soonertbone (2022-2023)

WE:
--10-15 hrs/week in office on campus for all five years
--40 hrs/week in same office during summer
--2 years TA in the political science department

Some minor extracurricular activities.

I think my LORs should be pretty good. I'm not very happy with my Personal Statement, though. Several people said it's all right, but I remain unconvinced. I'm hoping my numbers will be enough to get me in to some of these places, as I really don't feel like my application as a whole is that good.

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11.1.05--Oklahoma, oddly enough, says I have to put down a $100 dollar deposit by December 9 to reserve my place. We'll see how that goes.

11.5.05--Georgetown came in a small envelope with a handwritten note at the bottom congratulating me and inviting me to visit.

11.7.05--Talked to OU about the crazy deadline. They told me I should just go ahead and send in the hundred dollars now to reserve my seat and to include a note letting them know when I'll let them know if I'm coming. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that this is crazy, so I doubt I'll respond.

11.14.05--Letter from Chicago offering me a fee waiver to apply. Damn near had a heart attack when I saw the fat white envelope that said "Welcome to The University of Chicago Law School" on the front.

11.18.05--Received $8,000/$6,000/$6,000 scholarship from OU.

11.23.05--Very nice e-mail from WUSTL saying I'm in. Letter forthcoming next week and scholarship information coming in January.

12.1.05--Cornell online status checker now says "Decision" and gives me a link to the "Admitted Students Discussion Site." I hope this means good news is coming!

12.5.05--Received a phone call from Dean Trujillo at Virginia during class. Tried returning call but he ended up leaving for the day. I assume that this means good news, though, so I'm marking it as accepted unless I hear otherwise.

12.6.05--Haven't talked to the Dean yet, but received a letter in the mail offering admission to Virginia. Wahoo!

12.7.05--Received email from GWU letting me know of admission.

Received phone call from Dean at Illinois. Very nice conversation. Told me about admitted student days, invited me to talk to students or faculty, and offered me a full-tuition scholarhsip.

Also, sent letter to OU to decline admission. They wanted me to send them a hundred dollars by Friday to save my seat. For me at this point, that's just too much too early.

12.8.05--Email and letter from Cornell, as well as letter from Wisconsin!

12.14.05--I'm in at Michigan!!! Dean Zearfoss wrote a very nice and funny note complimenting my personal statement and the letter came with a cool folder and other assorted materials.

--I'm past the halfway point now, and I am absolutely floored. I did NOT expect to do this well. I really don't know what to make of it.

12.19.05--Indiana acceptance came in a Priority Mail envelope. They're offering the Dean's Scholarship, which is $42,000 over three years. They said I'm still under consideration for the Chancellor's, though, so we'll see about that.

12.21.05--Email from Iowa notifying me of acceptance.

12.22.05--Letter in large manila envelope from NYU. Holy smokes.

12.27.05--Got home from visiting family and found acceptance from Vanderbilt, dated 12.21, waiting for me.

1.07.06--Got home from another long trip to find acceptance from Boston College. Also received a Merit Fellowship from Iowa. Full tuition scholarship as well as a guaranteed research assistant position during 2L and 3L.

1.17.06--Phone call from Anne Perry, I think it was. I was a little too weak in the knees to remember names or to have a coherent conversation. In any case, I'm somehow in at the University of Chicago.

1.19.06--Today I got a letter from GWU giving me the Presidential Merit Scholar award. 15,000/yr renewable for all three years.

Also received a BIG folder from Vanderbilt, entitled "Obiter Dictum." Looks like it has lots of general info about the University and the city of Nashville.

1.23.06--Got a "hold" notice from Harvard. Not sure what I'm going to do about that.. We'll see.

1.28.06--Washington awarded me a $25,000/year "Scholars In Law" scholarship. Sweet.

2.2.06--Dinged at Columbia.

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Well, that's everybody I guess. I do not have any idea where I'm going. I'm visiting some schools next month, and my wife has only just begun hearing back from graduate schools. Her results will obviously figure into mine. Apologies to those waiting on certain schools; I just can't withdraw from many at this point.

2.27.06 -- Withdrew from Cornell.

3.1.06--Shocked to find a 24k scholarship offer from Chicago in my mailbox.

3.6.06--$18,000/year from Vanderbilt.

3.11.06--$5,000/year from Boston College

3.20.06--$17,000/year from Virginia. That makes things difficult. :-)

3.21.06--$18,000/year from Michigan. Wow.

4.8.06--Barring some cataclysmic event, I'm going to be a Wolverine next year! I'm going to send in my deposit and withdraw from all other schools next week.

5.12.06--Got a letter from Harvard offering me the chance to sit on their waitlist for an unspecified period of time. No thanks.