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Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by DaRascal » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:12 am

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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by johnfootball » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:16 am

Study properly, retake in February.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by daryldixon » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:17 am

Retake.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by johnfootball » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:22 am

DaRascal wrote:I can't retake until June. I've already taken it three times in the past two years. Oh my heart... it's tearing in two...
Continue studying while you ride the reserve waitlist. Retake in June.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by DaRascal » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:25 am

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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by johnfootball » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:41 am

DaRascal wrote:
johnfootball wrote:
DaRascal wrote:I can't retake until June. I've already taken it three times in the past two years. Oh my heart... it's tearing in two...
Continue studying while you ride the reserve waitlist. Retake in June.

I like that idea, Jonathan Pigskin.

I'm definitely retaking in June. I should add that when you get placed on reserve for ED at Cornell they reevaluate you with the ED Round II applicants. Is it safe to say that I'm headed for the summer waitlist at best? I'm wondering if I can do anything to turn the tide now that I screwed up in December lol. (Like an additional letter of recommendation from an old professor or something)
I don't know enough about ED Round II, but I would imagine it depends on how the rest of the applicant pool shapes up.

I'm not sure if another LOR will matter very much, but if you can get a strong one, then I don't think it could hurt.

You can turn the tide by earning a higher LSAT score in June. That's where your main focus should be.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by Nova » Sat Jan 04, 2014 5:04 am

Good luck with your cycle & the June LSAT, my friend.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by BankruptMe » Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:53 pm

Why Cornell?

I am actually asking why. Oh and you should write that and submit it and asked for it to be attached to your application.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by A. Nony Mouse » Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:56 pm

Why did you only do 4 sections each time you PTed?
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by unodostres » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:04 pm

If you do not simulate the conditions you will do poorer.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by DaRascal » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:14 pm

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Post by Black_Swan » Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:31 am

DaRascal wrote:I just got reserved today from the ED Round II pool. Damnit! :P

Hey, do you guys think I have a chance at Michigan? It's the only other realistic (based on mylsn) T14 I applied to this cycle. I got waitlisted last year with a better GPA but I really feel like my essays are a lot better and I have a much better idea of why I want to be a lawyer. Also I see just about no Hispanic URMs on Michigan's LSN page this year in the low to mid 160 range whereas last year there were definitely more. Are my numbers just too low to hold out hope without a retake?
Why not? Good luck!
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by BigZuck » Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:55 am

Right now it's looking like you won't pass C&F and ever become a lawyer, even if you graduate from law school.

Take some time off (I'm thinking at least 5 years), get a real job, acquire maturity, bury your demons, and revisit the idea of law school then.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by A. Nony Mouse » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:48 pm

DaRascal wrote:LMAO! Zuck, you serious? Just because I called and texted a girl non-stop who I really fell for? Oh come on now... :P
(does not grasp the concept of stalking)
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by applelover » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:56 pm

A. Nony Mouse wrote:
DaRascal wrote:LMAO! Zuck, you serious? Just because I called and texted a girl non-stop who I really fell for? Oh come on now... :P
(does not grasp the concept of stalking)
wait. where did op mention he stalked someone?
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by A. Nony Mouse » Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:10 pm

applelover wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:
DaRascal wrote:LMAO! Zuck, you serious? Just because I called and texted a girl non-stop who I really fell for? Oh come on now... :P
(does not grasp the concept of stalking)
wait. where did op mention he stalked someone?
http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... estraining
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by ThePiedPiper » Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:28 pm

A. Nony Mouse wrote:
applelover wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:
DaRascal wrote:LMAO! Zuck, you serious? Just because I called and texted a girl non-stop who I really fell for? Oh come on now... :P
(does not grasp the concept of stalking)
wait. where did op mention he stalked someone?
http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... estraining
Is this guy actually for real? All I can say is wow. I was thinking this was some type of joke.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by BigZuck » Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:31 pm

I think he has been around far too long to be a total troll. He obviously makes jokes about stuff (see: his response to me ITT) but I think the basic outline of the human is real and all this stuff has really happened to him.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by DaRascal » Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:34 pm

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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by Futuregohan14 » Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:57 pm

DaRascal wrote:Haha that's weak, mang. I never stalked her. I know her address and where she works so I would have been camping out if I was a stalker. I'm just a guy who wanted to be with a girl for very good reasons and I overstepped one too many boundaries when I called her from a convenience store after she blocked my number.
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Re: Help a Desperate URM Get Into Cornell

Post by JodieLovesChachi » Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:32 pm

DaRascal wrote:Haha that's weak, mang. I never stalked her. I know her address and where she works so I would have been camping out if I was a stalker. I'm just a guy who wanted to be with a girl for very good reasons and I overstepped one too many boundaries when I called her from a convenience store after she blocked my number.
Clearly a troll. Don't try so hard next time...
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