keeshdawg17 (2022-2023)

A note about my LSAT: During my training for the LSAT I bought a Princeton Review Book, Kaplan course, and PowerScore book. I found each to give me good strategies in different sections. For example, PowerScore was great for Logic Reasoning whereas Kaplan was great for Logic Games. A 152 was a 13 point jump from where I started 6 months prior to the exam. I chose not to take the LSAT again because there's only so much I can do to push myself. 152 was definitely my max score.

10/25- Interview at Pace.
Had my interview at Pace Law. I don't want to say whether it went well or not because I don't want my hopes up. I'll just say I did average. I did not sound like an idiot or come off as any different than I actually am.

11/17- Calling schools.
I called a couple schools to see if my application was complete. All were complete but Hofstra.

12/1- Online tracking.
I have the ability to track my applicationline for Hofstra and Baltimore.

12/17- First acceptance!
Accepted to Widener Law in a large white envelope. The envelope did not say "accepted" or "welcome" on the cover so I had to open it up to find out the results. I am very happy about this considering I sent in my application late August. Well, as everyone always says, "it's nice to know that I got into a school."

12/20- Waitlisted at Catholic.
I am thrilled to be waitlisted at Catholic PT. I was assuming rejection or waitlist. I'm glad I got the latter. We'll see what happens come April (the first month they will get back to me).

12/22- Waitlisted at Baltimore.
Pretty surprised that I was waitlisted at Baltimore. It's a 153 LSAT in the 25th percentile so I should not have assumed an easy acceptance. We'll see what happens with this one.

01/05- Updated Transcripts and Recommendations.
I sent updated transcripts to each school since my GPA was considerably better this semester. I got one of my professors to write me a LOR as well. I did not send the updated transcripts through LSAC (not sure if that's okay or not) but I'll put the LOR through it.

01/09- Accepted to Touro.
Accepted to Touro with a scholarship. No surprise there. I did my research and knew I'd get in with a scholarship. Not sure when this mail actually came. It could have been 1/08 but I was not in town to get the mail. To put it simply, Touro is a contender until I (hopefully) get in to Pace or NY Law. If I get in either of these schools, Touro is out of the picture.

01/23- Waitlisted at Pace.
Very surprised to be waitlisted at Pace. I'm disappointed. I had the 25-75 LSAT, a great GPA and interviewed with the school. All that got me was a waitlist. Though disappointed, the letter informed me that the average LSAT accepted thus far was a whopping 157. So maybe that's why I didn't make it just yet.

01/31- Waitlisted at Hofstra.
After 10 days of my online status saying that the results were mailed to me I finally got back a response. Turns out it is a waitlist at Hofstra. I am extremely satisfied once again. I replied that I am interested in both FT and PT. All these waitlists are good because the first step in applying to a stretch school is to be waitlisted.

02/01- Uploading new transcript and new LOR.
I have uploaded my fall grades and "bold, fresh" LOR to LSAC. Because of my academic success, my GPA can now change to 3.59.

02/04- Accepted at Baltimore PT.
I did not intend to go to Baltimore PT so I will not be accepting their offer. I wanted FT or no time at Baltimore. Looks like it's a no.

02/04- Accepted at New York Law School.
Wow. I am so thrilled to have gotten into NYLS. I actually jumped up and down in the lobby of my apartment complex. For those of you wondering how I got in with just a 152, no there was nobody I knew on faculty or alumni. Instead, I had a very special interest in Labor Law and had very good recommendations from Labor Professors that work at great schools such as Cornell.

3/23- ATTENDING New York Law School
I have decided to attend New York Law School after visiting their open house 3/20.