whimsical (2022-2023)

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Application Information

F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred
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# Law School Status Type $$$ Sent Received Complete Interview Date Decision Updated
University of California Los Angeles WL, Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/02/11 Rec: 11/02/11 Comp: 11/10/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/08/12 Upd: 11 years
University of Virginia F WL, Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 10/27/11 Rec: 10/28/11 Comp: 10/31/11 Inter: -- Dec: 01/18/12 Upd: 11 years
Vanderbilt University WL, Accepted W Type: RA $85,000 Sent: 11/04/11 Rec: 11/07/11 Comp: 11/11/11 Inter: -- Dec: 01/30/12 Upd: 11 years
Georgetown University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/02/11 Rec: 11/02/11 Comp: 11/07/11 Inter: -- Dec: 01/17/12 Upd: 12 years
Indiana University Bloomington F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/02/11 Rec: 11/28/11 Comp: 11/28/11 Inter: -- Dec: 04/19/12 Upd: 12 years
Washington University in St Louis F Accepted W Type: RA $60,000 Sent: 10/26/11 Rec: 10/27/11 Comp: 10/31/11 Inter: -- Dec: 12/06/11 Upd: 12 years
University of Minnesota Twin Cities F Accepted W Type: RA $84,000 Sent: 10/26/11 Rec: 10/27/11 Comp: 11/02/11 Inter: -- Dec: 12/12/11 Upd: 12 years
Boston College F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/07/11 Rec: 11/09/11 Comp: 11/14/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/09/12 Upd: 12 years
Boston University Pending W Type: RA Sent: 11/04/11 Rec: 11/04/11 Comp: 11/15/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/09/12 Upd: 12 years
Emory University F Pending W Type: RA Sent: 10/26/11 Rec: 10/28/11 Comp: 10/28/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/09/12 Upd: 12 years
University of California Hastings Pending W Type: RA Sent: 11/04/11 Rec: 11/10/11 Comp: 11/10/11 Inter: -- Dec: 04/01/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign F Accepted W Type: RA $33,390 Sent: 10/26/11 Rec: 11/02/11 Comp: 11/02/11 Inter: -- Dec: 01/06/12 Upd: 12 years
Cornell University Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 10/30/11 Rec: 10/31/11 Comp: 12/02/11 Inter: -- Dec: 01/19/12 Upd: 12 years
#1 Northwestern University F Accepted A Type: RA $45,000 Sent: 10/26/11 Rec: 10/27/11 Comp: 11/02/11 Inter: -- Dec: 12/29/11 Upd: 12 years
University of California Davis Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/04/11 Rec: 11/07/11 Comp: 11/15/11 Inter: -- Dec: 03/07/12 Upd: 12 years
University of California Berkeley Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/02/11 Rec: 11/03/11 Comp: 11/10/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/17/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Texas Austin Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/02/11 Rec: 11/03/11 Comp: 11/16/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/05/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Pennsylvania Rejected Type: RA Sent: 10/29/11 Rec: 10/31/11 Comp: 11/02/11 Inter: -- Dec: 02/03/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Colorado Boulder F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 10/26/11 Rec: 10/27/11 Comp: 11/14/11 Inter: -- Dec: 01/12/12 Upd: 12 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Rejected Type: RA Sent: 10/29/11 Rec: 11/03/11 Comp: 11/17/11 Inter: -- Dec: 01/14/12 Upd: 12 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 176
  • LSAT 2: 169
  • LSAT 3: 176
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 2.8
  • Degree GPA: -
  • School Type: Large Public
  • Major: POLSCI/PHI

Demographic Information

  • City: Large/Metropolitan
  • State: -
  • Race: Non-URM
  • Gender: Woman
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 1-2 Years

Extra Curricular Information

Scholarship numbers are listed for all 3 years combined.

Softs:
Mediocre - nonprofit work and internships, and FT jobs/internships over the summers. Currently working full time, and have had 2 PT jobs on top of FT work.

Extras:
GPA Addendum, DS, Why NU, Why Mich, Why Penn, Why UVa, Why Cornell, Vandy off-campus & in-person interview, NU on-campus interview, GULC off-campus interview.

LSP %ages versus real results:

DENY
Boalt - <5% ________REJ

WEAK CONSIDER
Penn - 21% _________REJ
Mich - 28% _________REJ
UVa - 31% __________WL, ACCEPTED

CONSIDER
NU - 30% ___________ACCEPTED
Cornell - 41% ________WL, withdrawn
GULC - 33% _________ACCEPTED
UT - 43% ___________REJ
UCLA - 41%_________WL, REJ
Vandy - 32% ________WL, ACCEPTED
UMN - 53% _________ACCEPTED
BC - 46% ___________HELD, withdrawn

STRONG CONSIDER
WUSTL - 59%________ACCEPTED
UIUC - 66% _________ACCEPTED

ADMIT
Davis - 84%_________WL, withdrawn
Boulder - 76%________WL, withdrawn

Additional info & updates

___________O C T O B E R 2 0 1 1

Oct. 24 -
LSAT score received & LORs & transcript all officially submitted.

