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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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
Penn State University (Dickinson) F	Accepted A	Type: RA	$156,000	Sent: 10/18/16	Rec: 10/19/16	Comp: 10/20/16	Inter: --	Dec: 10/21/16	Upd: 7 years
University of Pittsburgh F	Accepted W	Type: RA	$84,000	Sent: 11/30/16	Rec: 12/01/16	Comp: 12/01/16	Inter: --	Dec: 01/06/17	Upd: 7 years
University of Maryland F	Accepted W	Type: RA	$45,000	Sent: 09/28/16	Rec: 09/29/16	Comp: 10/20/16	Inter: --	Dec: 02/14/17	Upd: 7 years
Rutgers Law School F	Accepted W	Type: RA	$42,000	Sent: 03/09/17	Rec: 03/10/17	Comp: 03/10/17	Inter: --	Dec: 03/21/17	Upd: 8 years
Drexel University F	Accepted W	Type: RA	$131,800	Sent: 09/28/16	Rec: 09/29/16	Comp: --	Inter: --	Dec: --	Upd: 8 years
Georgia State University F	Accepted W	Type: RA		Sent: 10/24/16	Rec: 10/24/16	Comp: 10/24/16	Inter: --	Dec: 11/22/16	Upd: 8 years
Villanova University F	Waitlisted W	Type: RA		Sent: 10/17/16	Rec: 10/19/16	Comp: 10/20/16	Inter: --	Dec: 12/16/16	Upd: 8 years
Seton Hall University F	Accepted W	Type: RA	$60,000	Sent: 09/28/16	Rec: 09/29/16	Comp: --	Inter: --	Dec: 11/29/16	Upd: 8 years
Temple University F	Waitlisted	Type: RA		Sent: 10/25/16	Rec: 10/25/16	Comp: 10/26/16	Inter: --	Dec: 01/19/17	Upd: 8 years
Ohio State University F	Waitlisted	Type: RA		Sent: 10/16/16	Rec: 10/16/16	Comp: 11/15/16	Inter: --	Dec: --	Upd: 8 years
University of Tennessee Knoxville F	Waitlisted	Type: RA		Sent: 10/31/16	Rec: 11/01/16	Comp: 11/01/16	Inter: --	Dec: 12/08/16	Upd: 8 years
University of Akron F	Accepted W	Type: RA	$57,000	Sent: 10/19/16	Rec: 10/20/16	Comp: 10/20/16	Inter: --	Dec: 11/07/16	Upd: 8 years

Applicant Information

LSAT: 158
LSAT 2: 158
LSAT 3: 155
GRE : -
LSAC GPA: 3.3
Degree GPA: 3.33
School Type: Penn State University
Major: Education

Demographic Information

City: -
State: Pennsylvania
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Man
Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
Years out of Undergrad: 5-9 Years

Extra Curricular Information

- Severe TBI survivor of 11+ years

- Included GPA addendum to explain for my first 3 semesters GPA (medical + other stuff). Otherwise, GPA would be more around 3.5+... My college grades had an upward trend, with a 4.0 during my final semester (after a 2.67 and 2.7 freshman year)

- Minors in history and sociology, certificate in TESOL

- Business owner since 2012, along with teaching part-time

Additional info & updates

10/21: Full tuition scholarship to Dickinson Law (Penn State)! Heard back 2 days after going complete - caught me by surprise

11/7: Accepted at Akron Law. $19k/yr (80%), no stips. Withdrew application

11/22: Accepted at Georgia State Law. No scholarship info yet.

11/29: Accepted at Seton Hall. $15k/yr ship. 2.8 stip = no bueno. After review, only bumped their offer up by $5k/yr (totalling $20k/yr with a stip)
- Withdrew App from Seton Hall (1/27)

12/8: WL'ed at UTK. I am at their median LSAT, a few tenths of a point below their median GPA

12/9: WL'ed at tOSU

12/16: WL'ed at Villanova. Was accepted there on a $35k/yr scholarship last year, WL'ed this year. Does that make any sense???

1/6:. Accepted at Pitt Law. Scholarship info to come. I received my acceptance email at 3:40 AM
**UPDATE: Dean's Scholarship - $20k/yr, renewable with a 2.8 GPA (I would have in-state tuition)

1/13:. Accepted to Drexel Law. Near full -- tuition is $43k/yr, I was given $40k/yr, no stips, and a first year $1300 book stipend

1/27: Accepted at Penn State Law. Full-tuition scholarship, no strings attached

2/9: Just was bumped up to a 100% tuition scholly at Drexel

2/11: Just was offered a $15,000 stipend, beyond a 100% tuition scholly, at Penn State - Dickinson!!!! Woohoo!

2/14: Accepted at UMD! $15k/yr ship - OOS tuition

3/6: Pitt bumped ship to $22k/yr, making tuition $11k/yr.

3/21: Accepted at Rutgers. $14k/yr ship - OOS tuition

3/22: Withdrew full-tuition scholarships from Drexel and Penn State Law. Tough decision, but hoping it helps out someone on the WL, or needing more money to financially make it a reality! Also withdrew from Rutgers.

4/7: Pitt increased scholarship to $28k/yr, making in-state tuition $4500/yr. They also dropped all conditions to renew.

4/8: Withdrew offer from UMD

4/10: Withdrew offer from Pitt

I am honored to say that I am officially a JD candidate at the Penn State Dickinson College of Law Class of 2020!

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Ohio State

Thursday, October 22 2015 at 12:48 AM

It was bitter sweet because they were incredibly kind throughout the process and I loved the law school itself. However, as a Boise State Bronco first, the little sister of the poor sticking it to big bad O-H was kind of funny.

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