Orbitking2000 (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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
#2 Harvard University Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
#1 New York University F Accepted A Type: RA $50,000 Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/29/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Southern California F Accepted Type: RA $75,000 Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 04/01/12 Upd: 12 years
#7 Fordham University Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 04/13/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Pennsylvania F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
#3 Columbia University F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 04/09/12 Upd: 12 years
#6 University of Michigan Ann Arbor Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/13/12 Upd: 12 years
#4 Georgetown University F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 02/07/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/02/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Texas Austin Accepted W Type: RA $138,084 Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/07/12 Upd: 12 years
Cardozo-Yeshiva University F Accepted W Type: RA $120,000 Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/06/12 Upd: 12 years
Indiana University Bloomington F Accepted W Type: RA $120,000 Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/07/12 Upd: 12 years
University of California Davis F Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/23/12 Upd: 12 years
George Washington University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/27/12 Upd: 12 years
#8 Washington University in St Louis F Accepted W Type: RA $75,000 Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/15/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Notre Dame F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 02/02/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/19/12 Upd: 12 years
#5 University of Virginia F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 12 years
University of Chicago F Rejected Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/14/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign F Accepted W Type: RA $66,780 Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/05/12 Upd: 12 years
Emory University F Accepted W Type: RA $81,000 Sent: 02/02/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/13/12 Upd: 12 years
University of California Berkeley Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/08/12 Upd: 12 years
Washington and Lee University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/01/12 Upd: 13 years
Southern Methodist University F Pending W Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
College of William and Mary F Accepted W Type: RA $30,000 Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/10/12 Upd: 13 years
American University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/24/12 Upd: 13 years
#5 Cornell University F Pending Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years
Boston University F Pending Type: RA Sent: 02/01/12 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 13 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 165
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.41
  • Degree GPA: -
  • School Type: Top 30
  • Major: Political Science

Demographic Information

  • City: New York
  • State: New York
  • Race: African American
  • Gender: Man
  • Under Represented Minority: Yes
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 1-2 Years

Extra Curricular Information

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Additional info & updates

2/02: Alright then--The show is finally on the road. I sent out almost all apps yesterday (even the ones with much later deadlines) and e-mails from schools saying they've received my application are rolling in by e-mail by the hour.

2/10: Accepted @ W&M, e-mail

2/13: Received W&M acceptance letter with scholarship information and admissions packet via FedEx.
2/13: Accepted @ Emory via FedEx. It was a super thin packet and had the acceptance letter along with an invitation to attend a BLSA admissions day, all-expense-paid. That is pretty awesome...

2/15: Accepted @ Washington U. via e-mail. Awesome! Wash U is one of my top choices and I remember writing a "Why Washington" essay explaining specifically how I was interested in one of their study abroad programs in Utrecht. They said they will be considering me for scholarships.

2/24: Ding @ American U. via e-mail. Naive for hoping they wouldn't practice yield protection (YP)... Hopefully I can get an admit today from somewhere to make up for this atrocity!

2/27: Accepted @ George Washington University via snail mail. Take that, American. There was a handwritten note in the letter saying how impressive my work experience was.

2/29: Accepted @ NYU--my DREAM school--via phone call. Checked the online status checker earlier in the day and it said "decision letter sent." Awesome!!! I wrote a specific "Why NYU?" statement telling them how I first learned about NYU law from my experience abroad and how I immediately knew that would be the best place for me to study international law. I will certainly be going to NYU unless another top-14 gives me an amazing financial aid offer or I get into Harvard or Columbia money. Then I'll have to visit the schools and flip a coin.

*Hmm... I'm going to withdraw from any non top-20 schools as the decisions come in. I paid money to send those apps, might as well see if any of them "wow" me...

3/1: Waitlisted @ W&L via e-mail...
3/1: E-mail from GWU came in telling me they would consider me for scholarships
3/1: E-mail from Washington University saying that I was awarded their "most prestigious" "Scholar in Law" award of $75,000! Wow... that's awesome--shows that people actually believe in my success! But... not sure if this is even comparable to NYU with free room and board...

3/2: Accepted @ Georgetown via snail mail! Wow. It came in this square-shaped letter and I was like "damn I probably got waitlisted." The Dean of admissions wrote me a note saying that I "made a great case" as to why Georgetown is a great fit for me and my interests. I wrote specifically about how Georgetown's mission fits with my experience and interests, and that D.C. is a great place to study law because people can expose themselves to all kind of new experiences. I said it more gracefully, though.

