Urchin (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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
#3 George Mason University F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 01/13/11 Rec: -- Comp: 01/19/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/07/11 Upd: 13 years
#2 University of Minnesota Twin Cities F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 01/13/11 Rec: 01/15/11 Comp: 01/20/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/15/11 Upd: 13 years
#2 University of Georgia F Accepted W Type: RA $8,903 Sent: 01/13/11 Rec: -- Comp: 02/02/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/03/11 Upd: 13 years
#2 Indiana University Bloomington F Accepted Type: RA $120,000 Sent: 01/13/11 Rec: 01/17/11 Comp: 01/31/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/14/11 Upd: 13 years
#1 Washington University in St Louis F Accepted Type: RA $45,000 Sent: 01/13/11 Rec: -- Comp: 01/17/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/16/11 Upd: 13 years
#1 Boston College F Accepted A Type: RA $75,000 Sent: 01/07/11 Rec: 01/10/11 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/14/11 Upd: 13 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 169
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 2.8
  • Degree GPA: 2.6
  • School Type: -
  • Major: -

Demographic Information

  • City: -
  • State: -
  • Race: Caucasian
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 5-9 Years

Extra Curricular Information

LSAC Fee Waiver. Scholarship amounts are total over 3 years. 5 for 6 from the plate, not a bad batting average. Two singles (GMU, UGa), a double (WUSTL $45k), a triple (Indiana $120k), and a home run (BC $75k). A bit baffled by the called third strike at Minnesota. No hard feelings, Golden Gophers! This process is a bit random.

Jan 7: Got my first application in at Boston College, the day after December 2010 LSAT score release.

Jan 13: Got in five more applications, to highly ranked splitter-friendly schools.

Feb 3: In at UGa with Tuition Reduction scholarship. Such a quick turnaround! Went complete the day before acceptance email.

Feb 15: Waitlisted at Minnesota. My odds seemed good. Hope this is not a leading signal of things to come.

Feb 16: Washington in St. Louis is one of my two top choices before financial considerations, and the one I had any decent shot at. I was accepted today via email. MUCH BETTER.

Feb 19: Acceptance with $120,000 scholarship at IU via Priority Mail. Letter dated from Valentine's Day. There's no way I can turn down such a big offer at Indiana. THIS IS AWESOME!

Feb 21: Received $45,000 scholarship at WUSTL. Was not expecting this after not getting it at acceptance. Also awesome. If it weren't for Indiana's extremely large scholarship, this may have been the obvious choice. Still perhaps Bloomington bound, but can't just up and withdraw everywhere else as first intended.

Additional info & updates

Mar 1: This decision is narrowing up rapidly. Withdrawing from schools en masse today, leaving only those I am very seriously considering. I won't list those that gave no decision before my withdrawal. What is the point of that?

(Withdrawing from all the other schools made me feel kinda silly. But they were eliminated from my decision-making process, and now some other people can get to this spot in each of their classes a little bit sooner.)

Mar 14: ACCEPTED AT BOSTON COLEGE. This was my very top choice before financial considerations. Will have to see how the grant/scholarship situation works out for BC, but there is a strong chance I would attend with something like the WUSTL $45,000 scholarship (or a similar grant). Barring that, I will probably take the $120,000 from IU.

On that note, Indiana just moved up to #23 in the US News rankings. Not sure the rankings matter, but as much as I love BC, $120,000 at #23 sounds pretty good compared to sticker price (eek!) at #27. [That being said, if BC throws me a bone... that's somewhere I'd really love to be.]

April 12: BC email with $25,000/year scholarship!! One thing I've learned from this experience? Conventional wisdom (TLS, etc.) is not always right. I applied to Minnesota mostly because it was splitter-friendly and was waitlisted. I applied to BC, even though it is GPA-heavy, just because it is just a place where I really wanted to go. Was not only accepted but received a scholarship (ultra-rare @ BC for a splitter). Go Eagles!

Could not be more happy with everything. See you @ Fenway.

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