mccracal (2016-2017)

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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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
Yale University Accepted A Type: RA Sent: 01/28/17 Rec: 01/29/17 Comp: 02/08/17 Inter: -- Dec: 04/08/17 Upd: 6 years
Harvard University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 11/14/16 Inter: -- Dec: 03/22/17 Upd: 7 years
Stanford University Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/16/16 Comp: 11/18/16 Inter: -- Dec: 04/11/17 Upd: 7 years
New York University F Accepted W Type: RA $180,000 Sent: 11/22/16 Rec: 11/22/16 Comp: 11/26/16 Inter: -- Dec: 12/22/16 Upd: 7 years
Columbia University F Accepted W Type: RA $94,500 Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/15/16 Comp: 12/01/16 Inter: -- Dec: 01/24/17 Upd: 7 years
University of Chicago F Accepted W Type: RA $238,000 Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 11/22/16 Inter: -- Dec: 02/13/17 Upd: 7 years
University of Virginia F Accepted W Type: RA $177,900 Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 11/14/16 Inter: -- Dec: 12/08/16 Upd: 7 years
University of California Berkeley F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 11/16/16 Inter: -- Dec: 01/04/17 Upd: 7 years
Georgetown University F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 11/18/16 Inter: -- Dec: 11/28/16 Upd: 7 years
Washington University in St Louis F Accepted W Type: RA $185,000 Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 11/21/16 Inter: -- Dec: 11/23/16 Upd: 7 years
Cornell University F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/15/16 Comp: 11/15/16 Inter: -- Dec: 12/19/16 Upd: 7 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor F Accepted W Type: RA $150,000 Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 12/15/16 Inter: -- Dec: 01/06/17 Upd: 7 years
Northwestern University F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 12/07/16 Inter: -- Dec: 01/19/17 Upd: 7 years
University of Texas Austin F Accepted W Type: RA $108,033 Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/16/16 Comp: 11/17/16 Inter: -- Dec: 01/10/17 Upd: 7 years
University of Pennsylvania F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/14/16 Comp: 11/17/16 Inter: -- Dec: 02/08/17 Upd: 7 years
Vanderbilt University F Accepted W Type: RA $110,000 Sent: 11/14/16 Rec: 11/15/16 Comp: 11/15/16 Inter: -- Dec: 12/16/16 Upd: 7 years
Duke University F Accepted W Type: SP Sent: 10/29/16 Rec: 10/30/16 Comp: 10/31/16 Inter: -- Dec: 11/09/16 Upd: 7 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 174
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.92
  • Degree GPA: -
  • School Type: Private Top 25
  • Major: Humanities

Demographic Information

  • City: -
  • State: -
  • Race: Caucasian
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 1-2 Years

Extra Curricular Information

Okay/average softs: various academic awards, decent amount of abroad experience, speak 4 languages. I'm assuming my letters of recommendation were fine. I'm sure everyone does, but I put a ton of time/effort into my personal statement/supplemental essays.

Additional info & updates

Received fee waivers from Michigan/Duke/Penn after first LSAT (172); received them from everywhere else after my second sitting.

Submitted diversity statement to all schools, and Why X to Penn, Michigan, UVA, Duke, and Berkeley.

I would have gone to Chicago had I not received a surprisingly generous need-based grant from Yale. I was 99% sure I wasn't going to get a dime, so remember to always apply for financial aid! You might be pleasantly surprised :)

Chicago:
1/17: Interview request
2/1: Interview. No real curveballs (all the questions were posted on the Chicago TLS thread), but the interview style itself wasn't particularly conversational at all.
2/13: Acceptance via email
2/20: Rubenstein email!!! 238k is the official figure they sent out, so it must be taking tuition increases into consideration.

Columbia:
12/30: Interview invite
1/5: Interview. Pretty casual, mostly straightforward questions.
1/24: Accepted; Butler info included in acceptance email

Cornell:
11/28: Interview request
12/5: Completed online interview. Format is a little awkward but I think it went okay.

Georgetown:
12/2: Received small acceptance letter (it was dated 11/28). Didn't do an interview or submit any of the Georgetown-specific optional essays.

Harvard:
1/23: Interview request
2/3: Interview. Pretty laid back and conversational. A few questions about my resume, but no specific "Why Law/Why Harvard" questions.
3/22: JS2!

Michigan:
1/19: Awarded Dean's Scholarship via email

Northwestern:
12/2: Alumni interview. Relatively laid back. File went complete at some point the next week but unsure of the exact date.

NYU:
2/24: Vanderbilt scholarship

Texas:
12/20: Asked to submit Why Texas Law statement
1/10: Accepted; submitted my Why UT statement one week earlier.
1/27: Scholarship info$20k/year + Nonresident Tuition Exemption

Vanderbilt:
12/8: Alumni interview. Very casual; more of a Q&A about Vandy than a a traditional interview.

Virginia:
12/5: Interview request
12/8: Interview + Admission + Dillard!

WashU:
11/17: Interview request
11/21: Interview (Very friendly and relaxed. Lasted about 40 minutes, but I asked a lot of questions)
11/23: Accepted!
12/8: Received two emails about scholarships. First one was a full-tuition Dean's scholarship. An email awarding me the "Washington Award" (10k/year) came about 10 minutes later.

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Thursday, June 01 2017 at 03:20 AM

How did you study for the LSAT?

Tuesday, September 27 2016 at 05:40 PM

@nomadicisa First I skimmed through the PowerScore Logic Games Bible, which was somewhat helpful for learning how to diagram but not much else. My main improvements came from taking a full-length practice test just about every day and looking at the 7sage explanations for the questions I was really confused about. I would usually do a practice test in the morning, then review, then relax all day (I did virtually all of my studying between graduating and the June exam, so I didn't have to worry about school/work). I would also usually do 1 additional section in the evening. It'd probably be really easy to burn out doing this method, but I found it to be highly effective (It took about 3 weeks to raise my diagnostic score by 20+ points).