3/2: NYU's acceptance letter came in this kind of eye-torturing, off-purple color (but I'm partially colorblind). In it was a standard admissions letter (no scholarship info--that comes a few weeks from now, I hear). On the admissions letter there was a Class of 2015 post-it note with a message from Assistant Dean Kleinrock saying how my international experience is impressive (he referenced the Hague aka ICTY). There was one more page in the envelope which was an "Intention to Enroll" form.

3/5: Accepted @ U. Illinois U-C via e-mail. Came in at 5:35 PM with scholarship info, explaining very clearly that they are offering me a "50% tuition scholarship."

3/6: Accepted @ Cardozo-Yeshiva via phone call. Person from the admissions office also said I was being awarded a dean's scholarship for 40K per year (120,000) total. Wow

3/7 Accepted @ University of Texas via phone call. Super warm lady called telling me that they mailed out an acceptance packet this morning and that I should hear about scholarships in about 1-2 weeks.
3/7: Accepted @ Indiana University (Bloomington) via e-mail! They offered 120 K scholarship and said I need to respond in April.

3/8: Waitlisted @ UC Berkeley via status checker.

3/8: NYU Financial Aid Award info became available (see above)! All I need to do is press the accept button and I'm NYU Class of 2015! WOW! But I will be patient for now :).

3/13: Accepted @ U Michigan via snail mail. Package contained a plastic, see-through, yellow folder with a generic acceptance letter with a flash drive. ***APPARENTLY... they don't offer scholarships to everyone who they would be okay giving a scholarship to, or something like that. When I withdrew stating lack of scholarship money as a reason, they promptly responded and said their "scholarship matching program" (or something like that) is top notch and that they would match any comparable offers from any schools. Needless to say I was insulted by their trickery and didn't even bother responding to that e-mail...

3/16: Wow I got a letter from UTexas offering me a chancellor's scholarship. This makes my decision much more difficult...

3/23: Accepted @ UC Davis via snail mail. Standard packet, USB, admissions letter, etc. No scholarship info.

7/26: Thought I would give a little update... NYU has been such a pleasure dealing with these past few months. E-mails get responded to very promptly, and their online resources are phenomenal. The only thing left which could change my mind about going to NYU is if I get accepted to Harvard. I'm going to withdraw from Harvard if they don't give me a response by one week before NYU's orientation on August 22nd.

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hehehhe
Saturday, June 25 2011 at 08:00 PM

i found u...:D

CONGRATS
Saturday, June 25 2011 at 08:00 PM

ON NYU!!!! I KNEW IT!!!! :D :D

Wednesday, February 29 2012 at 07:00 PM

What are some of your notable softs? What do you think helped you get into NYU?

Notable Softs
Tuesday, May 27 2008 at 08:00 PM

I put some stuff under "extracurricular information." I think my internship at the ICTY was key. I also had law firm experience and a lot of abroad experience. It was obvious that I was interested in international affairs (I studied abroad in China in high school and Amsterdam in College) and I have studied a ton of languages.

also...
Tuesday, May 27 2008 at 08:00 PM

The stuff I wrote in my profile about personal statements... mine was super honest. I think honesty is the one thing that comes through the strongest when people are reading your essays.

Thanks
Monday, January 23 2012 at 07:00 PM

Hey! Thanks Man. Congrats on your acceptances, you've had a great cycle so far. Barring any huge scholarships from the other schools I'm waiting on, I think I'll be attending W&L in the fall. I can't believe you got WL there! I guess NYU will have to suffice. haha

Thanks
Sunday, February 19 2012 at 07:00 PM

Hey thanks! Yeah at this moment I'm really hoping for GULC but I'm not holding my breath haha. Congrats on NYU! Getting accepted at your dream school has to feel great.

No secrets!
Saturday, December 17 2011 at 07:00 PM

Thank you so much for your comment! My cycle is pretty much over at this point. It's been a long run, with most of my apps submitted in October, so I'm glad to be done. As far as the scholarships, I'm really not sure. I haven't done any negotiating. Those were the original offers. I'm so blessed to have received them! Good luck on the rest of your cycle and congrats on your decisions thus far!

hx3
Congrats
Monday, March 05 2012 at 07:00 PM

Your cycle is looking sooo good right now. Conrats dude!

Thanks
Saturday, April 23 2011 at 08:00 PM

Thanks a lot! Good luck with the rest of your cycle!

lol
Saturday, June 25 2011 at 08:00 PM

silly goose... and thanks!!!!

Thorough and Congrats on NYU!
Saturday, October 01 2011 at 08:00 PM

I thought my profile was thorough until I looked at yours! I feel that this is a great resource to present and future JD candidates and I am glad to contribute and share my story. Congrats on NYU! That is an amazing school. Good luck with everything

Tuesday, May 27 2008 at 08:00 PM

Thanks!