__________N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 1

Nov. 4th -
Submitted all my applications. WIll be updating this religiously in an effort to aid future splitters like me.

___________D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 1

Dec. 6th -
IN AT WUSTL!!!! Received an e-mail.

Dec 12th -
IN AT UMN via phone call!!! $28K/year, 2.5 GPA stipulation.

Dec 16th -
Held for NU ED.

Dec 22nd -
Held at BC.

Dec 29th -
IN. AT. NORTHWESTERN. HOLY SHIT. This is AMAZING!!!!! I'm so ecstatic. Going to wait out my cycle so that future splitters can have some sort of guidance though! (:

__________J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 2

Jan 6th -
In at UIUC with a 25% ($11,130/year) scholly

Jan 12 -
WL at CU Boulder.

Jan 14 -
R at U Mich

Jan 17 -
IN at GULC!!!

Jan 18 -
WL at UVa, will be riding WL to try and leverage for $ at NU if I get in.

Jan 19 -
'Reserve' (aka WL) at Cornell! Also considering riding the WL for leverage...

Jan 30 -
FINALLY heard back from Vandy. WL, not surprised.

__________F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 2

Feb 3rd -
R at Penn.

Feb 5th -
R at UT.

Feb 8th -
WL at UCLA, I'm surprised I didn't get a R. Cool!

Feb 9th -
Withdrew from Emory, BU, BC, and IUB. That means I'm only waiting on Boalt, Davis, and Hastings and then my cycle will be over!

Feb 10th -
WUSTL gave me a Scholars in Law Award!!! $60,000 over 3 years!!!

Feb 17th -
Out at Boalt. 2 more to go!

__________MA R C H 2 0 1 2

Mar 7th -
WL at Davis. Will not be pursuing the WL. Only waiting on Hastings now before my cycle is officially over!

Mar 30th -
HOLY SHIT $45,000 FROM NORTHWESTERN!!! I expected no money at all, so this is seriously amazing. Even though I was set on NU before, this really seals the deal. /cycle. Couldn't be happier. :D :D :D

__________A P R I L 2 0 1 2

Apr 19th -
LOL waitlisted at UIB. Apparently they never got my withdrawal email back in February. LOLOL.

__________M A Y 2 0 1 2

May 2nd -
In at UVa off the WL!!! Deadline for seat deposit is this Friday. No scholarship...tough decision. Also, cleaned up my LSP% chart to reflect only schools I received decisions from.

__________J U L Y 2 0 1 2

July 27th -
Wow, so late into the game but I JUST GOT INTO VANDERBILT WITH A - get this - $65,000 scholarship. Holy shit! I don't think that's compelling enough to turn me from NU, but damn, feels good man.

__________A U G U S T 2 0 1 2

August 8th -
Vanderbilt upped my scholarship to $85,000 after I submitted my Need Access to them. SO stunned. Unfortunately I've decided to still go to NU. What a great way to end the summer though!

August 20th -
Wow, VERY late (Orientation is in a week), but finally got the ding from UCLA. Unsurprising.

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Fellow Splitter
Wednesday, August 17 2011 at 08:00 PM

Hey, you commented on my page like a month ago. Have you applied anywhere yet? I think the new LSAT scores came out today, I hope you got your target! I just submitted my first apps. I didn't take the Oct test so I really wanted to get them in before this wave of applicants. Low splitter = sad face, let's hope I'm alright in this cycle or I'll have to retake and reapply. Welp, good luck.

Thursday, August 04 2011 at 08:00 PM

Get ready for a wild ride, with a happy ending at NU.

crumpledq
Monday, September 19 2011 at 08:00 PM

Thanks for your note, and good luck at NU! My brother goes there and he loves it.

Shhh.
Tuesday, October 05 2010 at 08:00 PM

I is stalking you.

Wednesday, November 03 2010 at 08:00 PM

What ginj said.

^^^
Sunday, July 10 2011 at 08:00 PM

same here

benito
Saturday, November 12 2011 at 07:00 PM

thanks a lot you too, and congrats on that LSAT score!

finally did some poking around on here
Sunday, October 02 2011 at 08:00 PM

congrats on the score. and good luck to another splitter. i'm hoping i can mirror your cycle with a little lsat luck in a year or two.

