MBW (2008 – 09)

8/07: Studying for Sept. LSAT; will work on aps as time allows. Aiming for late-Oct filings.

9/25/07: LSAC dropped my UGPA from 3.0 to 2.85. Just to make things more interesting.

10/19/07: Received Sept. LSAT. Did not break 165 (minimum goal) so retaking. I stupidly misbubbled in three places.

11/10/07: Solidified list to twelve. Three weeks until Dec. LSAT.

12/01/07: Retook LSAT.

12/19/07: Ha ha ha, LSAT was the same as Sept. Going to try one more time in June.

3/25/08: Reordered all my PTs. Cracked open the Bibles once again.

7/3/08: June LSAT - 165. I'll take it! I guess I actually needed those glasses after all.

8/29/08: PS, DS, resume and addenda almost complete. Aiming for aps to be in by Sept. 30.

10/9/08: I was a little late getting out aps, but they're now beginning to trickle out. Hope to send out the final ones next week. Wondering if I should add a few more T20-40s.

11/11/08: Now complete at the first twelve schools to which I've applied. I'll probably put in six or so more when payday arrives (the pain of being relatively fee-waiver free.) Let the waiting begin.

12/01/08: Went to Decision on the GULC status checker on 11/28. No news as to what that yet means.

1/5/09: Haven't updated in a while, but I'm 2 for 4, still waiting on 13. Both Berkeley and Cornell have deferred me, the former for "faculty review", the latter, for consideration with the full applicant pool. Heard today from Minneapolis with scholarship information.

1/20/09: My mail finally caught up with me for the first time in weeks. Two surprise acceptances, one rejection. I'll take it.

5/22/09: I never really paid much attention after January - sorry about that. I've decided to, shockingly to many, go to Minnesota. I didn't get into my top picks, and friends have always wisely told me to go to the school from where you'd be happy graduating. If fate turns my way, I may have the opportunity to transfer to my favored schools next year - if not, I know I'll be happy in Minneapolis. Plus, there are only so many schools whose anthropology department I respect as much as their law program.

6/22/09: Well, it's just a month after my last update, and I'm now in Ithaca, NY. There was a mix-up, and I never received my financial aid package until I was asked if I was withdrawing on June 1. After I obtained a copy, I visited two days later, deposited the next day, and moved my family from Minneapolis to Ithaca a week later. I loved Minnesota, but between the financial aid and Cornell's reputation and faculty, I think I made the right choice.