natcas90 (2022-2023)

LSP ADMIT
BU -- 62% -- Accepted
GW -- 62% -- Accepted
WUSTL -- 67% -- Waitlisted
USC -- 62% -- Accepted
Berkeley -- 63% -- Rejected

LSP STRONG CONSIDER
UCLA -- 46% -- Accepted
Cornell -- 48% -- Deferred EA, then Waitlisted
NU -- 51% -- Waitlisted
UVA -- 44% -- Waitlisted
Penn -- 46% -- Waitlisted

LSP CONSIDER
GULC -- 35% -- Waitlisted
Duke -- 22% -- Waitlisted
Mich -- 25% -- Waitlisted
NYU -- 25% -- WL, then Rejected
Chicago -- 35% -- Accepted (!!!!!)
Stanford -- 35% -- WL, then Rejected
Columbia -- 15% -- Deferred ED, then Rejected

11/30: Interview completed for Northwestern. Not sure when they will denote my file as accordingly complete. GULC interview scheduled for 12/7.

12/5: Accepted into Boston U via phone call! Should hear by the end of the month on Columbia and Cornell...

12/7: GULC interview went well, I think.

12/14: Dinged at Columbia, which was to be expected. GULC postponed their final decision to sometime before February 29. Not sure whether to take that as a good sign because I wasn't dinged or waitlisted, or what...

12/15: Letter came from GW!

12/16: Cornell is deferring me to the regular decision pool. Not exactly a waitlist but clearly both Cornell and GULC are waiting for a prettier prom date to come along...

1/9: In at UCLA via phone call! Thrilled.

1/13: In at Chicago! Speechless. Dumbfounded. In complete disbelief.

1/24: Applied to Stanford at the proverbial eleventh hour after receiving a very attractive outreach mailing from them. I didn't think I stood a chance so didn't apply before, and now I'm just hoping that my barely-before-the-deadline application isn't too late for serious consideration. An admissions lady assures me that they haven't nearly "filled the class" yet, but I'm still kicking myself for not having the guts to apply three months ago.

1/30: Fairly generous grant offer came today from UCLA.

2/29: And Chicago is offering me a scholarship too!!!

3/19: Big scholarship offer from GW.

4/16: Withdrew from a bunch of schools. Hope this frees up some seats and money for those of you looking to get into these schools! Staying on the waitlist at Penn and NYU for now, and haven't heard from Columbia or Stanford.

4/18: Stanford says "a decision letter has been sent." Technically this could be a waitlist but odds are it's an outright ding. To Hyde Park we go!

4/23: Turns out SLS was a waitlist after all. Wrenching though it is to reintroduce uncertainty into this situation, I really want to stay on the list. Withdrew from Penn. With an expected second ding at Columbia, my cycle is now complete.

8/13: Stanford finally cleared me off the list. Now I can commit without hesitation to Chicago!

8/23: NYU has finally dinged me from the waitlist. I never sent a LOCI or anything of the sort. Truth be told, I forgot I was still on their waitlist. Moving to Chicago next week!