…I should have wrote them regardless. Especially for Duke. Interviewed at WashU (adcomm), Vandy (alumni), GULC (group), Cornell (KIRA), Northwestern (KIRA). Advice: I think I re-wrote my PS and DS statements over 20 times lol. Create a really strong and cohesive narrative. My PS and DS were on different topics, yet…
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…and mailers from Miss and SLU, so far. 12/15 Invitation to interview at Oklahoma. Waitlisted at Mississippi. 12/19 Interviewed w/ Oklahoma. Good vibes! Hoping to hear back by early January. Early Jan Rcv’d CAS waiver from Nebraska-Lincoln. Applied soon thereafter. 1/23 A at Memphis Law! Rcv’d via email around 3:30…
…hold email) and a similar one to Columbia (6 weeks after interview with no decision). I did not submit LOCIs to Penn, Michigan, or Chicago. I completed the NYU waitlist Kira on 5/17 and sent them a second LOCI on 6/2. I also sent a second LOCI to Columbia on 5/22.- I just want to put on the record that I thought I…
…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…
…LOCI that I sent ~2 weeks before I was waitlisted **Interviews ** GULC group- UT Kira Advice For Future Applicants Don’t take the LSAT until you’re PT’ing at your target score.- Don’t be afraid to retake 16highs-17lows. Every point matters. I’m about 90% sure I wouldn’t have gotten into UT if I had called it quits…
…UPenn Core Values; Notre Dame Different Lawyer Interviews: WashU (invited in Nov) NU Kira, both rd and waitlist interviews LOCIs- Sent these before I heard back to UVA and Northwestern 2.) Still apply early- I noticed that splitters with similar stats who got into schools I was waitlisted at, applied earlier. I know…
…X” essays to Cardozo, UW, and CU Boulder completed kira interview for Northwestern and interviewed with admissions for Lewis & Clark I was surprised both by schools I was waitlisted at that were reaches for me (Penn, UCLA, Georgetown, BU) as well as surprised by schools that I had considered more on the lower…
…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…
…Values essay NW: did not add why X. addressed that in KIRA interview. applied for one of their dual degree programs GULC: did a different optional essay this time. first time I did top 10. wanted to show I was committed, so I chose another option that I think I did well on. Cornell: was hesitant to apply bc they…
Interviewed with UChicago, Northwestern, and group interview for GULC
…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
…interest HLS - KJ1 off the WL. Decided to withdraw after I interviewed off the WL, I’m set on UVA! UPenn - Core Values NYU - Applied to be considered for RTK without additional essay, received hold tight email on 1/21 UVA - Why UVA Duke - Why Duke, UR3 on 12/6 UMich - Why Michigan, date change on 1/6 Northwestern -…
…don’t take it personally. It’s far easier to answer an interview question or write an essay if you actually believe what you’re saying. If you can’t muster any sincerity, take that as a sign to carefully consider your course of action. Be consistently polite and friendly when communicating with adcoms. This goes…
…a very strong “why vandy” and completed optional alumni interview WASHU: no optional essays; invited to interview almost immediately USC: my dream school! tailored my PS to include “why usc” but did not write optional essay BU: wrote “why bu” UMN: tailored PS to include “why umn” NOTRE DAME: wrote a KILLER “why…
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.
UT Austin interview invitation date is for the Kira interview.
…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…
…for the future Berkeley - Why Berk: Generic Interview: Georgetown Group Interview: I prepared by looking at 7Sage. I formed my own opinions during the meeting, provided reasoning without restating what was already said and by pulling from common knowledge rather than what was just presented, I always stuck with my…
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