Thursday, August 11 2011 at 08:00 PM

@splitsville: My 176 is actually a retake from a previous lower score. The first time around, I studied 6 months. I did 3 prep books (powerscore bibles and manhattan RC), and did 30 practice tests, but scored ~4-6 points lower than my average PT score because of nerves (I got a -7 on the first section, a section I typically score -1 or -2 on). For my retake, I actually didn't do much studying at all. I focused on relaxing myself and getting excited about the test. I did ~ 5 PTs with a range of 176-180 as my scores. For me, it was all about getting rid of the nerves and convincing myself that I was capable of scoring in the 175+ range. I'd definitely recommend basing a study schedule off of the LSAT Blog's monthly study plans, though. I used the 5 month plan (kinda--LG is my easiest section and RC is my hardest, so I switched around some things to focus on RC/LR more). Here's the link: http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/p/month-lsat-study-schedules-plans.html Hope this was helpful, sorry it's SO LONG :P

Thursday, September 22 2011 at 08:00 PM

would've killed for that LSAT! Congrats, and good luck with your cycle!

Following!
Thursday, August 04 2011 at 08:00 PM

Good luck! -Hopefully2012

Good luck!
Monday, June 27 2011 at 08:00 PM

Good luck on Northwestern!

Monday, June 27 2011 at 08:00 PM

Jealous of your LSAT! You rocked it.

Congrats!
Sunday, October 30 2011 at 08:00 PM

Congratulations on WUSTL! Try not to forget who was your first acceptance when you're leafing through the 20 or so coming your way.

Thursday, August 11 2011 at 08:00 PM

Hahahah thanks Bashy &lt;3 You're far too kind about what my cycle is going to look like, though. I'm predicting LOTS of W/Ls.

benito
Saturday, November 12 2011 at 07:00 PM

hey C&T, just wanted to say congrats on the acceptance!! I knew they'd be loving that LSAT score....hopefully means a good splitter cycle is coming

WUSTL
Thursday, August 04 2011 at 08:00 PM

Congrats on WashU!! It'll be the first of many. :D!

Wednesday, November 02 2011 at 08:00 PM

Congrats on WUSTL! First yes feels great. I'm right here with you obsessing over Northwestern, Cornell right now. This wait is brutal!

Thursday, August 11 2011 at 08:00 PM

benito - thanks for the congrats! I'm hoping it's a good sign too, though I'm not expecting too much other than a lot of WLs :P splitter - thank you, and I really hope you're right &gt;_&lt;'' rye - thanks!! and yeah, even though I was fairly confident about WUSTL because of their LSAT cutoff, it was still exhilarating to get that email. I'm really excited to finally be LS-secure, especially at such a great school as WUSTL!!

Thursday, July 22 2010 at 08:00 PM

YOU are awesome! I can't wait until you have your NU acceptance :)

Saturday, November 05 2011 at 08:00 PM

Congrats on the 176! Let's stay in touch throughout the cycle, because, between us, I think we're blanketing T1. Where'd you find the percentages of acceptances?

Thanks!
Thursday, August 04 2011 at 08:00 PM

I wonder what's taking Johann so long with your acceptance. :). I'm definitely rooting for you to get in under ED!

i'm a stalker
Thursday, April 28 2011 at 08:00 PM

...so i was too superstitious before, but i've been stalking the NU thread recently and am sending you the most positive vibes! i look forward to meeting you at orientation next year!!

anon
Sunday, July 10 2011 at 08:00 PM

Yeah, that was really derpy

re: next week
Sunday, July 10 2011 at 08:00 PM

gosh I hope so. I hate that I still haven't been accepted anywhere. If I don't get in, hopefully I get the NU call soon!

Sunday, July 10 2011 at 08:00 PM

i hope you're right!!

Saturday, November 12 2011 at 07:00 PM

you were right ms whimsical! i appreciated your optimism I really needed it I think I just exhaled for the first time in two months:) thanks again

Thursday, July 22 2010 at 08:00 PM

SOOO much congrats on NU!! I hope to see you in the fall!

Saturday, November 05 2011 at 08:00 PM

Congrats again on NU. I'm hoping that bodes well for my odds, too (although I submitted later than you).

Thursday, August 11 2011 at 08:00 PM

@Hosh - I started working FT in February (graduated Aug 2010, job searched Aug-Dec, interned for DA from Dec-Feb) and I will likely quit before this summer. That means that when I start school I will have a total of &lt;1.5 years of WE. Hope this was helpful! (:

Thursday, August 11 2011 at 08:00 PM

@SplitterWhyWhy - Thank you SO much!!! I'm so glad I can encourage fellow splitters, because I know exactly how it feels to look on LSN and have your heart sink when you see reds/yellows clustered around your stats corner. I've had so many panic attacks looking at LSN I can't even count them all.

