alrucker (2022-2023)
Application Information
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| # | Law School | Status | Type | $$$ | Sent | Received | Complete | Interview Date | Decision | Updated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Waitlisted W | Type: RA | Sent: 10/06/05 | Rec: 11/09/05 | Comp: 01/19/06 | Inter: -- | Dec: -- | Upd: 18 years | |||
| Columbia University F | Intend to Apply W | Type: RA | Sent: 10/06/05 | Rec: 11/08/05 | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: -- | Upd: 18 years | |||
| #1 | Duke University | Accepted A | Type: RA | $75,000 | Sent: 09/28/05 | Rec: 11/08/05 | Comp: 11/28/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 01/13/06 | Upd: 18 years | |
| University of Pennsylvania | Accepted W | Type: RA | $75,000 | Sent: 10/06/05 | Rec: 11/11/05 | Comp: 11/16/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/21/05 | Upd: 18 years | ||
| #2 | University of Virginia | Accepted W | Type: | $66,000 | Sent: 09/29/05 | Rec: 11/04/05 | Comp: 11/11/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/06/05 | Upd: 18 years | |
| University of Chicago F | Accepted W | Type: RA | $46,000 | Sent: 11/14/05 | Rec: 11/23/05 | Comp: 12/01/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 02/23/06 | Upd: 18 years | ||
| Boston University | Accepted W | Type: RA | $105,000 | Sent: 09/29/05 | Rec: 11/16/05 | Comp: 12/09/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/22/05 | Upd: 18 years | ||
| New York University F | Accepted W | Type: RA | Sent: 10/06/05 | Rec: 11/16/05 | Comp: 11/17/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/08/05 | Upd: 19 years | |||
| #3 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor F | Accepted W | Type: | $54,000 | Sent: 09/10/05 | Rec: 11/04/05 | Comp: 10/04/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 11/21/05 | Upd: 19 years | |
| University of California Berkeley | Accepted W | Type: RA | Sent: 11/09/05 | Rec: 11/10/05 | Comp: 01/23/06 | Inter: -- | Dec: 02/07/06 | Upd: 19 years | |||
| Northwestern University F | Accepted W | Type: RA | $105,000 | Sent: 10/13/05 | Rec: 11/08/05 | Comp: 11/12/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/29/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Vanderbilt University F | Accepted W | Type: RA | $66,000 | Sent: 09/29/05 | Rec: 11/04/05 | Comp: 11/16/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 01/05/06 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Georgetown University F | Accepted W | Type: | Sent: 09/10/05 | Rec: 11/08/05 | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: 11/01/05 | Upd: 19 years | |||
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Accepted W | Type: RA | $79,800 | Sent: 09/29/05 | Rec: 11/04/05 | Comp: 11/14/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/15/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Emory University F | Accepted W | Type: RA | $60,000 | Sent: 10/03/05 | Rec: 11/08/05 | Comp: 11/29/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 01/13/06 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| George Washington University | Accepted W | Type: RA | $60,000 | Sent: 10/14/05 | Rec: 10/18/05 | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/16/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Washington and Lee University F | Accepted W | Type: RA | $91,500 | Sent: 09/29/05 | Rec: 11/04/05 | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/15/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Washington University in St Louis F | Accepted W | Type: | $78,000 | Sent: 10/11/05 | Rec: 11/08/05 | Comp: 10/20/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/22/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| College of William and Mary F | Accepted W | Type: RA | $42,600 | Sent: 09/29/05 | Rec: 11/08/05 | Comp: 11/16/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/08/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Ohio State University | Accepted W | Type: RA | $39,000 | Sent: 12/08/05 | Rec: 12/21/05 | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: 01/09/06 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| University of Texas Austin | Accepted W | Type: | $60,000 | Sent: 10/05/05 | Rec: 11/16/05 | Comp: 10/17/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 11/08/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Wake Forest University | Accepted W | Type: RA | Sent: 09/28/05 | Rec: 11/04/05 | Comp: 11/11/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/05/05 | Upd: 19 years | |||
| University of Georgia | Accepted W | Type: RA | $15,000 | Sent: 11/04/05 | Rec: 12/01/05 | Comp: 12/12/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: -- | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Indiana University Bloomington F | Accepted W | Type: RA | $42,000 | Sent: 09/11/05 | Rec: 11/16/05 | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/28/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| University of Iowa | Accepted W | Type: RA | $31,500 | Sent: 11/05/05 | Rec: 11/17/05 | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/21/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| George Mason University F | Accepted W | Type: RA | $30,000 | Sent: 09/10/05 | Rec: 11/04/05 | Comp: 11/10/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 01/20/06 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Baylor University F | Accepted W | Type: | $75,000 | Sent: 09/10/05 | Rec: 11/16/05 | Comp: 09/12/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 09/30/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| Cornell University F | Accepted W | Type: RA | Sent: 10/26/05 | Rec: 11/04/05 | Comp: 11/17/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/15/05 | Upd: 19 years |
Visitor Comments
Hey Al! Things are turning out pretty well for us, huh? (I think you'll start beating me out once the big boys start sending things out!) Anyways, I am pretty set on UT unless HY come through, which i'm not really expecting to happen. GL!
What part of WV are you from? I'm from the Mountain state as well
I'm originally from Nitro, a small town outside of Charleston.
Then we were close... I'm originally from Hurricane. Congrats on all of your acceptances thus far and gl w/ the rest
And the trend continues ;-)
In your description of the awards from Texas, you mentioned they waived the out of state tuition. Do you mean that they are going to charge you in state rates and give you $7k/year? I have never heard of the waiving out of state rates. Thats Sweet. Conrgats.
