phill027 (2022-2023)

it's changed now! i've only recently started using this site again, so sorry i missed your post in october. good luck you as well!

What are your top choices?

honestly, i would be thrilled to attend any of the schools i've applied to so far. if i were fortunate enough to choose, i would probably choose harvard or yale. assuming they are not options, i would love to attend penn or berkeley. what about you?

I guess Stanford would be my top choice, but it's a hail mary I'm not counting on. Outside of Stanford, I'm going to wait to see what I have to choose from, then decide based on visits and scholarships (if any). I don't view the disparity between a couple of spots in the US News rankings as being meaningful enough to pass up the opportunity to enjoy my three years as much as possible and/or avoid some measure of debt in order to attend a marginally "more prestigious" school. We'll see.

congrats! How did they let you know?

Thanks! I received a large envelope via snail mail. It's the first news I've received, so I'm very thankful it's an acceptance!

Much more good news to come, I'm sure.

You certainly don't need defending, but I just wanted to add my two cents. Congrats again on all of the acceptances!

Just awesome. Congratulations, man. I think it's just the beginning of really good news for you, but what a start!

Thanks so much!! This is so exciting!!

Uh, sorry about referring to you as "man." Don't know why I did that.

congrats on uva

No problem - the "phill" probably threw you off!

Thanks!

You coach it in college, or you do it in college?

We're precise numbers twins.

I was a college policy debater and I coached in the high school urban debate league.

Whoa, I just noticed your UVA scholarship. Was that there before, or did you just get notified? Either way, congratulations. UVA with $ is really phenomenal. Also, if you don't mind: Is the 12K per year or total? Just curious. Some people list it one way, some, another.

Ok, I read above that you just got it, and that it's 12K per year. I'm smart. That is really amazing. Congratulations. Are you going to admitted students day?

Thanks! I am going to the admitted students days in April. I hope you hear good news from UVA soon!

Can't say I know of a girl by that name...what HS she go to? I didn't debate in college because the U of Minnesota doesn't do NDT, just lame parliamentary debate. But I feel like coaching was a better experience, anyhow. Congrats on Virginia. That's huge.

Eh, didn't quite get that good news from UVA: they put me on the general (as opposed to priority) non-res. waitlist. I'm not gonna stay on. Oh, well. Enjoy Admits Days!

You're on a roll! Nice work. Are there any of your pending apps that you're waiting to hear back on more anxiously than others? I assume HLS and YLS, but what about the others? Either way, it's got to be nice knowing you have such a great opportunity already in the bag. Anyway, holler.

Hey! I'm dying to hear from Penn and Berkeley. Really, I'm just excited to receive news from anyone at this point. I really want to make a decision and start planning for fall. It's so crazy for me to think that I'll be living in a completely different place in a few months and I still don't know where. It's very exciting!

Thank you for the condolences. My luck seems to have soured a bit, but I still have some cards left on the table, and the current worst case scenario-- going to NU-- is hardly something I dread. In fact, I like NU more the more I read about it. As for my favorites: Duke and NYU are both schools I'm excited to hear from. All of the schools I have still pending would be phenomenal, but for personal reasons, I'm particularly attracted to Duke and NYU. But most of all, like you, I'm anxious to finally know where I'll be living and attending in the fall. Hopefully that will have been decided by the end of the month. I think you have a great chance at Penn, as well as with the rest of your remaining apps; hopefully you'll have nothing but continued good news heretofore. I'm rooting for you!

Thanks! I'm rooting for you too! I went to decision status at Georgetown today. Based on lsn, it looks like it'll either be a waitlist or rejection. Oh well! I'm not nearly as stressed as I would be had I not been accepted to UVA. Anyways, I hope we both get lots of news this week. I'm not patient enough for this process. I'm dying to hear from all of these schools!

BTW, that was me. I could have sworn I was logged in.

Thanks for the sympathy. Getting rejected feels so personal, especially since the schools are privy to so much personal information (well, at least in my case they were). I am starting to get really excited about UVA. I think I'm more likely to enjoy my time there compared to other schools and they certainly provide comparable opportunities, so I can't complain at all. I am anxious to hear from other schools, though. Regardless of the outcome of future decisions, at least we'll both be at very good law schools. I'm so thankful I didn't have to settle on a safety school for lack of other options. I'm sure you feel the same way.

Yeah, that's very much how I feel, as well. I was excited when I got the NU acceptance, but I had no idea how important it would prove, and how different this whole process would have been for me without it. Nothing against the other schools, but I would be a wreck right now if they were my only options. But I'm excited about NU, and that opportunity has ameliorated much of the stress about the remaining apps./disappointment about my rejections, as UVA has done for you. Not that I'm not still a basket case. Anyway; best of luck with the rest of the cycle, and take care.

If you need some dings, I got enough to go around. Good times.

Also, my condolences about Chicago (didn't notice it when I left the last note). It appears they sent a wave of rejections out. Oh well; almost over. Best.

Well, things are just about done for me. I've decided to defer a year, then go to NU in '07. The money's too good to pass up, particularly considering that I was almost certainly going to go there anyway. Hope things are well with you. Best of luck!

Well, things are just about done for me. I've decided to defer a year, then go to NU in '07. The money's too good to pass up, particularly considering that I was almost certainly going to go there anyway. Hope things are well with you. Best of luck!

I'll be sure to post my Penn result (assuming I get one). It looks like they're still letting in a few, so maybe there's hope. And I'm not technically committed to NU, so I'm holding out for the slim chance that Penn will offer me something I can't refuse. As for the year off: assuming I stay with NU, I'm going to move to Chicago and work for a year. I'll probably try to get a paralegal job somewhere. Failing that, I'll take whatever decent job I can, and spend the year getting to know the city, having fun, etc. I'm looking forward to it, actually. I didn't get your e-mail-- I can't find in my inbox or spam. Would you mind re-sending it? Best wishes.

Finally.