…with as official scores!!!!! ««< Good luck! **Harvard Interview: ** I am one of the few people who got rejected from Harvard after getting an interview lol. Harvard published stats from the 20-21 cycle and reported that 74% of interviewees were accepted, making me part of the bottom 26% (assuming the percentages are…
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Admitted to University of California—Berkeley…got the R in Feb when I already had 8 T15 acceptances, an interview for BLOS for $$$$ at Berk, and $$$ from Michigan). Now, I look back and I am so grateful I had the choices I did, because it made me make the most financially sound decision and I am happy where I landed- . If Harvard would have accepted me, I would…
…addendum Cornell: PS2, 3, Why Cornell Timeline: 11/1/24: Interview Invite WASHU, Northwestern 11/7/24: Missed interview invite Harvard 11/7/24: ASU Honors FULL RIDE 11/11/24 Fired from Job LOL 11/15/24: Missed NYU wave 1 NU KIRA Complete: Went well (maybe responses too canned?)other than stumbling at the end of the…
…a few months of silence Chicago - nothing extra, mediocre interview, no LOCI for WL Harvard - nothing extra Columbia - nothing extra, no LOCI for WL Penn - strong Core Values, wrote essay for Dean’s Scholarship NYU - nothing extra, wrote mini LOCI after Hold UVA - nothing extra, wrote LOCI after a few months of…
…I spent $2000 in applications. It was well worth it. – Interview advice: a lot of interviews are temperature checks (are you a normal person). Come prepared with specifics about each law school (classes, professors, clinics) that excite you and make you want to attend them. Do a few practice interviews with…
…essays submitted with app. Felt good about the interview. Penn (A) - Submitted a supplemental essay, felt like it was strong and expressed good alignment with Penn offerings in it. Duke (A) - Felt good about this whole app. Re-used and adjusted supplements. Did not complete financial aid interview – was awarded $0.…
…Scholarship the following week. Michigan Invited to interview for the Darrow- 12/16. Interviewed on 1/16 and got the award one week later on 1/23. NYU Invited to interview for RTK- on 2/7. Withdrew from RTK before the interview because I knew I would take the Darrow/Mordecai/AnBryce over the RTK with its five-year…
…Michigan: sent LOCI email 2/27/23, accepted 3/8 Cornell: Interview invite 12/05/22, completed 12/13/22. CEHS finalist (3/3); received CEHS (3/27) Northwestern: completed Kira on 11/12, completed WL Kira on Georgetown: Interview invite 11/03/22, completed 11/17/22 UCLA: Accepted to Epstein (3/1) WashU: Interview…
…time to form long-term relationships with many profs. Interviews: Texas: asynchronous/recorded interview Vandy: opted in to alumni interview, did not get an interview invite before acceptance Berkeley: did not do Kira video interview Duke: signed up for scholarship interview as soon I got my admissions offer Don’t…
Thoughts on the Bottom Acceptances Georgetown: Interview12/10. Did Top 10 and Why Georgetown UChicago: Interview 12/20. Super excited. I didn’t think that I would get in, but I gave them specific reasons as to why I would like to go to Chicago (the city and the school). I can tell my interviewer was impressed when I…
…to better address the prompt) Wrote Why WashU; interviewed with adcom Did the Vandy video and interviewed with alum BU: applied for ASPIRE, but was rejected NYU: applied for scholarships UT Austin: did kira NU: opted into kira then never did it Columbia: tailored my PS and did fun facts UPenn: wrote team members…
…throughout to understand how and why your hook fits in. Interview Lesson - be risk averse and avoid politics at all costs Yale rejected me after a bizarre interview where Dean Ingber explicitly strayed from the purported interview script and inquired expressly into religion/politics (I was polite and was trying to…
…Random additional context for the dates in my trackers: Interview w/ GULC on 11/4; Dean Cornblatt said to expect a decision within 2 weeks after Thanksgiving (possibly before) GULC date change 11/4 (after interview that day - likely Dean Cornblatt inputting interview notes) *Another *GULC date change 11/7 for no…
Notes and dates for future applicants to promote transparency in this painstaking process :) Harvard 3/18 - Waitlisted 5/1 - Sent LOCI 5/3 - Interview invite 5/8 - Interviewed 5/14 - Feeler call (5:30pm ET) 5/15 - Acceptance call (11:31am ET) UChicago 3/14 - Received initial scholarship award ($30,000). 3/22 -…
…scholarship, did not get, awarded only 75k total WashU interview (with real person) Accepted Offered 165k (scholar in law) then applied Webster Scholarship (for those with public service background) will try negotiate full ride if don’t receive Webster Northwestern Kira interview UT Austin Kira interview ASU…
…wrote small why Chicago paragraph in PS, felt like interview went well NYU: wrote RTK scholarship essay, submitted GRE (336) UVA: wrote small why UVA paragraph in PS, felt like interview didn’t go well (Zoom link was sent for the wrong time so flustered) Berkeley: wrote Why Berkeley additional essay, did not extend…
…No Why X. Did not have good answers to “Why Harvard?” at interview. | UChicago: No Why X. Interview was conversational and nice. | CLS: Included Why X in PS. | NYU: Included Why X in PS. Applied for programmatic scholarships (finalist for 2 (withdrew before interview), withdrew before hearing back from 2). |…
…and the to-do list will get shorter. Be authentic in interviews. I was kind of weird in all of my interviews, but being yourself is always better than trying to be “more impressive” or “smarter.” Prepare a little bit ahead of each interview and then just go do your best. They are interviewing you because they like…
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