seagan823 (2015-2016)

-1 year of AmeriCorps service with City Year
-1 year working as research assistant at financial services trade group
-3 years as social worker in DC public school
-Study abroad at American University in Cairo

My focus is public interest law, specifically legal services for indigent populations. I tried to give as much detail as possible about my cycle to provide a timeline of the process. If it weren't for some issues with an international transcript I would have applied before Thanksgiving. No idea if that might have improved my chances with the schools I was waitlisted at.

The cycle went pretty much exactly how I thought it would and how mylsn said it would, except for the waitlist at Harvard (expecting rejection) and acceptance at Berkeley (expecting rejection).

If I could do it all over again, I would have taken the time to write why x essays at the schools I was waitlisted at (I expected them to waitlist me based on mylsn) and Berkeley.

1/6 - Northwestern interview, video recorder
1/8 - WUSTL interview
1/8 - WUSTL acceptance, email
1/8 - Invite to GULC group interview
1/12 - GWU acceptance, $75,000 initial scholarship offer, email
1/14 - Invite to Cornell video interview
1/14 - WUSTL Scholar in Law full tuition scholarship offer, email
1/17 - Duke acceptance, email
1/19 - GULC Group interview
1/23 - Cornell interview, video recorder
1/29 - GULC acceptance, letter
2/2 - NYU acceptance, call
2/4 - Berkeley to faculty review, decision by Feb 26
2/5 - Chicago interview invite, email
2/10 - Texas acceptance, phone call
2/15 - Cornell acceptance, phone call
2/17 - Root Tilden Kern interview invite, phone call
2/19 - Michigan wait list, email (no why mich essay)
2/22 - Cornell initial scholarship offer, email -$75,000
2/24 - Northwestern Acceptance, decision delivery system
2/25 - Berkeley Acceptance, email
2/26 - Penn wait list, email (no why penn)
2/29 - Chicago interview, skype
3/1 - Columbia interview invite, email
3/2 - Chicago waitlist, email
3/3 - Vanderbilt scholarship email, $105,000
3/7 - Columbia interview, skype
3/14 - Georgetown scholarship email, $67,500
3/15 - GW scholarship reconsideration request submitted, online form
3/15 - Scholarship reconsideration inquiries to Cornell and Vanderbilt
3/15 - Cornell scholarship reconsideration response, asked to submit other offers, review to begin on April 1st
3/15 - Texas scholarship email, $72,114
3/17 - Duke scholarship interview, Skype with Dean Hoye
3/18 - Columbia admit, email
3/22 - Vanderbilt scholarship reconsideration request denied, email
3/24 - Duke scholarship via mail, $90,000
3/25 - Northwestern scholarship via email, $75,000
3/28 - Northwestern scholarship reconsideration request, email
3/28 - GULC scholarship increase, email, $82,500 (request for increase submitted via email 3/15)
3/28 - Berkeley scholarship match request submitted, emailed Duke offer
3/29 - Northwestern scholarship reconsideration response, link to fill out form with 1-2 other offers
3/30 - GULC PILS rejection, email
3/30 - GULC scholarship increase, email, $97,500 (request for another increase submitted 3/28, attached Duke and WUSTL offers)
3/31 - Harvard waitlist, email
3/31 - GW scholarship increase to $90,000, email
4/1 - NYU Root Tilden Kern interview, in person
4/1 - NYU Root Tilden Kern offer (full scholarship), phone call
4/2 - Berkeley match form receipt confirmation
4/4 - Virginia waitlist, email
4/4 - Accepted RTK scholarship. Attending NYU next year.