namlit (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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
Georgetown University WL, Accepted D A Type: RA Sent: 10/06/08 Rec: -- Comp: 10/14/08 Inter: -- Dec: 04/08/09 Upd: 17 years
Columbia University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 10/06/08 Rec: 10/08/08 Comp: 10/13/08 Inter: -- Dec: 02/06/09 Upd: 17 years
University of California Los Angeles F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/10/08 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/10/09 Upd: 17 years
University of Virginia F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 10/06/08 Rec: 10/07/08 Comp: 10/13/08 Inter: -- Dec: 02/26/09 Upd: 17 years
George Washington University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/06/08 Rec: 10/27/08 Comp: 10/29/08 Inter: -- Dec: 01/26/09 Upd: 17 years
University of California Berkeley Rejected Type: RA Sent: 10/06/08 Rec: -- Comp: 10/21/08 Inter: -- Dec: 01/30/09 Upd: 17 years
Northwestern University F Intend to Apply Type: RA Sent: -- Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 17 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 170
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.32
  • Degree GPA: -
  • School Type: Small Liberal Arts
  • Major: -

Demographic Information

  • City: -
  • State: Massachusetts
  • Race: Non-URM
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 5-9 Years

Extra Curricular Information

MA in Int'l Policy Studies
8+ yrs WE, including int'l and legal

Additional info & updates

I found this website useful throughout the admissions process, so I'll add a few notes to help others facing a similar situation to mine. First of all, no matter how realistic you try to be about your cycle, the wait will be excruciating. As a weak splitter with strong soft factors, I was certain that I would be waitlisted and eventually accepted at my first choice, GULC, but the process still sucked. Looking back, I'd even expected to wait a little longer.

Since I planned to move to DC, where my wife had a job offer, I only applied to GULC, with GW as a safety, and some of the top schools that offered me fee waivers (and were located in places we'd be willing to live - thus Cornell, Duke, Michigan, etc., were out). My wife and I happen to be from Berkeley, so I applied there to satisfy the family, despite the impossible odds.

I didn't write a gpa addendum, which I'm not sure would've made much difference for me anyway. If I were to do things differently, I might've written a LOCI after the initial deferment letter (from GULC). It might have saved myself the tedious wait between the interview in December and the (expected) waitlist letter in March. By then I had already prepared the LOCI and was able to send it off within the week. Otherwise, I'm very satisfied with this cycle and gaining admission to my top choice was, in retrospect, worth the wait.

Key dates:

11/21/08 - Received GULC interview e-mail.
12/15/08 - Interviewed with GULC alumna.
12/22/08 - GULC deferral letter.
01/30/09 - Berkeley rejection via status checker; thin envelope followed.
02/13/09 - Decision at GULC.
02/14/09 - UCLA wait list by mail; slightly thicker envelope w/ wait list intention form enclosed.
02/17/09 - Columbia "reserve" letter.
02/26/09 - UVA waitlist e-mail in the evening.
O3/09/09 - GULC Pref. WL letter finally arrived after I called them twice (postmarked on day of second call...).
04/08/09 - E-mail from Dean Cornblatt at GULC informing me that I'd be pleased with a letter coming in the mail.

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