tsub (2022-2023)

I had an interesting combination of majors (Applied Economics and Philosophy).

National-level awards in the fraternity

Teach For America

Graduate Degree

Founded the largest club on campus at my undergrad

Homecoming Royalty

Outstanding Senior Award (given to 30 seniors, voted on by faculty and administration)

Volunteered 3 hours a week as a court mediator for state alternative dispute resolution program for 3 years

Tons of other clubs - Government and service oriented

Overcame a significant medical condition my freshman year. I received decent grades that year (3.25 average) but have averaged about a 3.9 since then.

I received many fee waivers through Teach For America.

(Insert generic story lamenting LSAT performance here)

I applied to places where I wouldn't mind living and working.

Let's see how this goes!

5/14/10
Waitlisted at ASU, which is absolutely ridiculous since I had to wait almost 6 months. Cycle is over. Official count: 7-3-6. Seems like the year of the waitlist.

3/31/10
So, I dropped my deposit at Iowa last night because it was due April 1. Then, today I get waitlisted at Wash U (which I totally didn't see coming) and then I got a really sizable scholarship from OSU. This makes OSU almost half the cost of Iowa in terms of tuition. This makes my decision even more difficult. I never even really considered OSU as a possibility until now. Also, withdrew from Houston today.

3/23/10
I just completed a massive wave of withdrawals. Hopefully someone deserving can take advantage of some of the scholarship money/acceptances I received.

3/16/10
Accepted to OSU today via e-mail. I like this school and location, but I'll have to see how the financial aid pans out.

3/8/10
Waitlisted at Utah. I don't think I'm going to stay on the waitlist for this one.

3/4/10
Admitted to Houston today via status checker. Took them long enough.

3/1/10
Withdrew from Florida today. They are requesting a traffic form that is IMPOSSIBLE for me to obtain since it is expunged from my record. Even the courthouse can't find the record! I'm in at Iowa, so I didn't think Florida was a possibility at this point anyways.

2/19/10
Accepted at St. Louis with a $42,000 Dean's scholarship. This was kind of a safety school, so I'll probably be withdrawing from here soon.

2/11/10
Accepted at Tulane via e-mail. Scholarship info and acceptance package to follow. They are also reimbursing up to $300 for a visit. I really like New Orleans and this school, so if the money is right this will definitely get some consideration.

2/1/10
Received a $15,000 out of state tuition waiver for the first year at Missouri and $4,000 for all 3 years. That makes the cost of tuition at Missouri absurdly cheap. I'll just have to wait and see what other offers I get.

1/29/10
Accepted at Seton Hall with a $25,000/year Teach For America Scholarship. Wow, this complicates things. Maybe I'll give Seton Hall another look...

1/22/10
Accepted at Iowa! Wow this is crazy. I didn't expect to hear anything back so soon (especially with a decision this good). This should give some hope to Iowa applicants with lower numbers.

1/9/10
Rejected from George Mason. My status checker went to the "You will receive a decision via mail in 2-4 weeks" about 2 days ago. I guess I got it faster since I was close. Oh well, at least the app was free!

12/21/09
First acceptance to Missouri via e-mail; the letter came the next day. It's a great safety school and I wouldn't mind going there.

11/20/09
First rejection, very blunt e-mail from Illinois. I applied ED, so I thought I would at least get some deferred or waitlist love. Not the case.