radiogirl420 (2022-2023)

strong extracurriculars and work experience (albeit while in school), coming directly from undergrad

*scholarship money is for 1yr, all renewable

11/13 - Fordham acceptance via email. Totally not expecting a decision so soon! Looks like I'm going to law school for sure.

11/28 - St. John's accepts me via large white envelope, and offers me a full scholarship for all three years.

12/07 - Deferral from Georgetown via small white envelope. Not unexpected, although I'm a legacy at the law school, so I was hoping to be bumped up a little.

12/19 - W&M acceptance via big white envelope. Weird letter. Definitely my last choice location-wise.

12/21 - Accepted at Cardozo via big white envelope. UChicago (the only school i didn't pay online) cashes my check, although I'm not sure if that has anything to do with anything.

1/10 - St. John's Admissions Officer calls, wants to convince me to come there.

1/24 - Call from William & Mary. Very touchy feely. If I weren't looking to be in a city, I'd consider it.

1/29 - I called NYU to check my application status, since it's been almost three months since I was complete - they told me that my app is still under review, and it's a comparative process, so I officially have no idea when I'm going to hear from them.

1/29 - Put on hold at Northwestern via email. I'm not sending the form back.

2/1 - Waitlisted at GW. Small cream envelope. I'm withdrawing - there are other places I'd rather be.

2/2 - Rejected at Columbia in a small white envelope containing the harshest rejection letter I've ever read. They might as well have sent me a picture of the Admissions Committee giving me the finger.

2/5 - Rejected at UChicago in a small white envelope. Very apologetic letter.

2/13 - Called NYU again. My application is still being reviewed. I'm sending another LOR in the hope that that will tip the scales in my favor. It's been three and a half months since my app was complete.

2/22 - Cardozo offers me a $22,500 scholarship, renewable each year if I maintain a certain GPA. This is getting harder. Still waiting on NYU, which is still absolutely my first choice.

3/1 - Called NYU again. I'm still under review. This is absolutely ridiculous...it's been four months.

3/5 - After being deferred, I was placed on the non-preferred waitlist at Georgetown, which is fine, since I was withdrawing my app there anyway.

3/19 - Fordham gives me a 10k scholarship, renewable each year.

3/30 - I called NYU again, and I'm STILL under review. I can't believe it - I've been complete five months.

4/4 - I put my Fordham deposit in the mail today. The more I hear about the school, the more I like it - it has everything I'm looking for and the location is perfect. I still haven't heard from NYU, but frankly, it seems pretty obvious that they don't want me. Yay! I made a decision!

4/17 - NYU made me wait almost six months just to reject me (small white envelope, letter dated April 9 - I didn't realize they still sent letters by pony express). No matter - I made up my mind a long time ago to go to Fordham. It's over!