upinsmoke5 (2022-2023)

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Application Information

F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred
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# Law School Status Type $$$ Sent Received Complete Interview Date Decision Updated
Washington University in St Louis F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 01/07/09 Rec: 01/01/09 Comp: 01/23/09 Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 15 years
University of Florida Accepted W Type: RA $28,000 Sent: 10/28/08 Rec: 11/07/08 Comp: 11/07/08 Inter: -- Dec: 12/03/08 Upd: 15 years
#1 Duke University Accepted A Type: RA $54,000 Sent: 10/31/08 Rec: 11/07/08 Comp: 01/09/08 Inter: -- Dec: 02/22/09 Upd: 15 years
Columbia University F Waitlisted Type: RA Sent: 01/06/09 Rec: 01/08/09 Comp: 01/22/09 Inter: -- Dec: -- Upd: 15 years
University of Texas Austin Accepted W Type: ED $84,054 Sent: 10/28/08 Rec: 10/30/08 Comp: 11/14/08 Inter: -- Dec: 01/07/09 Upd: 15 years
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Accepted W Type: RA $30,000 Sent: 10/27/08 Rec: 01/14/09 Comp: 02/13/09 Inter: -- Dec: 02/13/09 Upd: 15 years
University of Virginia F Accepted W Type: RA $36,000 Sent: 10/28/08 Rec: 10/28/08 Comp: 10/28/08 Inter: -- Dec: 02/11/09 Upd: 15 years
Northwestern University F Accepted W Type: RA $75,000 Sent: 01/05/09 Rec: 01/06/09 Comp: 01/16/09 Inter: -- Dec: 03/04/09 Upd: 15 years
Vanderbilt University F Accepted W Type: RA $72,000 Sent: 01/07/09 Rec: 01/27/09 Comp: 01/30/09 Inter: -- Dec: 02/06/09 Upd: 15 years
Nova Southeastern University PT Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 12/30/08 Rec: 01/05/09 Comp: 01/07/09 Inter: -- Dec: 02/02/09 Upd: 15 years
College of William and Mary F Accepted W Type: RA $57,600 Sent: 11/06/08 Rec: 11/13/08 Comp: 01/06/09 Inter: -- Dec: 01/17/09 Upd: 15 years
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign F Accepted W Type: RA $90,000 Sent: 10/28/08 Rec: 10/29/08 Comp: 11/10/08 Inter: -- Dec: 02/04/09 Upd: 16 years
Penn State University (Dickinson) F Accepted W Type: RA $60,000 Sent: 11/17/08 Rec: 11/20/08 Comp: 11/20/09 Inter: -- Dec: 11/26/08 Upd: 16 years
Washington and Lee University F Accepted W Type: RA $88,000 Sent: 12/03/08 Rec: 01/07/09 Comp: 01/07/09 Inter: -- Dec: 01/20/09 Upd: 16 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 170
  • LSAT 2: 170
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.76
  • Degree GPA: 3.79
  • School Type: University of Florida
  • Major: Anthropology

Demographic Information

  • City: West Palm Beach
  • State: Florida
  • Race: Caucasian
  • Gender: Man
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 5-9 Years

Extra Curricular Information

Master's Degree in Anthropology (Biological) - the George Washington University - 2004 GPA - 3.58

Graduate Certificate in Environmental Policy and Law - University of Florida - 2009 - 4.00

Graduate Teaching Assistant for 15-20 hours per week during graduate study.

Smithsonian Internship - Natural History Museum Department of Mammals

Smithsonian Internship - National Zoo (Monitoring & Assessment of Biodiversity Program)

Additional info & updates

3 Years experience in Lead Scientist role for consulting company.

1 Year experience as Environmental Scientist in government position.

______________________________________________________
11/26/2008 - Accepted to Penn State U

12/03/2008 - Accepted to the University of Florida

12/17/2008 - $20,000 scholarship to the University of Florida

01/16/2009 - Scholarship for Texas came in the mail 1 week after acceptance. $21k over 3 years plus in state tuition! Hard to pass this up!

01/17/2009 - Scholarship for William & Mary came with acceptance letter. In state tuition $4,000/year graduate fellowship $5,000 merit scholarship totaling $57,600 ($19,200/year).

01/20/2009 - Accepted Washington & Lee

01/26/2009 - Scholarship for Penn State $20,000/year came today. I was a little disappointed by the offer after offers from Texas and William & Mary that make each of their programs more affordable then Penn State.

02/02/2009 - Accepted Nova Southeastern - PT

02/03/2009 - $88,000 scholarship to Washington and Lee

02/04/2009 - Accepted to Illinois

02/06/2009 - $90,000 scholarship to Illinois and an acceptance to Vanderbilt...

02/11/2009 - Accepted to the University of Virginia!

02/13/2009 - Accepted to UNC-Chapel Hill!

02/22/2009 - Accepted to Duke!!!

2/25/2009 - Received a "Hold" Letter from Columbia

03/04/2009 - Accepted to Northwestern and thrilled.

03/07/2009 - $72,000 scholarship to Vanderbilt!

03/10/2009 - Florida increased my scholarship to $28,000 over 2 years.

03/16/2009 - Scholarship to Duke - $54,000!

03/23/2009 - Scholarship to Northwestern - $75,000

03/26/2009 - Scholarship to Virginia - $36,000

03/29/2009 - Scholarship to UNC - $30,000

04/08/2009 - Texas increased scholarship another $5,000/year

04/09/2008 - Just withdrew from UVA and I am sick to my stomach for doing so. Good luck to the lucky bastard who gets my spot and money...

04/11/2009 - Withdrew from UNC and then un-withdrew from UNC. Love that school.

04/15/2009 - Deadline for tuition deposit at Texas came and went and I couldn't bring myself to send it in.

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Congrats
Friday, October 24 2008 at 08:00 PM

On Florida. I go there as well. How did you find out? Did it show up in your status checker?

FloridaGirl26
Monday, January 19 2009 at 07:00 PM

Validation my friend ... VALIDATION =) Congrats again - I'm still excited to see if you get in everywhere though, you have a few left that would be pretty sweet!

MissVik218

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