Is that not a good thing?FryBreadPower wrote:Just received $135k from Berkeley.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
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- FryBreadPower
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I just wasn't expecting any where NEAR that money.danitt wrote:Is that not a good thing?FryBreadPower wrote:Just received $135k from Berkeley.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
- danitt
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Has it made your decision harder or were you going somewhere else regardless?FryBreadPower wrote:I just wasn't expecting any where NEAR that money.danitt wrote:Is that not a good thing?FryBreadPower wrote:Just received $135k from Berkeley.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
- FryBreadPower
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I wasn't even considering Berkeley before this. I will almost certainly be attending nowdanitt wrote:Has it made your decision harder or were you going somewhere else regardless?FryBreadPower wrote:I just wasn't expecting any where NEAR that money.danitt wrote:Is that not a good thing?FryBreadPower wrote:Just received $135k from Berkeley.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
- whenwin
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Sick. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!FryBreadPower wrote:Just received $135k from Berkeley.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
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$135K is friggin' amazing. Congratulations.
...So I've spent a considerable amount of time spying on this forum since it was only about 17 pages long. My cycle below. Gotta say I'm pretty pleased considering I hadn't decided to apply to law school until January (and used pretty generic recommendations that were initially intended for other non-law programs.)
IN
Temple
Howard
Earle Mack (Drexel)
Case Western
William and Mary
University of Maryland
Northeastern
OUT
Chicago
Yale
Minnesota
Waitlist
Penn
NYU
Wash & Lee
Waiting
Stanford, Columbia and 6 more out of 21 total.
I got a little fee waiver happy when applying. I'll probably be going to Temple unless the admissions teams of one of the remaining 8 have a collective brain fart and admit me with (nearly) full scholarship.
Congratulations to folks on many an awesome cycle and good luck to folks waiting.
...So I've spent a considerable amount of time spying on this forum since it was only about 17 pages long. My cycle below. Gotta say I'm pretty pleased considering I hadn't decided to apply to law school until January (and used pretty generic recommendations that were initially intended for other non-law programs.)
IN
Temple
Howard
Earle Mack (Drexel)
Case Western
William and Mary
University of Maryland
Northeastern
OUT
Chicago
Yale
Minnesota
Waitlist
Penn
NYU
Wash & Lee
Waiting
Stanford, Columbia and 6 more out of 21 total.
I got a little fee waiver happy when applying. I'll probably be going to Temple unless the admissions teams of one of the remaining 8 have a collective brain fart and admit me with (nearly) full scholarship.
Congratulations to folks on many an awesome cycle and good luck to folks waiting.
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Just checking in. That's AMAZING!!! Congrats!!!FryBreadPower wrote:Just received $135k from Berkeley.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
- Yaaaas2013
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Go to Berkeley! Have fun in that great weather for me!whenwin wrote:Sick. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!FryBreadPower wrote:Just received $135k from Berkeley.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
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Cuban American checking in. Cycle is nearly complete with my KB2 yesterday. Full list is in the profile. Congrats to everyone else.
Disclaimer: I know I'm not technically a URM. But it is foolish to think that being Cuban didn't have some impact on my cycle. I checked here first when I found TLS, and I'm sure it is the same for many other Cubans lurking on this forum. Leaving this for them.
Congrats to all!
Disclaimer: I know I'm not technically a URM. But it is foolish to think that being Cuban didn't have some impact on my cycle. I checked here first when I found TLS, and I'm sure it is the same for many other Cubans lurking on this forum. Leaving this for them.
Congrats to all!
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CONGRATS on Harvard and an amazing cycle!!! Where are you going?!Syme wrote:Cuban American checking in. Cycle is nearly complete with my KB2 yesterday. Full list is in the profile. Congrats to everyone else.
Disclaimer: I know I'm not technically a URM. But it is foolish to think that being Cuban didn't have some impact on my cycle. I checked here first when I found TLS, and I'm sure it is the same for many other Cubans lurking on this forum. Leaving this for them.
