Although both UMN and GWU were tempting, the Iowa offer was too good to pass up. I didn’t want to sit around on waitlists and I reconciled a slightly lower ranking for $$$$
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Successfully requested deferral offer from waitlist at Michigan after receiving 40 hr/wk work opportunity for the coming year.
WF has a “non-binding” early decision program, and that’s what I was accepted to with a 45k scholarship. deferred myself to regular decision and was waitlisted
…Georegetown WL was “special group within the preferred waitlist” Sent LOCI to UVA in March (I heard we were supposed to do this very late. It clearly didn’t help lol)
Just breathe and try to keep your hope alive, even when the cycle is hitting you hard. You are incredible for even embarking on this journey. No rejection or waitlist has any effect on your value and worth. You’ll find your way in the end. Finalist for NYU AnBryce, UCLA Achievement Fellowship; not selected for…
Welcome to the Waitlist. Although I am unable to offer you admission at this time, I am impressed with your qualifications. Enjoy your stay, you’re going to be a here for a while.
LSAT 170 GPA 3.91 2020–21 cycle
Admitted to University of California—Los Angeles
…NYU: applied to RTK. Northwestern: completed regular and waitlist Kira. UC Berkeley: wrote Why Berkeley. UMich: wrote two optional essays. Georgetown: wrote Why Georgetown and one optional essay; completed virtual group interview. UCLA: wrote Programmatic Contribution and applied for Epstein Public Interest Program.…
…GPA was 3.82, then went through rest of cycle (before most waitlists) with 3.88 Final CAS GPA 3.91 At least two glowing letters of rec out of four (very likely) decent ones ORM
2/23/2021: Depressed as hell due to the UChicago waitlist (it was a top choice), hope next time that I update this it’s good news to make me feel better :( 2/26/2021: Aaaand WL’d from Harvard. How sad. At this point, I’m forced to seriously recognize that I may need to take a gap year and reapply. Here’s to hoping…
Retook the LSAT and am following up with schools that waitlisted me as well as schools that offered to see if I can get more money.
LSAT 166 GPA 3.80 2020–21 cycle
Withdrew from waitlists in 2021 because I got an offer at a V3 Firm in NYC. First-gen American/professional. Former special education teacher. Legal and academic experience. PS about major change during undergrad, DS about race, Y250 about Muslim injustice in Italy. Wrote GPA addendum (straight A’s throughout UG,…
Caught a ton of waitlists in the tough 2020 cycle. I ended up taking a job in consulting instead of going to law school this year. May try again in a few years, we’ll see.
I went to NJ for ungrad and grad school. Yield protection waitlists.
Wrote Why X Essays for every school except: Harvard- Penn (wrote Why X as LOCI upon waitlist) USC (wrote Rothman) Other Essay Topics: PS: Focused on interest in patent law- DS: Discussed experiences as a woman in STEM Softs: STEM degree (EE)- Work experience as a software engineer Accelerated MBA degree
Application Info: -“Why X” for UF, UNC, and Wake Forest which had an explicit “Why X” addendum; sent a “Why X” as a LOCI for Emory and UGA waitlists Natural Sciences/Humanities double major from a top university in the Southeast Two years of work experience as a paralegal with a regional big law firm LOR’s from a…
…first wave of admits) and UChicago (which obvi ended up a waitlist). Other details about stats/softs. I took the LSAT 3 times: 169, 173 (Flex), 178 (flex). I listed my softs as T3 because I played D1 baseball (non-HYP Ivy) and made the Academic All-America team one season. My job out of undergrad was very unique…
I guess just apply early, lol. I got into comparable schools like GW and Fordham but was waitlisted by BU and BC (at least partially) because I decided to apply too late.
…optional interview for Northwestern (update: also did the waitlist interview for Northwestern as well on 3/3/22) Update: submitted LOCI for NYU and NW in late march/early april. Good luck to you if you’re reading this :)
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