Lincoln/Coverdale

I spent parts of last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday attending the Admitted Student Weekend at the University of Michigan Law School. Although I sent in my deposit a few weeks ago, I wanted to see more of the campus and meet some people.

I had made a couple assumptions before arriving: 1) that the students would be relatively young, and 2) that most of the students at this event had already decided to attend Michigan Law. I was wrong on both counts. I was older than most of the people I met, but I think I only met a few who were still wrapping up their senior years in college. Most had spent a few years working. This should make for a more interesting group of students. Although I learned more facts in college than during any other four-year period of my life, I think my opinions and points of view have undergone significant change during my 20s. I’m hoping a similar trend applies to people who aren’t me because I find that opinions forged during the certainty of adolescence leave a foul taste in my mouth. I should probably stop eating them.

On the second point, I only met a couple people who had committed to attending Michigan. I had assumed that this late in the game, most people would have pulled the trigger. From what I gathered, lots of people were either waiting to hear from or deciding between really good schools. Having only applied to Harvard, Michigan, and Wayne State (and been rejected at Harvard) made my choice pretty easy. From what I’ve heard, Michigan manages to significantly impact decisions during their preview weekends, so I expect to see lots of familiar faces in the fall.