mgregson (2013-2014)

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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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
#3 Campbell University F Accepted W Type: RA $90,000 Sent: 10/15/13 Rec: 10/30/13 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 11/04/13 Upd: 10 years
#2 Wake Forest University F Accepted W Type: RA $90,000 Sent: 10/30/13 Rec: 11/15/13 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 01/17/14 Upd: 10 years
#1 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Accepted A Type: RA $30,000 Sent: 10/30/13 Rec: 11/07/13 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 04/01/14 Upd: 10 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 164
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.0
  • Degree GPA: 3.0
  • School Type: UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Major: English

Demographic Information

  • City: Chapel Hill
  • State: North Carolina
  • Race: White
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: In Undergrad

Extra Curricular Information

-Treasurer of Phi Alpha Delta
-Lots of international travel, including mission trips
-Active in Relay for Life
-Held a job throughout my entire undergraduate career including work at
1. boutique firm with very strong ties to Wake Forest
2. mid-size firm (very nearly biglaw) with very strong ties to UNC
3. boutique firm with weak ties to Duke, UVa, Wake, UNC
-Dean's List Multiple Semesters
-Academic Addendum for a dismal (1.9) semester GPA during undergrad. Without that semester, GPA rises to 3.5x

Additional info & updates

Growing up an Air Force brat, I moved around a lot. Now that my family calls NC home, as has for a while, I knew that I wanted to practice in NC and stay in NC for law school. That is why I applied to the schools I did and not some from other parts of the country or even within the SE.

While Wake Forest was the most generous with their scholarship, and I'm positive I could have negotiated more with Campbell (I withdrew Campbell the moment I heard from Wake), I knew that UNC is where I wanted to be. Having gone to UNC for UG and also them having the best network within NC (especially the Raleigh area- where I want to be) made the choice incredibly easy.

If you have any questions about the different law schools in NC-even the ones I didn't apply to-message me and I will be more than happy to talk about it. Having worked for several law firms, I can attest to the strength of different NC law school's network in different parts of the state.

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Congrats on Chapel Hill!
Monday, June 17 2013 at 12:51 PM

Congrats on the results! I see that you have worked throughout college and was a member of a few clubs which is great for time management. So I have to ask, how much time did you devote to your LSAT prep?? Thank you for your time!! And again, congratulations! :)

Isolda27
Thanks!
Tuesday, June 24 2014 at 09:23 AM

Thank you very much! I did not do a whole bunch in the way of LSAT prep. I worked my way through a Barron's book and through some Kaplan materials from the course my friend took. I studied roughly 5-7 hours/week for the 3 months leading up to the LSAT. Seeing as how I wasn't shooting for T-14, I knew that a 164 would get me $ to all the schools I was planning on applying to. I know this isn't conventional wisdom from many people on LSN or TLS, they'll usually say to just retake and grind until you get 170+, but it really depends on where you want to be.

mgregson

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