DarrowedBrow (2014-2015)

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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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
Yale University Accepted A Type: RA Sent: 10/09/14 Rec: 10/17/14 Comp: 10/17/14 Inter: -- Dec: 02/25/15 Upd: 9 years
Stanford University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 09/15/14 Rec: 09/15/14 Comp: 09/22/14 Inter: -- Dec: 01/13/15 Upd: 9 years
University of Miami Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/30/14 Rec: 10/30/14 Comp: 10/31/14 Inter: -- Dec: 11/03/14 Upd: 9 years
New York University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/28/14 Rec: 10/29/14 Comp: 10/29/14 Inter: -- Dec: 12/01/14 Upd: 9 years
Boston College Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/20/14 Rec: 11/21/14 Comp: 11/21/14 Inter: -- Dec: 12/05/14 Upd: 9 years
Wake Forest University F Accepted W Type: RA $175,000 Sent: 11/04/14 Rec: 11/06/14 Comp: 11/07/14 Inter: -- Dec: 12/18/14 Upd: 9 years
Cornell University Accepted W Type: RA $160,000 Sent: 11/07/14 Rec: 11/07/14 Comp: 11/14/14 Inter: -- Dec: 12/23/14 Upd: 9 years
Georgetown University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 12/08/14 Rec: 12/09/14 Comp: 12/10/14 Inter: -- Dec: 12/22/14 Upd: 9 years
University of Chicago Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 09/04/14 Rec: 09/04/14 Comp: 09/08/14 Inter: -- Dec: 12/31/14 Upd: 9 years
Northwestern University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/23/14 Rec: 10/23/14 Comp: 10/24/14 Inter: -- Dec: 01/06/15 Upd: 9 years
University of Pennsylvania Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/28/14 Rec: 10/29/14 Comp: 10/29/14 Inter: -- Dec: 01/26/15 Upd: 9 years
Columbia University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/30/14 Rec: 10/31/14 Comp: 10/31/14 Inter: -- Dec: 01/26/15 Upd: 9 years
University of Texas Austin F Accepted W Type: RA $147,732 Sent: 12/18/14 Rec: 01/06/15 Comp: 01/05/15 Inter: -- Dec: 01/14/15 Upd: 9 years
University of Southern California Accepted W Type: RA $120,000 Sent: 12/08/14 Rec: 12/09/14 Comp: 12/12/14 Inter: -- Dec: 01/16/15 Upd: 9 years
University of California Berkeley Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 12/08/14 Rec: 12/09/14 Comp: 12/18/14 Inter: -- Dec: 02/06/15 Upd: 10 years
Duke University Pending W Type: RA Sent: 09/04/14 Rec: 09/04/14 Comp: 09/08/14 Inter: -- Dec: 01/27/15 Upd: 10 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Pending W Type: RA Sent: 09/05/14 Rec: 09/05/14 Comp: 09/09/14 Inter: -- Dec: 01/27/15 Upd: 10 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 166
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.79
  • Degree GPA: -
  • School Type: Ivy
  • Major: Poli-Sci

Demographic Information

  • City: -
  • State: -
  • Race: AA
  • Gender: Man
  • Under Represented Minority: Yes
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 10+ Years

Extra Curricular Information

Total non-trad (10+ years w/e); re-doing cycle two years later.

Here's my Law School Predictor v. actual results:

School: Prediction, Actual
Yale: Deny, Admit (!)
Stanford: Consider, Admit
Chicago: Consider, Admit
Columbia, Consider, Admit
Penn, Strong Consider, Admit
Berkeley, Strong Consider, WL
Michigan, Strong Consider, W/D before decision. I count this as a WL/Ding
Duke, Strong Consider, W/D before decision. I count this as a WL/Ding
Northwestern, Admit, Admit
Cornell, Strong Consider, Admit
Georgetown, Strong Consider, Admit

