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March 14th, 2005

Final decision received

Got my GULC letter today. They do not want me. An outright rejection.

Honestly, I was expecting to be put on the waitlist.

I’m not upset; that’s not the right word. I’m disappointed, a little surprised, sort of annoyed. But I wasn’t really all that excited about Georgetown. I spent a lot of time rehearsing the reasons I could be happy there in my mind, but I’m not sure I ever believed myself.

I’m glad all my decisions are in, and that I am not on any waitlists. I’m glad our decision-making process won’t be strung out any longer than necessary, as it might have been had I hit the waitlist. I’m glad my part of this grand life change is over. I know what schools I can choose between so I can start seriously considering what’s important to me and what isn’t.

You might notice that I’ve removed my list of schools from the sidebar. If you’ve been reading, you know where I got in (if you haven’t, you can always look it up). I think I’ve decided that, when we decide where we’re going, I’m not going to disclose the name of my school. Obviously, if you’ve been reading, you’ll be able to guess pretty readily (if you haven’t, you can always search). I’d like to hold on to whatever shred of anonymity I still have, at least until I settle in wherever I land.

posted by k at 5:45 pm | 0L |

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I just checked the status checker and saw I went to decision. I have this feeling I’ll be getting the same soon.

posted by julia, March 14th, 2005 at 6:15 pm

I’m sorry about the rejection, but happy for you otherwise — you’ve made it through the wait and gotten all your decisions, you got into some great schools, and I know you’re going to do wonderfully.

posted by Janine, March 14th, 2005 at 7:49 pm

Thanks, Janine. I definitely know that I’m very lucky—I have very good schools to choose from. I just hate rejection in any form. :-)
Tomorrow, I’ll have forgotten all about that Jesuit law school in DC. What school?

posted by kristine, March 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm

Congratulations on being done. Seriously, that’s huge- being done, I mean.

posted by stag, March 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm

Sorry about Gtown, not that sorry since it seems as if you didn’t really want to go. Congrats on the other great schools you got accepted to, and good luck with the decision process.

posted by Narkoleptik, March 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm

Rejection sucks. Everything else looks awesome! I can’t wait to follow you through school. :)

posted by Denise, March 14th, 2005 at 8:28 pm

They’re fools!

Bright side: no more stomach churn.

posted by CM, March 14th, 2005 at 8:57 pm

Sorry about the rejection, Kristine. But I’m SO glad that you know what the picture looks like now and you can move forward with your decision making. I know it was so hard for you to not know. I’m still rooting for Chicago. :)

posted by LawMom, March 14th, 2005 at 9:29 pm

GULC might have been nice, but that *other* DC school might not be as bad as I sometimes make it sound. ;-)

posted by ambimb, March 14th, 2005 at 10:17 pm

I’ll throw in another “sorry to hear it, but congrats on being done with this part of the process.” Hope the decision-making isn’t too difficult for you.

posted by Josh, March 14th, 2005 at 11:30 pm

Congratulations, Janine! It’s wonderful being done with the long drawnout admission process. Good luck with wherever you choose to take your talent to.

posted by Res_Ipsa_Loquitur, March 15th, 2005 at 9:22 am