| My son graduated from Wash U last spring and spent the fall taking the LSAT and applying to joint PhD/JD programs. He's had some wonderful offers from top 10 law schools and history programs but his first choice is where he will be attending next fall - Stanford, with full tuition/stipend/and insurance and partial scholarship for the law school.
Stanford was the first college he mentioned at age nine - we never knew why - probably one of their sports teams at the time was doing well. He had never been to California before the admitted students week-end and now he's gone twice this spring - one for PhD students and one for Law. Needless to say he loves the school, the weather and the laid back vibe. Even though he loves our midwest seasons he is ready for a change and we are excited to visit such a wonderful place.
We were so cautious this time around because of the disappointing rejections at the undergraduate level. Boy were we naive. This time around he learned to love his safety, even when his professors told him he would get in anywhere. I do have to point out an ironic twist or maybe dubious honor - he was waitlisted twice at Harvard - once for undergraduate and now for Law school. He did not get into the history program at Harvard and when the law school called to interview him, they went beyond the usual questions to find out where else he had been admitted to both programs and being the honest guy he is, he told them - after that he definitely got the idea that he would be waitlisted and he was. But like I said, Stanford was his top choice - he did his research and found the right place all on his own. |