OldMillennial1208 '20–'21 app cycle Class of 2024 class year
About & Wisdom
OldMillennial1208's wisdom
TL;DR… APPLY EARLY AND RETAKE THE LSAT!
6 years WE, most recently a project manager role with a well known FinTech Company. Went to a state school for undergrad, but I was very involved (lots of internships during school and waited tables over the summers, sorority Vice President, multiple clubs with leadership positions, art director for a national advertising competition, etc.). 4 solid LORs, 3 professional and 1 professor from college who I had for 2 semesters during senior year.
Wrote my PS about living through a traumatic experience that garnered global attention (if you check where I ED’d you can probably figure it out) that I was really happy with. I think it told a cohesive narrative about how my perspective shifted after the experience and led me to law. DS about being the first person in my family to pursue a post-grad/professional degree (s/o to all the first gen lawyers!!)
Applied in November with a 166. Retook in February with a 169. I wish I had retaken earlier (January) but the deadline had already passed by the time November scores were released. It could have made the difference between an A and riding out a WL in a lot of cases (UT, GW, and BU specifically), or being accepted to UVA ED, but this cycle was so unpredictable who f*kin knows.
Biggest piece of advice: If you are on the fence about retaking, just do it! I thought my WE and essays would be enough to overcome my numbers, but unfortunately that’s not the case. I believe they definitely helped my application and told a compelling story, but I wish I understood how much of a numbers game the application process really is.
Also apply early!! Lots of people with my stats were admitted to schools I was WL at months later. Apply AS EARLY as possible. I thought November was early but I was wrong.
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School
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Result
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Scholarship
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Sent
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Received
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Complete
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UR
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Interview
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Decision
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2020–2021 cycle
Oct 01
180d
tracked on LSD.Law
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Rejected | - | Nov 25, 2020 | Nov 26, 2020 | Dec 03, 2020 |
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- | Jan 14, 2021 | |
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Rejected | - | Nov 27, 2020 | Dec 16, 2020 | Dec 16, 2020 |
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- | Mar 08, 2021 | |
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Early
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WL, Rejected | - | Nov 29, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 02, 2020 |
Dec 03, 2020
UR2
Dec 07, 2020
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- | May 24, 2021 | |
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Rejected | - | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 28, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 |
Dec 14, 2020
UR2
Jan 04, 2021
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- | Jan 26, 2021 | |
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WL, Rejected | - | Nov 25, 2020 | Nov 26, 2020 | Dec 07, 2020 |
Dec 07, 2020
UR2
Apr 23, 2021
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- | Apr 26, 2021 | |
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Rejected | - | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 11, 2020 |
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- | Mar 30, 2021 | |
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WL, Rejected | - | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 01, 2020 |
Dec 01, 2020
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- | Apr 06, 2021 | |
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Rejected | - | Nov 25, 2020 | Nov 26, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 |
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- | Jan 29, 2021 | |
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WL, Rejected | - | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 28, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 |
Dec 11, 2020
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- | Feb 26, 2021 | |
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WL, Rejected | - | Nov 25, 2020 | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 |
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- | Apr 15, 2021 | |
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Hold, Rejected | - | Jan 06, 2021 | Jan 07, 2021 | Jan 13, 2021 |
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- | Mar 31, 2021 | |
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Waitlisted | - | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 01, 2020 |
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- | Feb 11, 2021 | |
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WL, Accepted |
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Dec 16, 2020 | Dec 17, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 |
Dec 22, 2020
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- | Feb 03, 2021 | |
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Accepted, Withdrawn |
$58,556
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Nov 25, 2020 | Nov 26, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 |
Jan 04, 2021
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- | Jan 14, 2021 | |
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Accepted, Withdrawn |
$67,500
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Nov 25, 2020 | Nov 26, 2020 | Nov 26, 2020 |
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- | Nov 30, 2020 | |
| Total Applications: 15 | |||||||||