Nisse (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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
Georgia State University F Pending W Type: RA Sent: 12/21/10 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
Lewis and Clark College Pending W Type: RA Sent: 01/01/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
Penn State University (Dickinson) F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 01/17/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
Drake University F Accepted W Type: RA $57,000 Sent: 01/07/11 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
University of Utah F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 12/28/10 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
Mercer University F Accepted W Type: RA $60,000 Sent: 12/23/10 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
University of the Pacific F Accepted W Type: RA $30,000 Sent: 12/23/10 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
St. Louis University F Accepted W Type: RA $30,000 Sent: 12/21/10 Rec: -- Comp: 01/18/11 Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
Michigan State College of Law F Accepted W Type: RA $80,000 Sent: 12/03/10 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
#1 University of Iowa Accepted A Type: RA Sent: 12/21/10 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 157
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.72
  • Degree GPA: 3.74
  • School Type: Private
  • Major: Philosophy, English

Demographic Information

  • City: -
  • State: Iowa
  • Race: White
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 3-4 Years

Extra Curricular Information

-Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society
-SGA Student of the Year
-College newspaper editor
-College arts magazine editor
-Volunteer creative writing instructor
-Cross-country, team captain
-Track and field
-Academic All-Conference
-AmeriCorps volunteer for two terms of service

Additional info & updates

-Adjunct professor of English
-Master's degree

I'm carrying substantial debt from undergrad & grad school, so financial aid will be a deal breaker.

1/14 - Email from Mercer, accepted, letter to follow. First seat deposit due 4/1 if I choose to accept.

1/18 - Email from Saint Louis University, accepted. First seat deposit due 4/15.

1/18 - Letter arrived from Mercer, no information on fin aid/scholarships yet...

1/24 - Phone call from MSU, accepted with scholarship :-)

1/31 - Acceptance package from MSU, 75% off of tuition plus an additional $5,000 for a Dean's Merit Scholarship.

1/31 - Accepted to University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law via phone.

2/3 - Accepted to University of Iowa via status checker. Relief :-) 5/5, waiting for my first ding and glad it wasn't at Iowa.

2/4 - Accepted to University of the Pacific via mail. $30,000 over three years and free books the first year. :-)

2/9 - Accepted to Drake via mail. $57,000 over three years plus additional consideration for a public interest scholarship.

2/14- 30,000 scholarship over three years at Saint Louis University via email

2/18 - Accepted to Penn State via email, Waitlisted at Georgia State via email

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Mercer, GSU, Iowa
Sunday, October 24 2010 at 08:00 PM

congrats on the strong cycle thus far! every school you applied to is a school i applied to or gave serious consideration about applying to. If you have any questions about Mercer or Georgia State then I would love to try to help you answer them. Currently I am deciding between GA State and Iowa, but I hope to hear from Utah and throw them into the mix. Is there anything you can tell me about Iowa? I have yet to go up there and see the campus or spend any time in the state. Best of luck!

iowa, mercer
Sunday, October 24 2010 at 08:00 PM

thanks for the iowa feedback. i keep hearing really positive things. mercer is interesting and i must say that i am far from an expert. it wasn't long ago that mercer was a top 100 law school and sat nicely as an alternative school to Emory and UGA for those who couldn't quite get there LSAT scores to where they needed to be. however, mercer now finds itself off any type of ranking system and it looks like it is there to stay. i know some people who graduated from mercer and have big time jobs in the atlanta market. it is possible. and, like everything else, if you succeed in law school you should be fine. if you work hard and do great at mercer, i believe you will be rewarded. now the negatives. macon blows. it is awful. there is nothing there, nothing around it, and the city is extremely divided and unsafe. from what i have heard, blacks and whites live in separate parts of the county and the wealth disparity is quite large. the campus is in a not so safe part of town. mercer is also extremely expensive. with no scholarship money, it is not worth the investment (i think you'll get money though b/c you have good scores). lastly, it is the fourth best school in the state and therefore, it does get that reputation. Whereas people recognize GSU as a potential big time player in the near future, there is no talk about mercer coming up. i hope this helps. i will be in iowa soon to check out IC. let me know if i can help you in anyway.

drummerboy
Friday, January 07 2011 at 07:00 PM

Similar stats waiting on multiple schools. congrats on Iowa. Got any Iowa info you would like to share? Thanks.