BathingJesus (2022-2023)

Congrats on Maryland!

Despite my low numbers I am hoping desperately to get off the waitlist. As the person before, I must inquire as to what, if anything, did you do to help your chances? Congrats again, and good luck as a first year Terp.

Thanks! To answer your questions, I was on the preferred waitlist and... didn't really do anything. They just sent me the rest of the acceptance information

did you get the interview email from harvard, too, or just complete? i just got complete, but no phone interview one. do you think that means i'm not getting a phone interview? sorry, i'm spazzing.

congratulations on the georgetown acceptance. did they e-mail you or did you get something in the mail?

On Georgetown!

Hi "bathingjesus," Thank you for your message and the congratulations! Congrats to you on BC and G-town! Those are great schools! Your message alludes to the possibility that you graduated from the U of U, but your profile says you're in Chicago. Did you go to the U and you're just in Chicago now? Either way, it's great to receive congrats from another nice LSN person. In answer to your questions, I did the Capitol Encounter mini-internship in D.C., a condensed 1-week internship for those of us that work too much to leave for a whole semester. During the internship, I felt so fortunate to have some amazing experiences, one of which was being able to have a 1-hour Q&A session with Justice Alito; although I think I stayed in the same apartments that you did from the sound of it. Have you heard of the C.E. internship before? Also, as for your LSAT comments, thank you for the vote of confidence. I would have liked to retake the LSAT, but I've had to work and take so many credits at school I couldn't devote adequate studying time to a retake. Additionally, since all of my other standardized test scores throughout history have not been representative, I was hoping law schools may be able to look past my score and see everything else about me that I feel makes me an excellent, competitive candidate. I don't think I am the type of person that would want to go to a law school that only looks at numbers and not the applicant as a whole person, anyway. I feel blessed that U. Michigan is the type of school that sees the whole person and that they saw fit to give me a chance to do well at their law school. We should stay in touch. Please feel free to message me again if you like. I'll keep an eye on your profile throughout this cycle. Best of luck to you and take care! Sincerely, aniedrich84

Hi "bathingjesus," Thank you for your message and the congratulations! Congrats to you on BC and G-town! Those are great schools! Your message alludes to the possibility that you graduated from the U of U, but your profile says you're in Chicago. Did you go to the U and you're just in Chicago now? Either way, it's great to receive congrats from another nice LSN person. In answer to your questions, I did the Capitol Encounter mini-internship in D.C., a condensed 1-week internship for those of us that work too much to leave for a whole semester. During the internship, I felt so fortunate to have some amazing experiences, one of which was being able to have a 1-hour Q&A session with Justice Alito; although I think I stayed in the same apartments that you did from the sound of it. Have you heard of the C.E. internship before? Also, as for your LSAT comments, thank you for the vote of confidence. I would have liked to retake the LSAT, but I've had to work and take so many credits at school I couldn't devote adequate studying time to a retake. Additionally, since all of my other standardized test scores throughout history have not been representative, I was hoping law schools may be able to look past my score and see everything else about me that I feel makes me an excellent, competitive candidate. I don't think I am the type of person that would want to go to a law school that only looks at numbers and not the applicant as a whole person, anyway. I feel blessed that U. Michigan is the type of school that sees the whole person and that they saw fit to give me a chance to do well at their law school. We should stay in touch. Please feel free to message me again if you like. I'll keep an eye on your profile throughout this cycle. Best of luck to you and take care! Sincerely, aniedrich84

"Bathingjesus," Congrats on your big Chicago law firm job and graduating from the U of U! I'd love to know what your experience in Chicago has been like. I've never been there, but often thought of visiting. It's great to meet another Hinckley intern and fellow Ute! I'm glad to hear you had a great time during your Senate internship. That's great! As for D.C., I agree - it's a marvelous (but expensive) city. I was only there a few weeks and I really enjoyed my time there. I considered applying to schools there because I loved D.C. so much, but camaraderie and close-knit collegiality are among the things most important to me in a law school; so I applied to schools that were smaller and/or more collegial than I thought D.C.'s schools were (e.g. G-town). As for recommendations, I opted to send schools recommendation letters from less-well-known professors and other individuals, but people that knew me better and could speak at greater length about my abilities/attributes. Since I hadn't taken a class from or worked for Kirk, I decided I did not feel right about asking him for a recommendation. Thanks for the suggestion, though. Great to hear from you! Talk to you soon, aniedrich84

Hi "bathingjesus," Thanks for your reply. It's great to hear what Chicago is like from someone that's there. I have another friend going to U. Chicago Law School this year; but he's so busy we haven't talked since he started the semester and I haven't been able to ask him. Chicago's weather does sound crazy from how you describe it, but I've always been a Cubs fan so I plan to visit at some point. And I totally agree with you about SLC's restaurant scene. Some little "mom and pop" places are great; but on the whole SLC is lacking for food. As for law schools, thanks for the recommendation but I'd rather go to U. Mich. (where I'm already admitted) than NYU or N-western. Thank you for the suggestion, anyway. Talk to you soon, aniedrich84

looks like we have pretty similar numbers and have both been waiting a while on them! any thoughts? i worry that my application might have looked hurried.

yeah, i'm pretty sure that my specific NYU app was a mess, although my others were okay. i'm not in a position where I can send them any extra materials, I don't think. They've got a really awesome criminal law program I'd love to be a part of, so despite CLS I'm still hoping for some good news from them. good luck with penn. i learned two years ago that they really, really care about the Why Penn. not that I had a chance there two years ago, anyway...

On Chicago!

Hi BathingJesus, Congratulations on your acceptances to so many great schools! So, what are your preferences at this point? Where do you think you'll go? Feel free to e-mail me privately if you want. Best wishes! -aniedrich84

Hi bathingjesus, Good to hear from you. Congrats again on your great choices! You will have to let me know which awesome school you end up at. As for me, it looks to be Michigan for now unless I hear from Columbia or Yale. I withdrew from all the other schools to open up room for others. We'll see what God has planned for me, I guess! -aniedrich84

Ah, I see you got your waitlist, too. It would have been nice to have the option, but I can't say I'm too disappointed. So are you set on Chicago? Would word from CLS change that for you?

congrats on making the decision!!!!!!!!!