kalessebo (2022-2023)

Did my own research abroad, some publications, research with profs, student groups, club sports, play-by-play announcer for a few sports on student radio.

M.A. in international policy, also from Stanford.

Spent a year directing a research/advocacy project on democratic accountability in Uganda after graduation, then consulted for another similar project.

12/5 - Under review at Harvard

12/15 - Harvard phone call e-mail

12/17 - TS1 Call

12/19 - Under review at Berkeley

12/22 - TS2

1/23 - In at Berkeley via e-mail from Dean Tom

2/5 - In at Stanford

2/9 - In at NYU by snail mail. Apparently it took a few days to get to my house.

2/10 - In at Columbia via snail mail. With a Hamilton. Quite a week.

2/14 - In at Yale! Now the hard part...

3/20-ish - Waitlisted at Chicago.

4/15 - Offered the Furman at NYU. Awesome program. I have some pretty strong opinions about it, so message me if you're interested.

4/23 - Yale = Wow. I was skeptical coming into the ASW, but after a few hours I was convinced. /cycle!

For anyone starting the process for next year, I have some specific insight, multiplied by two, since my girlfriend also went through the process and was pretty successful. Between the two of us, we had an LSAT retake (and addendum), different takes on the Yale 250, study abroad, took a few years off, many recs vs. few, academic recs vs. professional. Essentially, we came at this very differently with similar (identical?) success, so I think I can debunk some myths and confirm some others about the process. PM if you want.