Invicto (2018-2019)

Good softs (I guess).

President of fraternity, VP of Interfraternity Council
lots of free clinic work, JusticeCorps fellow, Eagle Scout, lots of public interest and mentoring extracurriculars.

Did a summer internship with a big health company's national legal department sophomore year and worked part time at Starbucks during gap year while doing more volunteer work.

**From Law School Predictor**
School - Prediction

1). Yale - Deny
2). Stanford - Deny
3). Harvard - Deny
4). Chicago - Consider
5). Columbia - Weak Consider
6). NYU - Consider
7). Penn - Consider
8). Michigan - Consider
9). Berkeley - Consider
10). UVA - Strong Consider
11). Duke - Consider
12). Northwestern - Strong Consider
13). Georgetown - Strong Consider
14). UCLA - Strong Consider
15). USC - Strong Consider
16). Boston - Admit

**From Hourumd**
School - Percentage of Similar Applicants Accepted (only URMs cycle first, URM included option is second number)

1). Yale - 0%; 0%
2). Stanford - 50%; 3.13%
3). Harvard - 0%; 0%
4). Chicago - 100%; 17.07%
5). Columbia - 0%; 0%
6). NYU - 75%; 7.27%
7). Penn - 33.33%; 12.28%
8). Michigan - 66.67%; 33.33%
9). Berkeley - 40%; 11.76%
10). UVA - 25%; 11.76%
11). Duke - 80%; 26.42%
12). Northwestern - 66.67%; 38.24%
13). Georgetown - 80%; 18.56%
14). UCLA - 100%; 67.65%
15). USC - 100%; 90.91%
16). Boston - N/A; 96.97%

**From 7Sage**
School - Possibility of Acceptance

1). Yale - 5%
2). Stanford - 6%
3). Harvard - 17%
4). Chicago - 24%
5). Columbia - 33%
6). NYU - 54%
7). Penn - 20%
8). Michigan - 44%
9). Berkeley - 38%
10). UVA - 31%
11). Duke - 53%
12). Northwestern - 50%
13). Georgetown - 64%
14). UCLA - 71%
15). USC - 81%
16). Boston - 91%

**From LawSchoolPredictor.com**

Reaches -
Stanford
Columbia
Chicago
NYU
Duke

Targets -
Berkeley
Penn
Virginia
Michigan
Northwestern
UCLA
Georgetown

Safeties -
Boston

Please feel free to PM me here! I hope to see y'all in law school!

Accepted to the SEO Law Fellowship Program on 4/28/19! I will be placed in a firm in NY for the summer! I'll keep y'all posted but those who can apply should! Here is a link to their website: https://law.seo-usa.org/our-program/fellowship/

Socioeconomically disadvantaged background (previously homeless and lots of costly family medical issues)

Reapplicant. Pretty much fell flat on my face first time when I applied in January (APPLY EARLY!!!) [no t14 acceptances].

Reapplied with a higher LSAT score and slightly higher GPA b/c of final semester senior year grades and submitted apps in early October for all schools. Had an upward grade trend and made Dean's List all of Senior Year.

First time I applied, got an interview with Columbia and Chicago but was too late for a Northwestern Interview. Eventually rejected by most of the schools to which I applied but rode the waitlist until the end for UCLA, NYU, Columbia, Chicago, and Stanford.

2017 - 2018 Cycle Recap:
1). Stanford (2) - waitlisted/rejected
2). Chicago (4) - waitlisted/rejected
3). Columbia (5)- waitlisted/rejected
4). NYU (6) - waitlisted/rejected
5). Penn (7) - rejected
6). Michigan (8) - rejected
7). Berkeley (12) - rejected [rejected quickly; this one hurt]
8). Northwestern (10) - rejected
9). Cornell (13) - rejected
10). Georgetown (15) - rejected
11). UCLA (15) - waitlisted/rejected
12). USC (19) - rejected
13). ASU (25) - accepted w/ scholarship but lol at me for even applying to a school I had NO intentions of attending
14). George Washington (30) - waitlisted/rejected [this one still puzzles me but again lol at me for even applying to a school I had NO intentions of attending]
15). UC Davis (39) - accepted w/ scholarship but I should have applied to UCI instead but probs wouldn't go to either.

2018 - 2019 Cycle Recap:

Second time reapplication further details:
^ = applied in 2017 - 2018 cycle
^- = applied and outright rejected in 2017 - 2018 cycle
^~ = applied and waitlisted in 2017 - 2018 cycle
*USN school rank in parentheses
***personal preferences in brackets and excluding HYS b/c those seem more like a dream and WAY out of reach for me.

1). Yale (1) -
Outcome: Rejected via email on 2/12/19. Not surprised but this def feels like I am at the end of my cycle with no real hope for Stanford and Harvard.
Decided to apply on a whim because of constant emails from school. Don't expect to get in, but it would kill me to not know if I even had a chance of admission. Prayers up tho!

^~ 2). Stanford (2) -
Outcome: DLS according to status checker on 4/10/19. I don't have the courage to call admissions and hasten my knowledge of what is likely going to be a big fat rejection by Stanford, but there is some comfort in knowing that I at least made it to second review. I pray that this is a waitlist, and I will WAIT on that WL as long as I can!!!!
Met with Dean Deal at an invite-only law school event in SoCal on 10/4.
Rejected on 1/16/19 from Stanford's Knight-Hennessy Scholarship Program which, though certainly disappointing, was to be expected.

