kittiesontoast (2022-2023)

Don't know what your LSAT score is, but mine is on the low side. Don't give up and hang in there! Email me any time!

I did it to two schools. JMLS never responded, and U of D mercy didn't give me anything, but I think it was fairly convincing if I would have tried other schools. It went a lil something like this: "Over my years of research into law schools, my investigating has always brought me back to the The John Marshall Law School. The John Marshall Law School is my first choice school and I would love to attend, unfortunately with previous student loans from undergrad I will simply not be able to afford it and will most likely be forced to accept a financial aid package from Thomas Jefferson offering me $22,000/per year unless The John Marshall Law School can reevaluate my financial aid/scholarship package. Chicago is basically my second home, and I would love to stay here and attend law school, and eventually practice in the Chicago area. Thank you in advance for your understanding." From my understanding, its always a little more beneficial to leverage schools with same rankings or higher rankings. Your GPA is phenomenal. No matter how much you bombed the lsat, it might be worth looking into retaking it again to get into some of your top choice schools, even if it means waiting a year. Hell, I took that devil of a test 3 times (I was pretty set on Cooley at the time), and I figured another go wouldn't kill me, in fact if you do better you will get a substantial more money scholarship wise from Cooley if that is at all where you want to go.

Thanks for the kind words! You raise a good point; I've been kind of a jerk for not following proper withdrawal etiquette. My reasoning is a cross between laziness and hoarding. "I can't withdraw! What if my seat deposit for school X gets lost in the mail? What if I don't get any loans from school Y? What if some school comes through with more money at the 11th hour? What if WUSTL gets washed away in those Missouri floods and Duke rejects me and Boyd burns down and aliens blast Loyola with a laser Independence Day style and I need to fall back on some other school!? etc. etc." In other words, crazy talk. I'll withdraw my apps on Monday, I swear. :) Good luck with the rest of your cycle! Lemmie know how it ends up.

Oh you'll totally get in! It does seem like an awful long time to wait though... I'm more concerned about losing a 500 tuition deposit at Northeastern... holding out til the very last minute. It is all very exciting though! I got a large envelope in the mail today--almost passed out... of course, it was a subpoena for a trial I have coming up in California. >:op

I had an uproarious dream about the university of new mexico last night that included religious fanatics, gorgeous cliffs and riveting musical numbers. Perhaps it has something to do with all of the desert spores I've involuntarily ingested lately, along with this incredible wait. I have yet to hear from five more schools. Anyway my well wishery still stands.

Why didn't you apply to UCLA!? I'd imagine since you did well there, you'd have an excellent chance. You really summed it up in the last message. I too am not prepared to uproot for either of my acceptances so far. Northeastern has been amazing, but whoa. I was considering sending a postcard to the schools just to say that my interest remains... Maybe instead of moping around, I'll do that. :)

Hey, Same boat a la UNM. Wife and son can't move, so if I don't get in, it's separation city. My wife figured out a cute little trick I thought I'd share.... go to UNM loboweb and try to create a new web ID. If you were admitted this week, it should allow you. My letter was sent on Friday and didn't make it up here to Santa Fe....and I can't log in. Pretty sure I didn't get a spot, because UNM states that one should be able to log in the same day as one's admissions file is finalized. GOOD LUCK!

Let me know your results, would you? I'm so curious.

Thanks for the encouragement! I'm rooting for you, too. After almost six months of hang-wringing, I finally emailed on Friday and Laura Delwiche responded and said my letter was put in the mail that morning. (Her email was extremely curt, which only added to my stress.) Then my wife tried the my.umn.edu loboweb thing, and it didn't recognize my social security number. She then called the IT dept. and they said the SS# are put in immediately, the same day as admitted. Granted, it's not an official "no", but it's enough to set off a mild depression. Any luck on your part?

Don't be discouraged. Are you a New Mexico resident? If so, I bet you'll get a seat. You also have the distinct advantage of being a woman , which is considerable at UNM. I have a pretty good feeling about your candidacy. As for Creighton, I'm actually really excited about it. They have an outstanding reputation, a Supreme Court judicial clerkship program, and they offered me $$. They also have a "loan forgiveness" program and are very generous with 2L & 3L scholarship funds for good students. Cool school. Too bad it's in Nebraska. We're going to hit the road to go see University of Louisville and Creighton and then decide. As for UNM...they've been rude and discouraging from the start. Other schools have been so much more welcoming. As a third generation New Mexican, it's sort of depressing to think my home state is presenting itself so poorly. It's also not the best fit for me from an idealogical perspective, as I'm pretty conservative. All that being said, I still would have gone there if admitted. Sucks. Now we have to figure out what to do with our house in this market. So, are you really going to wait on law school if you don't get a seat? Did you look at Texas Tech? It's only 5 hours from Albuquerque, in beautiful, vibrant Waco.

Bad news. It's their effing loss, really. I hate them. Not for the rejection letter but for the snotty, arrogant treatment and their racist practices. Go retake your test. (the first time I took it I scored a 144. I couldn't believe it. Second time, I added 20 points.) Then reapply (with no intention of attending) and PEPPER their office with emails and calls. Every little question you can think of. HA! Take that you snarky admin nobodies. Good Luck!

Hey girl, just through our postings I can tell that you are a kind intelligent and motivated person. I think they dropped the ball this go round and were probably not going to even notify a lot of us. Anyway it is better to see how a school treats everyone before you are stuck there. I learned that last cycle with a school that just wanted my money, of which I already have very little. So, don't forget U of the Pacific but don't jump into anything to quickly. I sincerely wish you the best.

I'm actually quite certain that I didn't get in. I too received a poorly written response to my inquiry, saying that a letter was printed "today" that should go out to me in the next couple of days. I got the same response from U of Arizona, and when I wrote back they dropped the hint of the somewhat good news. I honestly don't know who New Mexico has their sights set on, but after looking at the people on here who have been accepted and rejected it appears to be all over the place. I'm going to continue forward with Northeastern and if U of Arizona decides to let me in, then I'll probably do that since it's in state. :)

Hilarious. You know that there's a non-stop flight between ABQ and Sacramento, right? Maybe do McGeorge for a year and transfer back. (I'm sure you've thought this through but we fly to Sacramento often and it's so easy there and back.) As for the LSAT- I just studied like a madman for a couple of months. I took at least one or two practice tests a week and did practice sections whenever I had a spare 30 minutes. The most helpful tool I found (after taking the TestMaster prep class- worthless!) was the " Powerscore LSAT BIBLE" series. I bought all the books off Amazon, worked through them, and my score totally skyrocketed.