lackingcapacity (2022-2023)

WE: Graduated in 2005 -- been working in a large corporate law firm in NYC since then

Activities: Participated in a few clubs UG, nothing noteworthy; Interned during the school year for a U.S. Senator and the US Attorney's Office in D.C.; Spent a year abroad in China

LORs: Probably pretty good -- submitted two: 1 from my UG Chinese professor, 1 from a partner at my firm with whom I work fairly closely (Columbia Law School Alum)

Personal Statements: Main PS was decent, probably not stellar; Additional essays for Yale (the 250), Duke (JD/LLM program), and NYU (IILJ program)

(Possible) Diversity Factor: Originally from Wisconsin
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Struggled between NYU and Columbia -- finally decided on CLS...

Best of luck to everyone in future cycles...

Duke:
11/6/06 - Big envelope with acceptance letter to law school and JD/LLM program in Int'l and Comparative law
11/22/07 - Scholarship letter: $42,000 merit award over 6 semesters, $3,000 grant for summer of 2007, $1,200 grant for 2008 Summer (JD/LLM Mandatory Summer Institute in Transnational Law)
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Fordham:
11/13/06 - Email acceptance;
1/16/07 - Scholarship letter: $15,000 merit award, renewable over the 3 years
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NYU:
12/9/06 - Big envelope with acceptance letter and info;
4/2/07 - Email with financial aid letter: $25,000 Dean's Scholarship (10/10/5)
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Harvard:
1/12/06 - Small cream-colored envelope w/rejection letter dated 1/9/06; postmarked 1/10/06
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Columbia:
1/24/07 - Big pale green envelope with acceptance letter and info; Letter dated and envelope postmarked 1/23/07;
4/5/07 - Scholarship letter: $25,000 scholarship (10/10/5)
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Brooklyn:
1/30/07 - Email acceptance;
2/1/07 - Letter acceptance: Dated 1/30/07, postmarked 1/31/07
3/14/07 - Scholarship letter: $20,500 Prince Scholarship; $3,000 Dean's Merit Scholarship; $3,500 Centennial Grant (all 3 renewable over 3 yrs if in top 40%)
5/4/07 - Email offering additional $6000 Merit Scholarship (renewable over 3 yrs if in top 40%)
6/8/07 - Email offering additional $5000 Merit Scholarship -- the last two awards despite having withdrawn several times already...
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Yale:
3/1/07 - Small cream-colored envelope w/rejection letter dated 2/21/07; postmarked 2/27/07 - no return address
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UVA:
4/3/07 - Email that status checker has changed to "decision";
4/4/07 - Small envelope w/letter placing me priority non-resident waitlist