It is a very good deal. UT also has that whole benefit package matching program you can apply to once you get all of your other offers in. Overall, they seem to be courting potential students very well. Thanks, Hobert, and good luck.
5 for 5, baby! I'm liking this streak we're on! (Of course, you ARE getting more $$ offers than me!) Who do you think'll be next?
I got a deferral from NYU this week and a flat out rejection from Harv. Good luck, I'm hoping you'll sweep!
I'm fairly broke at this point in life, so I applied to a lot schools to hedge my bets with regards to scholarship money. I'll be crunching numbers and withdrawing apps to lower-ranked schools as $ offers from my top choices roll in.
Hey, I'm also from W.Va. -- Huntington. You are kicking butt this cycle. Congrats
Oh, absolutely! As the father of a toddler (with no family money), I was rather paranoid about financial aid... or lack thereof. I was really just trying to increase my chances of getting a full-ride somewhere, so I'll be withdrawing from most schools within the next week or so.
The hold up was my silly Dean's Certification from UW's grad school. It apparently got lost in crack of the dean's desk, so I ended up having to resubmit it.
Good luck on Harvard. I'm amazed at what you're getting as far as $$ offers. I've gotten *NOTHING* so far, except an invitation to apply for GULC's Dean's Scholarship. :-(
They emailed both my permanent and local email addresses - they asked that I let them know by Tuesday if I was coming for the scholarship competition.
I really enjoyed my visits to Columbia and Penn. I've still got to check out UVA and Duke. I'm pretty sure I'll end up at 1 of those 4. What about you?? U've got some amazing offers
They spent 3 days and a lot of $ smoozing us, so I figured it was a recruiting interview. Apparently I had toilet paper hanging off of my shoe all weekend! They ended up giving my about half what I was hoping for, so it's pretty much over for them. If Duke comes thru with the Mordecai, I'll be a Blue Devil in the fall.
sorry to hear about UVa, though $66K is still a nice offer. Is Duke out if you don't get the Mordecai? I guess that would only leave Penn. As for me, I really liked Duke's admitted student weekend; that's where I'm leaning at this point, but I too am waiting for news regarding scholarships (though not the Mordecai unfortunately)
With the increase in my scholarship, Duke definitely pulls ahead of Penn (that whole cost of living in Philly really hurts them). Unless Harvard decides to pour some money into my lap between now and the time my official letter arrives from Duke, I will be in Durham in the fall.
Well, Duke up'd my offer, so I'm heading to Durham next year. hope to see you there
Sorry to hear about the Mordecai but it looks like they're still offering you some hefty funds. Did we meet at Duke? I'm not sure I remember anyone there from U Kentucky. Anyway, just curious about your reasons for choosing Duke, especially over schools like NU, Penn and U Chicago (where you still got significant $$). I'm likely going to choose Duke as well but am having a hard time letting go of U Chicago.
The biggest reason for choosing Duke is lifestyle. With a wife and toddler, I don't really want to live in a big city. I did get more $ at some other places, but when you factor in cost of living, Duke is as cheap as anywhere else. I also asked around... emailed lawyers at the big firms and asked them what they thought about the IP strength of the various schools - the consensus is that as long as you go to a Top 10-15 school, it really doesn't make a difference which one. If you go to any of them and do well, you're set. So, when faced with big city living or a smaller, more family-friendly town, Duke won hands-down.
geez, you must have pissed somebody off! Don't worry about him though... Definitely jealous he doesn't have the same opportunities. Sounds like you've done your homework on the IP anyways.
Why would anyone write that?? Crazy...
Well, Al, we started off this admissions season almost exactly the same way, and we're finishing it in a very similar fashion as well--both of us turning down higher ranked schools for better quality of life. Duke is a great school, I know you (and your family) will be happy there. Best of luck!
Congrats on Duke. Great school. My dilemia came down to a lot of factors that weren't all related to rankings and money. But OSU would've cost me upwards of $120,000 over 3 years. WVU's max will be $60,000. And a firm I hope to get a job at pays $20,000 more than the starting salary for a WVU grad and the same starting salary for an OSU grad. I've worked there for several years so I hope to have a decent shot since I know many of them and they know my background. Anyways, congrats and good luck.
Congrats on your scholarship as well! I think Duke will be great...but very difficult. Have you heard any helpful advice about being a 1L?
Thanks for the WV congratulations! Congrats to you as well on your awesome scholarship at Duke...
i see that you had great numbers overall. i was wondering if the you thought your advanced science degree help with finacial aid or if that was all from GPA and LSAT. i\\\'m finishing up my PhD in pharmacology and plan on applying to law school for 2007 but my numbers are quite as good.
It definitely helped me! In several ways, I think: the NRSA fellowship looks nice my resume and legitimizes my time in grad school; it parlayed well into essays about why I want to pursue IP law; the close relationship with my research professor lent itself to a very good rec letter.
Sorry for the delayed response. I hadn't checked on here in a while. I have a 2 y.o. boy (definite play date possibilities). We are moving out to Durham in about 4 weeks. BTW - Congrats on the schollie.
It's nice to know that other parents of toddlers (ie crazy people) are starting law school. Good luck and congratulations on all your acceptances and the $.
hi, i'm a recent admit and am deciding between columbia and duke. how did you choose duke over other higher-ranked schools? did you or do you feel you there were trade-offs between schools like columbia and duke, and how did you reconcile them? do you have any regrets about choosing duke? thanks!!
Hey al, I just got the full ride to Baylor too...sure takes the edge of the waiting game off, huh? I doubt I'll go there (they were my safety) but we can be Baylor buddies for the time being!!