shelee56 (2022-2023)

*extensive work experience, almost full time all four years of undergrad.
*community organizing

I'm currently a bilingual social worker with an agency that caters to people with developmental disabilities i.e., autism, mental retardation.

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12/12/07
Just spoke to admin at DePaul. I haven't heard anything from them since I turned in my app. Turns out its been complete for awhile now and I should have a decision sent to me in the next two weeks! =X

I am now 'patiently' awaiting to hear from Santa Clara and DePaul.

12/17/07
Uggh. So my impatient self decided to call Santa Clara today just to confirm that I was indeed considered under the early action deadline... I started to get a little paranoid that I would have to wait until :gag: April to hear from them. The very nice people at admissions not only told me that I was considered early action, but a decision has been made and that my letter (no change in her tone of voice) should be mailed out today, soo I should know by the end of the week! =X uggh... the suspense is killing me!

12/18/07
woo hoo! what a way to bring in the new year! just got the letter from santa clara! i'm going to school next year! yay!

mmm.. no word about money though. ha. okay.. well whatever... more reason to crank out those scholarship apps.

***ha. seeing that i won't have my grubby hands on that packet anytime soon... asked my 9 year old nephew to break down the info. apparently i did get some money.. folks are monolingual spanish, they didn't break down my acceptance letter very well.

12/23/07
big envelope from DePaul. another acceptance just in time for the holidays.

01/05/08
waiting... not so patiently for the rest of my decisions... applied to a few last minute schools... i know i won't hear from them until way late.. oh well.

01/10/08
ahhh. i don't like this... i haven't received an email or anything in the mail from anyone lately! good grief.

01/16/08
finally received another decision... my first rejection too. can't say it wasn't expected. still waiting on my other dozen or so schools.

so i'm complete everywhere but u of arizona which is weird.. i e-mailed them about it and they said they'd contact me when i went complete. hmmph.

i was planning on applying to all of these scholarships... but i'm so behind at work and honestly just burnt out from applying to the actual schools that i've lagged on all of them.

must focus. need money.

01/24/08

yay! heard back from two schools today. i'm totally stoked i got into American! woo hoo! =) i also received a nice handwritten note from UoP saying i have a great personal story and saying i get free books my first year. sweet.

today is my dad's bday too.. mine is on tuesday. he's in peru though so i can't tell him the good news.

overall good day.

01/29/08
Ha. Got a birthday present from DePaul. Well, a t-shirt. Too bad they always send shirts in Adult L.

02/04/08
In at Seattle! =) I would love to live in Seattle and seeing that its the only school I applied to in the area... I'm pretty happy.

E-mailed the lovely people at UofArizona again... apparently they never received my fee waiver request... blah. At least i'm complete... now.

Just waiting on Hastings now.... waiting... waiting.. waiting...

I've also realized I applied to Way to many schools.. oh well.. at the time... I was uncertain I'd get in Anywhere!

02/07/08
So I applied to the CLEO program right before the deadline of 02/01. Hopefully I will get in. I could definitely benefit from the prep classes they offer. I haven't been in school since 2005 so I'm a bit rusty.

I'm now wondering why all these schools are taking so long for a decision. I applied in late Nov/early Dec to a majority of the schools and still nothing... I'm hoping its a good thing they're taking their time...

02/11/08
No snail mail today. =/ However... I received an e-mail from an impossible reach... saying i've been deferred and I should send in additional info. alsoo... received an email from Loyola... requesting an interview?! I only know one other person who's been asked this.. anyone else?

*low GPA because I repeatedly failed Calculus 2 my freshmen year of college... when I thought I wanted to be an engineer. :shaking head:

*applied to schools with good public interest/social justice programs...

***scholarship money is for all 3 years.

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02/13/08
yet another day with an empty mailbox... =(

02/14/08
soo... just called boston college (per their scholarship emails suggestion to see my status) and they said a decision should be mailed out next week!

i also think i'm going to withdraw from a handful of schools i know i won't be attending anymore...

02/15/08
next week... ha. more like last week. just got my second rejection. =/ boalts letter was so much nicer than bostons. oh well. keep them coming i wanna know where i'll be in a few months!

02/21/08
soo... i went decision at georgetown yesterday! =X i mean.. logic would tell me i'm out but who knows!?

i also found out yesterday that my file is still being reviewed at hastings.

ha. so many updates. i also have an 'interview' with a loyola ad comm on 02/25.

02/23/08
Out at GULC. That was a given though. I'm starting to think I'm probably out at everything above American...

I got into CLEO though and am unsure if I should go through with it? As other people have said 2k is a lot of money and I mean I don't know how well it prepares you or not... any ideas?

02/28/08
So I sent in my deposit for CLEO. I'll be in San Diego this summer. I also contacted most of the schools I have pending as well as GULC, who's a member school, although I already received a decision, they said they would reconsider my file and I should have a decision in April/May. Nuts. This CLEO program is awesome.

03/05/08
So I withdrew from a few schools and am actually mostly interested in the schools that are left. blah. After being rejected from Davis my hope of getting into Hastings is diminishing by the day... =/

03/06/08
Waitlisted at Hastings...

03/14/08
After waiting more than their 6-8 weeks usual turnaround time... I was placed on Hold at Northwestern! I'm actually super stoked seeing that my numbers merit an auto-reject! woo hoo! (I'm also revealing my hidden app now that I figure the deferral wasn't just a computer glitch. :X)

03/24/08
With a heavy heart I withdrew from Seattle and DePaul... if only both those schools were in Cali... :/

Its funny how I went in to this uncertain if any school would accept me. I had hoped I'd be so lucky to get into any of these schools I'm withdrawing from... now I'm hoping Northwestern (a T14) feels generous in offering me a spot... ha.

03/25/08
eeek. decision mailed at vanderbilt yesterday... 03/24... i'm going out of town tomorrow... hopefully i'll have Awesome mail come sunday ;) (yea right)

03/31/08
put in my seat deposit at santa clara today. as i've said before, when i went into this law school thing... santa clara was my dream school. it had everything i wanted in a school... but then... i discovered this site and tls and yea... now i'm considering retaking my lsat (actually studying hardcore) and re-applying? I mean.. i dunno. what to do, what to do...

04/12/08
finally heard back from Loyola... waitlist -> withdraw. now to just hear back from arizona (which sadly enough i probably wouldnt consider anymore because i'm pretty set on staying in the bay) i'm supposed to hear back from some re-evaluations due to CLEO but as I said before, I'm pretty set on attending Santa Clara (if Hastings doesn't come through with the wait list). the only school i would drop everything for is Northwestern.

05/06/08
Finally heard from my last school. Now to hope/wish and pray I get off the waitlist at Hastings / prepare myself for Santa Clara. Either way I'm stoked that I'm going to law school next year and staying in the bay. :)

05/15/08
Just received the official 'no' from NU and found out that I am indeed on the LEOP waitlist at Hastings. So now to just hope a few people who got into LEOP decide to not go. :)