LilBlackCat '23–'24 app cycle Class of 2027 class year

Notes and dates for future applicants to promote transparency in this painstaking process :)

Harvard
3/18 - Waitlisted
5/1 - Sent LOCI
5/3 - Interview invite
5/8 - Interviewed
5/14 - Feeler call (5:30pm ET)
5/15 - Acceptance call (11:31am ET)

UChicago
3/14 - Received initial scholarship award ($30,000).
3/22 - Submitted reconsideration form with Berkeley scholarship ($150,000).
4/11 - Aid increased to $45,000.

Columbia
2/23 - Hold
3/14 - Sent LOCI
4/12 - Acceptance 3 days before binding Berkeley deadline so no time to hear back about financial aid.

NYU
3/4 - Interview invite for named scholarship.
4/3 - Not selected for named scholarship.
4/9 - Received Dean’s Award Scholarship.
4/11 - Received appeal process information, submitted appeal. NYU stated that they consider appeals in the order they are submitted and don’t consider upcoming deadlines at other schools.
4/13 - Reconsideration denied.

Berkeley
2/23 - Received Berkeley Innovation Scholar award ($150,000, not eligible for reconsideration, 4/1 deadline to accept).
3/20 - Requested 1 week extension, granted extension until 4/15.
3/29 - Invited to join Berkeley Law Leadership Academy and offered extra $30,000.

Duke
4/8 - Scholarship interview.
4/11 - Received Dean’s Scholarship ($135,000 + $24,000 for JD/LLM program), no time to negotiate.

Georgetown
3/12 - Received form to be considered for possible scholarship funding.
3/25 - Received merit scholarship award ($135,000, 4/3 deadline to accept, unable to grant deadline extensions). Didn’t negotiate.