4/28/10: Got a call from Maryland Law offering me a $4000/year grant. Every little bit helps :-)
4/26/10: Mailed off my deposit check for Maryland! Good luck to all of you on the waitlist!!!
4/14/10: Patience has paid off.. just received my acceptance letter/packet from Maryland!!! Looks like my app cycle is finally over and I know where I'll be attending in the fall!
4/12/10: My online status for Maryland changed to "Decision Made".. anxious for my decision letter that should be coming my snail mail!
4/9/10: Called Maryland, they said my app is still under review by the Committee; guess I just have to wait ;-)
4/8/10: It's been over a month that my app has been "In Review" at Maryland... I want to go there, but my deadlines for deposits are closing in at my other acceptances. Do I call them to "check the status" of my app?
3/26/10: Rejected from Georgetown by email.. not a big surprise there I suppose
3/24/10: Status check for Georgetown updated to "Decision Rendered".. guess I'll be waiting for something in the mail.
3/11/10: First rejection... George Mason by letter in the mail.
3/5/10: Now I have options.. ACCEPTED by UB via a packet in the mail!
2/27/10: First law school responded.. ACCEPTED by AU via a packet in the mail!!!
2/25/10: First change in any of my online status checkers... Maryland's app is "In Review"!!!
2/16/10: Finally submitted most of my apps (5 of 6) yesterday and today!
12/20/09: Delay on submitting my apps due to a review I requested on my Transcript Analysis... I had a semester wiped from my record in undergrad (good and bad grades) so wasn't sure if that should count as part of my LSDA GPA. It did.
12/ 8/09: All of 3 of my LoRs have been recieved. Time to put finishing touches on my PS and submit my applications!
10/21/09: Been getting a bunch of fee wavers in from random schools, figure I'll apply to some. Have others had success asking schools they are applying to for fee wavers?
10/19/09: Just found out my LSAC GPA is 0.30 lower than my degree GPA. They counted a semester that my undergraduate university didn't count (both credits and GPA) for extenuating circumstances. Another bummer...
10/18/09: After sleeping on my score for a couple nights, I decided to go ahead and apply to take advantage of rolling admissions.
10/16/09: Just got my September LSAT score: 158.. not sure if I want to retake in December
10/12/09: Sent emails asking for letters of recommendation from:
- Graduate Professor for "Public Health Law" & "Global Health Law" (JD, LLM)
- Co-Director of Graduate Program & Professor for "Health Policy Analysis" (PhD)
- Supervisor & Assistant Commissioner at FDA (RPh, MBA)
- Undergraduate Professor for 4 Ethics/Bioethics Courses (PhD)
9/26/09: Took a practice LSAT under time restrictions as the last thing I do before taking the real thing tomorrow; got a 165. Also, finally signed up for the LSAC Credential Assembly Service.
September 2009: Been preparing some for the LSAT, take it this Saturday (Sept. 26)!
August 2009: Took a practice LSAT under time restrictions w/o reading strategy or practicing; got a 161.
July 2009: Signed up for LSAT in September 2009.
Interested in health law, particularly in the areas of food and drug law (the medical product side), public health law, and/or government/legistlative affairs. Plan to go to law school part-time while I continue to work at the FDA in Silver Spring, MD.
Hi! Ya, I really want to go to school in the DC area. But I'm crossing my fingers for American PT, U. Maryland PT, UCONN PT, or George Mason PT. Any of them would be amazing. Good luck to you and hopefully we will be hearing some good news soon :)!