Crappy day...

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Went back to sleep around 8AM. But had a nightmare and woke up again in the late morning. Decided to get up and call LSAC (Law Services Admissions Council). They still haven't received a letter from one of my recommenders.

My reaction? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Talk about a royal screw up.

My recommender sent in the letter back in January 2002. But the LSAC guys claimed they "never received it". Which means none of the US law schools (that I applied to) have received it either. (LSAC must receive the letter before they send it out directly to the law schools). To make matters worse, I don't know if I should blame LSAC or the postal guys.

Sigh.

Anyway two weeks ago, LSAC told me to get my recommender to fax in another copy. Admist a delay, my recommender was gracious enough to write another letter and fax it in. So I called LSAC today and they claimed that they STILL haven't received or processed the letter.

After quietly cursing to myself in English, Cantonese and German for a few minutes, I called my recommender. I got her to fax it in YET AGAIN.

Of course, fat load of good it will do me now.

Most of the law schools are halfway finished their application review process. Combined with the rise in the applicants (as mentioned in my previous entry) and my incomplete file, it looks like now I REALLY have a snowball's chance in hell of getting into a school down in the States.

Crap. Crap. Crap.

It just seems sooooo discouraging to have worked so hard on something, and have your chances significantly diminished just by lost mail.

Usually I'm pretty optimistic about things, but I think these little stresses combined with my lack of sleep has made me extremely annoyed. I wasn't a happy camper, that's for sure.

And now I have this pounding headache that's doing wonders for my mood. I guess when it rains, it really pours, huh?

So to those mysterious forces out there that I KNOW are working against me right now. You what you can do? You can lick me today.

Blah.

Maybe some tasty sleep will cheer me up.

Posted by Dave at March 14, 2002 04:39 PM