spyro (2018-2019)

Extracurriculars are kinda meh tbh. Awesome PS and LORs though. And pretty unique circumstances too explaining my interest in health law/public interest.

As for being a non-traditional applicant, I've overcome some significant hardships causing me to leave school for about 5 years. But I'm back in school now, and my grades are better than ever. There is a remarkable difference between before I left and after I returned. If you discount my first year of undergrad I've got above a 4.0. GPA addendum to explain.

12/13
Accepted to Chapman via phone call with full scholarship.

12/20
Accepted to Creighton via online status check.

12/21
Accepted to SLU via email. Saw that my status changed to 'decision rendered, letter to follow' on 12/20

1/3
Email from SLU with scholarship info. 93k over 3 years

1/8
Rejected from ASU via email

1/10
Rejected from University of Georgia via status check. They were kinda snarky tbh

1/11
Accepted to American via email

1/14
Transcript updated to include fall grades. GPA 3.5 > 3.58

1/17
Loads happened the past few days. Rejected from Berkeley :( and waitlisted at U of Arizona. In at UC Hastings (no $$ yet but fingers crossed. I saw that other people got acceptances and $$ at the same time so maybe I didnt get anything).
In at Seton Hall and also accepted to USD!! Will probably try to negotiate $$$ from USD.

1/22
Saw online that my status changed for Baylor. Called the admissions office and found out that I was accepted! Official packet should come via mail soon. I am super happy with how things have turned out so far!!!

1/29
Got my official acceptance package from Baylor. Wasn't expecting any $$, so was pleasantly surprised I received some. Also was accepted to Loyola Chicago with an awesome scholarship. I love the program, but as a Southern California native, I am a bit intimidated by the current weather...

2/6
Rejected from BU- which is not really a surprise. And waitlisted at Davis!!

2/18
Rejected from UWashington and UCLA via email on 2/15
Email from Houston saying I was waitlisted.

2/20
Checked the UCI status check and saw that I was waitlisted. I expected to be rejected, so this was a nice surprise!

4/3
A lot's happened in the past month. I negotiated a scholarship increase from USD (63k-->96k). And an unsolicited scholly increase from Georgia State (2k for the first year --> 2k per year).

It was a difficult decision (and it came down to USD and Chapman) but in the end, I'm happy with my decision to attend Chapman. I just couldn't turn down a full ride, and I really liked the atmosphere of the school and the professors. The 2.9 GPA stipulation did make me pause for a bit (and the fact that ~50% of people lose their scholarships) but that's about the first year median GPA.