3). Harvard (3) -
JS1 - N/A
JS2 - N/A
Outcome: Rejected via email/status checker on 3/22/19.

^~ 4). Chicago (4) [2] -
UR1 - 10/17/18 (one day after going complete)
UR2 - 11/15/18
UR3 - 12/12/18
UR4 - 12/27/18
UR5 - 1/16/19
Outcome: Accepted via email on 1/18/19. Super stoked on this. Probs one of my top choices!
Met with Dean Perry at an invite-only law school event in SoCal on 10/4.
Invited to Skype Interview on 12/3.
Skype Interview on 12/12
Able to negotiate financial aid package from $15,000 over 3 years to $51,000 over 3 years. This sealed the deal for me and I will be attending UChicago in the Fall!!!

^~ 5). Columbia (5) [3] -
Interview - N/A
Outcome: Waitlisted via email on 2/7/2019. This was a disappointment to be sure, but I am tentatively going to wait on the reserve list.

^~ 6). NYU (6) [1]-
UR1 - 10/8/18
UR2 - 12/7/18
Outcome: Accepted via voicemail (212) area code on 4/5/19. Sorry I can't tell you if I had additional UR date changes because I stopped checking. This was quite the surprise because I was in a class for Chicago's ASW when NYU called.
Received NYU "Hold Tight Email" on 1/24/19. Def not the start of the day I imagined.

^- 7). Penn (7) [6]-
UR1 - 11/16/18
UR2 - 12/7/18
Outcome: Rejected via email on 1/24/19. Not too sad but every ding hurts.

^- 8). Michigan (8) [5] -
Outcome: Rejected on 1/14/19. First rejection of the cycle, so this stung a little. Rejected twice at Michigan, but at least I won't be freezing in AA. Though I hope to be freezing across the lake at UCHI.

^- 9). Berkeley (9) [4] -
UR1 - 10/20/18
UR2 - N/A
Outcome: Accepted - 11/14/18
Visited on 10/10/18 to speak with an admissions officer. Also went to a Public Interest Reception they helped host on 10/5/18.
Officially withdrew my application and declined their offer on 4/16/19 after they rejected my scholarship reconsideration. This one really pained me because I LOVED Berkeley, but I couldn't pass up Chicago or NYU for only a little more money.

10). Virginia (9) -
UR1 - 10/15/18
UR2 - N/A
Outcome: Finally waitlisted via email on 3/7/19. Not surprised and happy to finally receive a decision.
Released from Waitlist on 4/24/19.

11). Duke (11) [7] -
UR1 - 10/29/18
UR2 - IDK (Sorry, I lost hope at Duke and stopped checking about a month ago).
Outcome: Accepted to the JD/LLM in Intntl/Comp La via email on 2/16/19.
Met with Dean Hoye at an invite-only law school event in SoCal on 10/4.
Sorry about not knowing whether or not I went UR2 as mentioned above. Although if I did, it had to have happened sometime after 1/26/19.
Received $81,000 across three years to cover the JD and $21,000 across three years to cover the LLM for a total of $102,000 or $17,000/semester.
Was able to negotiate the scholarship up from $80,000 to $90,0000, bringing their total gift aid offer to $112,000.

^- 12). Northwestern (11) [8] -
UR1 - 11/15/18 (Guessing; checked on this day and status checker said app under review)
UR2 - N/A
Alumni Off-Campus Interview - 10/17/18
Outcome: Waitlisted via email on 2/20/19.
Officially withdrew application from waitlist and further consideration for admittance via email on 3/10/19.

^- 13). Georgetown (14)[11] -
UR1 - N/A
UR2 - N/A
Outcome: Waitlisted on 11/30 without an interview request or any communication for that matter. Might be Yield Protection but idk.
Officially withdrew application from waitlist and further consideration for admittance via email on 3/10/19.

^~ 14). UCLA (16) [10] -
Outcome: Waitlisted on 1/10/19. BYE UCLA!!!
Officially withdrew application from waitlist and further consideration for admittance via email on 3/10/19.

^- 15). USC (19) [12] -
UR1 - 11/19/18
Outcome: Accepted via email on 1/23/19.
(Don't start reviewing apps until beginning of November)
Emailed USC on 3/20/19 for scholarship reconsideration with offers of $104K from BU, $60K from Berkeley, and $15K from USC. USC replied on 3/26 stating that they could not make a better offer at that time given the funds available to them.
Received an unsolicited financial aid package increase from $105,000 to $120,000, though this was after I submitted a form stating that I will not be attending USC in the Fall.

16). Boston University (22) [13] -
Outcome: Accepted via phone call on 1/10/19
Phone number was (617) area code!
Rejected from Public Interest Scholarship but was awarded $40k/year ($120k total) merit scholarship.
Emailed on 3/20/19 for scholarship reconsideration considering $105K offer at USC, $60K offer from Berkeley, and $15K offer from UChicago. BU emailed back on 3/29/19 with an increased offer of $132,000 total aid or $22K/semester.