A whoot whoot!

So you may recall me posting about our "Master Law School List"... a list that quickly was overturned as the application process really got underway. We suddenly applied to some schools we'd never even looked at because they offered a fee waver. And we declined to apply to others for various reasons (waste of money, bad weather there, no longer has an appellate program, etc).

In the end, however, we applied to 22 (!!) schools. Large and small, near and far, expensive and dirt cheap. The vast majority of them are schools we have a 50/50 shot of getting into. There are a few long shots and a few givens. And, as before, they all have their pros and cons. There honestly isn't a single school on the list that we would hands down, drop everything, accept if we got in.

That said, there are a few that are more tempting than others, for various reasons--location, programs, clerkship placement, cost, etc.

And Baylor has always been in the top half of our would-like-to-actually-go-there list. They run a very competitive school, mostly due to the required moot court program the third year. They run on a quarter system, meaning we could theoretically finish in as little as two years (instead of three). It also means Jeremy could do internships or externships during the fall and winter instead of only in the summer--when virtually every other law student in the country is trying to get the best positions. They are located in Texas (Waco, in fact)--which is ironically the last place I've ever wanted to live. And yet, the size and general location of the town is appealing. Not to mention the living is cheap.

And as of today, we know that they would be pretty cheap tuition too. The price just dropped to less than even the cheapest school on our list due to a decent little scholarship offer.

As you may have guessed, today we got our FIRST law school acceptance letter (to Baylor) with a scholarhips no less (so long as Jeremy stays in the top two thirds of the class)!

Such a relief. Seriously everyone, breathe.  So while we hope and anticipate many more acceptance letters to come (and a healthy number of wait-lists and rejections), and the decision of where we'll actually go to law school is by no means made... if all else fails, we are going somewhere! And without $200,000 of debt. That's happy.

You can read a pretty good summery of Baylor here. Or go to their website here. Or see a video (I always like the videos) here.