laurenrae52 (2022-2023)

Okay - now that this is done I figured I'd update this:

Resident Assistant

Sexual Health Advocate at NYU - led workshops around campus on safer sex and sexual health

Peer Health Exchange - taught health education to NYC high school students

Admissions Ambassador - led campus tours to prospective students, traveled around the country to admissions receptions

Spent my senior year working for the Immediate Past President and CEO of Planned Parenthood as a research/writing assistant

Had my senior full length play professionally directed and produced in NYC

NYU cheerleader (yes, I came from TX, so I had to do something that reminded me of home)

Volunteer for the Haven Coalition - organization that provides temporary housing for women traveling to New York for abortions.

Led diversity training in NYC high schools as part of the MLK scholars program.

Currently doing marketing for a start up tech company.

Fee Waivers(that I am using): NYU, G-town, Penn, Duke, Northwestern, UChicago,

G-town: Letter in November, follow up call (I'm going to the reception in Jan for admitted students)

Fordham: Email followed by letter - offered 10K a year

Cardozo: Call from Dean, letter
Offered 22,500 a year dean's scholarship
Offered 5,000 a year as a Public Service Scholar

UTexas: Letter

Brooklyn - email followed up by letter

Columbia - letter...sigh

2/17 - Letter from Boston offering me a 20K a year scholarship...

2/23 - Call from the Dean of Admissions of Boalt Hall -- I'm in!

2/24 - Email from Penn - I'm really excited to hear from them because they were the first school I went complete at -- makes me feel better about the schools I'm still waiting on. And, for what it's worth, I didn't write the "Why Penn" essay...

2/28 - Waitlist from Chicago via email -- will most likely withdraw this week.

3/8 - Small envelope from Yale. Expected - still stings.

4/14 - Letter from NYU -- I'll stay on the waitlist until June, but I'm pretty much decided on Penn. They offered me the most money out of any school, including need based grants and loans, so it looks like the best choice for me.

4/28 -- UPenn, class of 2009!

5/12 - Umm, I just got into Harvard?????? Was deferred in Jan, never heard anything - had never gotton the email or "first call" -- today Toby emailed me asking if I was still interested, then called me -- asked a couple of questions, "If I were to make you an offer, would you be likely to accept?" and, "what are you interested in studying?" - then just told me I was in! I said, "Are you serious? I think I'm going to throw up." :)