Congrats to all!
- vincanity1
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Felicidades asere! That's great to hear. Enjoy it.Syme wrote:Cuban American checking in. Cycle is nearly complete with my KB2 yesterday. Full list is in the profile. Congrats to everyone else.
Disclaimer: I know I'm not technically a URM. But it is foolish to think that being Cuban didn't have some impact on my cycle. I checked here first when I found TLS, and I'm sure it is the same for many other Cubans lurking on this forum. Leaving this for them.
Congrats to all!
- Ga0-3L
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Puerto Rican here.
I targeted only schools in my state (minus two out-of-state that I applied to for fun very late in the cycle) and was accepted or waitlisted at each of them.
I was awarded a fellowship (with full scholarship) at GA State University that sealed the deal for me... I had no intention of leaving Atlanta and all I ever really wanted was to know that a school really wanted me and would take good care of me.
I can't wait to earn my degree, start my career, and one day take it back to the island- with 0 debt! )))
I targeted only schools in my state (minus two out-of-state that I applied to for fun very late in the cycle) and was accepted or waitlisted at each of them.
I was awarded a fellowship (with full scholarship) at GA State University that sealed the deal for me... I had no intention of leaving Atlanta and all I ever really wanted was to know that a school really wanted me and would take good care of me.
I can't wait to earn my degree, start my career, and one day take it back to the island- with 0 debt! )))
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99.99% sure I'm going to Harvard.Geneva wrote:CONGRATS on Harvard and an amazing cycle!!! Where are you going?!Syme wrote:Cuban American checking in. Cycle is nearly complete with my KB2 yesterday. Full list is in the profile. Congrats to everyone else.
Disclaimer: I know I'm not technically a URM. But it is foolish to think that being Cuban didn't have some impact on my cycle. I checked here first when I found TLS, and I'm sure it is the same for many other Cubans lurking on this forum. Leaving this for them.
Congrats to all!
Thanks brother! Congrats on that NYU $$$.vincanity1 wrote:Felicidades asere! That's great to hear. Enjoy it.
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So when are the rest of us getting into Harvard? Not sure why on earth people are being placed on hold in April instead of waitlisted. Is a hold an almost guaranteed waitlist/acceptance or are some URMs held and then rejected?
My original goal was to get into 1 T10 school and to be waitlisted at Harvard, Yale or Stanford, so I really have nothing to complain about either way:-)
My original goal was to get into 1 T10 school and to be waitlisted at Harvard, Yale or Stanford, so I really have nothing to complain about either way:-)
- sharktankdean
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Geneva wrote:So when are the rest of us getting into Harvard? Not sure why on earth people are being placed on hold in April instead of waitlisted. Is a hold an almost guaranteed waitlist/acceptance or are some URMs held and then rejected?
My original goal was to get into 1 T10 school and to be waitlisted at Harvard, Yale or Stanford, so I really have nothing to complain about either way:-)
lol isn't it funny when you surpass your original goal and then u want more...the law school thirst..a year ago i would have been fine with Cornell..but now im practically killing myself trying to get into HYS
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Haha so true. I cringe to admit this, but I almost started to question law school itself shortly after getting the thumbs up from Stanford. So crazy!sharktankdean wrote:Geneva wrote:So when are the rest of us getting into Harvard? Not sure why on earth people are being placed on hold in April instead of waitlisted. Is a hold an almost guaranteed waitlist/acceptance or are some URMs held and then rejected?
My original goal was to get into 1 T10 school and to be waitlisted at Harvard, Yale or Stanford, so I really have nothing to complain about either way:-)
lol isn't it funny when you surpass your original goal and then u want more...the law school thirst..a year ago i would have been fine with Cornell..but now im practically killing myself trying to get into HYS
- Yaaaas2013
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Profiles like this really surprise me. This guy has seemingly auto-admit numbers. When did you go complete? It seems like it took Harvard awhile to accept Syme (assuming that Syme applied in the fall). This also makes me wonder if a good gpa from a top private > a good gpa from a large state > good gpa everywhere else.Syme wrote:Cuban American checking in. Cycle is nearly complete with my KB2 yesterday. Full list is in the profile. Congrats to everyone else.
