gwace (2022-2023)

I worked to put myself through college, so I didn't really have much time to participate in a lot of extracurricular activities. But whenever I wasn't at work, this is what kept me busy: I was a member of the Asian Pacific Islander Student Association and Academic Success Program and mentored for an elementary school's after school program for about 2 quarters until I had to focus on work again...

4/11/06
got my first ding from whittier today =( surprisingly i'm not that disappointed yet...

few hours later...
it finally hit me---so bummed out that a school like whittier won't give me a chance---soooo sad...i'm thinking if whittier won't even offer me a spot...who will *sob*sob*

i gotta think of plan b...

4/16/06
ok--i'm over my first rejection =) i'm so anxious to find out the rest of the decisions. *sigh* its too late to be all worried now (i guess). what's done is done. I'll just hope that one of the school's will accept me. its all in God's hands now. i'll start studying for the lsat when i get all my decisions.

4/17/06
I called Cal Western to check if my application is complete. I was told that they're still processing A LOT of applications and they'll notify me within 2-3 weeks of their decisions. So yeah--2-3 more weeks of agony.

I got an email from Mark Santa Ana of USF, they'll let me know their decision within 6-8 weeks.

4/20/06
got my rejection letter from george mason today. it was expected so not surprised or anything. i guess no free room and board from my bro in virginia. 2 down, 10 to go.

i just hope I get in thomas jefferson or cal western...

4/26/06
I got Chapman postcard letting me know that my file is complete.

I calculated how much I would have to score just to break a 150 average, and it's a 163. Even if I scored a 180 on my next LSAT, my average would only go up to a 154. You know, I don't even feel sad anymore, its kinda laughable. But I'm not ready to give up yet. I still think I'm capable of becoming a good lawyer. I'm gonna give it another shot and see how far I can go before I give up. *sigh*

05/15/06
6 out, 6 to go. Dang it. I think 6 more rejections are on my way. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. What to do...hmmm. I probably should start studying for the LSAt now and take the October one and apply to all the schools that don't average the scores. HMMMMMMM. Shooooot. If I start now soon I'll have at least 4 months of studying. I mean my overall GPA is 3.1 its not that depressing. It's my freakin LSAT score that's pathetic. Ok--so I guess to all the people who are getting a bunch of rejections right now---we better start gearing up for the next season.

There's this article from Law Journal Newsletter's Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report, April 2006 issue entitled, "The Conceit of Meritocracy: Does Tradition Replace Thinking" by Roland A. Dumas. For those of you losing hope or feeling down, you should read this article. I would love to post it here, but that would be a copyright violation. Its a long article about a study on how successful associates become in relation to their rank in law school, the law school they attended and their LSAT score.

According to the article,"they were surprised to find out that graduates of 2nd tier schools out-produced those from first-tier schools, and the graduates of 3rd tier schools did better yet. In work quality, top tier graduates, as a group didn't come up to the level of the other associates. They also split the associates into the 'top 10%' of law school class' vs. everyone else to find that class rank is unrelated to productivity or effectiveness."

Okay before all the top notchers out there brand this as a "hater" article, the author adds, "This isn't to say that ever 2nd tier school graduate is better than every 1st tier school graduate, but that on average the groups differed in the counterintuitive direction." Furthermore it adds, "it did debunk the notion that alma mater and class rank are strong predictors of success."

more later---gotta go =) but yeah--check out these article when you start feeling like you can't make it in law school. LSAT scores are just numbers, we gotta prove ourselves once we're in school and once we become attorneys.

05/22/06
Okay, so I only have 2 pending schools who hasn't rejected me. It may all be a rejection--just a matter of time. In fact, they are definitely rejections coz its Loyola and Pepperdine--both reach schools.

I got waitlisted at Thomas Jefferson though. They'll let me know by the end of June if they can offer me a spot. Ahhhh. I so hope I can get a spot. I'm crossing my fingers and toes for this.