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March 1st, 2005

late people annoy me

Likewise, late application decisions frustrate me.

Ten weeks, Georgetown. Ten weeks. Make up your mind already.

posted by k at 10:19 am | 0L |

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Hello. Was very pleased to find this and all the links that you have. I’m a writer, too, and I am trying to get in to lawschool. Right now, I’m going over prep for the LSAT. Any tips? Anything you found particularly useful? Gracias…Sorry for not leaving my name ETC, but I haven’t told my family/friends/job people that I’m actually applying…

posted by aspirant, March 1st, 2005 at 12:02 pm

aspirant, here’s my post on the LSAT and how I prepped. In retrospect, I should have spent a little more time on Logical Reasoning and a little less on Games—in the end, I did really well on games and missed quite a few on Logical Reasoning.

posted by kristine, March 1st, 2005 at 12:10 pm

Thanks. I appreciate it, and good luck with your decision.

posted by aspirant, March 1st, 2005 at 4:06 pm

So I’m doing a search to find out just how easy it is to find me online… and I found you. We have a few things in common, not the least of which is our first name. I also have an undercover tattoo or two. Lastly, I’m a student at GULC. I love Georgetown, but wanted to share a story about my particular application angst, which might ease your pain — or make you smirk or reconsider GULC as a top choice… When I applied a few years ago (I’m in my 3rd year), I received their standard form rejection letter. Devastated and disbelieving, I made a few inquiries, which didn’t go very far… but then in a few days I got another form letter from Georgetown, that I was accepted. Applying the “last in time doctrine”, I wanted to believe the latter rather than the former missive, but I also knew better than to really trust either. Needless to say, the final answer was that I got in, but WTF? The administration never did give me an answer about that screw-up. Might be a case for intentional infliction of emotional distress? So, that’s how efficient the admissions office is. Hang in there….

posted by Kristine, March 1st, 2005 at 9:34 pm

Damn, but that’s funny, namesake. Still, I’d rather believe that someone is agonizing over my application than that it’s stuck behind the Xerox machine.

:::sigh::: I might have to call next week.

posted by kristine, March 1st, 2005 at 9:47 pm

Perhaps take solace in the fact that GULC has to process something like 12,000+ applications every year…? It takes time, sticky Xerox machines not withstanding. But I feel your pain. Good luck.

posted by Kristine, March 1st, 2005 at 10:05 pm