SMS (2022-2023)

SENT--Submitted application
RECEIVED--Requested LSDAS report
COMPLETE--E-mail confirmation/Call-in confirmation

Any $$$ will be listed as PER YEAR amount, not total amount.
All acceptances/rejections from 12-18-07 and 01-24-08 will have decision dates listed from the letter, not the date received due to no access to mail.

State of residence is CA but I actually go to school in IL.
US State Department Summer Internship, Osaka Japan
College Democrats, Pre-law Club, Students for Barack Obama
Worked while in school 10-15 hrs/wk

Unless something else comes to my attention, I am now DONE applying to law school! Now its time to wait and see what happens.
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4-08-08: Decision made. UIUC. Good luck to everyone who's watched this page!
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4-07-08: Awarded a $29k grant for USD which is renewable provided that I can prove that I'm still poor enough to need it for 2 and 3L. They wanted my deposit by TOMORROW (how can they give me this information and expect me to make a decision in one day), but I called and was granted an extension.
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3-29-08: FINALLY SAN DIEGO. No scholarship information, though. I won't go without substantial $$.
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3-23-08: USD claims they will have a decision to sometime this week. Visited Cal West and REALLY liked the school. A lot. Unfortunately, the ranking is a killer and its unlikely I will go there. However, if you're reading this and are considering the school, I thought it was great!
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3-12-08: Withdrew from American. I've read too many negative things about it and its way too expensive. STILL waiting for San Diego. They're handling this cycle very poorly.
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2-13-08: Withdrew from Pace, Hofstra and Chapman. All would've cost me the same or even more than attending UIUC and are much lower ranked.
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2-11-08: Called San Diego and they said the bulk of their decisions won't be out until March and April. I don't see how that is an effective strategy, since by then most people will have willingly or been forced to make a decision (deposits, etc). They could at least reject some people. :( Not me, of course.
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2-09-08: Accepted to Hastings via LEOP program with small personal note on acceptance letter! Excited that I have a decent option in California!
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2-08-08: Called to check the status of my application and found out I was accepted to California Western with a full tuition scholarship. With scholarship comes free flight and hotel for a scholarship student's weekend. To keep full ride, I must be in top 25% of class. I can keep 50 or 25% of the money depending on my GPA if I fail to stay in top 25% of class.
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2-08-08: Sent out waitlist paper and LOCI to UCLA today.
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2-04-08: OMG WAITLISTED at UCLA! I know I'm not getting off that waitlist but at least I wasn't rejected as I expected. Hahaha. Oh well! I will be sending in a LOCI and we'll see what happens.

*waits impatiently for San Diego* Removed UGA because the eternal "Pending" was bothering me.
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1-28-08: In at Georgia State (small envelope) AND they gave me resident status. The cheap tuition and cost of living are really something I have to consider even though I hate Atlanta.
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1-25-08: In at Hofstra, regular size envelope, no mention of $$. *Waits (im)patiently for San Diego.*
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1-24-08: In at American. I'd just like to hear back from San Diego--that's a huge option for me, and everything else is kind of extra at this moment.
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1-21-08: Finally got my hands on my mail, expect for 4 large envelopes, which I hope I can get tomorrow!

Pacific: $20,000 a year "International Legal Fellow" scholarship. Must be in top 1/3 of class. Also includes free tuition and lodging for a summer program in Austria.

Pace: Got a small envelope about admitted students days, so I'm assuming that one of the 4 large envelopes I can't get at is the Pace acceptance.
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01-03-08: Complete at Hastings. Just got back from break and found out that my school has stopped all the mail from the post office and I will not be able to get it until the end of the month. Ugh. Can't wait to graduate from this place.
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12-21-07: Received an e-mail from UIUC about my acceptance saying that they wanted to make sure I knew of my acceptance before the new year. Awww. It also said that a DVD and book would be coming in the next month. I'm really loving this school right now.
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12-18-07: I called UIUC just to ask if they could send the decision letter to my permanent address and was told that I was accepted and had a $20,000 per year scholarship offer!! I can't believe I made it to the top 25. Wow!
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12-17-07: FIRST ACCEPTANCES!!!!!!!

