DuctTapeAndGum

Class of 2026

First choice school:

3.97/4.3

GPA

168/180

LSAT

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T4

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1-4 years

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DuctTapeAndGum's wisdom for future generations

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Rank	2022-2023	Result	App type	FW	Resident	Schol...	Sent	Sent raw	Received	Received raw	Complete	Complete raw	UR	UR raw	UR2	UR2 raw	II	II raw	Decision	Decision raw
999	PT Georgetown Univer...	Accepted, At...	RDregular decision			$80,000	Nov 18	2022-11-18											Feb 15	2023-02-15
13	Cornell University	Rejected	RDregular decision				Nov 20	2022-11-20											Mar 08	2023-03-08
5	New York University	Waitlisted	RDregular decision				Nov 03	2022-11-03											Apr 25	2023-04-25
10	Northwestern University	Accepted, Wi...	RDregular decision				Nov 03	2022-11-03											Feb 24	2023-02-24
29	Texas A&M University	Accepted, Wi...	RDregular decision			$97,902	Oct 28	2022-10-28											Dec 02	2022-12-02
10	UCBerkeley	Waitlisted	RDregular decision				Nov 18	2022-11-18											Mar 14	2023-03-14
3	UChicago	Waitlisted	EDearly decision				Oct 28	2022-10-28											Dec 22	2022-12-22
16	UTexas at Austin	Waitlisted	RDregular decision				Oct 28	2022-10-28									Jan 17	2023-01-17	Mar 17	2023-03-17
8	UVirginia	Waitlisted	RDregular decision				Nov 03	2022-11-03											Apr 12	2023-04-12
20	Washington Universit...	Accepted, Wi...	RDregular decision			$127,000	Oct 28	2022-10-28									Nov 04	2022-11-04	Dec 09	2022-12-09

General

General chat about the legal profession.

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Eve

21:41

@WaterBottle: Yup until tomorrow!

Eve

21:41

Stressing so much about the choice

Pongleton

21:45

that was me this morning with the toll @eve

Pongleton

21:45

it's not a fun one, if you need to lean on someone I gotchu <3 completely understand the stress

WaterBottle

21:48

@Pongleton: By any chance did you use the toll to negotiate with SLS finaid? Do u have discord btw lol

Pongleton

21:50

@WaterBottle: nah since SLS is just need I didn't see the point and yes I do! it's pongleton (same as here)

Eve

21:54

@Pongleton: What did you decide?

Pongleton

21:56

@Eve: after some tears and a good amount of spreadsheeting/anxiety, I ended up turning down Penn... been a dream to go to SLS for a while and want to "bet on myself" to use my mentor's words :-)

Eve

21:56

@Pongleton: I like that

Eve

21:57

I'm assuming you're going sticker?

Eve

21:57

That's my consideration with HLS

Pongleton

21:59

still waiting on financial aid! but upon initial conversations I'd be taking out $170k. so I did a lot of worst case scenarios about salaries/LRAP/ what it would look like to pay it off this morning and decided I can live with those worst-case (and unlikely) options so it seems worth it

Pongleton

21:59

plus if I get super freaked I have the KD in my back pocket for another week

Pongleton

21:59

like u with CEHS

Eve

22:00

@Pongleton: CEHS already expired lmao. But realistically if I choose HLS now that's my final decision unless UChicago gives me a Ruby or I hear back from YLS.

Pongleton

22:02

ohhh gotcha! one other thing is I figured I'm most likely going to be median wherever I go. And I'm more risk-averse than debt-averse, so want to give myself my best shot to chase any crazy dreams I come up with and it seems like H/S would allow that a bit more than Penn

Eve

22:03

Agreed. And part of my rationalization for HLS is that when I’m years into my career making good money, I would look back wondering why I stressed so much over this decision that I paid back relatively quickly.

Pongleton

22:03

like if you have any unique or secret goals that would be your big passion if they happened, I think it's worth it to make that bet and give yourself the chance. as my lovely pal geauxblue said "dreams are worth a lot"

Eve

22:04

And that that money really isn’t much in the grand scheme of things. And to fulfill that life-long dream we both have of SLS/HLS might be worth that.

Eve

22:04

That’s very true.

Pongleton

22:06

I'd definitely recommend looking at what your monthly loan repayment would be after HLS and maybe doing like a spreadsheet/budget. that helped me a lot this morning to kind of make a fake plan with different salaries and go through the whole process of making a monthly budget while paying off loans/using LRAP/not using LRAP/ etc. Clarifying the "what-ifs" really really helped (and seeing that I CAN live comfortably -albeit a bit tight - even when paying off the loans)

Pongleton

22:09

Also might be worth sitting in both the decisions for a bit of time. like split the evening (or split tonight/tomorrow, not sure when your deadline is) to "commit" yourself to both options internally. do a little play pretend of what life would look like/what classes you'd take/etc. and see how you feel with that decision "made"... might maybe help to provide clarity about which option feels best?

Pongleton

22:15

good luck with making the choice <3 I'm sure you'll make the best decision for yourself & feel free to message me on discord (if you have it) (@pongleton) if you wanna chat it out any more :-)

Ijustwannagetinman

23:17

Big day coming tomorrow!

[] ararara

1:34

Please remember people that sticker is a small price to pay to stunt all over your haters up in their faces

FuckYourSofts

1:35

Agreed sticker isn’t much

FuckYourSofts

1:35

Follow ur dreams.

FuckYourSofts

1:36

Congrats Eve! Did u negotiate and get cold feet for Penn or wasn’t anticipating the quick turnaround deadline?

[] ararara

1:41

@FuckYourSofts: your wisdom made me laugh just because of how relative it is to this world we’ve built for ourselves on here lol

tankengine

3:23

Where is softs going

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