And then there were...still too many

So I think I can take a few schools off my list. They're good safeties, but I don't need 900 safeties, and they're schools I wouldn't be too thrilled about attending if I got in, so off they come! They are:

University of Connecticut
University of North Carolina
University of Maryland
Wake Forest

Schools that will most likely be removed in the future before apps are due:

University of Oregon
Notre Dame
Fordham (?)
Boston College (I don't need to apply to BC and BU)

Anyway, that's where it stands now. I got a planner just for law school stuff, but it doesn't start until August so I can't use it yet! Oh no! If you knew my office supply addiction, you'd know how hard this is for me!

The First Of (Hopefully) Many Fee Waivers

I found out that William and Mary gave out fee waivers to pretty much anyone with an LSAT over 165. Hey, that's me! Why didn't I get one? Who knows, but I emailed them about it and they said to email the dean with proof of my LSAT score and they would send me one. Which is neat.

However, I have to do a paper application. Which kinda sucks, because I was looking forward to only having to send my LORs and all that to only one place. So, I'll probably apply, but it won't be the first place I worry about.

I hope I get more waivers, cause at 70 bucks a pop, it's kinda hard to apply to too many. But I need to, as a splitter. I'm concerned I won't get many, since I took the December LSAT last year, which they count for last cycle. So I'm afraid they'll think I'm not applying this fall. Though I did take the June one, which is for this cycle...

Schools...and stuff.

Ok, I'm going to try to list all the schools I'm even vaguely looking at. I'm sure I wont' think of them all, and will have to go home, glance at my enormo notebook, and update this post, but here goes. (Alphabetically, not desirability)
Boston College
Boston University
University of California - Los Angeles
University of Chigaco
Columbia University (auto reject, here I come!)
University of Connecticut (but not really, I'm pretty sure. Big safety)
Cornell University
Duke (mainly for Rick)
Fordham University
Georgetown University
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Maryland
University of Michigan (on the fence on this one)
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina(but again, I don't think so)
New York University
Northwestern University (it's in Chicago, not Kirkland)
Notre Dame University
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania (private. tricky, no?)
Seattle University (local safety, if they don't yield protect me)
University of Texas
Vanderbilt University
University of Virginia (maybe?)
Wake Forest University (although that's really more a product of I haven't taken them out of my notebook yet.)
University of Washington (instate)
Washington University in St. Louis
College of William and Mary
University of Wisconsin


Also, I'm still looking at admissions consultants. Part of me is hesitant because I think "I didn't have any amazing extracurriculars, and my gpa didn't exactly have an upward trend after I started working, and I have nothing to say in a personal statement. Those consultants are going to laugh and laugh at me." But then I shape up and think "better them than the adcoms." So now I have to pick one. Bugger.

Update

Ok, so I'm not mad at the scale. It means they think it was easier, and if that's what they think then fine.

After thinking about it (and talking to my crazy supportive friends and family), I am now proud of this score. It makes me not crazy out of the running for places like Columbia anymore, and makes other places like Cornell look somewhat attainable. So there you go.

I'm thinking of hiring an essay consultant, mainly because in my opinion I am spectacular in no way. Which doesn't make for a very interesting personal statement. "Hello. I'm pretty boring. But on the other hand, I most likely won't be charged with any petty crimes while in law school. Bland is good!" Not exactly what they're looking for.