artorres (2012-2013)

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Application Information

F - Fee Waiver, A - Attending, W - Withdrawn, D - Deferred
# Law School Status Type $$$ Sent Received Complete Decision Updated
3 Loyola University Chicago F PT graph Waitlisted W 10/28/11 10/31/11 12/02/11 02/02/12 1 year
2 DePaul University F PT graph Accepted W 10/28/11 10/28/11 11/01/11 11/11/11 1 year
4 John Marshall Law School - Chicago F PT graph Accepted W $30,000 10/28/11 10/28/11 10/29/11 11/04/11 1 year
1 Chicago-Kent College of Law (IIT) F PT graph Accepted A 10/28/11 10/28/11 11/01/11 01/06/12 1 year

Applicant Information

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3.98
N/A
N/A
Computer Science
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Demographic Information

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Illinois
Caucasian
Female
Yes
5-9 Years

Extra Curricular Information

This website has been the most useful place for me in the process of completing my applications. Thank you all!

- Graduated summa cum laude
- Graduate GPA: 4.0 (MBA)
- 13 years full time work
- Honors in Computer Science
- Dean's List
- Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

ADDITIONAL INFO & UPDATES

11/4/2011: Accepted at John Marshall via email offering to start school in January, 2012. I decided to keep my start date as Fall 2012. $30,000 scholarship for four years. That was quick!

11/11/2011: DePaul status checker changed to "Decision Rendered" last night. Of course, I didn't sleep. This morning it changed to "Accepted-Congratulations!". At 10am, the Dean confirmed the acceptance via email. What a relief!

12/19/2011: Kent status date updated and description changed to: "Your file is under ongoing review by the Admissions Committee." Is it a covert way to say "Waitlisted"?

1/6/2012: Kent status changed to "Admitted" before noon and I got an email confirmation from the Dean right after 8pm. So happy!!!

2/2/2012: Waitlisted at Loyola via email.

4/6/2012: Submitted the tuition deposit to Kent and withdrew from JMLS. It was a very hard decision to turn down the scholarship but I really love the atmosphere at Kent. Students just seem to be happy there and the staff has been extremely helpful and supportive. I also had to ask myself: if I lost the scholarship where would I want to be? The answer was easy: Chicago-Kent.

5/4/2012: Received an email from JMLS to increase my scholarship offer if I was still interested. It was tempting but I feel strongly about attending Kent.

5/16/2012: Starting my first class next week at Chicago-Kent thanks to the early start program.

I hope this page will serve as an encouragement for you to apply to your dream schools (and apply early!) even if you are told you wouldn't get in. It's better to get a rejection than not taking a chance. As my example shows, the LSAT score is not everything. Good luck to you!

Visitor Comments

  • Sunday, November 06 2011 at 08:09 AM

Why didn't you apply to full time programs?

- iukwu12
  • working
  • Monday, November 07 2011 at 02:46 AM

I work full time and I'm planning law school with that job in mind.

- artorres
  • DePaul
  • Monday, November 28 2011 at 01:41 PM

That was sure quick from DePaul. Because you are PT?

- EngineTumbler
  • JMLS
  • Monday, December 12 2011 at 04:14 PM

how did they notify you?

- number50lq2
  • Re: JMLS
  • Tuesday, December 13 2011 at 10:05 AM

I got an email from the Associate Dean.

- artorres
  • Tuesday, December 20 2011 at 03:03 PM

I see you put Kent at #1. That's my number one too. Maybe we'll see each other!

- number50lq2
  • kent
  • Tuesday, January 03 2012 at 05:14 PM

No! That ongoing review message means you've passed "phase one" of the adcom review!! (my status was updated to say that too)

- number50lq2
  • Kent
  • Wednesday, January 04 2012 at 03:19 AM

Thank you for the status info. That is really good to know! Waiting is no fun--I make up a lot of things in my mind. ;-)

- artorres
  • kent
  • Wednesday, January 04 2012 at 05:53 PM

I know...I made that up in my head too...

- number50lq2
  • Kent
  • Friday, January 06 2012 at 02:41 PM

congratulations!!! see I told you the ongoing review part meant "passed phase one"

- number50lq2
  • Kent
  • Saturday, January 07 2012 at 01:28 AM

Yes, you did and you were correct. Thank you for your encouragements! I hope you won't have to wait much longer for the good news. :-)

- artorres
  • Thank you
  • Thursday, January 19 2012 at 06:53 AM

I found out via status checker. It just said scholarship letter had been sent and it said what the amount was. Hope that helps

- dlem
  • Hey
  • Friday, April 06 2012 at 09:51 AM

Congrats on Kent! I also applied PT so might be running into you in the fall!

- ashen

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