martymoose (2022-2023)

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Application Information

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# Law School Status Type $$$ Sent Received Complete Interview Date Decision Updated
Pepperdine University Accepted A Type: RA $45,000 Sent: 11/12/12 Rec: 11/12/12 Comp: 11/30/12 Inter: -- Dec: 02/25/13 Upd: 11 years
Southwestern University School of Law Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/29/12 Rec: 11/29/12 Comp: 12/04/12 Inter: -- Dec: 01/16/13 Upd: 11 years
Loyola Law School Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/13/12 Rec: 11/13/12 Comp: 11/16/12 Inter: -- Dec: 01/24/13 Upd: 11 years
University of Southern California Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/21/12 Rec: 11/22/12 Comp: 11/26/12 Inter: -- Dec: 03/13/13 Upd: 12 years
University of California Los Angeles Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/12/12 Rec: 11/12/12 Comp: 11/16/12 Inter: -- Dec: 01/17/13 Upd: 12 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 161
  • LSAT 2: -
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.09
  • Degree GPA: 3.81
  • School Type: CSUN
  • Major: History

Demographic Information

  • City: Newbury Park
  • State: California
  • Race: White
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 10+ Years

Extra Curricular Information

Middle aged - is that a URM? (j/k)

My grad school GPA is 3.88. The work was a lot harder than anything I did as an undergrad. You'd think that would count for something.

Lots of jobs over the years, but also lots of volunteer work, especially with kids. President of a youth softball league for a couple years.

Lawyering is that thing I always felt I could have and should have done, and people (including lawyers) always told me I would do well. Time to stop putting it off.

Additional info & updates

The thing I'm hoping for here is that they look past my GPA. If I hadn't screwed around so much in my youth, it would have been much higher. I first went to college in the 80s and got horrible grades because I didn't go to class. When I returned at the end of the 90s, I did much better.

I thought about retaking the LSAT, but I felt strongly enough about the details of my academic record that I decided against it. I actually kind of blew it on the logic section of the test. I lost track of time and ended up guessing at the last 8 or 9 questions. Naturally, I got them all wrong. After the scores came out, I tried that section again at my own pace and got them all right. Figures.

3/1: Accepted at Southwestern, but withdrawing. Accepted at Loyola and Pepperdine. I don't reasonably expect to get into SC, and I'm not sure I'd go if I could. It would be a very difficult commute.

Basically, I'm trying to decide between Loyola and Pepperdine. I live in Ventura Country, so my choice is drive to Pepperdine or take the train to Loyola (and hope to get work done on the train).

3/8 Decided I will attend Pepperdine.

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Friday, March 08 2013 at 03:59 PM

Congrats on Pepperdine! Would you mind letting me know how they notified you? Via email, post mail, status checker? Thanks!

Lolly333
Saturday, December 15 2012 at 07:00 PM

Pepperdine notfied me via status checker, which seem to be SOP for them. I haven't run into anyone yet that found out any other way.

martymoose
Sunday, October 07 2012 at 08:00 PM

did you apply for SCALE @ southwestern or regular day program?

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