…if you can. Aim for money. seventh, don’t be afraid of scholarship negotiation. eighth, get recommendation letters early. Bonus points if they are coherent to your essays. Ninth, Don’t apply to Loyola University Chicago. tenth, It’s going to be okay. Don’t get stuck on the big law hype train.
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Apply early! Do not do what I did! I believe I would have had more acceptances and better success in scholarship negotiations if I had taken my own adivce.
…off the waitlist after classes start, but they don’t give scholarships.
Cycle is brutal. Don’t be afraid of taking a safety (with money ONLY). If you only get into your safety, use your stats for leverage with scholarships
…when calculating my aid, and I was offered a $150K dean’s scholarship! this was a huge deal for me, especially considering that I wasn’t eligible for any aid at all when I first received my deferral due to my lsat score. truly could not have asked for a better outcome.
…to ask if I was still interested and if I’d gotten a scholarship anywhere else, and then extended the offer (with $) verbally on that call!
Might as well try! Fill out scholarship essays as early as you can
LSAT 156 GPA 3.80 2026–27 cycle
…unaccredited schools. You can always R&R, or negotiate scholarships!
Never mind—GULC came back a week after deposits to offer $45K a year! Appeal scholarship offers, and anchor high! Hoya saxa☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️ Final decision came down to BU and NDLS since GULC gave no aid :( Goal was international law, ideally public international law (probably out of reach—womp womp) or alternately private…
…total reaches for me a year ago, but to be offered merit scholarships as well. Be true to yourself in your written materials and just keep grinding for that LSAT score!
Make your supplemental materials (Resume, Cover Letter, Essays, etc.) as strong as possible. These could be the difference between scholarship amounts.
…let me reschedule and I ended up getting in with a strong scholarship. That’s definitely where I would’ve ended up (happily) if the Michigan waitlist didn’t come through. So just a reminder that these admissions offices can be forgiving! Don’t panic over any one mistake! I really did a decent job of staying off…
…in a detailed email stating that if accepted (and given a scholarship of the same amount or more), you will drop everything and attend. Make sure to have some work experience if your LSAT or GPA is lacking, too. It will all work out!
LSAT 180 GPA 3.64 2026–27 cycle
Make sure to apply broadly to get the best scholarship opportunities!
…Then, I heard from USC Gould and recommitted because their scholarship offer was better and BU refused to negotiate.
…up committing to GW after a couple back and forth for scholarship negotiations. Did decent 1L, Landed Biglaw SA in NYC, at V20…. Transferring ED to CLS starting my 2L fall. NEVER BACK DOWN, NEVER WHAT?
Applied with 163, got a 167 post acceptance. IU said no to scholarship negotiation.
If I could do it over I would apply to more T14s, even those I have no interest in, just to have more leverage in scholarship negotiations.
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