Additional info & updates

10/10 UChi interview invite
10/15 UChi interview
12/1 NYU DLS; SC and phone call next day. Heyyy T6!!
12/5 Admitted to BC via email
12/18 Admitted to Wake Forest w/full scholarship. That's nice of them.
12/23 Admitted to Cornell w/full tuition scholarship! What a great Christmas present!
12/31 Admitted to Georgetown via snail mail. Nice way to send out 2014.
12/31 Admitted to UChicago via email. Ooooh this stuff's getting real now!
1/6 Admitted to Northwestern via online letter system. I'm loving this! I can think of a lot of worse things than going to law school in the loop :)
1/12 "Thanks for your patience" email from Michigan. This one bugs me because I am sincerely interested in Michigan Law, but they clearly aren't that interested in me. :(
1/13 Just got the call from SLS!!!!!! I'm speechless!!!!
1/13 Moved to faculty review at Berkeley. This does not feel like a good thing.
1/14 Admitted to UT via phone call.
1/16 Admitted to USC via email.
1/26 Admitted to Penn via phone call! YES!! This one means a lot to me personally. I totally didn't expect it.
1/26 Admitted to Columbia via snail mail. Well, that's, that's just fine :)
1/27 Withdrew from Duke and Michigan prior to receiving a decision. It's just gone on too long and they obviously aren't too jazzed about me. Might as well clean things up.
1/29 No app/$ updates, but how about a little state of mind update: Going to hear from Berkeley a week from tomorrow and then it's just waiting for Yale. First ding wave should come 3rd week of February, or so.
2/2 Chancellor's Scholarship at Texas...full tuition:).
2/6 W/L from Berkeley via email. I guess 13 was an unlucky number. Withdrew immediately...
2/10 Hello NYU...why, yes, I'd be glad to come interview for the super prestigious RTK scholarship! :)
2/21 Scholarship offer from USC, $40k/year--not competitive with other full ride offers from higher ranked schools.
2/25 In at Yale Law School. WTF?! I don't have words.
3/3 Day of rationalization. Withdrew from every school not named Yale or Stanford.
3/13 And so it ends...withdrew from SLS today and sent deposit into YLS. Can't believe it's all over!!!

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Wednesday, December 31 2014 at 09:29 AM

Amazing cycle so far - congratulations and good luck!

Sunday, September 15 2013 at 08:50 PM

Wow! Awesome! Great news about SLS! I noticed Harvard isn't on your list.....Anyway, good luck with Yale!

Sunday, November 02 2014 at 06:35 PM

Thanks folks! Yes, and sadly, Harvard's not an option for me :(.

Sunday, November 02 2014 at 06:35 PM

Thanks folks! Yes, and sadly, Harvard's not an option for me :(.

Sunday, September 15 2013 at 08:50 PM

What are you leaning toward?

Sunday, November 02 2014 at 06:35 PM

Ha! @ DiniMae...it Simply Leaves So much to chance when you put too much info out there. But You Look So paranoid if you don't share, so that could change my mind but honestly, the odds of that happening at all aren't good. And there's always the wild free ride that could happen and change my whole deal. Forgive my lame attempt at subterfuge.

Wednesday, December 31 2014 at 09:29 AM

Right, at the risk of sounding creepy, I am back again to say that your cycle honestly makes me happy to watch. I have a feeling you may end up with a clean sweep and I hope the best possible outcome happens for you! :D

Sunday, November 02 2014 at 06:35 PM

Not creepy at all. I appreciate any and all encouragement. The sweep is impossible at this point, but I am pretty humbled by the idea of going 13/13 on my first decisions.

Tuesday, October 28 2014 at 12:08 PM

Amazing cycle, epic stuff!

Yale Mary
Wednesday, March 26 2014 at 01:32 PM

I figured it was a matter of time before you got into Yale. Congratulations! Maybe I'll see you there.

Sunday, November 02 2014 at 06:35 PM

Thanks!!!!! I'm obviously deficient, I had NO IDEA you got into YLS 3 days ago. Congrats!!! And, yes, perhaps I'll see you in New Haven. But maybe I'll see you in Palo Alto?

Congratulations!
Friday, June 28 2013 at 11:30 PM

I have slightly lower numbers than you, but am URM and have been out of school for almost as long. Can I ask how you wrote your PS? I tried to provide a narrative of my time away from school. Now I'm a bit worried that it did not focus enough on the reasons I have for going to LS.

Sunday, November 02 2014 at 06:35 PM

My PS was very direct. I spoke about my professional work and how going to law school was pivotal to that. My personal statement wasn't really "personal" at all. I saw it more as a "here's what I'm doing and this is why coming to your school is going to help me do it better". Good luck!

Saturday, April 30 2011 at 08:00 PM

Dope, dope, dope all the way around brother! Your profile is inspiring! Oh, and I love the Law School Predictor v. actual results, couldn't help but to LOL on this! Congrats!