jdi_student (2019-2020)

4 letters of recc. (HS Teacher, 2 UG Teachers, and my business partner).
Personal experience as a Small Business Owner. 1st Generation college student. Graduated UG in October of 2019 with honors.

I decided to retest after a discouraging visit. Got a 150 in July and a 158 in Nov.

Feel free to message me with any questions about my application cycle! I don't check this very often, so you can message me on Reddit at r/16erglast.

With a 150
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Applied ED but was deferred to regular admissions pool at WashU - 09/30/19
In review at MH - 10/17/19

10/27/19 - I put all applications other than MH and Cooley (already under review at both) on hold pending another LSAT in November.
11/06/19 - Accepted to Cooley
11/13/19 - I received my scholarship offer (25%) and acceptance package from Cooley.
11/15/19 - I was accepted to MH and received my scholarship offer (30%).
12/19/19 - Received Nov LSAT Score of 158 & took all apps off of hold.

With a 158
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12/19/19- I chatted with Cooley and MH to find out about a scholarship reconsideration. Cooley will follow up after they receive my Nov. score officially. MH will have a reconsideration form available in Jan.

12/19/19 - UR at Dayton
12/20/19 - UR at SLU and MIZZOU
12/23/19 - UR at UMKC
01/02/20 - Applied to Miami around midnight, went complete and UR in the morning, and accepted via email late afternoon.
01/03/20 - UR at Syracuse
01/06/20 - Syracuse app was put on hold due to them receiving an old email in which I requested a hold pending my LSAT retake. I emailed al corrected the problem. I am now back to Complete, not UR.
01/07/20 - UR at SIU
01/08/20 - Acceptance call from Mizzou Dean offering an $18k/year scholarship (about 80% with in-state tuition).
01/09/20 - Cooley upped their Scholarship offer to 50% of tuition.
01/13/20 - UR at Syracuse again after being put on hold on 01/06.
01/13/20 - UR2 at SLU.
01/15/20 - Decision Made, Letter in mail at SLU.
01/16/20 - Email from SLU. Accepted with $81k over 6 semesters.
01/16/20 - Interview invite UMKC by email. Interview scheduled for 01/24/20.
01/21/20 - Accepted to SIUC. Letter to come by snail mail. Full Ride Scholarship via phone call.
01/22/20 - Accepted to Dayton via status checker. No call or email yet. Not scholarship info yet.
01/23/20 - Call from Dayton about acceptance and scholarship offer of $70k.
1/24/20 - Interview with UMKC by phone (due to weather conditions I was unable to travel to the school as planned).
1/24/20 - SIU packet came in mail today. Invited to their Law Academic Honors Program which provides scholarships for 10 select students to cover non-University expenses. (My first more than full-tuition scholarship!!)
1/29/20 - UMKC Status Checker updated to DLS. I emailed the professor I interviewed with about my decision. He informed me that I was accepted and I will be receiving a scholarship (amount unknown)!
1/31/20 - Scholarship received ($18k over 6 semesters) at UMKC
2/4/20 - Mizzou removed the condition on my scholarship.
2/10/20 - Waitlisted via Email at Loyola Chicago
2/17/20 - SLU Increased Scholarship offer to $84k over 6 semesters.
2/18/20 - Dayton increased scholarship to $87k.
2/24/20 - WL at WashU via email. (Surprised its not a rejection!)
3/3/20 - Accepted at Syracuse and granted scholarship award if 30%.
3/3/20 - Submitted scholarship appeal at MH.
3/6/20 - UMKC offer increased to $21k.
3/24/20 - Submitted scholarship appeal at Syracuse.
3/31/20 - MH increased to 70%.
4/2/20 - Syracuse increased to 40% (I was told by a current student that this is the max Scholarship for JDi).
4/14/20 - Deposited and committed to Syracuse JDi.