mdsilver (2022-2023)

EC:
Four year ROTC academic scholarship.
Senate internship after my junior year.
No clubs or societies or volunteer work or anything fun. Lots of ROTC stuff.

LOR:
One from the Senator for whom I interned. One from my first Company Commander in the Army. I think they were good, but I never read them or any one else's so I really have no clue.

PS:
I wrote it, so I thought it was fantastic.

WE:
Served as an officer in the Army since October 2004. Assigned as a platoon leader in the 82nd Airborne Division. Outstanding performance evaluations while serving in an elite unit. I'm not sure how much, if any, of that translated for admissions committees.

I am currently deployed to Iraq and have been extended from 6 to 15 months, that is the reason for my deferment.

April 6 - I received an email from the admissions committee at WashU telling me that I was to be waitlisted and that I would soon receive official notification to that effect from the dean.

April 9 - I responded to the dean of admissions with an email saying WashU was still my first choice.

April 10 - Official waitlist notification at WashU. I get the feeling I have no chance of getting off that list.

April 16 - In at Indiana, it feels good to have an option.

April 16 - Ding, Northwestern. Not surprised, but the online PDF in place of a paper letter inside an envelope with a stamp affixed to the outside seemed a bit tacky. I would have thought my application fee could cover the cost of mailing my rejection. I guess not.

April 18 - Out at GW and waitlisted at Maryland, both by snail mail.

April 24 - Waitlisted at Catholic by snail mail. Could not check the "withdraw" box fast enough.

April 25 - Called UW Madison to ask about my application status. A very nice lady said it was still under review and would take a few more weeks, I was pretty bummed. About ten minutes later I got an acceptance email. No longer bummed, very excited.

May 1 - Emailed Wisconsin asking for a one year deferment.

May 2 - Received response from UW... YES!

I will be attending the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2008!!

I could not be more pleased.

I will withdraw from all other schools post haste.

May 14 - Rejected from BU and waitlisted at Temple. I could care less, I am going to UW!!

May 15 - DING! Harvard! See previous day's comments.

May 17 - Received an email today from Florida Coastal offering me $10,000 a year. Considering I never applied there it isn't too bad an offer. Still going to UW, but it was awfully nice of them.