Sakura3210 (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F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred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
Columbia University WL, Rejected D Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/30/09 Comp: 12/10/09 Inter: -- Dec: 04/21/10 Upd: 14 years
Harvard University WL, Rejected D Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/25/09 Comp: 12/15/09 Inter: -- Dec: 04/17/10 Upd: 14 years
University of Chicago Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/25/09 Comp: 12/06/09 Inter: -- Dec: 03/10/10 Upd: 14 years
New York University Accepted A Type: RA $75,000 Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 12/01/09 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 12/21/09 Upd: 14 years
Stanford University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: -- Comp: 12/01/09 Inter: -- Dec: 04/13/10 Upd: 14 years
University of California Berkeley Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/25/09 Comp: 11/30/09 Inter: -- Dec: 12/16/09 Upd: 14 years
Cornell University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 12/01/09 Comp: 02/13/10 Inter: -- Dec: 03/24/10 Upd: 14 years
Duke University Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/27/09 Comp: 11/30/09 Inter: -- Dec: 04/02/10 Upd: 14 years
Georgetown University Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/30/09 Comp: 11/30/09 Inter: -- Dec: 02/22/10 Upd: 14 years
Boston University Accepted W Type: RA $90,000 Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/25/09 Comp: 12/11/09 Inter: -- Dec: 01/19/10 Upd: 14 years
Northwestern University Pending D W Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/25/09 Comp: 11/30/09 Inter: -- Dec: 02/03/10 Upd: 15 years
University of Pennsylvania Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/25/09 Comp: 12/16/09 Inter: -- Dec: 02/19/10 Upd: 15 years
University of California Los Angeles Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/30/09 Comp: 12/08/09 Inter: -- Dec: 02/12/10 Upd: 15 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 12/03/09 Comp: 01/06/10 Inter: -- Dec: 02/08/10 Upd: 15 years
Yale University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/30/09 Comp: 12/18/09 Inter: -- Dec: 01/27/10 Upd: 15 years
University of Virginia Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/30/09 Rec: 11/25/09 Comp: 12/07/09 Inter: -- Dec: 01/28/10 Upd: 15 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 166
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.83
  • Degree GPA: -
  • School Type: Public
  • Major: Pol.sci./Psych

Demographic Information

  • City: Urban
  • State: -
  • Race: Puerto Rican/Other H
  • Gender: Woman
  • Under Represented Minority: Yes
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 1-2 Years

Extra Curricular Information

6/7 years work experience
Volunteer work
Membership in national and school-based honor societies

Additional info & updates

Lessons learned:
1. Awesome essays are VERY important for URMs.

2. Applying early (like September-early) and being a URM will give you a boost BUT it is not as big as people make it out to be - if you are a weak candidate (low LSAT low GPA, boring story), it will AT BEST keep you from flat-out rejection. Borderline candidates probably benefit the most, as it can help put them "over the edge" as it were.

3. URM cycles are (especially with borderline numbers) very unpredictable. See timeline below for proof. :

Good luck to everyone that's applying!
-Money is a three year total

8/9: End of the road at Harvard. Well, it's been a long ride, but I'm happy with my final destination (alright, stopping with the trip metaphors now) :D Here's to having a great year at NYU!!!

4/23: I am a waaaaitlist queen, young and sweet, but not seventeeeeen! *ahem* So yeah, Columbia gives me another waitlist, bringing my total count to 4 acceptances, 4 rejections, and 7 waitlists (I pulled out of Northwestern after being held)! I've decided to stay on the Harvard and Columbia ones (still waffling on Chicago), so my cycle is far from finished.

4/17: Waitlisted at Harvard!!! :) That's not usually considered a great thing, but heck, I'm just happy it's not a rejection. I'm ready to ride this thing out until the end of time!

...annnnd just got the letter of rejection from Stanford :( Jeez, they made me wait for that. I guess I should be thankful that I apparently was at least a contender. :

4/2: Alright, so Duke waitlists me (I'll be withdrawing), while Berk. fails to come through w/money. I am now left with my final big two...

