Law School Discussion

I just declined offers of admissions from Duke, UVA, George Washington, UCLA, Cornell and Notre Dame. Hope this frees up a spot for somebody else here.

Went complete early December...in today.

So this is rather embarassing...there was this other thread on this board that mentioned the criminal history requirements for the T30 law schools, and I was very surprised to see that NYU was listed as one of the schools that ask you for charges too, not just convictions.

Last year I was charged with disorderly conduct (stupid story), turned out they thought I was drunk when I actually wasn't, so the charges were droppe. Anyways, I would have defineatly mentioned this to NYU had I read their application a bit more thoroughly, but I thought only Cornell and Duke out of the T14 asked for charges as well as convictions.

Well now that I've been accepted to NYU, I'm at a dilemma...I didn't particularly want to attend NYU, but I also don't want to get stung with a rescinding offer of admissions. What should I do? If I write them a letter are they pretty much going to ding me?

Attended US Military Academy (West Point), graduated as honor graduate from the Army Airborne School, Mountain Warfare School, won all sorts of military competitions, active duty for over a year, honorablly discharged due to a serious illness (which I almost died from and had to be treated for while concurrently finishing up my undergraduate degree)...my numbers are a tad low for H/Y/S...

Just wondering whether my soft factors could make up for scores that are below the median at H/Y/S. Thanks in advance.

When I applied to my law schools, I misinterpreted the financial aid section of the application (I thought it was asking whether I was planning on applying for aid NOW, rather than later) so I checked “No," I'm not applying for financial aid.

Does that mean I can't apply for financial aid anymore? And I was also wondering if my checking of that box precludes me from any merit-based financial awards.