constructionist (2022-2023)

All scholarships are per-year except for Mercy, which disburses at 100% of each credit hour's tuition until the entire amount is spent.

Unspecified = a general waiver on the year or for online apps, or no fee in the first place.

3 Feb - Accepted at Cleveland-Marshall via mail (no status checker), written 31 Jan, postmarked 1 Feb, awarded Law Justice Scholarship (3.2 minimum GPA). Mercy updates status checker to "JD - Please call Admissions Counselor." Wayne State mails decision letter (decision was made 31 Jan), status checker suggests an acceptance (deposit fees/transcript requirement).

4 Feb - Case Western Reserve updates status checker from "Eapp Receipt" to "Committee Review," sends an e-mail newsletter.

7 Feb - Accepted at Wayne State via mail (actually postmarked 5 Feb), awarded Dean's Scholarship (50%, 3.25 minimum GPA). Accepted at St. Thomas via status checker. IU-Bloomington sends 'file complete' e-mail. Seattle sends status checker and 'file complete' e-mails; currently in review.

8 Feb - John Marshall finally complete, in review.

9 Feb - Waitlisted at Loyola via mail. Accepted at Michigan State with scholarship (no details yet) via status checker (let's just say if they had rejected, I'd be over at undergrad demanding my $$$ back).

10 Feb - Accepted at Mercy via phone; status checker reflects deposits. Accepted at New York LS via status checker "with offer of scholarship."

11 Feb - Dinged at Lewis & Clark via e-mail. One shot left at going to PNW. Admit packet arrives from Mercy; awarded Dean's Scholarship with $75,534 (each credit hour reduced by 70% until spent, 3.2 minimum GPA for full scholarship, 3.0-3.2 for 25% reduction).

12 Feb - Admit packet arrives from St. Thomas, offers $15,000 a year (2.0 minimum GPA).

15 Feb - John Marshall sends decision letter. Nothing in status checker under fees and requirements.

16 Feb - MSU admit packet arrives. Awarded Alumni Merit Scholarship of 25% (minimum 3.0 GPA, with opportunities for half, 75%, and full tuition beyond a 3.6). NYLS admit envelope arrives, awarded Alumni Scholarship of $12,500 (minimum 3.2 GPA, dropped to Faculty Scholarship of $7,500 if 3.1 , opportunity for honors program if in top 15% of the class). IU Indy status checker reflects the date, still in review.

17 Feb - Case status checker reflects the date, another newsletter.

22 Feb - Accepted at John Marshall via mail, awarded Dean's Scholarship of $30,000 ($10,000 applied each year while remaining in top 1/3 of the class). St. Thomas sends a knitted hat; my gran will put it to good use. Case puts me on hold til late April.

23 Feb - Accepted to Widener via status checker.

8 Mar - Mercy upgrades offer to 100% per credit hour, $107,910 in sum. Same conditions.

15 Mar - Accepted at IU Indy via e-mail, waitlisted at Seattle via e-mail (which after this wait is very irritating).
For stats' sake, the USNWR rankings came out, they've started ranking up to #150, then leaving the rest as a second tier, some interesting changes:
MSU: T3 -> tied 95 (which is about what I expected)
IU Indy: tied 86 -> tied 79
John Marshall: T4 -> 140
Toledo: T3 -> lower tier, good thing I didn't have to use it as a fallback.
Mitchell: tied 98 -> tied 135 with St. Thomas.

4 Apr - Accepted at Case by e-mail. Status checker says the decision was made 1 Apr, which happened to be the deadline for getting on the hold list. Award is $5000, minimum 2.8 to keep in full, 2.6 minimum to keep half.

15 Apr - Deposits are in at MSU (to meet an April 1 deadline, after which Case accepted; otherwise I would have withdrawn), Case, and IU-Indy. Drexel and IU-Bloomington still haven't sent decisions, and I doubt the latter will, considering the class is supposed to be full. Nothing yet from IU-I about scholarships, and a scholarship reconsideration by Case is pending, hence no A just yet. I'll keep Seattle open if the waitlist process is kind.

19 Apr - Just received online account info for IU-Indy. Apparently it is possible to check application status at the Bloomington campus through the OneStart system, but only if you're already an IU student or admitted to the Indianapolis law school. "Hello, thank you for your application to Indiana University. Your application will be reviewed by the Law School shortly" - date's in January.

21 Apr - E-mail from IU-Indy, Resident Merit Award worth $6500/yr with a minimum 3.0.

29 Apr - Accepted off the waitlist at William Mitchell, no money, 'no' on the intent form.

2 May - Drexel finally comes in with an acceptance with a $166.67/credit scholarship worth roughly $5K a year with only a 2.95 GPA stipulation.