3/25: Nice to get another acceptance (Cornell), but at this point all I'm really holding out for is Harvard or Stanford (pleeeaaase...*crosses fingers*).

3/10:...Followed by a waitlist from Chicago. I reeeeally don't get my cycle.

3/09: Some good money from NYU 0__0.

2/23:...Ugh, withdrawing made me feel sick to my stomach. It's the right thing to do, but it's still oddly anxiety-provoking to completely eliminate a possibility. :

2/22: Finally some news, for what it's worth. Put on hold at Harvard (!), which I'm pretty pleased about. Placed on "Preferred Waitlist" at GULC.

2/19: Waitlisted at Penn. Nothing more to say, except that getting waitlisted sucks in general :

2/12: Waitlisted at UCLA. Really??? Meh, whatevs, I'll withdraw later.

2/10: On hold at Columbia. Small envelope, thought it was a rejection 0__0

2/8: Out at Mich. Sucks, but eh, what can you do. Gotta say though, I'm not insanely happy that I got the letter while my status checker still said I was only "complete".

2/3: A decision/non-decision from Northwestern - placed on hold.

1/30: Out at Yale. Can't say I didn't see it coming, but yeah, it still stings. I would have loved to go there (though who wouldn't?) :(

1/28: First (and hopefully only) rejection of the cycle goes to Virginia! Meh, big deal. I figure it's just YP.

1/19: In at Boston! Gotta say I like the scholly :)

12/26: IN AT NYU!!! I hadn't heard a peep from them since an e-mail acknowledging they got my app., so it was kind of out of the blue. Sooo nice to have choices available :)

Update 12/16: I JUST GOT ACCEPTED TO BERKELEY!!!! E-mail came in w/the congrats, I am so happy! Victory dance! *proceeds to do awkward dance; family turns away in shame* XD

Update 11/25: Sent out my apps in one big group. Gave me a headache :
Now, the waiting game begins...

-So, originally for "sent" I put down the day I submitted my orders electronically. I just realized that it's better to instead put in the day LSAC says it sent my reports out. FYI, it will create some discrepancies (electronic apps "received" before paper copies are "sent".

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good numbers!
Thursday, November 19 2009 at 07:00 PM

good luck on your cycle!

Good luck!!
Sunday, April 26 2009 at 08:00 PM

It would seem that you have more confidence in your application than I, lol. I'm sure you do well and get into some amazing schools. I wish you the best!!

Congrats!
Wednesday, November 25 2009 at 07:00 PM

Pretty much the same numbers and submit dates, then accepted to Berkeley the same day... Congrats!

Thanks!
Tuesday, August 25 2009 at 08:00 PM

You, too! And congrats on Berkeley!

NYU!!
Tuesday, August 25 2009 at 08:00 PM

Congrats!! An amazing school for sure.

Thursday, October 22 2009 at 08:00 PM

Hey! Thanks for the wishes. I wish you the best as well. Hopefully Ill see you in April at Berkeleys ASW!

Thanks!
Monday, August 10 2009 at 08:00 PM

Good luck to you on the rest of your cycle!!! NYU and Berkeley is not a bad way to start!!!!

True...
Tuesday, August 25 2009 at 08:00 PM

Yea... I'd be just as happy with NYU, to be honest. Did you by any chance have a JR1?

Stanford
Monday, July 13 2009 at 08:00 PM

Thank you, and good luck to you. I will enjoy following your cycle.

Thanks!
Saturday, October 11 2008 at 08:00 PM

I hope you get SLS also! These cycles are seriously roller coaster rides of emotion... right now I'm on a high, hard to see how I'll come down.

Thursday, October 22 2009 at 08:00 PM

If its any consolation my cycle has been all over the place as well. Congrats so far, NYU with some hefty change is nothing to frown at!

Tuesday, August 25 2009 at 08:00 PM

Why are CLS and HLS ignoring us?! Awesome t-6 scholly :)

Tuesday, August 25 2009 at 08:00 PM

Haha I hope. True, but I (mistakenly?) hoped for the T-6.

Tuesday, August 25 2009 at 08:00 PM

Haha yea. I hope we can sneak in :(