Japper88 (2022-2023)

Clubs with leadership positions, volunteer work, student government, on-campus job (15-20 hrs/wk), full-time internships during the summers, recipient of 2 grants for summer use.

2 years post-college full-time work experience in New York City as a staffer for a prominant elected official.

Weekly post-college volunteer work.

Dean's Honors: Junior and Senior Years.
Study Away 1 semester Junior year, 3.48 GPA.
Upward GPA trend, 3.0 first 2 years, 3.3 last 2.

Hofstra: Full Scholarship
Pittsburgh: $12k/yr
Temple: $10k/yr
St. John's: $15k/yr
Brooklyn: $15.1k/yr+$5k grant
Wash U: $10k/yr
Cardozo: $20k/yr

Was told via email before applying by Minnesota, that they would only look at my higher LSAT score because it was more than 4 pts higher.

Brooklyn told me via snail mail, that in March they would inform me if I was going to receive any scholarship money.

Cardozo said in their wait list letter, that I might have a better shot of being accepted off the wait list if I considered their program that starts in May instead of August.

Hofstra mailed me a t-shirt a few weeks after I got an acceptance letter with a scholarship offer.

Minnesota deferred me, said I did not make it in on the first wave of admission. I sent them a letter telling them I was still interested.

I sent letters to schools I had not heard from yet that I was still interested.

Brooklyn 2 months after they accepted me sent me a scholarship offer of $15.1k/yr.

After being deferred by Minnesota in January, they accepted me in March. I sent them a nice letter after I was deferred in January.

I send withdrawal letters to on 3/13/06 to:
Hofstra, Temple, St. John's, Maryland, Pittsburgh, and UConn.

3/18/06- I got a thin envelope from Wash U, wait listed...

3/20/06- I received an email from Brooklyn's dean, an invite to meet personally with him.

3/24/06-3/25/06- I went to visit Minnesota for their open house.

3/24/06- email from American with my fin aid package.

3/29/06- thin wait list envelope from W&M, I sent them back the form to be on the wait list with a nice letter.

3/30/06- went to visit Brooklyn, had a tour and talked to admissions people.

3/31/06- Brooklyn offered me via email an additional $5k grant in addition to my $15.1k/yr scholarship.

4/1/06- Washington & Lee sent me a thin wait list letter.

4/3/06- I sent a withdrawal letter to Brooklyn.

4/5/06- UConn had a 3L call me to ask if I had any questions. Too bad, I already sent them a withdrawal letter.

4/7/06- Brooklyn admissions emailed me to ask which law school I would be attending.

4/7/06- Went to Wash U to visit, tour+met with their admissions office. They accepted me on the spot, gave me an official letter, a binder with info for admitted students, and later that day I received a congratulatory email from them.

4/11/06- Sent out withdrawal & withdrawal from WL letters to all schools/paid deposit online for Wash U.

Letter dated: 4/10/06- $10k/yr scholarship offer from Wash U.

4/23/06- Cardozo called to tell me I was accepted off the wait list with a scholarship!

5/3/06- I'm Wash U bound! Sent my 2nd deposit in!