Be humble. Be consistent. Keep advocating for yourself while remaining grateful for every opportunity. The waitlist process tested my patience, but persistence ultimately paid off. To all my fellow Waitlist Warriors: don’t give up—you can do it!
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Admitted to George Mason UniversityYou already know… GPAmaxxing. You can’t change it so don’t let it slip. I think being above at least one median helped me get on some of these waitlists. The optional statements, do them! You really have to. LSAT is most important but I felt as though my other attributes carried my application despite being 9 points…
Applying earlier would have likely to my getting accepted instead of waitlisted for a number of these schools
…$$ offer. Withdrew 4/14. BU- 1/16 WL. Super quick to waitlist (about 16 days?). Didn’t put much into specifics on why BU. Withdrew from WL. HLS - R 1/29 (no II) YLS - R 1/16 (no II) Cornell - Reserve 1/23, no Kira II, submitted LOCI 1/31 -> R 3/6 Chicago - R 2/19 (no II) Berkeley - WL 2/20, initial email and form…
…back in 2017 with a much worse LSAT and app and was waitlisted, so I thought there was hope. Nope, caught the big fat R. I wrote a pretty strong ‘Why UVA’ (Have ties to UVA), and tailored my statements to UVA since I was a reapplicant. -GULC; This was my #1 choice and I was crushed when I was WL. I did ‘Top 10’,…
…Georgetown: Interviewed mid October; Was on the regular waitlist; Applied to both FT/PT; Received a feeler March 26 about my interest in the PT program; Was released from the WL May 14; I think they didn’t have any more space specifically in the evening program George Washington: Received a pretty low scholarship…
…shocked that I got into Michigan so quickly, and I got waitlisted at other schools. I put the most effort into my applications for Michigan, GMU, and UVA, so I’m not necessarily surprised at these outcomes. My stats were too low for UVA, and I wouldn’t go without merit scholarships anyway.
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