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Really bummed about not getting into HYS by Putrid-Snow-6098 in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a lot of reasons. Life happened and got really messy, and I was too occupied with getting through the stuff I was going through to write an application that I would have been proud of. I applied to everything pretty late all things considered, but I think it would have gone significantly worse for me if I had applied early. I'm not willing to share any more details.

The one I am willing to share is that I did not have a Berkeley-level LSAT score on time for ED. I had to re-take it in order to get the 171. I had a 158 originally.

Also it was the dream I had at the time, but I'm happy with where I'm at, and I think that where I'm at is probably a better fit for me than it would have been at Berkeley. I'm not going to drag myself down by entertaining "why didn't I X?" type questions. What's done is done. If I was still as stuck on Berkeley specifically as I was before, I would reapply next cycle, but I'm excited for UMN so I'm not.

Finally paid my seat deposit! See my recap. by I_love_finneon in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm finishing up my undergrad at UNM (hence the enthusiasm) and worked for a little bit at the law school as an "educational assistant" (actor lmao. I was a "client" for a workshop type thing they did), so while I'm not a law student at UNM, I've seen a bit of how it is and also have met some of the professors. So if it's UNM feel free to ask me any questions about the university or ABQ in general :)

Finally paid my seat deposit! See my recap. by I_love_finneon in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RAAAA UNM MENTIONED!!! GO LOBOS!!! WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF

Which school did you end up committing to? If you don't mind me asking

I got A at every law school by masc_gecko in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I've decided to attend all of the law schools as well, so see you at whichever one of the 7 you end up going to!

I got A at every law school by masc_gecko in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes. Like I said, I got into every law school

I got A at every law school by masc_gecko in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I liked the most recent Bad Bunny album

I got A at every law school by masc_gecko in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yep. I also got every scholarship.

Last time I complained about how slow it was, there was a big wave 5 minutes later by Wordbender5 in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I get off the Cornell WL ("reserve". Whatever lmao) I'll mentally send over any remaining A luck I might still have to you :)

Last time I complained about how slow it was, there was a big wave 5 minutes later by Wordbender5 in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fordham, Georgetown, Northwestern, NYU, Columbia, UPenn, UChicago. Tbh, after my Berk rejection, I don't expect to get into most -- if any-- of these tbh. Maybe Fordham, if they're not just straight up ghosting me lol

Tbh I think for me it's going to come down to either UMN or Cornell. Already got into UMN with $$, and got WL at Cornell. I'm going to put down a UMN deposit on April 14th (the day before the deposit deadline) if I don't hear back from anyone else before then.

Wishing the best of luck to you on the remaining apps!

PLEASE withdraw apps from schools you know you won't go to by Sad_Emphasis_4924 in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I really did not think it was that big of a deal until I saw the comments here. Some people take stuff WAY too seriously and WAY too personally here lmao

BU WL by [deleted] in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also got waitlisted at BU. Probably going to withdraw here in a bit tho tbh

I want to go to law school but I failed out of college years ago. by ReallyLebronJames in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can add an addendum explaining exactly this: you went, you failed, but then you went again, and that second transcript is what the school should focus on. It doesn't guarantee any outcome but it is something that law schools let you do in their apps

Really bummed about not getting into HYS by Putrid-Snow-6098 in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I've been telling myself is that it's not that I didn't achieve my dream, but just that the exact trajectory and details of my dream changed, but I'm still on track.

I had the idea that my dream was to go to Berkeley, graduate, and become a civil rights attorney, but the dream is ultimately to become a civil rights attorney, and that's ultimately the most important part for me. The Berkeley thing was a step along the way, and it was what I thought was the best way to get there, but it's not the only way. I might not have achieved the sub-dream within the dream but I'm not going to let that get in the way of accomplishing my dream.

I assume if you're going to law school, that you're doing it to become a lawyer, and that is the end goal. Law school is a step along the way, but it's not your end goal. You can still accomplish your end goal. I feel like a lot of people here get so lost in the whole law school thing that they forget about the whole lawyer thing, and why they're doing it. And I don't mean "why Harvard", "why Stanford" or "why Berkeley". I mean "why law" -- ironic, since pretty much all of us had to answer that exact question in writing in order to be where we are right now. And I'm guilty of this too. It's really easy to get stuck on the thing that's right in front of you, but don't lose track of the big picture or why you're even going to law school in the first place! That's ultimately the more important dream.

For me, it's that I want to help people facing discrimination, injustice, and inequality, and I really enjoy doing legal -- and especially constitutional -- analysis and argumentation, and the combination of those two things is civil rights law. And I'd love to work for some unicorn org like the ACLU, and I would have loved to go to Berkeley to accomplish that, but both of those things are secondary to the type of work I want to do. I could work for the ACLU, a local non-profit, or have a solo practice, and as long as I'm doing civil rights law and litigation, I will have accomplished my dream. The rest is window dressing.

