…your chance to be wooed by admissions officers with great scholarship offers. You can tell them later that they are your first choice, using that info as a negotiation tactic to up your scholarship offer. Write a great personal essay and submit “Why X?” essays for ALL schools, even if they don’t request them. Lastly…
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Admitted to George Washington University…applying to schools solely for the purpose of using their scholarship award for negotiation can save you tens of thousands. When it came time for me to negotiate scholarships with GW, I realized I didn’t have many solid options to use as leverage. If I’d applied to more schools I would have.
…Got a 164 in the June 2021 LSAT in hopes of increasing scholarship offers and getting off WLs. Worked for Georgetown, GW law. Scholarship increase at USD. If I could do this all over again, I would apply early, early, early. It’s better to wait a cycle, have your best application, best LSAT score, best everything,…
Retook the LSAT in Feb and got 164 Applied to ASU after 164 Accepted off Hold at W&L after 164 Scholarship Increase at GW after 164 Scholarship Increase at Maryland after 164
…Emory (80% tuition/60k COA debt after 3 years): With the scholarship increase, it’s a more viable option. I really like how they place graduates all over the country. I liked the campus and how Atlanta provides access to a lot of different externships. Rejected Accepted Waitlisted Pending Still Considering: **Notre…
…optional essays for SLS, GULC, NYU (Furman public policy scholarship app), and BU (PI scholarship app). Extremely minor C+F (speeding ticket) disclosed on applications that required disclosure of civil violations. Had an alumni interview for GULC. I have a master’s degree in a related field and a peer-reviewed…
…Nothing extra for application. Applied for Hormel Scholarship and was denied. NYU - Applied to RTK, but used my personal statement as my RTK essay. UPenn - Wrote Core Values Essay. Applied for Toll PI Scholarship and was denied. UVA - Nothing extra. Really considered writing a Why Virginia, but ultimately didn’t.…
…schooling during the semester & summers. Received several scholarships (5+) during my last two years. Gap: Graduate studies (scholarship) Abroad Education and International Affairs work Abroad Language Program Abroad Extra: International Relations Conferences, Judicial Internship, AmeriCorps Cycle: -Took the LSAT 4…
…video interview) **Other Optionals: **GULC Video Optional Scholarship Applications: Emory Woodruff, Texas G. Rollie White Public Service, Vandy Law Scholars Merit Awards Optional Video Interviews: Texas, Minnesota (Didn’t do Vandy or TAMU). I thought I did well on both of these. **LOCI: **Submitted LOCI to W&L Jan…
Update 4/11/24: Final choice was Villanova! After not getting any offers from the T14, (which, in retrospect, I might not have wanted without a decent scholarship, so thank god the 2 ED’s ended up being waitlists) it essentially came down to what city I could see myself living in. Fordham would have been fine with…
…Davis after the rest of my apps and they gave me a great scholarship (plus I will be able to get residency through AB 540) so the money difference was what made my choice for me. Davis is a good school as well, obviously, and the people in the administration have been amazing thus far, tied with Lewis and Clark as…
I applied so broadly because I wanted to try and negotiate scholarships. Unfortunately the only scholarship I was able to negotiate at all was at GULC. Looking back, I would have just blanketed the T20 + ND and ignored the rest, but I am nonetheless thankful for a successful cycle. GO BLUE!
making my profile public to help anyone who has the same stats at me! i stopped recording scholarship amounts after i got my award to the school i will be committing to. i didn’t remain on any waitlists. best advice is to NOT apply to as many safety schools as me; it was a waste of time and money and provided no…
…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.
…off the waitlist after classes start, but they don’t give 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.
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!
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