tcwhat (2008 – 09)

#s on rejections reflect Chiashu percentages rounded up
#s on acceptances reflect current preferences

Timeline:
Nov. 11 - All applications are in the wild.
Nov. 14 - Decided to go ED at Virginia.
Nov. 18 - Rejected at ND(small, white envelope)
Nov. 19 - Waitlisted at Virginia(email)
Nov. 24 - In Review at Minnesota
Dec. 4 - Held at UT(email)
Dec. 9 - Went to Decision at Georgetown
Dec. 12 - "Preferred" Waitlist at Georgetown(letter)
Dec. 18 - In Review @ Illinois
Dec. 29 - Decision Letter Sent @ Minnesota
Dec. 31 - Minnesota Reject(Letter)
Jan. 5 - Received UCLA Fee Waiver
Jan. 9 - Under Committee Review @ Penn
Jan. 12 - Denied @ Illinois(Status Checker)
Jan. 12 - Decision Mailed @ Chicago.
Jan. 15 - Chicago Rejection(Letter)
Jan. 20 - Decision Made - Alabama
Jan. 22 - Held at Northwestern until April.
Jan. 23 - Decision Mailed @ Vanderbilt
Jan. 23 - Accepted @ Alabama(phone call)
Jan. 26 - In Review @ Tulane
Jan. 28 - Decision Rendered @ Penn
Jan. 29 - Deferred to regular decision @ SMU(status checker)
Jan. 30 - Accepted @ Tulane(Email) & Waitlisted @ Vanderbilt
Feb. 3 - Rejection Trifecta - Columbia, Penn, Boston College(mail)
Feb. 4 - Scholarship from Alabama, $20,000/yr renewable with 3.0
Feb. 5 - Scholarship from Tulane, $30,000/yr renewable with 3.0
Feb. 6 - Confirmed I will be visiting Alabama next week
Feb. 7 - Held at Indiana(mail)

Feb. 15 - After my Alabama visit, I've made a few decisions:

First, I'll be withdrawing from Tulane this week. No reason to hold up scholarship money when I know I'd attend Alabama before Tulane.

Second, if it comes down to Alabama, I'd be happy to attend there, admittedly with some reservations.

Third, I will remain on the waitlists at GTown and Virginia until July 1st. These are two schools I would forgo the scholarship at Alabama to attend. In addition, I have made public 3 apps(Texas, Duke, Northwestern) that for which I would forgo the scholarship at Alabama and if waitlisted would wait until July 1st. For Northwestern and Texas, I might consider extending my arbitrary deadline a little further.

Feb. 18 - Went to decision at Duke. Also, received package from parents with all mail from law schools and in my Penn rejection letter it states:

"We congratulate you on your many achievements to date and recognize the contributions that you have made to this University as a Penn Student."

Only problem is I never went to Penn.

Feb. 20 - Waitlisted at Duke(email)
Mar. 1 - Cornell will be reviewing my file with only one professor recommendation and one employee recommendation. I am trying to procure another but it is an almost certain rejection because of this snafu.

Mar. 2 - Oklahoma, seriously, a waitlist?

Mar. 9 - Things have started to slow and become dull even though I have like ten decisions left - I miss the news almost every couple days of February and January, rejections and all.

Mar. 9 - Waitlisted at UT

Mar. 13 - Waitlisted at Washington and Lee

Mar. 21 - Emailed Baylor earlier this past week to see what the deal is on my application. Received a response today saying a decision should arrive soon. I bet it will be a rejection because of annoyance.

Mar. 24 - Baylor acceptance.

Mar. 25 - Rejected from Emory

Apr. 03 - Went to decision at Cornell, assuming rejection because no change in status checker.

Apr. 06 - Received an indecision from WUSTL - they placed me on Hold. Hooray. Also, officially rejected from Cornell.

Apr. 21 - Waitlisted at IU-Bloomington - looks like they are already treating me like their brethren in the US News 20-29 rankings. I would've stayed on this list if received notification earlier due to the fact I liked IU(my parents were IU undergrads), but I can't bear another waitlist.

Apr. 24 - Rejected at UCLA(mail) and waitlisted at Northwestern

Apr. 25 - Withdrew from the Georgetown and Vanderbilt waitlists.

Apr. 26 - Submitted additional LOCIs to Virginia, Duke, Texas, and Northwestern. Submitted letter confirming my intent to ride the waitlist a little at NU.

May 14 - Waitlisted at SMU. The joke continues.

June 12 - While watching people get off waitlists at other schools I'm still in the running for - Northwestern and WUSTL, I really just want this process to be finished. I'm meh on WUSTL but hopeful about Northwestern. Self imposed deadline is coming up quickly.

June 26 - I was literally writing out a check for a deposit on an apartment in Tuscaloosa when WUSTL emails me. They accepted me and gave me a scholarship but I don't know if it will be enough.

July 6 - Withdrew from WUSTL sometime last week; Bama it is.