8-Six-7-Five-3-Oh-9 '20–'21 app cycle Class of 2024 class year

Former Intelligence Officer. Disabled Veteran. Worked for NSA, Army, DOD. Company Commander in Afghanistan. Meritorious Service Medal. Graduated Undergrad in 3 years. Masters Degree in Education at 22. 30 years old at time of applications. GI Bill.

Your Veteran status does NOT matter. You are not going to receive any type of preferential treatment in the process no matter what you have done during your time in service. If you are not a URM don’t expect to get into schools outside of what LSAC/7 Sage project you to get into. Adcomms simply DO NOT CARE.

Apply for ALL the fee waivers. Ask all the schools you are interested in if they would give you one. 9 times out of 10 they will give it to you. Apply for the LSAC Fee Waiver as well, but do it EARLY. I had to wait until December to apply because I applied for the LSAC Waiver in beginning of September and it took them that long to get back to me.

Apply to every school you could possibly see yourself at. SHOOT YOUR SHOT. Scholarships are negotiable. Schools will put you on hold to allow others to apply and then compare you to them. Holds are better than being Waitlisted.

IF YOU ARE A VETERAN go to this link. If you are using your GI Bill within 3 years of getting out of the military, you are entitled to In State Tuition at ANY Public College.

https://www.military.com/education/2015/11/13/veterans-now-eligible-for-resident-tuition.html