crawdad

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the info. I also forgot to mention that (despite it having been read by five professors), my statement of purpose had a typo (in case you're wondering, it's Eastern European, not eastern European). I come from an okay ranked private religious school; it's nothing special. I'll probably load up on impressive sounding classes for one more undergraduate year then try again this winter. Once more into the breach, dear friends...

I've applied to 9 schools, have a 3.8 GPA, low 1400s GRE, a bar journal publication, an MPSA presentation, and non-mainstream research interests. My school options are dwindling to the point where I have to seriously consider waiting another year or going into something else altogether. I know that others in the brother/sisterhood of the rejected would be interested in seeing what it took to get accepted. So, an open question: for those of you who have gotten into a top 20 program, what are your stats/qualifications? I'm especially interested in those of you who seem to get into every program you apply to.