beeline (2022-2023)

worked full time through college
2 years doing fmri research on the pathways of emotion in the brain
crappy gpa due to an undiganosed chronic illness including 2 instances of academic probation
5 years post college WE as a visual effects producer for film (who knew)

my LORS were from 1. my ug research mentor (post-doc, not a prof) and 2. my executive producer

this is my second application cycle and this time i'm definitely going to law school - the application process is too harrowing to go through it again. (besides, if twice seems a little nuts, 3 times is totally insane.) i applied to a lot of schools last year - 16 or 17, i think. i'd link to my old profile, but i ended up leaving a bunch of it blank so it don't think it's that helpful. anyway, i was obviously able to narrow things down a lot this time around, though i wish i'd applied to a few far-reaches and given myself a few more options on the west coast (like davis and loyola la). i definitely should have retaken the lsat , but i just couldn't bring myself to do it all over again - especially since it's so hard to find the time with work. can't wait to be a student again.

last year's results for the curious:
hastings- WL
minnesota- WL
USC- WL
wisconsin- in
lewis & clark- in
usf- in
and a bunch of rejections from reaches

8/2: very very sad to withdraw from wisconsin, but i did. excited about minnesota this fall now that i can finally start making moving plans, etc.

7/23: after an apartment scouting trip to minneapolis and a school visit to madison i think i'm going to go with minnesota. so hard to decide, but that's the way i lean right now. both are great schools but i think the city of minn will suit us better. i can't believe i have to move in 3 weeks and i'm still not sure where to!

7/13: just got a voicemail from mike hall saying he had "what he hope[d] is good news." and it is! i'm in at wisconsin off the waitlist! although i was all set on minnesota so this potentially blows all of my plans out of the water. very excited, but way to make it SO MUCH HARDER!

6/15: i withdrew from lewis & clark. didn't mean to hold onto the seat so long, but it was a very hard decision. that leaves minnesota as i don't think there's much hope for wisconsin at this point. does that mean i finally made up my mind?

5/31: just thinking about this and how strange and arbitrary it all seems. i'm kind of kicking myself for not taking wisconsin up on it when i had the chance (or pursuing hastings's WL), but i just wasn't ready. and that's the way it goes.

5/23: relegated to wisconsin's waitlist along with all of the other "held" applicants. what a bummer. i've spent the past month thinking i would attend if accepted... don't know what to do now.

5/20: what a crazy endless waiting game. come on wisconsin!

5/6: ok, not quite over hastings, but definitely getting excited about minnesota - they keep sending me stuff in the mail and collins byrd is the nicest ls administrator i've had contact with. also still waiting on wisconsin. i know may 11th is their next committment deadline, but i want to know. this process is almost over!

4/29: got my letter. not shocked, but still so disappointed.

4/26: finally went decision at hastings. please please please don't let it be a ding. so nervous now that i know it's in the mail.

4/25: rejected by gw, no surprise. also today got a very nice email from the admissions director at l&c saying there are no more funds. bummer. l&c is the most expensive of the schools still in the running and comparatively i'm just not sure it's worth it for me. i also finally got my minnesota admittance packet... not that impressive, but i'm still excited.

4/21: i just got into minnesota!! i got an email yesterday asking if i was still interested. i called back and left a message and then sent an email this morning. had a message after dailies saying that i've been accepted and they're sending me a big packet. holy crap, so excited!! now if hastings would only hurry up and get back to me...

4/15: sent an email withdrawal to u of oregon. sad.

4/8-4/10: visited lewis & clark and university of oregon. was disappointed to discover that eugene is not for me (spoiled by city living apparently). asked lewis and clark to reconsider me for aid and they pretty much told me not to hold my breath.

3/9: deferred by minnesota, decision by may 30.

3/2: i'm "on hold" at madison which is supposedly better than being waitlisted. i'm kind of surprised because i was accepted last year and they're my alma mater and all. i think they're holding it against me that i didn't go when they accepted me.

2/29: u of o invited me to apply for a wayne morse fellowship. this is cool, but i don't know that it means anything. update: got in, so i guess it meant something.

2/15: merit scholarship from lewis & clark (only one little $, but i'm not complaining). fast turnaround! it's nice to be wanted.

2/15: applied to GW last minute because they seemed to be accepting people with numbers near mine, but it was definitely an afterthought so i don't really hold out any hope of getting in.