Hello, everybody. As you know, the last time we talked I was happy about getting into my first-choice law school, but not as ecstatically ecstatic as I thought I would be. This is because I was accepted into the part-time (rather than full-time) division.
Seems like I’m quibbling, right? I mean, who cares, I got accepted into my first-choice school. Where’s the freaking champagne?
I guess I wouldn’t have been so disappointed if it wasn’t for the fact that kinda sorta almost just a little bit… requested the part-time evening division. It’s pretty much my own fault. You see, I had a few really bad semesters a few years ago, and they have been dragging my GPA down ever since. Also, I got a lower score on the LSAT than I originally anticipated (which you probably know all about if you’ve been reading my rantings.)
This was my strategy: I noticed that the part-time evening division typically had slightly lower GPAs and LSATs than the full-time division. I wasn’t sure whether or not I could get into the full-time division (though I preferred this option) but I found out that, after the first year, any part-time student can transfer into the full-time division. So I figured that if I could get into the full-time division, then great. But if my scores were only good enough for the part-time division, I could always transfer into the full-time division later.
Not a bad strategy, considering my GPA is well below their average and my LSAT score is kind of in the middle. So I’m really, really grateful that I got in. I’m finally starting to get really excited!
Filed under: law school admissions | Tagged: accepted into law school, part-time versus full-time
Congratulations! I know this is your first choice, but not exactly your first choice for how to go about things. Even so, it’s exciting that they said yes!