MyNumbersSuck (2022-2023)

semi-non-trad - 27 with a family, finishing my BA through excelsior - was wasting too much time and WAY too much money on NYU. Loved the school, but can't afford another two years, especially since i've been commuting 3-4 hours each way to class twice a week... Other than that, not much extracurricular.

I hope I'm applying broadly enough - my GPA is a mess, lots of schools and lots of Fs. Suggestions for other schools worth applying to are welcome...
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One of my LORs went out Friday, just in time to get there the day after LSAC closes for Christmas. My other reccommender has disappeared from the planet, and needs to be replaced - argh! JHU says they sent my transcript from summer classes ten years ago on the 12th, as of the last day LSAC was open, it hadn't arrived. This process gets more fun every day... Until that last transcript gets there, I can't even get a decision from Cooley...
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Anyone have any experience with Charlotte or Phoenix, in terms of scholarships/loans? I get the impression that Staffords are out of the question at this time...
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Email from SIU requesting that I redo my disclosure statement... Several driving under suspension, none alcohol related, all tied to one lousy ticket I didn't pay - idicoy of youth type stuff, but apparently I wasn't specific enough for them to be able to tell if they need court documentation or not... Definitely NOT the notification I was hoping for from them. Got a Christmas card from Vermont, as, I'm sure, did every other applicant. I'm impressed that their entire admissions office (four people) actually sat down and spent the time to hand-sign all those cards - it's a small thing, but it does say something.
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Transcript finally shows as processed today but only two reports out, both images and both dated 19 December.one is for DU. Not a chance of that happening, but my sister in law graduated from there. My LSAT is right in line, degree gpa is ok, but cum gpa is garbage. Now the real waiting begins.
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27 December - Received letter from Cooley requesting a copy of my driving record to verify that my license is valid after all those driving under suspension. No problem. That goes out tomorrow. Also received password for checking status at L&C, and a viewbook from FL Coastal...
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28 December - Faxed copy of driving record to Cooley. Twice. Now I have to reconcile my disclosure statement with that record, and tie together failure to respond and suspensions and etc... I knew things were a mess back then, I didn't realize just how much until I got all the paperwork together...
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FINALLY... second letter of recommendation has been received and processed. I marked today as "complete" on all of them, because that was the only thing remaining. Now all I have to do is wait. *tears out hair*
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Email from Phoenix - complete, 2-4 weeks for review. Also, DU now shows me as complete in their status checker. Faxed requested driving record to Cooley 2 weeks ago followed by email to confirm, no reply, no acknowledgement at all.
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Anybody know how accurate the LSAC odds calculator is? It shows me as a shoe in at a couple of my highly ranked schools, even though my GPA is somewhere around half of their median GPA... strikes me as sort of odd...
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