So as you may or may not know, I’m in the process of applying to law school. This is the time of year where you finally hear back from schools, so here’s my status:
In:
1. Emory. This is a very good law school, although it was a “mid-range” school as far as my application was concerned. I didn’t consider it a reach or a safety.
2.-3. A few other places, one of which I have a scholarship too. I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to either one.
Waitlisted:
1. Washington Univ in St Louis.
2. George Washington.
3. Notre Dame.
All three of these law schools have similar reputations for quality. I’d be happy to get into any of them and I plan on staying on the waitlist. Supposedly, you stand a fair chance of getting in when placed on the waitlist, so I expect I’ll get into at least one, although it may be mid-summer before that happens.
Still waiting to hear:
1. Cornell. Cornell is a reach for me. The best I can possibly hope for (I think) is to be waitlisted. I will hear sometime this week, but a rejection is most likely in this case.
2. Fordham. I don’t expect to be rejected from Fordham, but there’s a good possibility that I’ll be waitlisted. An acceptance is also certainly within the range of possibilities. I would need to visit before knowing whether I want to attend, but it’s definitely a fairly strong possibility. I didn’t like the other New York City school that I visited, but I should give each one a good look before concluding. Fordham is generally considered to be the third best law school in NYC after NYU and Columbia (both of which are out of my range), so that’s a strong boost when it comes to looking for future employment.
3. Vanderbilt. I applied to Vanderbilt mainly due to its fantasitic reputation along with what I’d heard about it from an alum of the law school. If I get in, I’d have to visit Nashville to know whether I want to attend. Considering its top-20 status, it is right on the border of where my application fits in, so it’s really up in the air as to whether I’ll get in.
4. USC. USC has a great reputation as one of the best law schools on the west coast, or even in the country as a whole. I’d be pretty excited if I got in and there’d be a pretty good chance that I’d go pending a successful visit.
So all of these schools are supposed to be letting me know in the next week or two. After that, I need to put down a deposit somewhere — most likely Emory. The deadline to make my deposit is April 15th. That will secure my spot in the Emory class for this fall while allowing me to remain on any waitlists over the summer. In the case that I get into a school that I’d rather go to than Emory, I can withdraw from my spot at Emory and lose the deposit. I probably won’t know for sure where I’m going until at least mid-summer.
If you have comments about the schools that I’m considering, please let me know. If you think that I shouldn’t/should go to somewhere, please let me know why and what you’d recommend that I do. Also, please don’t tell me about how horrible the law profession is unless you have a solid alternative. I’ve gotten a lot of people (over 10) telling me “whatever you do, don’t go into law” … but I often can’t get a good career path recommendation from them. Anyway, I’d appreciate the advice.
Nat :: Mar.26.2006 ::
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