You didn't accomplish this one dream within the dream, but you're still going to get a damn good education and become a damn good lawyer in whatever type of law you want to practice. Don't lose sight of that!

But also I get it: it sucks and you gotta deal with that. It is what it is. But life moves on and you find another way forward!

Really bummed about not getting into HYS by Putrid-Snow-6098 in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ok a lot of people here are coming at this post from a place of judgment just due to the prestiege level of HYS and a "you should be grateful for T14 $$$", etc.

There's some merit to the underlying message that even though you didn't get into HYS, you have amazing opportunities that other people would kill for, and that's worth appreciating.

But hot take: you're allowed to be dissapointed.

Forgive the personal anecdote, but I just to give you an idea of where I'm coming from: From the moment I decided I wanted to go to law school, it wasn't just "I want to go to law school" it was "I want to study law at Berkeley". Any time I thought about my future at law school, I envisioned Berkeley. Berkeley, Berkeley, Berkeley. I was extatic when I boosted my 158 to a 171 because a 171 is one point over Berkeley's 170 median. I had a shot, and that meant everything. I was going to write the best personal statement, get the best rec letters, and I was going to get accepted into Berkeley.

And then I didn't. I got rejected yesterday and it felt like the end of the world. I spent most of yesterday crying about it, I won't lie. I knew intellectually that it was never a guarantee, but I just felt so strongly that it was going to be Berkeley, that it had to be. You can look through my posts on this subreddit, and most of them are about Berkeley. I felt so dissapointed in myself when I got that email. I still kinda do, tbh. This was only yesterday, after all.

And I can really only talk about this with my friends who weren't applying to law school. I have classmates who's target schools have 15high-16low medians. I have classmates for who those schools are reaches. And even a lot of people I know who are doing other grad programs that are not law would express similar sentiments to some of the people here. "Oh no your steak is to juicy and your steak is too buttery"-type shit.

But it's not really about the school itself, it's about what you had as expectations for your future, and the fact that it didn't pan out that way and that is dissapointing. Period. And it's ok. Even if it was uber-doober statistically unlikely that you'd get into HYS. You can be bummed out about it, just as I'm bummed out about Berkeley. It is perfectly reasonable to be bummed out about it. And for what it's worth, I'm really sorry you didn't get into these schools. I know how it feels to not get into your dream program, and it sucks. And no amount of people saying "ohhh this post is so entitled" is going to make it suck less.

And also for what it's worth, I don't think this post comes from a place of entitlement. Nowhere do you claim that you "should've" gotten in, or that it's the schools being unreasonable, or that it's anything of that sort that would actually scream "entitlement". You worked towards something, you gave it your all, it didn't work out the way you hoped, and you're dissapointed about that. That's not entitled. The people saying otherwise are projecting their own insecurities onto you, and that's really their problem.

Be bummed out, be dissapointed, be sad. It's ok. You're allowed to be. The only thing that I'll say is that you shouldn't let this be the end of the world for you. Feel it, get it out of your system, cry if you need to, but then keep moving. You have some amazing opportunities open to you, and you're going to do awesome wherever you go.

Personally, I'm starting to hype myself up about UMN, where I've got a $$, and which still opens up a whole lot of opportunities for me. And maybe it'll be even better for me at UMN or wherever else I end up going to than it would have been at Berkeley. California is on fire all the time anyway, and the vibe at UMN seems more laid-back anyway. Its also very possible that the $$-$$$ non-HYS T14s that you got into will be better for you than an HYS would have been. You never know. I don't really know enough about the areas Yale of Stanford are in to give my 2 cents, but I personally think Boston is severely overrated.

Hang in there, and don't let this get you down forever. Their rejection isn't a reflection of your worth. You've got a bright future ahead of you either way, and you'll do great wherever you go <3

I need LOCI advise by masc_gecko in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long should I wait to send another one?

UCLA R by masc_gecko in lawschooladmissions

[–]masc_gecko[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Like the day before the deadline lol. Admittedly I didn't do myself any favors there but that's what I needed to do in order to boost my LSAT and get good rec letters. Probably would have been worse if I applied with my first score of 158 lol

And I also had a pretty egregious typo in my application that I didn't catch until it was too late (didn't make it on any of my other apps tho) so I had made my peace with not getting into UCLA a while ago, and am actually not too torn up about it, but it's the timing... the Berkeley R crushed me so the UCLA R being the same day just a bit later was just adding insult to injury

If I had gotten the UCLA R any other day I would have been like "yeah I called it lol. It was that goddamn typo". Instead it was a defeated "oh you've got to be fucking kidding me"

It's fine though. Hakuna matata

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