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Thanks, but no thanks, Oklahoma Law

April 5, 2018

I am entering the last month of my LL.M. program at Georgetown — polishing final term papers, prepping for exams, and even starting part-time at my post-graduation job.

I arrived at school early today to record a podcast with the Georgetown’s career center about our awesome externship program. After the podcast recording session I went to the library to prep for tonight’s class, but decided to check my email before studying.

Waiting game

March 11, 2008

I received a letter from Cornell Law School yesterday.

The gist was, “You’re an interesting candidate. We have waived our application fee and our February 1st deadline. Apply.”

And so I applied.

This was a stupid idea for three reasons:

I’ve already been accepted by dream school (University of Minnesota).
Cornell isn’t going to review my application before I have to pay my deposit for UMN.
Although Cornell “waved” the application deadline, my LSAT scores aren’t competitive enough for scholarships so late in the applicant pool.

I have not paid my deposit at UMN because I am still figuring out how to afford it.