DC, here we come???

When I logged onto the computer to post about my silly puppy, I also checked my email. I wasn't expecting anything spectacular, but I saw an email from Anne Richards. She is the dean of admissions at George Washington University Law School. I was very intrigued because I had received a card in the mail when my application there was complete to notify me of that fact, and on the card, it said that I would be notified of my admission decision through the mail. Well, when I opened the email from Anne, it informed me that I had been accepted to GW Law.

That's right. I got in to GW Law!

That's the good part. Things didn't go exactly as I had hoped. I had applied through GW's early decision program. It was a binding decision meaning that if I was accepted through early decision, I had committed to attend, but a full tuition scholarship was also attached to early decision acceptance. I was informed that I have been admitted through the regular decision process. This means that I didn't get the scholarship. I'm still eligible for other, less lucrative scholarships, but I won't know how that turns out for a couple months. This also means that I'm not bound to go to GW. I really like what I've seen with GW. That's why I decided to apply early decision. However, I've realized that a big factor in that decision was the scholarship. I'm still very excited about GW, but we're not making any final decisions until I hear back from the other schools and I can compare financial aid offers, and whatnot.

All in all, though, this was very good news. This is very glass half full. At the least, I know that I'm going to law school in the fall. You never know, I could have been rejected everywhere.