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LilBlackCat's wisdom
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.
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Result
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Scholarship
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Sent
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Received
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Interview
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Decision
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2023–2024 cycle
Oct 01
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WL, Accepted, Attending |
$23,700
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Nov 23, 2023 | Nov 24, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 |
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May 03, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | |
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Waitlisted | - | Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 |
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- | Apr 12, 2024 | |
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Accepted, Withdrawn |
$45,000
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Nov 24, 2023 | Nov 25, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 |
Dec 05, 2023
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Jan 16, 2024 | Feb 23, 2024 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 21, 2023 | Jan 04, 2024 |
Jan 05, 2024
UR2
Jan 26, 2024
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- | Feb 08, 2024 | |
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Hold, Accepted, Withdrawn |
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Nov 21, 2023 | Nov 23, 2023 | Dec 07, 2023 |
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- | Apr 12, 2024 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 29, 2023 |
Nov 29, 2023
UR2
Dec 08, 2023
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- | Feb 13, 2024 | |
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Accepted, Withdrawn |
$120,000
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Nov 29, 2023 | Nov 29, 2023 | Dec 05, 2023 |
-
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- | Feb 07, 2024 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Nov 27, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | Dec 07, 2023 |
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- | Feb 09, 2024 | |
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Accepted, Withdrawn |
$180,000
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Nov 28, 2023 | Nov 29, 2023 | Dec 11, 2023 |
Dec 11, 2023
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- | Jan 11, 2024 | |
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Accepted, Withdrawn |
$159,000
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Dec 06, 2023 | Dec 07, 2023 | Dec 07, 2023 |
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- | Mar 26, 2024 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Nov 22, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | Dec 14, 2023 |
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- | Mar 15, 2024 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Nov 19, 2023 | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 22, 2023 |
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- | Feb 27, 2024 | |
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Accepted, Withdrawn |
$135,000
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Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 29, 2023 |
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Jan 03, 2024 | Feb 07, 2024 | |
| Total Applications: 13 | |||||||||