mflanner (2022-2023)

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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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
Harvard University Accepted A Type: RA Sent: 10/14/06 Rec: 10/25/06 Comp: 12/21/06 Inter: -- Dec: 01/08/07 Upd: 18 years
Columbia University F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/14/06 Rec: 10/18/06 Comp: 12/12/06 Inter: -- Dec: 02/07/07 Upd: 18 years
Stanford University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 10/14/06 Rec: 10/18/06 Comp: 12/06/06 Inter: -- Dec: 04/06/07 Upd: 18 years
University of Pennsylvania F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 10/15/06 Rec: 10/18/06 Comp: 12/01/06 Inter: -- Dec: 12/23/06 Upd: 18 years
University of Chicago F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/14/06 Rec: 10/16/06 Comp: 12/14/06 Inter: -- Dec: 02/23/07 Upd: 18 years
Yale University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 10/14/06 Rec: 10/30/06 Comp: 01/03/07 Inter: -- Dec: 03/01/07 Upd: 19 years
Boston University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/14/06 Rec: 10/18/06 Comp: 12/15/06 Inter: -- Dec: 01/30/07 Upd: 19 years
Duke University F Accepted W Type: RA $60,000 Sent: 11/30/06 Rec: 12/01/06 Comp: 12/14/06 Inter: -- Dec: 12/21/06 Upd: 19 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor F Accepted W Type: RA $60,000 Sent: 10/14/06 Rec: 10/26/06 Comp: 11/14/06 Inter: -- Dec: 01/16/07 Upd: 19 years
Georgetown University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/16/06 Rec: 10/18/06 Comp: 12/01/06 Inter: -- Dec: 12/07/06 Upd: 19 years
New York University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/15/06 Rec: 10/18/06 Comp: 12/06/06 Inter: -- Dec: 12/11/06 Upd: 19 years
Boston College Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/14/06 Rec: 10/17/06 Comp: 12/16/06 Inter: -- Dec: 12/16/06 Upd: 19 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 178
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.73
  • Degree GPA: 3.73
  • School Type: Notre Dame
  • Major: Engl and Econ

Demographic Information

  • City: Boston
  • State: Massachusetts
  • Race: white
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: -

Extra Curricular Information

ND Class of 02

Lots of work experience, including the last two years as a manager at an affordable housing agency.

Married with a baby due soon!

Additional info & updates

10-10-06: Fee waivers from Duke (with Fasttrack), Michigan (with $$ offered), Columbia, and Penn.

10-23-06: FW from Chicago

11-06-06: Ella Chava born. A perfect, beautiful little girl!

11-13-06: Had one of my recommenders fax her letter directly to UMich so i don't miss out on their EA/scholarship deadline. They were nice enough to send a reminder email, and then confirm the next day that they received it. I am sure eveyone else is facing the same frustration, but it is hard to wait for LSAC to get everything processed.

12-01-06: Visited HLS with my wife. It was VERY impressive, but also very welcoming. The admin people were great, and the students who gave the tour were both pretty laid back. I definitely felt comfortable there.

12-07-06: The ice is broken with an acceptance letter from Georgetown! A simple envelope with a letter from Dean Cornblatt and an invitation to attend one of their roving receptions. Handwritten note from Cornblatt on the letter was a nice touch. It's official, I am going to law school next year.

12-12-06: Received acceptance letter from NYU yesterday! Great that they made a decision so quickly - and what a great option to have while I wait to hear from Harvard and Yale.

12-15-06: Received email about a phone interview with Harvard next week!

12-16-06: In at BC. Sweet.

12-20-06: Phone call from Toby Stock at Harvard. I think it went fairly well. We talked about my work experience, my undergrad senior thesis, and my interests in the law. He was very laid back, which to me confirms that HLS is a cool place.

12-21-06: In at Duke! A big white envelope with plenty to read. Plus they sent a bookmark, which I think is great.

12-23-06: Penn has me on hold.

1-03-07: Email from Michigan telling me that they are still reviewing my application. I am not calling this a 'hold' because it is a very different type of letter than what Penn sent. Nice of them to stay in touch, actually.

1-08-07: In at Harvard!! Toby called this evening. Champagne all around! (except for Ella)

1-16-07: Received acceptance package from Michigan.

1-23-07: Since I am 99.9% decided on HLS, I have started withdrawing from schools to which I have been admitted. No sense hogging a spot that might keep another person off a waitlist. As for the other schools...well, I did pay good money and put time into the apps, so I want to see how they turn out.

3-1-07: Rejection letter arrived from Yale. At least this will give the Harvard-Yale Game a bit of an edge to it.

3-30-07: Sent in HLS deposit!!! can't wait for September to come.

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thanks
Monday, October 09 2006 at 08:00 PM

Thanks. It certainly will be exciting. Evertime I hold her at night I picture a textbook in the other arm.

mflanner
Thanks!
Monday, October 23 2006 at 08:00 PM

Hey, Thanks, and congrats to you on your baby as well! I did indeed talk to Toby before being admitted. Good luck to you! With your numbers, I expect you're in good shape.

redrogue
to charlie
Monday, October 09 2006 at 08:00 PM

Thanks. The fee waivers come in as long as you allow the Candidate Referral Service to circulate your info after you register with LSAC. Once you have your transript and your LSAT score in there, schools will begin to mail you solicitations. As for the LSAT...I studied a lot. A whole lot. I read 'How to Get into Law School' by Susan Estrich and she said something like, "If you only had to take one test to get into a top law school, wouldn't you study for it as hard as you could? Wouldn't you even teach yourself how to read a logic game and set it up on paper at the same time?" I didn't get that good at it, but her advice made sense to me so I tried to put that kind of effort into it. But I spread out my studying over about 5 months. Some people like to cram, but I am more of a slow and steady learner so this method worked best for me. I spent the first two months working on practice questions 1-2 times a week(and especially logic games, for which I recommend Powerscore as very good). I spent the next two months mixing in practice tests (I used the offical tests that get released 10 at a time in book form...use the most recent you can find). I spent the final month only on practive tests, taking about 6 of them. No matter how you prefer to study, I have two suggestions. 1) Take your practice tests under real conditions. Time yourself, use a bubble sheet, do your scratch work on the test, and don't cheat at all. This gets you ready to take the real thing, so that the only thing you have to worry about at the real test is the test, because it will feel like you have done it many times before. 2) Stop studying about 2 days before the test and start making yourself comfortable to take it. Make sure you know how to get there, that you have the supplies you need, and that you don't have anything else to do that day. I drove to the test center the night before to make sure I knew how to get there, and I also took the entire day off work. Best of luck to you.

mflanner
great job
Thursday, January 04 2007 at 07:00 PM

hey great numbers and great acceptances. how did you study for the lsat and for how long? any advice for the lsat or the application process? thanks.

eakaeykit

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