PlugInBaby (2022-2023)

7/2: Another crappy 161 in June....eight points below my PT average. Going to try to just enjoy the summer as stress has gotten the best of me. Retaking and conquering in October.

4/21 DePaul sent me an email stating that there are spots remaining and that they are going to look over the "priority consideration" and if I was still interested they will consider me and most likely offer me $15-20k. I like Kent more and they are offering more money so I won't take this offer. The situation is a YP and admit all in one. They can put it in their book as a rejection since they never formally admitted me....but we know better. This is an admit in my book.

4/21 Apparently Kent will not take no for an answer. After the tuition deposit deadline came and passed, Kent increased their scholarship offer to full tuition for the first year and 25k the following years. I would guess that would average around 30k a year. I most likely will turn it down though since I am not convinced that I certainly want to attend any of the remaining schools. I feel I will have a better insight where I stand next year.

4/8 Also edited my DePaul status. Deferral is more accurate than waitlisting in this situation.

4/8 Withdrawing from Kent today. They were my only outright acceptance in this cycle so far but I am very confident that I can do that much better on my LSAT to turn down their scholarship offer. I most certainly will reapply there next cycle regardless of LSAT score.

4/8 Officially rejected at U-Dub. I'm not too surprised as I saw the writing on the wall a week ago. I had to call the admissions office as the letter was taking very slowly to get to my abode. They graciously emailed me the letter. I am not saddened or torn up about this one as I was the Seattle waitlist or the St. Louis U rejection. Those schools sold me short because of a single incident that was far in my past. U-Dub, Kent, and even DePaul took me for me and I appreciate that. I have the numbers for the latter two , but not for the former.

3/27 I believe I have narrowed down why I have been underperforming this cycle. Seven years ago I was convicted of misdemeanor aggravated assault and four counts of battery. This was the only physical confrontation I had in my adult life and the only thing I have on my record. I suppose thus far all but Kent have found my addendum unsatisfying. Fortunately I have a gameplan for a better cycle the next time around.

3/25 Snail mail REJECTION from St. Louis U! This totally caught me by surprised and bruised my ego. When SLU starts rejecting someone with my numbers....there must be something very wrong with my application. More reason to blow it all up and start over again.

3/24 Got a "decision" from DePaul. They put me on something called "priority consideration." The jist of it all is that they really like me and all, but unable to offer admission until they find out how many people submit their tuition deposits in April. So it seems like an acceptance and waitlist in one. I'll hold out to see if they end up offering me mind blowing money. I'll put it down as a waitlist for now, but it is rather chartreuse and quite lulzy.

3/19 As predicted, SLU has come up with their decision before UW. The letter is in the mail. This despite going complete in late Feb for the former and early Dec for the latter. For me to attend SLU, the acceptance letter must be inside a big bag with a $ sign on it. Speaking of which, I saw Kent's financial aid offer. Despite an EFC of 0, I am only offered loans. This further emboldens me to try again next year if I don't get admitted to UW.

3/6 I suppose the greater news on my end is that I decided that it is UW or bust. In this cycle I realized that there were numerous things I could have done much better on my part to improve my chances of admission and getting scholarship money. In addition and probably most importantly, I completely reassessed what I wanted in a law school. I earlier fixated too much on location and ranking; now things such as overall cost, career prospects, and career location mean a lot to me as well. Also I feel that I didn't apply to a wide enough variety of schools to get a fair assessment of where I stand. If admitted to UW, I will still take the offer, in every hypothetical situation UW has always been in the top 3 of all schools (even if i can get into the likes of Harvard).

3/6 My UW status checker still has me in review, but the date has changed from 2/3 to 3/6. Makes me wonder if they review applications in bunches in accordance to the order in which they went complete, and they decided to defer mine to compare me to the rest of the field.

3/5 File complete at DePaul, should hear from them in 2-3 weeks.

3/4 Went from Under Review to File Complete at SLU...have no clue what the difference is here.

2/26 Complete at Loyola, already under review at Saint Louis. Still under review at UW since 2/3 (no blank screens). For some reason I bet Saint Louis's decision comes before UW's even though I just applied a few weeks ago. For some reason St. Louis has me as in-state despite not living in Missouri...interesting.

2/18 I got my acceptance letter from Kent through the mail. I was offered $20k a year merit scholarship based on academic performance or a $12k guaranteed for each three years. Staying near where I live now seems like the smart option, but my heart really wants to live and practice in Seattle. Still very bitter about the SU waitlisting...YOU'RE TEARING ME APART ADCOMMS!!!! In addition I have my St. Louis U status checker up and running. It will take nothing short of a full scholarship to choose them at this point

2/16 I now can get into the Loyola status checker. It will most likely take nothing short of a full scholarship to have me choose Loyola over Kent or any of the Seattle schools, but we'll see how it goes.

2/13 Just found out while I was hobnobbing with the awesome Tommy Wiseau last night, I got an email from Chicago-Kent..I'm in!!!! First acceptance! I am going to law school! I hope for some good scholarship money. However, I still hope to get acceptance to the two Seattle schools. Chicago is nice, but Seattle is nicer.

2/11 Applied to Loyola of Chicago via the free internet application. Also appiled to St. Louis University with a fee waiver. Still holding out hope on my top choices!

2/10: I applied to DePaul as an insurance policy today. They were quite sure I would get a fee waiver. My job search ever since graduating college has been fruitless, and right now I have reason to fear the same will happen in terms of law schools.

2/5: Inexpiclably I was waitlisted at Seattle U despite having a GPA and LSAT beyond the 75th percentile. Perhaps they didn't think I was serious about wanting to attend that school....quite disheartening. Now I feel that U-Dub is an even bigger long shot and that I will end up staying in Chicago...depressing.