Disclaimer: I know I'm not technically a URM. But it is foolish to think that being Cuban didn't have some impact on my cycle. I checked here first when I found TLS, and I'm sure it is the same for many other Cubans lurking on this forum. Leaving this for them.
Congrats to all!
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My cycle is over - headed to UChicago. Good luck all.
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This is by far the best ATL article I have seen: http://abovethelaw.com/2012/04/the-bayl ... olarships/
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That's awesome. What are your life plans? What are you thinking?Dake! wrote:Choice down to two:
Michigan ($$$) or Harvard
- amc987
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I would imagine that this is at least partly true if you hold variables like undergrad major constant. There is a good amount of anecdotal and statistical (at least based on LSN) evidence that undergrad prestige can play a role, especially if you're talking about admissions at YHSCCN.Yaaaas2013 wrote:Profiles like this really surprise me. This guy has seemingly auto-admit numbers. When did you go complete? It seems like it took Harvard awhile to accept Syme (assuming that Syme applied in the fall). This also makes me wonder if a good gpa from a top private > a good gpa from a large state > good gpa everywhere else.
Just checking in. Wanted to send serious congrats to FryBreadPower on the Berkeley $$$, Vincanity on the An-Bryce, and Syme on the KB2!! Great to see people having such success.
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JS1
You have got to be kidding me, just when i was sold on stanford
You have got to be kidding me, just when i was sold on stanford
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I submitted on 1/18.Yaaaas2013 wrote:Profiles like this really surprise me. This guy has seemingly auto-admit numbers. When did you go complete? It seems like it took Harvard awhile to accept Syme (assuming that Syme applied in the fall). This also makes me wonder if a good gpa from a top private > a good gpa from a large state > good gpa everywhere else.Syme wrote:Cuban American checking in. Cycle is nearly complete with my KB2 yesterday. Full list is in the profile. Congrats to everyone else.
Disclaimer: I know I'm not technically a URM. But it is foolish to think that being Cuban didn't have some impact on my cycle. I checked here first when I found TLS, and I'm sure it is the same for many other Cubans lurking on this forum. Leaving this for them.
Congrats to all!
I know my LSAT is pretty epic, but I would hardly call my GPA auto admit for Harvard. I am amazed I got in, especially coming from a large, non-prestigious university in the Midwest. Fully expecting a ding from Stanford to finish my cycle.
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Sweetheart... when combined with that LSAT, your GPA is (clearly) more than sufficient. It makes you a splitter by Harvard standards, sure, but I mean you're not like a 3.6/177 splitter. You're sitting at 75% LSAT, and JUST below 25% GPA. Anyways, not trying to steal your excitement, but just to say that you have NO reason to have a defeatist "if I wasn't Cuban I wouldn't have gotten in" mentality. You've earned your successes so far But yeah, congrats to you!Syme wrote:I submitted on 1/18.Yaaaas2013 wrote:Profiles like this really surprise me. This guy has seemingly auto-admit numbers. When did you go complete? It seems like it took Harvard awhile to accept Syme (assuming that Syme applied in the fall). This also makes me wonder if a good gpa from a top private > a good gpa from a large state > good gpa everywhere else.Syme wrote:Cuban American checking in. Cycle is nearly complete with my KB2 yesterday. Full list is in the profile. Congrats to everyone else.
Disclaimer: I know I'm not technically a URM. But it is foolish to think that being Cuban didn't have some impact on my cycle. I checked here first when I found TLS, and I'm sure it is the same for many other Cubans lurking on this forum. Leaving this for them.
Congrats to all!
I know my LSAT is pretty epic, but I would hardly call my GPA auto admit for Harvard. I am amazed I got in, especially coming from a large, non-prestigious university in the Midwest. Fully expecting a ding from Stanford to finish my cycle.