Jelly
Monday, October 24 2011 at 08:00 PM

So jelly.

thecactus
Wednesday, October 26 2011 at 08:00 PM

Good luck on your cycle! Congrats on the acceptances and scholarship offers!

Awesome!
Monday, June 27 2011 at 08:00 PM

Thanks for the comment, and congrats on NU! Do you think youll keep your apps in for the other schools until they reach a decision or just withdraw? Having trouble with this myself.

Friday, July 15 2011 at 08:00 PM

wtf waitlist at Boulder??? Also, sorry to hear you got dinged at U Mich ... ...but only kinda b/c I'm pulling for you to end up at NU, you have way too much NU love to go anywhere else.

Saturday, November 12 2011 at 07:00 PM

I hope GULC throws a whole bunch of money at you and convinces you to come:) congrats!!

Monday, November 21 2011 at 07:00 PM

Screw Cornell, Virginia, and Michigan... That is all... E

Monday, November 21 2011 at 07:00 PM

Guess we can add Penn to that list as well. Can't wait for NU ASW! Good luck with the rest of the cycle!

Thursday, August 11 2011 at 08:00 PM

@dickweed - yup. And T14 secure at 2 schools ;) u jelly?

Sunday, August 28 2011 at 08:00 PM

Hi! You are so right! On top of that, I still haven't even heard back from NU, and we were basically in the same situation. Weird! O well, congratulations on NU!! So excited for you!!

Lsat prep q
Wednesday, February 08 2012 at 07:00 PM

Did you take an LSAT course? I blew my Dec test (and first test) by taking it nearly cold so I'm planning on postponing for a year and retaking after some serious prep. Your cycle is inspiration for me as I will be a splitter if I can score anywhere near your score! I know 160 to 176 is a huge gap but LR really took me for a ride (-22 to be exact). Anyway, Congrats on your cycle!

Thursday, August 11 2011 at 08:00 PM

elizcbeth - thanks so much! (: ashen - I messaged you, my response was (quite) wordy! You have no idea how much it means that I can help give sub-3 splitters hope that the T14 (with $!) is possible. Best of luck on your cycle, man!!

Thursday, August 11 2011 at 08:00 PM

Hi anon! Great to see another splitter on these boards!! :D Best of luck this October with your LSAT, I really hope you kill it and get a 180 and blow my cycle out of the water! I would be willing to share my Why X essays for sure, but unfortunately Cornell is the only school that I didn't save my Why X for!! ): I can show you my Why NU essay though, which is similar in structure but much better written (since I cared more about NU than I did about Cornell). Why X essays tend to be more personal, so my essays would only be marginally helpful to you anyway. It sounds like you have a really interesting perspective to use for essays already, I encourage you to pursue it. Anything that will help you stand out in a positive manner is a good thing! As for the 'Ivy League' comment: I don't think that the Ivy League distinction is particularly relevant in law school admissions. I suppose the equivalent of the Ivy League in law school is merely the top 14. Princeton, one of the more prestigious Ivy League schools, doesn't even have a law school! Because of this, if I were you I'd focus less on lay prestige and more on getting into the school that will offer you the best employment opportunity possible. The fact that Cornell is an Ivy League really means nothing to legal employers. Again, I'd be more than happy to send you my letters, but I'd prefer to do it anonymously via Law School Numbers instead of via email. If you could create an account, I will definitely message you with my Why X statement. :)! It's BEYOND great to hear that my page is helping other splitters figure out their cycle. I know how scary it can be to come to LSN and see little to no data near our GPA point. Thanks for the congratulations, and post back when you've created an account so I can send you that Why X statement! &lt;3 whimsical

RE: Personal Essays
Sunday, May 06 2012 at 08:00 PM

Haha @ the Ivy League comment.... if you only knew my ethnic background and the type of competitive relatives I have you'd know why that matters (so in essence, at this point in time, I doubt I'd matriculate if accepted, it's just a got-to-do-it sort of thing) :-\ With that said, I already have a list of target schools in mind that I'll be applying to. Gosh, I didn't plan on creating an account until the summer, but I'm kind of glad you've requested that I open one. It makes the process even more "real". Thanks for EVERY THING - including additional advice in your post above.

Numbers Twin
Tuesday, January 31 2012 at 07:00 PM

Were identical in almost all regards. I truly hope my cycle goes as well as yours.

amazing score
Saturday, December 13 2014 at 11:53 AM

Hi can I ask how many hours you studied total, roughly? thanks!