snail987 (2019-2020)

Details: No spectacular or rare softs. My application is clearly very PI-focused with WE, resume, and essays all about that. Work experience (PI paralegal) ties in really well with what I wrote about in my PS, which explained why I want to practice the kind of law I do. I think my PS was very strong.
Wrote a diversity statement about sexual orientation. Wrote why Michigan, why UVA, and did 2 Stanford Optionals. Yale 250 was my take on a hot debate at my school so it was a personal topic, but the essay itself was not personal and I tried to be more detached since my other essays were very personal (but it was not very academic still).

Only had 2 recommendations-- both from college profs. (exception is that I had an additional one from work for NYU about commitment to PI for RTK)

Profile is hidden but I'll make it public when my cycle is over. Keeping these notes to help future applicants!

FEE WAIVER INFO:
Received unsolicited waivers through CAS for Chicago, NYU, UVA, and Michigan. Requested waiver for Northwestern and it was granted. I applied to Columbia when they were saying they wouldn't do merit waivers this year and then they started doing them after I applied SMH.

Harvard:
10/22 complete
11/15 invited to interview
11/19 interviewed- thought it was fine, but not great
12/16 ACCEPTED!!!!

Michigan:
10/25 complete
12/3 accepted!!
12/11 Darrow interview invite!
1/6 interviewed- thought it went well!!
1/31 no Darrow :/ but 55k/yr dean's scholarship!

UVA:
10/18 complete
11/11 UR1
12/6 UR 2
1/23 UR 3 what does it MEAN?
1/28 interview invite!
1/29 interviewed-thought it went well and they were so sweet!
1/30 accepted!!

Columbia:
10/23 complete
1/2 invited to interview
1/7 interviewed- very casual and thought it was fine.
3/30 hold email, not a waitlist but not a decision so I just told them to remove me from consideration

Chicago:
10/25 complete
12/16 invited to interview (accidentally deleted the email probably in my Harvard craze and saw it through status checker 2 days later!)
1/14 interviewed- lol I feel that it was bad. UR2 after interview
1/15 UR3
1/19 UR4 please give me some news this week my god
1/22 WLd and gonna withdraw! Lol honestly I felt it was a bad fit for me and I bet they agreed! Happy just to have a decision so I can consider my options.

Stanford:
10/22 complete
4/22 WL and withdrawn

Yale:
11/23 complete
1/27 WELP I was expecting to hear from Michigan today about the Darrow and lo and behold when my phone rang it was not Mich but YALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sobbed a bunch and I think that's my cycle right there. I've been dreaming about this for 3 years!!!!!

Northwestern:
12/6 Kira interview invite (requested)
12/18 completed Kira interview
12/20 complete
3/27 accepted

NYU:
Waiting on additional LOR for RTK, otherwise would have submitted in Oct

12/28 received LOR for RTK, submitted finally!
1/3 complete & UR
2/4 UR2
2/5 accepted!!
2/28 RTK interview invite--declined