Chapman: 30% tuition scholarship, renewable based on GPA. (Doesn't say what GPA I have to maintain.) That's roughly $10,000 a year. Not really enough for me, unfortunately.

University of Pacific: No $$$ information will be coming until later, but I did get "honors" meaning free books for the freshman year. The assistant dean wrote a nice personal note on my acceptance letter. Aww!

I also got something about being a "Legal Scholar." Not sure if it is the same thing as "honors," but as a Legal Scholar I get free books, paid transportation to a Legal Scholar's visit day, priority on-campus housing and admission support. Interesting.
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12-17-07: Um, wow. UIUC status checker now says "decision, letter mailed" and it has only been 4 days. I'm thinking this is a bad sign, given that my numbers are low.
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12-13-07: U of I status checker says "in review" as of today. Still no acceptances though.
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12-12-07: Still no acceptances or rejections yet. I'm super frustrated, especially since I will be leaving for X-mas break next week, will be gone from my mailbox for 2 weeks, and am concerned that I may not have access to my mail until 1-20-08. I would've liked at least one acceptance before all of that happens.
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12-10-07: Called Chapman due to a LOR problem and learned that my application is now in review. Called UGA again (I've lost count now) and they assured me that everything will be "taken care of." Not holding my breath!
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12-07-07: Can I have an acceptance now? Please??

Submitted my Hastings and UCLA applications. Complete @ American via e-mail early in the morning.

Called California Western and they said that they won't give me a complete without first semester senior year grades. This is the only school I have heard this from. They also don't start reviewing apps until early January.
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12-05-07: I am seriously considering withdrawing my application from UGA. Also decided to apply to UCLA and Hastings after all to make up for the report I already paid for with UGA.

Georgia State status finally changed to "complete, ready for review."
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12-04-07: Called San Diego to confirm I was complete. Received an e-mail stating I was complete the next day.

Called UGA again and apparently they "forgot" that I had indeed sent in my certification form and fee waiver, and that's why they hadn't requested my report. My report will be requested "today." ADDITION: The end of the day is here and my report still hasn't been requested.

Lastly, I called American and they pretty much said that they haven't even looked at my application yet, so they have no idea if I'm complete or not. However, I see a lot of decisions already on LSN so I'm not sure what is going on.
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11-27-07: Complete at U of I via e-mail. FINALLY Cal Western has requested my report!
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11-21-07: Chapman sent me e-mails asking about an LOR from a professor and so I assume that other than the one LOR, which they are now requesting, my file is complete.
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11-20-07: American FINALLY requested my report today. I don't even care about this school anymore. I REALLY need for Cal Western and UGA to get on the ball and get my report!
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11-16-07: Complete at Pace via e-mail today.
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11-14-07: Checked Georgia State's online status checker and my information is there! All documents were listed as received and my application status is "in progress"! U of Georgia FINALLY has me listed as application received on their status checker but still haven't requested my LSAC report. I read on LSD that they only request the reports on the 1st and the 15th of every month so it should be requested by the end of this week. If not, I'll call.
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11-13-07: Hofstra and Pace requested my report, so all but three schools have what they need to make a decision. I had to call U of Pacific in order to confirm that I was complete--I suspect not all schools notify you if you are complete or not . . .
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11-11-07: Being realistic about what I can afford to pay for law school, I decided not to apply to the higher ranked/competitive schools, knowing that I *could* get in but there is no way they would give me the kind of scholarship money that I need. I'm currently looking for lower ranked schools, cheaper schools where I have a high chance of getting large scholarships.
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11-09-07: LORs are FINALLY showing up as "recieved" in LSAC system! Here we go! Less than 2 hours after submitting my application, Chapman requested my LSAC report. Good sign??