For Saint Augustine’s University graduates Shaquitta Monique Clark and Antwoine Lamont Coleman Jr., it was not a matter of being accepted to law school. Their biggest decisions were which ones to attend.
Clark was admitted to 11 law schools. Coleman was admitted to eight law schools.
After much deliberation, Clark, a native of District Heights, Md., is headed to Atlanta, Ga. in August to Emory University. Clark also received offers from Michigan State, The Ohio State University and the University of Maryland to name a few.
Coleman, a native of Richmond, Va., decided to attend North Carolina Central University. He also received admission offers from schools such as Michigan State, Florida A&M University, Campbell University and Florida Coastal University.
Clark, who has been a presidential scholar for all four years, shared her initial reaction when she received her first acceptance letter.
[quote_box_center]”I felt a sense of relief,” said Clark, who has a 4.0 grade point average. “when I received my second acceptance letter, my third, my fourth and so on, I was so excited and screamed that I am going to law school. Prayer definitely works!”[/quote_box_center]
However, being accepted has not always been easy for Clark.
In one of her personal statements that she submitted to a law school, Clark revealed how her father had to choose between cocaine and her.
[quote_box_center]”My father chose cocaine,” wrote Clark in her statement. “My grandparents stepped in and saved me. A few years later, my grandfather was murdered–by his son, my uncle. I was forced to move back in with my mother, who worked 60 hours a week. I speak of these experiences not as sob stories or as pity seeking, but as proof of my belief in the following statement:there is almost nothing that I cannot overcome. Growing up, I had no voice; I could not speak for myself, and there was no one to speak for me, to give advice or to advocate for me. My passion for law burns out of this silence.”[/quote_box_center]
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