XApplicantX (2022-2023)

-Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List etc...
-Very strong upward GPA trend
-Some volunteer work
-First generation college grad
-My LSAT writing sample sucked

Order of preference before the cycle started:
1) Davis
1) Lewis & Clark
3) Utah
4) Oregon
5) Arizona
6) UNLV
7) San Diego
8) Pacific
9) Santa Clara
10) Southwestern

Oreder of preference after scholarships/visits/personal research and other considerations. Basically, the top schools were the hardest to decide between. The others, not so much.

1) Davis (but it was close)
2) UNLV
3) Arizona
3) Pacific
5) San Diego
6) Oregon
7) Lewis & Clark
8) Santa Clara
*didn't get offers form SW and Utah.

4/15/10: I didn't qualify for any grant money from Davis since I made a little too much this year. However, I was able to negotiate a 10K per year merit scholarship. I finally know where I'm going!

4/8/10: In at Davis! I'm pumped! Now to see if I can get any money. Unfortunately, I just can't justify the tuition without something to offset it, so I'm really hoping for a decent grant!

4/1/10: I got home from work today and decided to withdraw from Pacific. They offered my a gigantic scholarship and the admissions office has been extremely helpful, but the school just seems a little risky to attend. If my scholarship wasn't renewed for the 2/3L years, I would be devastated. At this point, I'm about 90% sure that I will end up at UNLV. A little money at Davis could change things, but I'm not optimistic about that. I'm making plans to move to Vegas, but a I'm still hoping for a miracle offer from UCD.

3/26/10: UOP scholarship info removed per request by the school.

3/25/10: Got the official word from Oregon. Unfortunately the scholarship barely makes a dent in the tuition price. I really wanted to live in Oregon, but I can't justify going to UO or L&C with my other offers. I'm withdrawing to help out those who are still waiting.

3/15/10: Waitlisted at Utah. I'm pretty damn surprised, but I wasn't planning on attending anyway.

2/3/10: The mailman brought me a bunch of acceptances today! UNLV offered me a full tuition scholarship and jumped to the top of my list! Lewis & Clark accepted me but stiffed me on the scholarship. Bummer, I really wanted to live in Portland. I'm very happy about UNLV!!

2/2/10: Accepted to Arizona via status checker. Shocked that it came so quickly. Most exciting acceptance so far!
Update: 16k per year!

1/29/10: Accepted to UNLV via email, no scholarship info yet. I am visiting the school in 2 weeks.

1/26/10: Santa Clara acceptance letter in the mail today. In with the Emery Merit Scholarship of $8,000 per year. Not particularly exciting, but atleast the I have two acceptances : ^)

1/25/10: First decision from USD via regular mail. Update: 15k per year scholarship.

12/30/09: Noticed some glaring typos on my Oregon app. Sent a revision and letter of apology. Hopefully it won't hurt my chances.

12/28/09:LSAT scores released. I'm pretty disappointed with my 163, since I was prep-testing much higher. Shit happens.......I decided not to apply to UCLA and USC since my chances are too slim to waste the $174.