LAvagrant (2022-2023)

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Application Information

F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred
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# Law School Status Type $$$ Sent Received Complete Interview Date Decision Updated
University of Virginia Rejected Type: Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 09/26/05 Comp: 10/03/05 Inter: -- Dec: 02/14/06 Upd: 17 years
University of Pennsylvania Rejected Type: Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 09/28/05 Comp: 10/05/05 Inter: -- Dec: 03/25/06 Upd: 17 years
Vanderbilt University F Accepted W Type: RA $5,000 Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/11/05 Comp: 10/24/05 Inter: -- Dec: 02/07/06 Upd: 17 years
Northwestern University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/03/05 Comp: 10/13/05 Inter: -- Dec: 01/12/06 Upd: 17 years
Duke University WL, Accepted A Type: Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/05/05 Comp: 10/17/05 Inter: -- Dec: 07/07/06 Upd: 17 years
Georgetown University Waitlisted W Type: Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/04/05 Comp: 10/13/05 Inter: -- Dec: 03/01/06 Upd: 17 years
University of Texas Austin Waitlisted W Type: Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 09/30/05 Comp: 10/11/05 Inter: -- Dec: 04/01/06 Upd: 17 years
Cornell University Waitlisted W Type: Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 09/27/05 Comp: 10/13/05 Inter: -- Dec: 04/06/06 Upd: 17 years
University of California Los Angeles Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 11/03/05 Comp: 11/15/05 Inter: -- Dec: 04/29/06 Upd: 17 years
University of Southern California Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/18/05 Comp: 11/07/05 Inter: -- Dec: 04/29/06 Upd: 18 years
Washington and Lee University F Accepted W Type: RA $10,500 Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/03/05 Comp: 11/28/05 Inter: -- Dec: 12/16/05 Upd: 18 years
Washington University in St Louis Accepted W Type: $10,000 Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/04/05 Comp: 10/25/05 Inter: -- Dec: 12/15/05 Upd: 18 years
University of Georgia Accepted W Type: RA $5,000 Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/04/05 Comp: 10/24/05 Inter: -- Dec: 11/29/05 Upd: 18 years
Emory University F Accepted W Type: RA $15,000 Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/14/05 Comp: 11/18/05 Inter: -- Dec: 01/19/06 Upd: 18 years
George Washington University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 09/27/05 Comp: 11/15/05 Inter: -- Dec: 12/07/05 Upd: 18 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Rejected Type: RA Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 09/30/05 Comp: 10/10/05 Inter: -- Dec: 01/16/06 Upd: 18 years
University of California Berkeley Rejected Type: RA Sent: 09/26/05 Rec: 10/03/05 Comp: 10/28/05 Inter: -- Dec: 03/10/06 Upd: 18 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 165
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.76
  • Degree GPA: 3.75
  • School Type: Top 5
  • Major: Hard Science

Demographic Information

  • City: -
  • State: -
  • Race: White
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: -

Extra Curricular Information

Nothing special. I think anybody with my #s that writes a decent PS and has decent LORs should have similar results.

DUKE!

Additional info & updates

Interesting to note how the results of my cycle followed USNews rankings exactly:

4 rejections at schools ranked 7-8 (3 tied for 8): Penn, Berkeley, UVA, UMich
6 waitlists at schools ranked 11-16: Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, Georgetown, UCLA, Texas
7 acceptances at schools ranked 17+: Vandy/USC, WUSTL/GW, W&L, Emory, UGA

Deferrals:
UT via email on 11/8/05.
UVA via snail mail postmarked 12/7/05.
Penn via snail mail postmarked 12/12/05.
G'town via snail mail postmarked 12/13/05.
Cornell via snail mail postmarked 12/16/05.
Duke via email on 12/21/05.

Rejections:
Michigan via snail mail.
UVA via snail mail.
Berkeley via snail mail.
Penn via snail mail.

Waitlists:
Northwestern via online status check (+ "shortened summer WL").
Georgetown via snail mail ("preferred waiting list").
UT via email.
Cornell via snail mail.
Duke via snail mail.
UCLA via snail mail.

Acceptances (for snail mail, acceptance date = postmark date):
UGA via online status check.
GW via email.
WUSTL via email.
W&L via snail mail.
Emory via snail mail.
Vandy via snail mail.
USC via snail mail (sent to my parents' address - not even sure how they got it).
Duke via phone call from the dean on July 7. Awesome.

Merit $$:
$10K/yr @ WUSTL (came on 1/25/06)
$15K/yr @ Emory (with acceptance letter)
$5K/yr @ UGA (came on 2/6/06)
$10.5K/yr @ W&L (came on 2/27/06)
$5K/yr @ Vandy (came on 5/1/06)

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Hey There
Saturday, October 08 2005 at 08:00 PM

Looks like we're having the same amount of luck for a lot of the schools- hopefully it will turn in our favor!

yo
Monday, October 03 2005 at 08:00 PM

Is your name Grant? Do you like lava a whole lot? Me, I prefer magma to lava.

good luck
Monday, September 19 2005 at 08:00 PM

i too am rocking the deferrals...good luck! i'm sure we'll hear good news from some of them :)