"They smell like new Magic cards." "Holy crap, you're right, they do."
Went to law school forum. Have decided that applications process is designed entirely to see how good your ability to accumulate trivia is (speaking of, adbfoldem, I need some stuff from you, but I promise I won't let them ask you for money).
Brought home about 50 lbs. of paper (applications, view books, little pamphlets designed to make me love somewhere-or-other's program in something-I-may-or-may-not-care-about). Sat with gdmusumeci over dinner and sorted schools.
I will absolutely apply to the following:
Safeties:
- Brooklyn Law (seriously -- the guy told me they'd not only let me in but that I'd probably get a merit scholarship *and* housing, just on the strength of my LSAT and GPA, and in the world of $50K/year law school, that's worth something)
- New York Law (most enthusiastic person I spoke to all day)
General (for most of these, I'm over their median LSAT and under their median GPA):
- Boston University
- UC Hastings (SF)
- Northwestern (would be a reach, but they sent me a fee waiver, so I suspect I'll do okay)
- Fordham (almost went there for undergrad until I realized it was stupid to follow my then-current boyfriend just for the sexx0rz, almost went there for a master's until they discontinued the program, third time's the charm?)
- UIUC (gdmusumeci's dad should be willing to write me a recommendation, and then I'll for sure get in)
- UCLA (I really don't want to move to LA, but it's a good school, and again with the fee waivers)
- George Washington (I wanna be a talking head -- DC's the place to do it)
Reach:
- Columbia (hey, they let me into Barnard for undergrad, that's almost like already having gotten in there once, right?)
- USC (gdmusumeci's making me apply to this one, see prior notes on hating LA)
- UC Berkeley (not applying to the school in your backyard is just silly, even if you don't think you'll get in)
- Georgetown (see prior notes on DC)
- Stanford (again with the backyardiness)
I might apply to any of these:
- U Iowa (I really liked the guy they sent to the event, and I wouldn't mind living in Iowa City, but gdmusumeci is leery of the job market)
- Penn Law (Philly is a hole, but gdmusumeci likes it)
- UVA (I don't think I'll get in, for one thing)
- U Chicago (again with the not wanting to waste my money)
- NYU (are we sensing a theme yet?)
- Duke (I'm pretty sure I don't want to move to North Carolina, even if it is near RTP, but I kinda want to work on the Duke Innocence Project. Of course, they're the #10 school in the country, so my chances of getting in are slim.)
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (I have friends there, but gdmusumeci doesn't seem too fond of the idea)
- U Mich -- Ann Arbor (It's Michigan. On the other hand, I suspect I may be a UM legacy somehow...)
I am definitely not applying to the following schools that were on my list but aren't anymore:
- Notre Dame (I hate football)
- Yale (New Haven is a hole and I wouldn't get in anyway)
- Cornell (as above, only Ithaca)
- Vanderbilt (don't wanna move to Tennessee)
- Emory (gdmusumeci doesn't want to move to Atlanta
I'm also considering UT - Austin, Washington University - St. Louis (except gdmusumeci really doesn't want to move there), and Washington & Lee. I am definitely *not* considering Harvard, which is the other school that you might have expected to see here -- as much as I love Boston, it's the #2 school in the country and I'm sure I wouldn't get in. I'm only applying to Stanford because it's here and Columbia because, well, a girl's got to dream.
Comments, suggestions, "oh God no, you'll hate it (t)here"?
Brought home about 50 lbs. of paper (applications, view books, little pamphlets designed to make me love somewhere-or-other's program in something-I-may-or-may-not-care-about). Sat with gdmusumeci over dinner and sorted schools.
I will absolutely apply to the following:
Safeties:
- Brooklyn Law (seriously -- the guy told me they'd not only let me in but that I'd probably get a merit scholarship *and* housing, just on the strength of my LSAT and GPA, and in the world of $50K/year law school, that's worth something)
- New York Law (most enthusiastic person I spoke to all day)
General (for most of these, I'm over their median LSAT and under their median GPA):
- Boston University
- UC Hastings (SF)
- Northwestern (would be a reach, but they sent me a fee waiver, so I suspect I'll do okay)
- Fordham (almost went there for undergrad until I realized it was stupid to follow my then-current boyfriend just for the sexx0rz, almost went there for a master's until they discontinued the program, third time's the charm?)
- UIUC (gdmusumeci's dad should be willing to write me a recommendation, and then I'll for sure get in)
- UCLA (I really don't want to move to LA, but it's a good school, and again with the fee waivers)
- George Washington (I wanna be a talking head -- DC's the place to do it)
Reach:
- Columbia (hey, they let me into Barnard for undergrad, that's almost like already having gotten in there once, right?)
- USC (gdmusumeci's making me apply to this one, see prior notes on hating LA)
- UC Berkeley (not applying to the school in your backyard is just silly, even if you don't think you'll get in)
- Georgetown (see prior notes on DC)
- Stanford (again with the backyardiness)
I might apply to any of these:
- U Iowa (I really liked the guy they sent to the event, and I wouldn't mind living in Iowa City, but gdmusumeci is leery of the job market)
- Penn Law (Philly is a hole, but gdmusumeci likes it)
- UVA (I don't think I'll get in, for one thing)
- U Chicago (again with the not wanting to waste my money)
- NYU (are we sensing a theme yet?)
- Duke (I'm pretty sure I don't want to move to North Carolina, even if it is near RTP, but I kinda want to work on the Duke Innocence Project. Of course, they're the #10 school in the country, so my chances of getting in are slim.)
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (I have friends there, but gdmusumeci doesn't seem too fond of the idea)
- U Mich -- Ann Arbor (It's Michigan. On the other hand, I suspect I may be a UM legacy somehow...)
I am definitely not applying to the following schools that were on my list but aren't anymore:
- Notre Dame (I hate football)
- Yale (New Haven is a hole and I wouldn't get in anyway)
- Cornell (as above, only Ithaca)
- Vanderbilt (don't wanna move to Tennessee)
- Emory (gdmusumeci doesn't want to move to Atlanta
I'm also considering UT - Austin, Washington University - St. Louis (except gdmusumeci really doesn't want to move there), and Washington & Lee. I am definitely *not* considering Harvard, which is the other school that you might have expected to see here -- as much as I love Boston, it's the #2 school in the country and I'm sure I wouldn't get in. I'm only applying to Stanford because it's here and Columbia because, well, a girl's got to dream.
Comments, suggestions, "oh God no, you'll hate it (t)here"?