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You would turn down YSH for...(choose up to 4)

Hamilton @ CLS
46
21%
Ruby @ Chicago
33
15%
AnBryce/RTK @ NYU
29
13%
Levy @ Penn (LOL, no URM in history has ever gotten one)
14
6%
Dillard/Darrow/Full Scholarship @ UVA/Mich/Berk
26
12%
Mordecai/Full Scholly/Hughes/Full Scholly @ Duke/NW/Cornell/GULC
23
11%
Full @ Texas/UCLA/Vandy
10
5%
F* that dude...literally nothing could keep me from YSH. Debt be damned!
38
17%
 
Total votes: 219

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Re: URM 2015-2016 Cycle Thread

Post by Iam3hunna » Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:59 pm

fib09002 wrote:
Iam3hunna wrote:Big day for me. Was accepted to both Columbia and NYU. Ecstatic right now.
Did you interview at Columbia? I got one coming up, wondering what to expect. Also, if you interviewed, how soon after did you get accepted?
Nope. No interview. Applied around christmas time and got the invite yesterday.

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Post by Iam3hunna » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:00 pm

fliptrip wrote:
Iam3hunna wrote:Big day for me. Was accepted to both Columbia and NYU. Ecstatic right now.
Winner winner chicken dinner! Congrats!

Thanks man! Much appreciated.

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Post by LoganCouture » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:04 pm

Congrats to everyone's acceptances! I don't keep up with the thread much but feel free to PM if you have any questions about anything, especially if you're having a tough time choosing among the schools you've been accepted to.

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Re: URM 2015-2016 Cycle Thread

Post by Queerdo » Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:54 pm

Happy to see y'alls cycles are going well! I heard back from Harvard - got accepted this morning!

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Post by MajinBuu » Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:32 am

Queerdo wrote:Happy to see y'alls cycles are going well! I heard back from Harvard - got accepted this morning!
Congrats! That's an amazing achievement. There was a lot of great news in the Harvard thread today.

My Js1 is scheduled for next week so I hope I will also get some good news soon

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Post by Queerdo » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:38 am

MajinBuu wrote:
Queerdo wrote:Happy to see y'alls cycles are going well! I heard back from Harvard - got accepted this morning!
Congrats! That's an amazing achievement. There was a lot of great news in the Harvard thread today.

My Js1 is scheduled for next week so I hope I will also get some good news soon
Thanks, and congrats/good luck on the JS1!

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Post by ThePiedPiper » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:48 pm

Just wanted to say congratulations to everyone and their recent acceptances. Been away for a minute trying to finish my grad program off strong this semester.

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Post by mindatwork » Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:22 pm

jmj2254 wrote:
mindatwork wrote:To all the people ITT who told me to apply to Stanford when I initially wasn't planning on it: THANK YOU.

Got the call yesterday - I'm in! My cycle isn't a done deal (I still have some options to consider - I think NYU & U Mich might give me some $$$) but it's super exciting nonetheless.

congrats!!! got the call on monday as well!
To you as well! Got the admission package/moleskine in the mail yesterday & it was a very exciting moment.

This thread is awash with good news - congrats to everyone who got recent acceptances.

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Post by vorely » Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:53 pm

Accepted to Penn today, was a nice call :)

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Post by Iam3hunna » Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:00 pm

Queerdo wrote:Happy to see y'alls cycles are going well! I heard back from Harvard - got accepted this morning!
Congratulations! How long did you have to wait to hear the news after the Interview, if you don't mind me asking.

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Post by wunderwoman » Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:24 pm

In at Penn and NYU this week.

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Post by Queerdo » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:00 pm

Iam3hunna wrote:
Queerdo wrote:Happy to see y'alls cycles are going well! I heard back from Harvard - got accepted this morning!
Congratulations! How long did you have to wait to hear the news after the Interview, if you don't mind me asking.
Thanks! I waited 30 days.

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Post by LS19 » Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:06 am

In at Harvard on Thursday. Still feels unreal. Grateful.

