Need your advice on my soon-to-be rejections
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:54 am
Before I begin, full disclosure: 171 LSAT Oct. 2011, 3.39 LSAC GPA, 1 year WE, age 22. This is about to be my cycle from hell, and I want all your opinions on options.
Subsequent to the receipt of my LSAT score in November, I began the application process into top-14 schools and some T25.
I had two LORs sent in at mid-November apps time. Everyone's all updated except for one LOR from an undergrad professor who had said he would be more than happy to forward the letter to LSAC. No update, no update, come first week of December where I go full freak-out mode. After pestering, I get a response saying that "oops, busy finals week. I'll mail it today/tomorrow".
As luck would have it, he didn't sign it. Professor goes AWOL over entire break (my boss wrote the other letter of rec, with no other credible backup options). Finally checks his e-mails in January, dismissing my panic but finally sends a signed letter when he "has access to a fax machine", on the first day of his spring semester, JANUARY 17th. For context, this is two days ago. K, apps active.
These next few months, I'm about to become the new guy in prison to adcoms. Most of my hopes are riding on NU's decision, but otherwise I'm in unpredictable territory. Do I have addendum options / follow-up options in my situation? Should I be willing to forfeit this cycle if I don't get into T14 and ED first day of next year's applications? Will someone at least tell me I'm beautiful?
Always appreciated -
Subsequent to the receipt of my LSAT score in November, I began the application process into top-14 schools and some T25.
I had two LORs sent in at mid-November apps time. Everyone's all updated except for one LOR from an undergrad professor who had said he would be more than happy to forward the letter to LSAC. No update, no update, come first week of December where I go full freak-out mode. After pestering, I get a response saying that "oops, busy finals week. I'll mail it today/tomorrow".
As luck would have it, he didn't sign it. Professor goes AWOL over entire break (my boss wrote the other letter of rec, with no other credible backup options). Finally checks his e-mails in January, dismissing my panic but finally sends a signed letter when he "has access to a fax machine", on the first day of his spring semester, JANUARY 17th. For context, this is two days ago. K, apps active.
These next few months, I'm about to become the new guy in prison to adcoms. Most of my hopes are riding on NU's decision, but otherwise I'm in unpredictable territory. Do I have addendum options / follow-up options in my situation? Should I be willing to forfeit this cycle if I don't get into T14 and ED first day of next year's applications? Will someone at least tell me I'm beautiful?
Always appreciated -