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lawboy '22–'23 app cycle Class of 2026 class year

The dream: Federal Clerkship and Appellate Litigation

University of California—Los Angeles logo University of California—Los Angeles 1–4yr WE
LSAT 170
GPA 3.72
Softs T3

About & Wisdom

Background

Major
History and Philosophy · 3.83 summary GPA
Work Experience
fundraising and gov't administration

Application Profile

Softs
Family medical adversity, prestigious research fellowship, worked through college

lawboy's wisdom

I didn’t update the dates in my chart, so take those with some salt. All applications sent in mid-late October, except Berkeley and NYU, which were sent in late November.

I applied to too many schools, clearly. I don’t think it negatively impacted the quality of my applications, but I would recommend being more confident in your application than I was and applying to fewer safeties.

I had one year of GI Bill benefits on top of scholarship awards from schools, so my CoA was lower than the awards themselves might imply, in case that helps make sense of my decision making here.

Applications
Harvard University logo R
Result Rejected
University of Chicago logo R
Result Rejected
University of Virginia logo R
Result Rejected
Decision
Feb 20, 2023
New York University logo H/R
Result Hold, Rejected
Decision
Apr 20, 2023
University of Michigan logo R
Result Rejected
University of California—Berkeley logo R
Result Rejected
Decision
Feb 13, 2023
Duke University logo WL
Result Waitlisted
Northwestern University logo WL
Result Waitlisted
Decision
Feb 03, 2023
University of California—Los Angeles logo $60,000 A/AT
Result Accepted, Attending
Decision
Jan 23, 2023
Scholarship
$60,000
Cornell University logo R
Result Rejected
Georgetown University logo WL
Result Waitlisted
Interview
Nov 02, 2022
Decision
Dec 16, 2022
Vanderbilt University logo WL/WD
Result Waitlisted, Withdrawn
Washington University in St. Louis logo WL/WD
Result Waitlisted, Withdrawn
University of North Carolina logo WL/WD
Result Waitlisted, Withdrawn
University of Southern California logo WL/WD
Result Waitlisted, Withdrawn
Boston University logo $75,000 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Decision
Dec 13, 2022
Scholarship
$75,000
University of Georgia logo $110,000 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Scholarship
$110,000
Fordham University logo $120,000 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Decision
Dec 14, 2022
Scholarship
$120,000
University of Minnesota logo $105,000 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Decision
Apr 10, 2023
Scholarship
$105,000
Boston College logo $90,000 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Decision
Feb 16, 2023
Scholarship
$90,000
George Washington University logo $120,000 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Decision
Apr 08, 2023
Scholarship
$120,000
Emory University logo $138,000 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Decision
Apr 08, 2023
Scholarship
$138,000
William & Mary Law School logo $131,859 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Decision
Oct 31, 2022
Scholarship
$131,859
University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign logo $139,500 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Scholarship
$139,500
Washington and Lee University logo $135,000 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Decision
Apr 08, 2023
Scholarship
$135,000
University of Colorado—Boulder logo $60,608 A/WD
Result Accepted, Withdrawn
Scholarship
$60,608
A Accepted AT Attending R Rejected WL Waitlisted H Hold D Deferred P Pending WD Withdrawn
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