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Post by ltowns1 » Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:45 am

LS19 wrote:In at Harvard on Thursday. Still feels unreal. Grateful.
Congrats

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Post by LS19 » Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:32 pm

ltowns1 wrote:
LS19 wrote:In at Harvard on Thursday. Still feels unreal. Grateful.
Congrats
Thank you!!

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Post by MajinBuu » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:58 pm

Blueblades wrote:AA MALE: lsat 169, gpa 3.8

Harvard--accepted
-Columbia--Accepted
-NYU--Accepted
-UChicago--Accepted
Wow congrats! Great cycle so far..

Any idea which school you're leaning toward?

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Post by lawyergirl94 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:47 pm

Is there a post w. all ASW dates? I know there was one for last year's cycle.

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Post by bellanoche2019 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:23 pm

A ton of people getting good news today. I love it!

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Post by bellanoche2019 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:55 pm

Update from today:

Admitted:
Duke (tbd)
UVA (over 100k)
Georgetown (tbd)
UCLA ($ with more tbd)
Vandy (tbd)
BC (90k)
Emory (120k+)
W&M (100k+)
UGA (40, but w/ instate tuition offered)
WUSTL (tbd)
UNC (45k)

Waiting for
Harvard
NYU
Columbia
Berkeley (FR)
Cornell (interviewed)
Northwestern (Interviewed)

I'm leaning toward UVA at this point. I was extremely impressed with their law school from speaking with the DoA and the amount of money I received left me in awe. I may try to negotiate for a little more, depending on what Duke, UCLA, Georgetown offer me/if I get admitted to H. But the student life/employment prospects (aiming for work in the DMV/New York area) basically has me sold. I initially felt that my interest was Duke or Georgetown's to lose, but UVA totally swept me off my feet.

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Re: URM 2015-2016 Cycle Thread

Post by lawandorder2019 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 11:02 pm

AA female, 167 LSAT 3.47 GPA
I initially was quite surprised at how well my cycle has been going but after lurking on for a bit, I see it's the norm. Hell yea, go URMs. The posts here have been invaluable during my cycle. Thanks all!

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Post by fliptrip » Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:09 am

bellanoche2019 wrote:Update from today:

Admitted:
Duke (tbd)
UVA (over 100k)
Georgetown (tbd)
UCLA ($ with more tbd)
Vandy (tbd)
BC (90k)
Emory (120k+)
W&M (100k+)
UGA (40, but w/ instate tuition offered)
WUSTL (tbd)
UNC (45k)

Waiting for
Harvard
NYU
Columbia
Berkeley (FR)
Cornell (interviewed)
Northwestern (Interviewed)

I'm leaning toward UVA at this point. I was extremely impressed with their law school from speaking with the DoA and the amount of money I received left me in awe. I may try to negotiate for a little more, depending on what Duke, UCLA, Georgetown offer me/if I get admitted to H. But the student life/employment prospects (aiming for work in the DMV/New York area) basically has me sold. I initially felt that my interest was Duke or Georgetown's to lose, but UVA totally swept me off my feet.
Congrats! Come to UVA. Duke shouldn't even be a consideration with the great money you have from UVA. Of course, you'll probably get Harvard, and as always, HLS closes the conversation. lol

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Post by Iam3hunna » Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:39 pm

In at Berkeley today via phone call.

#GoBEARS

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Post by fliptrip » Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:01 pm

Iam3hunna wrote:In at Berkeley today via phone call.

#GoBEARS
Congrats!

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Re: URM 2015-2016 Cycle Thread

Post by MarshallMarshal » Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:59 pm

This thread is just making me so happy. I'm really hoping some of us get to be classmates in a few months!

My cycle is going pretty well so far, but you all are killing it! I was pretty stressed because I applied pretty late (mid-late January) after waiting a few months for a letter of rec from my boss.

In:
Virginia ($$$-Dillard)
Berkeley
Duke

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