Go Hoos! Personal statement matters, and your interview matters. Numbers only get you to the interview. If you’re STEM, that’s a big boost wherever you go. Adcoms and employers will assume you’re intelligent and logical, so make sure to have your personality shine when you apply! Also, don’t forget to be real…
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Admitted to University of Chicago…Yale, and Berkeley. I was waitlisted at all 3. My Yale interview was not ideal (asked some tough questions that I felt were really missing the point and focusing on ancient history) but that’s life! On the other hand, my Chicago interview was awesome and I was still WL both placed. I wrote a LOCI for Chicago really…
…received call the next day Georgetown: wrote Top Ten list, Interviewed 11/15, date disappeared 1/4, WL 1/6, Feeler 5/19, WL -> A 5/25 (reconsideration from 0 to 60k) BC: No Optionals, Decision Rendered in Checker in the morning with WL email followed shortly 1/20 (withdrawn 1/20) UChi: No Optionals, Status Checker…
…writing but realized I messed up when my Columbia interviewer noted the “mix” of experiences and asked what I wanted to do after law school… whoops… NU Interview: 12/10; Cornell: 1/16; GULC: 1/19; UC: 1/23; CLS: 1/30 Took the LSAT three times (Nov: Cancel [168], Feb: 172, June: 177) thanks to my LSAT-induced…
…this to help much, but it kept getting referenced in my interviews and was always a good response for the “leadership” question Wrote all the optionals/supplementals Framed “Why” essays by doing one paragraph about why the school is a good personal fit, another about why academically. Also helped me figure out why I…
Interviewed with UChicago, Northwestern, and group interview for GULC
…list, 1 page resume Stanford: 2 optional essays (books and interview with historical figure), PS, DS, 1 page resume Harvard: just PS and DS, 1 page resume Chicago: PS, DS, Doctoroff essay (admitted to Doctoroff as well), 2 page resume Columbia: PS (with a specific “Why Columbia” paragraph at the end in response to…
Wrote every optional essay possible and a Why X to avoid YP outside the T6. Did not write any DS. If you get an HLS interview, make sure you’re really jazzed and emphasize that it’s your first choice. That’s what I think got me WL’ed, since my interview otherwise went really well.
…bonus tea leaves: chicago: went UR2 through UR5 after interviewing, decision two days after UR5 michigan: date changed two thursdays before A, address was always long cornell: UR3 three weeks after interview received, “review complete” status georgetown: exceptional group email, date disappeared friday before A
…month spent writing these essays & apply earlier. I only interviewed with UChicago and I think that speaks volumes to the reasons for why I received WL/R from all other T14s. -UCLA requested an interview (4/26) while on the WL but I decided to withdraw. -Apply earlier and to more schools than you planned for (’cuz…
Average softs: some leadership and research; 🏳️🌈(but I feel weird about it making me T3?) Harvard Interview (S.P.) : way too nervous, didn’t feel like it went well // UChicago Interview (A.W.): very conversational, felt like it went well! Supplemental Essays (if you don’t see it here, I didn’t write it): Michigan:…
…for Penn; wrote about thesis topic for Yale 250. Kira interview for Northwestern; group interview for GULC. Chicago UR3 on 2/15.
…shaped me, and my plans/goals. With that down, no interviews caused me issues. I also came up with answers that I was very proud of to deeper law-related questions that I wasn’t expecting in interviews. Good luck everyone!! See y’all on the other side :)
ED early and often. Prep a ton for interviews.
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…and was the main topic of conversation in every single interview. Try to avoid falling into the wave prediction rabbit hole. It’s just going to make you anxious. You’ll get your decision when the school is ready to give it. Don’t be afraid to be vulnerable. You can open up while not trauma dumping.
…staff. Always send a thank you email after every interview.
…PS serving as public service essay, rejected for RTK w/o interview UVA - “why x” addendum, resiliency essay, did not send LOCI Duke - “why x” addendum, DA, applied for JD/LLM Northwestern - included “why x” in PS, DA, did not KIRA Georgetown - included “why x” in PS, DA
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