benashja (2022-2023)

Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity (Co-Founder & Publicity Chair)
Pre-Law Society
Published in Pre-Law Journal
Double Major
College Democrats
Ultimate Frisbee team

Worked for Law Firm (Summer '04)
Internship with Governor of NJ (Summer '05)

Average LOR's
Very Strong Personal Statement

According to http://www.chiashu.com, these are the chances I have at each school (from 2004):

Acceptances:
Tulsa - 83.4%
Florida Coastal - 76.2%
Michigan State - 74.6%
Albany - 65.2%
Gonzaga - 41.0%
St. Louis - 32.6%
Rutgers - 25.5%
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Waitlists:
Penn State - 37.3%
Case Western - 17.9%
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Rejections:
Indiana - 27.8%
Denver - 24.6%
New Mexico - 23.8%
Miami - 18.1%

12-2-05: $12,000 Renewable Scholarship from Florida Coastal. 13th Choice. Only going there if it's the only place I get into.

12-7-05: Received a regular-sized small white envelope from Michigan State (dated 11/28/05) and thought it was going to be a "We received your application" letter, but it was an acceptance. Received a phone call the next day congratulating me.

12-12-05: Received acceptance letter and a $10,000 scholarship in large sized white envelope from Tulsa.

12-16-05: Received acceptance to Albany in large envelope with folder of information in it.

12-27-05: Received acceptance letter and $5,500 scholarship from Gonzaga (don't know what it came in because my roommate read it to me over the phone).

1-4-06: Received letter from Miami dated 12-22-05 telling me that my "application has been reviewed and no final decision has been made at this time." I'm assuming that means it's a deferral... better than a rejection I guess?

1-24-06: Another deferral... Rutgers this time. I'm sending my fall grades later today and hoping for the best.

1-26-06: Received rejection letter from Denver.

2-13-06: Rejected from New Mexico. I think it's funny that the average rejection from UNM on this site has higher numbers than the average acceptance. I had no interest in going there anyways.

2-18-06: Waitlisted at Penn State. Guess I'm not going there.

2-21-06: Saint Louis decided to take a chance on me. I will be visiting over Spring Break. Maybe I'll see Nelly.

2-24-06: I will be visiting 3 law schools in a week over Spring Break. I will be DRIVING with a friend up to my parents house in New Jersey, then to Albany, Michigan State, St. Louis, and back to school in Virginia. It is a grand total of over 3,100 miles in a week

3-11-06: Back from the roadtrip. It's between MSU and SLU right now, with Miami and Rutgers still pending.

3-22-06: It's looking like I'm headed to MSU... still waiting on a few more pending apps... don't think I'll be getting into any of them though

4-3-06: Got placed "on hold" by Case after they reviewed my file... i'm very surprised I wasn't outright rejected

4-11-06: Still waiting on Rutgers, IUPUI, and Case... MSU deposit going in at the end of the week if I still haven't heard from any of those

4-14-06: Sent MSU deposit in. Still waiting on Rutgers and Indiana for the time being.

5-2-06: IUPUI Admissions are the rudest most incompetent people I've dealt with in this process. Indiana is a weird state anyways.

5-9-06: Waitlisted at Rutgers. Going to call today to see what my chances are. I would drop everything and go there if they let me in. Otherwise, looks like I'm going to be finding an apartment in East Lansing pretty soon.

7-12-06: Got into Rutgers! Going there! Woohoo!

*Well, 7 acceptances, 2 waitlists, 4 rejections isn't so bad for somebody with my numbers!*