph tells you NO possibility!!

Congrats on Iowa and Minnesota. Some nice choices there. Also on WUSTL. Heck, on Illinois too. Best of luck!

My background in Lit is only that I graduated with a degree in it- sorry I didn't make that clearer. I've thought about grabbing a joint degree in English & my JD, but have puttered around too much to actually get my act together. I would think teaching must have been interesting- at any rate, I'm sure you're well prepared to jump into law school now. What did you do your dissertation on?

OH! And congrats many times over on Iowa and Minnesota- it sounds like yesterday was a great day for you! FYI, when I got my 'official' letter from MN in the mail, it came with a scholarship offer that wasn't mentioned in the initial recruitment as well- it took 10 days or so, but I hope more good news is coming your way!

I would be delighted to end up at either Minn or Penn- I didn't apply to any real safeties, so I'm really on cloud nine for having options at all. I sent you an e-mail, by the way.

hey lit doc, maybe if we combine our Duke vibes they'll hurry up and send our acceptances... :o) i feel you on the weird rejections tho--I was WL at Boston College, yet given $$ at similarly ranked W&L and W&M... crazy stuff. I was pretty down about my T14 chances bc of rejections at Boalt, Stanford, and especially NYU, but Cornell made me feel a whole lot better. Just wait it out. :o)

call me crazy, but i'm lovin' Wake--right atmosphere, great people, great regional rep, and likely to cost me little to nothing at all to go. thing is, i don't plan on BigLaw... I'm working on developing a legal consulting type of career rather than a straight lawyer, so I don't really need to be T14. I dunno. I've still got an eye out for Vandy and UVA, tho.

boo for duke. go cornell! ;)

definitely seems like a bummer since you were interested in their jb/llm program, but congrats on your recent acceptances and hopefully cornell will appreciate your impressive soft factors

Cornell is my top choice at the moment since I'm not sure where I want to work. If I want to work in DC or NYC, I'm sure Cornell places better in these places than USC. If I realize that California is the only place for me, I'll probably more seriously consider USC. Regardless of geography, the $$ and the weather make USC tempting. I'll spend a lot of time thinking about it during the next couple weeks.

i've decided to attend uiuc (despite the recent movement by wustl in ranking). hope to see you there next fall.

I was waiting to hear from Stanford, and I did, yesterday. I'll be attending Stanford. There's many reasons this is my top choice. Good luck to you!

i can't believe cornell deferred you! *mad face* if I got into these schools you certainly deserved to--look @ everything you have to contribute! ok, /rant. still. i just withdrew there, so maybe you'll get my spot. stupid schools.

I read your definition of the term mediocre on someones blog and I thought it was hysterical, so I wanted to thank you. Good luck to you, and I think its absolutely stupid that it appears schools are downplaying the Phd and focusing on the undergraduate GPA. Best of luck to you, and sorry about the grammatical/Sp. errors in this post.

Regarding your comment: I've actually decided on Northwestern. I think Cornell has a great program, but I think NU is more laid-back and has more in terms of business options. Plus, I really need an urban environment.

Gosh, not that I'm gonna go there, but what the heck is up with Vandy? Has TN spontaneously combusted? Maybe they're just on extended vacation... So is it looking like UIUC for you?

I have withdrawn from one of those schools (Cornell and Vandy).

come to minnesota. we'll hang out.

Hi, just wanted to let you know I did withdraw from there officially a few weeks ago! So there is at least ONE spot available . . . ;)

Hi, Thanks for the congrats. I did withdraw from places, and I will withdraw from more soon. I just hadn\\\'t updated the profile.

Congrats!!!

I don't know how I got accepted so fast off the waitlist -- I really don't. I have been exchanging emails with a prof at UT for several months, and he said he was going to put in a good word for me. Then last week he said he had been authorized to tell me I had been accepted. But when I slobbered my thanks all over him, he said he really didn't have anything to do with it. So who knows?? Sorry - wish I could be of more help! What I did do: I sent a letter of continuing interest and copies of some of my teaching evaluations, after I was placed on the waitlist - trying to offer additional evidence of my abilities and the contribution I could make.... Maybe that helped.

Great news on UT...good luck!

i'm in a similar situation. i have a 3.0 undergrad GPA, but will be finishing up my PhD just before i apply to law school. I've heard varying stories about how much pull a PhD will actually have and i guess you would be a good person to ask. The PhD will be relevant as i want to study IP law in the scientific sector.

how long was your addendum on UGPA? i know i'm going to have to write one but don't exaclty know how to word that.

Hi, Thanks for all the details about what you've gone through. I have a question about your L&C application - it *is* weird, like you said. What *did* you write about in your application? (L&C is probably my number 1 choice.) Thanks-

Congrats on being accepted to UT. I'll be taking the Sept LSAT and am planning on applying to UT, SMU, and Texas Wesleyan (kinda need to stay in TX). Any tips for another 'older than average' candidate?